The Great Purge Of Russia By Stalin
.... he began was called “The Great Purge”. He even formed a secret police.
These actions spread fear throughout Russia. He eliminated anyone who gave a threat to his power. These people, some innocent, were sent to labor camps or even killed. The victims included thousands of old communist Bolsheviks who had been associated with Lenin. Stalin even turned on his own government. He arrested 1,108 of the 1,966 delegates in the 17th Congress.
Stalin also began a cult of adulation. The cult proclaimed him as a genius in every field of human endeavor.
Now, 1938, four years after the start of Stalin’s Purge, the terror has begun to .....
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The Cold War: Conflicting Aims And Policies Of Rival Powers
.... satellites, forming a protective barrier around the U.S.S.R. The Soviets' reluctance to reunify Korea and the strong Communist atmosphere in North Korea also disgruntled Americans and hurt diplomatic relations. Overall, each step that the Soviet Union took to strengthen its power and the power of the Communist party was viewed as an act of aggression, and there are many historians who strongly believe that the Soviets were at fault in the instigation of the Cold War due to these immense acts of aggression.
The period in the United States following World War 2 could more aptly be named American Hysteria rather than history. .....
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New Spain Essay
.... in New Spain had even fewer choices and opportunities than that person would have had in his or her original culture." is absolutely true.
When the situation in New Spain is viewed from the political aspect, the phrase "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" comes to mind. The conquistadors figured that since they were so far away from their countries (and Kings), they could do whatever they wanted-and so they did exactly that. The rulers in the New World allowed for brutal treatment of the Natives to take place because that was what the settlers wanted, even though it was against the orders of the Kings and Queens back home i .....
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The Atomic Bomb And The Manhattan Project
.... a committee to advise him on nuclear fission and the capabilities of the concept in war. At the head of this committee was Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. About a month later, an event happened that would change the history books forever. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at about 7:50 in the mourning. This brought America into the war and the Manhattan Project was on its way.
The Manhattan Project included the designing and construction of the atomic bomb, and the execution of dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There were three major research and production sites for the project. The first was .....
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Maya Civilization
.... from city to city. The best soils are found in the southern highland valleys where volcanic eruptions have enriched the earth.
The Maya today number about six million people, making them the largest single block of indigenous peoples north of Peru. Some of the largest groups are found in Mexico. In spite of modernization and intermarriage between the Spanish immigrants, many Maya communities have succeeded in preserving their identity and their ways. The Maya face greater challenges, however, than those presented by tourism. Maya regions have also been subjected to intense political upheaval in recent decades, with signi .....
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Celtic Invasions
.... went on to conquer the Etruscans, and then Rome. The Celtic chieftain Brennos, who invaded Greece and nearly conquered Delphi, was defeated by the Greeks who crushed his army. Another explanation of the outcome of this battle was the natural disasters involved. There was an earthquake and possible flooding at the time. This defeat initiated the downfall of Celtic civilization in Eastern Europe. By 100 BC, they had been pushed back to the British Isles. There they fought with the Saxons until around 500 AD for the British lowlands. The Saxons gradually took over and the Celts had to move up to the highlands of Scotland and Ire .....
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The History And Deline Of The Roman Empire
.... Empire's crumbling.
Financial burdens began to be imposed on the local magistrates and senators, and by the second century many cities had spent themselves into debt. There was the cost of repairing and maintaining the temples, public baths, and the like. There were also heavy expenditures for civic sacrifices, religious processions, feasts and for the games necessary to amuse the proletariat. The expenditure on the public spectacles kept mounting. A hundred million dollars a year is a moderate estimate of what was poured out on the games. There was likewise an attempt to combine subsidy to Italian farmers with charity to need .....
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The Cajun-Creole Conflict
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This confrontation was followed by two major disputes: the Bellevue and Valentin affairs. The Bellevue incident took place in September, 1770 when Governor Luis de Unzaga directed chevalier Le Grand de Bellevue to survey property holdings along the Mississippi River. The Cajuns did not like the way the survey was conducted by Bellevue, and were very angry. The Valentin incident created even more tension between the Cajuns and the Creoles. In early 1771, father Valentin, a former priest and missionary, assumed the duties of cure at St. Jacques de Cabannoce. The priest complained bitterly about four Cajun men smoking their .....
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The Middle Ages And The Renaissance
.... more politically unified, southern Italy was becoming a place for revolts. As a result, the Lombards, lead by Liutprand, were able to break through the resistance in the now unstable southern Italy. Liutprand's rule over Italy had caused some Lombards to convert from Arianism to Roman Catholicism. In addition, they accepted many other parts of the Roman culture, including speaking Lain, using Roman laws, and administrating, which reflected both Roman and Germanic influences.
While it seemed that the Lombards would have total control of Italy, there was still some resistance from the popes. In fact, Pope Stephen II had i .....
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General Denis Sassou Nguesso And The Congo-Brazzaville Conflict
.... the cargo and passenger units of the Maya-Maya international airport were badly damaged, but said the tower seemed to be functioning. A field hospital in Kintele, set up by MSF-H two weeks ago, was reported to be in an appalling condition with no supplies or medicines left. Some 2,000 Rwandan refugees, including 200 children under the age of five, were found to be in a "satisfactory condition" with sufficient supplies for another week. Another 7,000 Rwandan refugees are at Lukolela in northwestern Congo.
WFP estimates that before the Cobras' last advance, there were some 60,000 displaced people in the southern region. The a .....
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The Fall Of The Roman Empire
.... German Visigoths to move west across the Danube into Roman territory. The Goths were originally Roman allies, but they soon revolted and became enemies. The Goths sacked Rome in 410 AD and the Vandals, who attacked Spain and Northern Africa, sacked Rome in 455 AD. This theory, based almost solely on fact, is a direct and easy explanation of the fall of the Roman Empire. However, it is not the sole reason for the demise of Rome.
New values had entered the Roman world and had a strong presence in Roman society in the third through fifth centuries in which Rome would fall. Christian values of love, peace, and anti-violence did n .....
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The Zhou Dynasty
.... king and to stay in power. However, most of the lords had become corrupt and spoiled in hopes of gaining power and controlling the entire kingdom. King Wen tried to overcome this problem by buttering up the vassal states and the noble families. They established a system of chivalry, almost, which set out several moral issues. Nonetheless, many vassals still betrayed the Wang and joined forces with the barbarians to help defeat the Western Zhou. That was the main cause for the movement of the Zhou from the West to the East. The Eastern Zhou kingdom, after it was established, did not have much control over any of its feudal s .....
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