A Statistical View Of European Rural Life, 1600-1800
.... behind England in yield ratios. In Zone III and IV,
Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and
Hungary the yield ratios were very low, and from 1800-1820, they did not
produce wheat, rye, or barley at all. Countries like England and the
Netherlands had predictable weather patterns and were able to grow an
abundance of crops. The farther East a country was, the lower its yield
would be due to poor and unpredictable weather. The average European
peasant's diet was poor an .....
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Was Inca Rule Tyrannical?
.... a word, the Incas did not make their conquests any way just for the
sake of being served and collecting tribute. In this respect they were far
ahead of us, for with the order they introduced the people throve and
multiplied, and arid regions were made fertile and bountiful, in the ways
and goodly manner that will be told.” (Hanke, 55)
Mancio Sierra de Leguizamo wrote about the purity of the society.
There were no thieves, adulterous women, there were no loose morals, and
trust was common through .....
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The Vietnam Era
.... in Southeast
Asia at the beginning of the war was that the public was gung-ho and behind
the government to stop communism. Reporters and cameras were successful at
bringing the war up close and personal. Americans were seeing their
American GIs being killed.
The Tet Offense was a U.S. victory in the field. It was a major
loss at home and became the turning point battle of the war. The U.S.
military lost American home backing. Americans turned against the war
because it was not part of "our" p .....
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The French Revolution
.... an ever-present reminder that the waste of the
elite was life's blood to the peasants.
Dickens imaged the aristocrat as if he were a constant masquerade,
burying all internal traits with external garnishments. In his description
of the Monseigneur's "fancy ball," he first presents this notion. The
Marquis St. Evremonde proved to be one of those who concealed any inner
affections, when he ran down the son of Gaspard. His arrogance toward the
lower class was especially apparent in this episode, and see .....
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Causes And Results Of The Crusades
.... and Palestine, with capturing
Jerusalem as their main priority.
In May 1097 the Crusaders attacked Antolia Turkish capital at
Nicaea. After their victory they encountered the Seljuk field army. The
crusaders nearly annihilated them. Then they started towards Antioch and
defeated them also. Immediately after their victory they were attacked by
the late reinforcements. After the summer and early fall the Crusaders
moved on for their main priority, Jerusalem.
By May of 1099, they reached the borders .....
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Who Was To Blame For The Cold War?
.... were the beginning of serious
Russian aggressions. The western view of the time saw Stalin as doing one
of two things: either continuing the expansionist policies of the tsars
that preceded him, or worse, spreading communism across the world now that
his "one-state" notion had been fulfilled. It also must be mentioned that
Stalin is seen as wanting "unchalleged personal power and a rebuilt Russia
strong enough to withstand 'caplitalist encirclement.'"1
Admittedly, the first view of Stalin, as .....
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The Vikings
.... June in 793 to be the first major victim of one of their
raids. Their arrival was seen first far off, they could see dragon head
carvings on their well crafted ships slowly coming closer and closer to the
shore. As soon as they got out of their boats the Vikings poured onto land
ripping off the monk's clothing and tearing their bodies apart with their
sharp swords, and sometimes drowned them. Viking raiders tipped over the
cross of Bishop Ethelwold, which was built out of stone. Before they left
tha .....
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Captain Ron, Pirates, And The British
.... at all
he told Mango to take some serious actions on what the pirates did, so
Mango made a little army of 30 boats with one hundred men on each to stop
the pirates
Capt. Ron over heard the conversation, he prepared an army of he's
own and attack by surpprised before they even go get ready to fire back.
Mango was frustrated, he didn't know what to do. The king told him to set
perimeters around every harbours.But Capt. Ron's army was getting bigger
and bigger, though he was missing out on ships. Meanwhile .....
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The Transition Of Religion And Superstition To Science And Technology In The Middle Ages
.... and from
participating in any church rituals. Those who were members of the Church
believed strongly in the powers of God and the Holy Ghost. It was thought
that God controlled the entire universe, from life to death, from the
Creation to Doomsday.
At this point in time, the earth was the center of the universe,
with all of planets and stars surrounding it. This belief, originated from
the Church, was called the heliocentric theory. However, as in every
civilization, there were small groups of .....
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The Persian Wars
.... third day they were defeated. During
the battle the Greeks lost seventy ships out of three hundred and thirty.
It was another story on land. The Spartan king Leonidas protected pass
at Thermoplye with three hundred Spartans and 6700 non-Spartans. A Greek
traitor knew Leonidas plans so the traitor led the Persians behind the pass.
Once Leonidas was aware of this he sent large amounts of troops to block
the Persians. They fled and had Leonidas was pinned. The 300 Spartans and
700 Thespians fought to .....
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World War I
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called Big Bertha. This was also the first war in which cars and trucks
were used to carry men and supplies to the front.
World War I marked the beginning of chemical warfare in which
clouds of poisonous mustard gas contributed to the casualties of the war
(Stewart 8).
Unlike previous wars, World War I was fought on the sea and in the
air. This was the first war in which airplanes and zeppelins were used. At
the outbreak of the war, each army had several hundred planes. During the
war, the p .....
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Celts VS Saxons
.... throughout history.
The Celtic people were also highly independent. This characteristic
became known as Celtic nature due to the fact that they were required to
make the most of becoming a nomadic tribe at times. Due to the popularity
of war and bloodshed the Celts had to become used to losing and winning,
not only battles but members of the community also. Individual Celts became
more individually independent and self-reliant do to the fact that loss was
experienced so frequently. Examples of very indep .....
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Napoleon: Does History Repeat Itself From People Seeking Power?
.... don't know, I was only covering
Caesar and Napoleon.
Napoleon Bonaparte's success as a military leader and conqueror can
clearly be seen in Julius Caesar. Caesar achieved great glory by bringing
his country out of turmoil, as did Napoleon. Looking to the past, Napoleon
knew what steps to take in order to achieve success. Napoleon devoured
books on the art of war. Volume after volume of military theory was read,
analyzed and criticized. He studied the campaigns of history's most famous
commande .....
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The Holocaust - The Way It Was
.... There are actually two main phases to the
Holocaust, the period between 1933 and 1939, the Nazi rise, and the period
between 1939 and 1945, the period of war, or more specifically, World War
II. The first concentration camp opened in January 1933, when the Nazis
came to power, and continued to run until the end of the war and the Third
Reich: May 8, 1945.
The idea that the Holocaust represents 11 million lives that abruptly ended
is a difficult concept, but this is an important point, and one this site
h .....
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The Fall Of The Roman Empire
.... to the downfall of the empire was
the lack of technology. Cheap labour cased the empire not to want
development. A reason for this being the insufficience of a deep education.
For the schools at that time put a greater emphasis on reading and writing
rather than on stimulating intellectual education.
The third element resulting in the collapse of the Roman empire was
the instability of succession for the throne. At times rulership was passed
from father to son, yet at times it was not. Consequently .....
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