Possessing the sword meant Attila controlled all the Hun tribes and had the power to lead them to the west, where their future lay. ... Attila said time and time again the West was the Huns future, and that no one could stop them. ... (Attila: King of the Huns-The Man and the myth, by Patrick Howarth page 32.) ... Attila did not grow old and live out his reign as king; he died a true Barbarian warrior's death. ... Once Attila came back from his final campaign the first thing he did was marry a young beautiful bride, whose name was Ildco. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The power that once lay solely upon kings was no longer completely theirs but had to be shared with local rulers. ... This first began because the feudal lords in Europe became too powerful for the king to dominate so he was forced to compromise and distribute power among nobles. ... These changes in government, society and culture was not noticeable during the Middle Ages because people could not see its effects across Europe and the events that occurred were not seen as indications of a different future. ...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. ... Once in operation, this pipeline will make Turkey an alternative energy corridor for the EU. ... This study examines Turkey's role in the EU's quest to ensure secure access to energy resources through the Nabucco Gas Pipeline and how this will affect Turkey's membership prospects in future. ... The second part of the study discusses Turkey's role in European security of energy supply, the relative utility of the proposed Nabucco Project for both EU ...

• Word Count: 6977
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Focusing more towards the interdependence of nation state and empire, is found in post Congress of Vienna, where the interdependence between empires and monarchies, illustrates the tensions that were also present once the expanding beliefs of nationhood were becoming evident. ... Of those who signed the manifest included Emperor Franz I of Austria, Tsar Alexander I and King Freidrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (Strath and Koskenniemi 2009, p. 3). ... These movements accounted for the tensions of the vision of rising nation states, but also the interdependence that was occurring between the peopl...

• Word Count: 2483
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Once we got our visa's, we bought our tickets to the places we wanted to visit in Europe and planned our trip in more detail. ... The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII of England, opened the tower. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

These were ruled by Frenchmen who were usually close to Napoleon as a family member or as a close friend, such as Jerome Bonaparte who was King of Westphalia and Joachim Murat who was King of Naples. ... By having a strong dynasty, Napoleon would have the Bonaparte name remembered just like that of the Hapsburgs as an example, leaving Europe in control of the Bonaparte family in the future and lead to high levels of power. ... Louis, who became King of Holland shows this as he became popular with the Dutch people due to the fact he looked to reform the Kingdom of Holland and strived for impro...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

Portugal had been present in Western Africa for several years but in 1445 the King, Henry the Navigator instructed his sailors on their way to the continent to win over the natives so they could purchase human beings to be used as free labour rather than to kidnap them as they had done previously4. ...

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This topic is particular for me because my aim is to find the real causes and consequences of immigration in Britain, to know why people migrate, what they expect once they arrive in the country of immigration maybe escape for persecution or to look for better life. ... We hope that future research will focus more specifically one or more of these issues and explore different historical for first invaders to provide an event fuller understanding of immigration to Britain in 1960s.Any understanding of what is new about immigration in Britain must provide some sort of framework and we believe t...

• Word Count: 4568
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate