History Of The Far East
.... to what they have learned for themselves ( de Bary, 255 ).
When Buddhism reached Japan it was already 1000 years old, it was based on what it called its 3 treasures - Buddha, the Law ( Darma ) and the monastic order, Buddha was a human figure, not a god , although there weren't any written accounts of his life until centuries after his death, it is believed he was born a prince and brought up in luxury, his life changed once he saw an old man, a sick man and a dead man in successive outings from h .....
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The Treaty Of Trianon
.... up to the signing of the Treaty of Trianon and the ramifications which it entailed. There were many problems that were a direct result of this treaty, and now we may be able to accurately describe why. The problem of newly drawn borders, new and unique "nation-states", and ethnic minorities was not just a product of internal dispute in the areas effected, but also of external factors and wishes to a large extent. There were many different factors in the formation of the treaty. It was a culmination of .....
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The Atomic Bomb And Hiroshima
.... in the future.
Over a century ago the first atomic bomb was created in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It was created by a top-secret operation code named the Manhattan Project. Three weeks after the first test of the atomic bomb President Truman made the decision at a war time conference, in Potsdam Germany, to use the atomic bomb on Japan. The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 destroying the city and killing and estimated total of 70,000 noncombatants. Three days following the .....
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World War I
.... it date back to the 1800s. Germany was the most powerful country in Europe, coming off of its victory over the French in the Franco-Prussian War. However, it had many enemies. France was the most notable, eager for revenge from its defeat. because of its foes, Germany sought out protection. It allied itself with Austria-Hungary in what was known as the Dual Alliance. But the rest of Europe was caught up in alliance fever as well. England and France, had an understanding, or Entente, as well as Fra .....
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Causes Of The First World War
.... the causes of the war, it is very helpful to know what was the opinion of the contemporaries about the causes of the Great War. In the reprint of the article "What Started the War", from August 17, 1915 issue of The Clock magazine published on the Internet the author writes: "It is thought that this war that is been ongoing for over a year, began with the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. However, many other reasons led to this war, some occurring as far back the late 1800's. Nationalism, m .....
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The Invasion Of Spain
.... brought on his army of Berbers,, and though Pampelona was razed, and Barcelona and other cities fell, Saragossa held out. Apart from the moral effect of this campaign upon the Moslem rulers of Spain, its result was insignificant, though the famous ambuscade in which perished Roland, the great Paladin, at the Pass of Roncesvalles, furnished to the medieval world the material for its most glorious and influential epic, the "Chanson de Roland".
Much more important to posterity were the next succeeding e .....
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The French Revolution
.... XIV's wars began decreasing the royal finances dramatically. This worsened during the eighteenth century. The use of the money by Louis XIV angered the people and they wanted a new system of government. The writings of the philosophes such as Voltaire and Diderot, were critical of the government. They said that not one official in power was corrupt, but that the whole system of government needed some change. Eventually, when the royal finances were expended in the 1780's, there began a time of greater c .....
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Russian Revolution
.... were successful. They occurred during World War I, when Russian military forces were hard pressed by the Germans. The March Revolution of 1917 led to the abdication of Nicholas and the installation of a provisional government. The leader of this government was Alexander Kerensky, who was eventually forced from power. (He later immigrated to the United States.)
The last revolution took place in November of the same year. (Because the date was in October on the old Russian calendar, it is usually call .....
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Rise Of Superpowers After WWII
.... situations, similar foreign policies resulted from widely divergent origins.
Roosevelt's isolationism emerged from the wide and prevalent domestic desire to remain neutral in any international conflicts. It commonly widely believed that Americans entered the first World War simply in order to save industry's capitalist investments in Europe. Whether this is the case or not, Roosevelt was forced to work with an inherently isolationist Congress, only expanding its horizons after the bombing of .....
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Kosovo
.... free elections in which they have chosen their leadership and have expressed their determination for the independence of Kosovo in the 1991 referendum, and the Kosovar parliament has declared the independence of Kosovo, first from Serbia, then from the Yugoslav federation, after its disintegration.
The present Kosovo crisis began in early 1998 when fighting broke out, resulting in the displacement of some 300,000 people. A cease-fire was agreed in October 1998, which enabled refugees to find shelter. A .....
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The Titanic
.... the bow, and the Titanic was off! The ship pulled around the corner and was greeted by only a couple of ships, the New York and the Philadelphia. All of a sudden, the moorings for the New York snapped like gun shots and the New York was ripped from the dock from the wake of the Titanic. Closer and closer the stern of the New York got to the proud and still gleaming hull of the finished Titanic. Everyone watched in horror as the ship's stern came ever closer to the hull. However, with some quick thinking fr .....
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The Start Of World War Two
.... halfway around the planet.The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 held Germany fully accountable for the tragedy of World War I. The nation was stripped of large areas of land, it’s armaments, as well as it’s dignity. In addition, the reparations that were to be paid to the allied nations virtually destroyed the economy of Germany.The resentment of the treaty burned in the hearts and minds of Germans for years afterward. In 1933, a man by the name of Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany after work .....
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The Aborigines
.... They say that in creation times a camp of Ice Men made a camp here and when they left it the Mountain rose from the ground to mark the spot. Mount Conner is a mesa like formation that rises 800 feet above the surrounding desert. After that the next destination was Ayers Rock which is a large boulder. Then the last destination was Mount Olga. This is a grouping of large round-toped pillars. Most of these pillars were more than five hundred feet high. Some were over 1000 feet high. One morning the .....
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The End Of World War Two
.... ability to import oil and other vital materials and its ability to produce war materials. Admiral William Leahy, the Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt and then to President Truman, wrote, that "by the beginning of September, 1944, Japan was almost completely defeated through a practically complete sea and air blockade.
In May of 1945, the surrender of Germany freed the Allies to focus their troops and resources on their final enemy, the Japanese. And on August, the sixth, 1945, after many de .....
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The Holocaust
.... of what the future held for European Jews.
Anti-Jewish aggression continued for years after the passing of the Nuremberg Laws. One of these was the "Aryanization" of Jewish property and business. Jews were progressively forced out of the economy of Germany, their assets turned over to the government and the German public.
Other forms of degradation were pogroms, or organized demonstrations against Jews. The first, and most infamous, of these pogroms was Krystallnacht, or "The night of broken glass" .....
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