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- 6281: General Denis Sassou Nguesso and The Congo-Brazzaville Conflict
- ... s civil war quickly sucked in neighbouring states and moved from an essentially-national power struggle to a wider regional conflict. This process was largely assisted by the legacy of recent military struggles in the Great Lakes area of central Africa. Battling alongside Lissouba and Sassou Nguesso were allegedly remnants of the defeated former Forces Armees du Zaire (FAZ), Forces Armees du Rwanda (FAR) and the Hutu Interahamwe militia. Analysts say ... 000 troops under Senegalese command with western logistical support. Crucially, however, the force could not be sent in until an effective ceasefire was in place. To achieve that, Joint UN/OAU Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region Mohamed Sahnoun worked alongside President Omar Bongo of Gabon - Sassou's son-in-law - and a political advisor to Lissouba. Both men were supported by then Brazzaville Mayor Bernard Kolelas who, until the ...
- 6282: The History and Deline of the Roman Empire
- ... disintegration of the empire. In addition to capturing some enemies in the East he brought back Gaul, Britain and Spain into the empire. But it was he who abandoned Dacia and built around Rome the great wall, twelve feet thick and twenty high, of which you can still see large sections in the imperial city. But Aurelian was assassinated, and so there was another period of chaos until in 285 A ... veterans. A mobile force of infantry was supplemented by a powerful cavalry. For the foot-soldiers of the legions could no longer be trained in the old Roman way. In 324 A.D. Constantine the Great won the throne under the sign of the Cross. Hence came an edict of toleration for Christianity. But the despotism was tightened rather than eased; and it is an interesting note on the morals of ...
- 6283: The Discovery of The New World Changed European Conceptions, Views, and Material Conditions
- ... They certainly did not expect to encounter any social or political organization in these Native socieites. Despite these self-centered and narrow vision, the European encounters with Native Americans sharpened European’s awareness of the great diversity of human customs and practices throughout the world, and as a result, forced them to reexamine their own values and beliefs. American art failed to have any significant effect on the development of European ... a “New World”. Historians speak of the “Law of unintended consequences”. What happened to European civilization in the period after 1492 is an excellent example of that law. Europeans living at the time of the “great discoveries” came to different conclusions than do modern historians. This does not mean that they were wrong – only that they had a different outlook. It was difficult for the people in the sixteenth century to ...
- 6284: Argument For Caesar To Be The King
- ... The King Proposed: “Caesar is to be our king, with all rights and privileges of the title; A hereditary position, the final word on all laws and social censorship to be his.” Caesar is a great general and he has the support of maybe the whole city. Many people in the city would even like him to become king. I see he has the qualities and standards to be king but ... today Congress. I feel that Caesar is not yet ready for the title of an absolute king because his power can cloud his judgment making him a different person. Julius Caesar is in fact a great general but that is a military position not in relation to a king. I can already see that Caesar will change completely if he becomes king. When the senate came over to him he did ...
- 6285: Mound Building Cultures
- ... diameter containing 57,000 tons of dirt was built. Why would the Native Americans build such a mound? This burial site along with thousands of smaller ones was built to be a gravesite of a great warrior, chieftain, or religious leader. Platform mounds were another type of mound was used for certain buildings. These mound builders were from various groups and areas of American Indian tribes. The size, shape, and purpose ... around 1000 B.C. The Adena built mounds ranging from 20 to 300 feet in diameter. They lived mainly in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and Kentucky. They moved the dirt by basket loads, which required great effort and cooperation. By 250 B.C. the Adena culture was absorbed by the Hopewell culture. Most Hopewell mounds were very large and round. The biggest mound they built was 20 feet high. Hopewell mounds ...
- 6286: Roman Acheivements
- Roman Acheivements Great Works of Art One of the Roman's greatest acheivements was their large amount of art. They created forms of art, fine tuned other existing forms to suit their needs, and created an extensive body ... strong, or even right in their refusal of submission to the might of Rome, they were given a second chance to go into Roman rule without slavery, but with yearly tribute (much like Tigranis the Great of the Armenian Empire). This usuauly never worked out due to issues of pride and penal stipulation put upon by Rome. The Roman System of Law The Roman system of law was one of the ...
- 6287: The Vietnam Era
- ... Vietnam Era changed the way our contry worked. They changed the dress codes, the music and even the laws. Hippies lived by the concepts of free-love, racial equality and peace. These principles marked a great change in society. The spirit of the Vietnam Era lives on today. This generation experienced what no other had ever gone through or has since. The Vietnam Conflict was on the television daily and is ... the Vietnam Era. For many, the Vietnam War and the conflict, changes and divisions it caused in the U.S. was the defining event of the later part of the twentieth century. It caused a great division in society between not only those who were for the war and those who were against it but between the U.S. government and the American people. It created a distrust of the government ...
- 6288: The Invention of the Atomic Bomb And Its Use
- ... kill more Japanese."(42) Almost all American soldiers seemed to get the similar feeling when they heard the news that America dropped the atomic bomb; "Our president dropped the excellent bomb! That is really a great work!"(69) When we think about the atomic bomb, we tend to criticize the great power of it. Against this idea, an American soldier insisted that they dropped a lot of fire bombs during the war, so it could not be said that the atomic bomb was worst than them ...
- 6289: The Hundred Years' War
- ... military leader. 12 He successfully continued to lead the English armies into battle against France. As a result, England won most of the initial battles and kept the war in France. 13 One of the great English victories was the battle at Crecy. The English were outnumbered four to one by the French, led by Philip VI. The English occupied the side of a small hill, while the heavy number of ... no aid be sent to him and his men. This was to be his day. Slowly, pieces of the French army began to flee, while the English army stood strong. England had won the first great land battle of the long war. They had already won control of the English Channel and a few years later, the town of Calais surrendered to them on September 28, 1347. For the next ten ...
- 6290: Who Was Responsible For The Cold War?
- ... was one of the most significant political events of the 20th century. For nearly 40 years the world was under the constant threat of total devastation, caught between the nuclear arsenals of the United States, Great Britain, and France on one side and the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China on the other. Any crisis precipitated by the struggle between the forces of democracy and communism could trigger ... Soviet aggression, in which the US tried to contain the Soviet Union and protect the world from it. At the inception of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was on the verge of amassing a great deal of power, and it was this possibility that frightened the United States and brought about the Cold War. Any Soviet act of aggression was countered by the United States, further raising diplomatic tension. One ...
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