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- 1331: Extreme Nationalism
- ... torn apart by the multi-cultural ethnic groups located within one nation-state. Yugoslavia is one such nation-state. During the first half of the 1990’s, Yugoslavia was torn apart by a brutal civil war. This brings up the national question of relationships between multiple ethnic groups within one state’s territory. The violent breakup in Yugoslavia demonstrates that the multinational entities, located within the state, lack the ability to execute legal principles or guidelines to avoid the destruction caused by war. The former Yugoslavia was built to address three fundamental aspects of the national question. The first is a nation’s right to build up its own state through demands for national self-determination. Second, the ... located within the country were constituted as nations within this new federation. Communism within this federation would eventually provoke the tensions which would bring about the downfall of Yugoslavia. “At the end of the Second World War the united Communist Party of Yugoslavia renewed Yugoslavia as a very centralized state under the name of a federation. That party had, in fact, for a long time attacked the centralism of the ...
- 1332: "Woe be to thee, O Constantinople, seated on seven hills, thou shall not continue a thousand years"
- ... antagonistic and too proud of their faith and tradition to accept the union. They were telling the people that the union will lead to eternal damnation. To the ordinary people their fate in the following world was more crucial than the present and they feared that the union will not lead them to salvation. Having in mind the fresh memory of the devastating conquest of the Latins and the importance of ... trust in any of his subordinates and no one could predict the nature of his thoughts and decisions. He was, however, very young when he planned the siege of Constantinople and that made the Western world and even Constantine, the last Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, to underestimate his potential. From the very start of his accession, Mehmed put much of his efforts in realizing his old ambition--the conquest of Constantinople which in his words was "a grand and populous city, the capital of the Ancient Romans, the very summit of splendor and glory, which has become, so to say, the center of the world". He also saw in the city the heart of the empire and realized that as long as Constantinople was in the hands of the Greeks, his own Empire was threatened. The city, Mehmed II ...
- 1333: Ch.23 Study Guide
- ... peaceful means, discourage foreign intervention in the region, and promote economic development and democracy. 10. Most Latin American countries have borrowed heavily from foreign banks and governments. During the 1980s interest rates rose and the world economy slowed. 11. Banks lowered interest rates and extended the repayment period. They also canceled some debt in exchange for the ownership of local companies. In “debt-for-nature swaps,” foreign leaders agreed to cancel ... as an international problem that cannot simply solved by eliminating the farmers. The Latin American farmers also view the drug trade as simply another cash crop that disfavorably looked upon by the rest of the world. 13. In Latin America the population explosion and the need to develop resources threatened natural environments. They have : harvested lumber from the rainforest, cut strip mines in wilderness areas, over-fished coastal waters, and air ... During the 1920s and 1930s, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros created mural paintings that portrayed the struggles and achievements of the Mexican people. Their vivid, bold work influenced artists around the world. III. 1.Andean Pact – Organized in 1969 by Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Boliva, Chile, and Venezuela (1973). Members of the Pact agreed to lower their tariffs and promote economic development. 2.Brazil – In Brazil, people ...
- 1334: Saving Private Ryan
- Saving Private Ryan The movie Saving Private Ryan is about a group of American soldiers walking around in Europe during World War II. The objective of this mission is to find one man whose three brothers were killed and return that man back to his mom in America. Private Ryan and the rest of the airborne unit ... the largest battles in history. Many American soldiers died on the beach. The ones that survived were unfortunately put back into fighting with out any sort of break This movie gave an excellent portrayal of World War II. It makes me think about what if this happened and I had been drafted into the war. The soldiers in the movie were all around my age bracket. Those were people my ...
- 1335: Luciano
- ... Lansky, refused to pay, so he and Luciano fought. It amazed Luciano how hard Lansky fought back, and they became best of friends from that day forward (Nichols). Luciano’s genius sense for the business world began to take shape at an early age. Arrested numerous times until the age of 18, Luciano struggled to stay alive by selling narcotics for the notorious Five Points Gang. Charles Luciana soon changed his ... die, only because he refused to do business with people that refused business with non-Italians. His best friend and business partner, Meyer Lansky, happened to be Jewish. Lansky later helped Luciano win the Castellammarese War by giving him this advise, which Luciano would forever live by: “The winner will be the one who gets his enemy to trust him” (Mobsters). The strengths of Luciano stood out above everything else, loyalty ... compassion towards his friends, and always seemed to be one step ahead of everyone else. He possessed the ability to be able to see around the next corner. This helped him tremendously during the Castellammarese War; a war between the two Sicilian bosses of New York, Joe “The Boss” Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that broke out just as the Great Depression hit the United States. By this time, Luciano worked ...
- 1336: Flying Home
- ... about such topics as self-awareness, identity, and the racial repression of African-Americans in the United States. His masterpiece, Invisible Man, chronicles the story of a young man striving to find himself in a world where he is hardly noticed. This novel won him much respect in the eyes of the literary community. Earlier in his career, Ellison also wrote many influential short stories. "Flying Home", is one of Ellison ... of racial pride. It was during this time that Ellison composed "Flying Home." "Flying Home", is the story of a young man who is one of a very small number of African-American pilots in World War II. The story begins as the young man, named Todd, crashes his trainer plane into a Southern crop field. Injured and unable to move, Todd is helped by one of the field workers, a ...
- 1337: Charles Manson
- ... violence. Our culture was shattered by the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. At the same time, body bags from Vietnam were building up from a war that was tearing our nation apart. Riots and antiwar protesters marched across America. Many people worried that the US was getting out of control. "The Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969..." wrote Didon in ... the metaphor of evil! To many, Charles Manson symbolized the end of civilized society and the dawn of a new age of terror. (Lagarde) On November 12, 1934, Charles Milles Manson was brought into this world by Kathleen Maddox and Colonal Scott. At the time Kathleen was a 16 year old troublemaker. Charlie never knew his father and never really had a "father figure." His mother was the kind that children ... the second time. The 32 year old went to San Francisco. Charles Manson protested his freedom, "Oh no, I can't go outside there..." "I know I won't be able to adjust to the world, not after I spent all of my life locked up and my mind was free. I am content to stay in the penitentiary, just to take my walks around the yard in the sunshine ...
- 1338: Panama Canal
- The Panama Canal has been called the big ditch, the bridge between two continents, and the greatest shortcut in the world. When it was finally finished in 1914, the 51-mile waterway cut off over 7,900 miles of the distance between New York and San Francisco, and changed the face of the industrialized world ("Panama Canal"). This Canal is not the longest, the widest, the deepest, or the oldest canal in the world, but it is the only canal to connect two oceans, and still today is the greatest man-made waterway in the world ("Panama Canal Connects). Ferdinand de Lesseps, who played a large role in ...
- 1339: Comparing The Murder of Duncan in Macbeth and The Assassination of Kennedy
- ... because no protection provides absolute safety, some men are still willing to do what Macbeth did, and the ac t could still be covered up. No amount of protection provides absolute safety. In today's world, it is easier than ever to kill someone. Any person can buy a cheap pistol and kill someone. It is also easier to kill without being caught. There are long range rifles and remote control ... President Kennedy was still killed, proving that protection can be penetrated. Since the beginning of time, man has wanted power. It is in his basic nature. It is what drives him. The history of the world serves to prove this fact. Adam and Eve wanted power equal to God's so they ate the apple. Caesar struggled to become king and to gain power and was killed for his aspirations. Napoleon had much power. He used it to conquer half of Europe. Hitler craved power so badly he plunged the world into a war that preceded the detonation of the atomic bomb. Men crave power. Some of them, like Adam and Eve, were willing to sacrifice the perfect life to gain their power. They had ...
- 1340: All Quiet on the Western Front: Alienation
- All Quiet on the Western Front: Alienation According to the Webster's New World College Dictionary, alienation is 1. Separation, aversion, aberration. 2. Estrangement or detachment. 3. Mental derangement; insanity. The theme of All Quiet on the Western Front is about how World War I destroyed a generation of young men. It has taken from them the last of their childhood years, it has destroyed their faith in their elders, it has taught them an individual life is ...
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