Explanation Of The Holocaust In Freud's "Civilization And Its Discontents"
.... essay Civilization and Its Discontents was first published
in 1930, while Freud resided in Vienna, Austria. Undoubtedly, Freud was
aware of the happenings in the world political arena, particularly the
events that were transpiring in neighboring Germany. More specifically, he
was in a position to view the beginning of Hitler's rise to power. It is
interesting to note that Vienna of the early twentieth century where Hitler
and Freud lived was under the control of a mayor who was a severe Anti-
Semite, who was eventually barred from running for office by the Pope.
Hitler began his rise to power in 1924 when he attempted to .....
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Why Did Rome Fall?
.... When Rome began to crumble, its army went first.
Besides causing civil unrest, with the people knowing their army was less
than satisfactory, the loss of the army's comforting presence also caused a
feeling of weakness about Rome.
The economy of Rome was not perfect either. Though the taxes were
heavy, they were not able to cover the cost of government and construction
of public buildings, the maintenance of the army, support two capitals, etc.
etc. Because of this, Rome's splendor and beauty began to diminish
(without the public funding to preserve the beauty), unrepaired roads and
bridges, increased banditry, danger in trav .....
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The Significance Of The Franco-Prussian War On Europe
.... Britain also began to wage war
against one another. Germany's fleet of submarines sank an English ship
prior to the United States joining in the War. The U.S. came out of their
neutral status in the war so that they could keep the German naval
submarines under control.
At the same time nationalism began to flourish. in Germany. This
nationalism evolved into an ideology of superiority over other races. This
ideology claimed that the German race had a special responsibility and
objective and that Germans were the purest race of all. This ideology
entailed the control over other races particularly the Slavs of Eastern
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Timeline History Of Russia 1533-1991
.... of the American, French and Spanish constitutions, the
serfs now demanded the abolishment of the monarchy dictatorship, communal
ownership of land and many other civil and social reforms. Unfortunately,
their rebellion was quickly dismantled by the Czar's military faction and
the system remained in tact.
1861-1905
Czar Nicholas II finally realized that his current economic monarchy
was holding back the development of the empire. He therefore created a
parliamentary system in 1905 which would decrease the number of strikes
and violent outbursts generating from the peasants. This representative
assembly (called a D .....
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Age Of Gold For Babylon
.... the Hanging Gardens of
Babylon, was constructed inside the walls rising 82 feet high similar in
shape to a ziggurat. It is thought that this masterpiece was build to
please one of the king's Persian concubines who longed for the mountains of
her homeland. The terraces were kept plush and green by water pumped from
wells and springs.
A processional street known in native tongue as May the Enemy Not
Have Victory was opened unto by the Ishtar Gate. It led past the palace of
Nebuchadnezzar on towards to Esagila, a great temple dedicated to the
Babyonian's patron god, Marduk. More then 1000 acres of densely packed
homes dotted w .....
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Ancient Greeks' Way Of Life: Loyalty, Devotion, Fortitude
.... they were ones closest friends. “So
every day I wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight I unwove
it…” (pg. 728). This quote speaks of the shroud she told the suitors that
she must weave for her husband before she could choose one of them to marry.
This shows loyalty to her husband, because even though she knew she might
be caught by one of the suitors, she would still try and stall for time, as
long as she could.
Odysseus' crew showed loyalty to Odysseus, and great fortitude. “
The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen,
and I tried to say ‘Untie me!' to the crew, jerking my brow .....
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Causes Of The The French Revolution
.... was
also captured and briefly imprisoned because he was a member of
Robspierre's faction. Napoleon was freed just two months later.In 1795 a
revolt began in Paris over a new constitution that was presented by the
National Convention, the National Convention was name the of the new
government that had taken power in France. Napoleon received orders from
Frances military leader to defend the convention, and control the situation.
Upon his arrival Napoleon realized that the crowd had turned into an ugly
mob. Napoleon was able to take control of the situation, disperse the mob
and restore peace. Paul Barras who was in control of the Fr .....
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The Holocaust
.... run after them and jump them. In the Bible
it says we need to forgive and forget just as God has forgiven us. In this
situation I think it would be hard for me to forgive the Germans, but it
would be harder to forget all the pain and suffering they went through.
Many soldiers would write home and tell their parents or family
about all that is happening. They would tell them to never throw this away
so that they will never forget this terrible event. Captain Timothy Brennan
wrote "I want you to never forget or let our disbelieving friends forget
that our flesh and blood saw this..." Others would take pictures so that
people .....
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Effects Of World War II On Japan
.... tried to make it a better place by
being very strict and competitive. After the changes in Japan the Japanese
people have shown that they are capable of a lot of things specially having
an enormous change in their life such as culture, economics, technology and
politics. This kind of change in any society is a very difficult task to
undertake and not too many countries are able to do it. The effects of
World War II, including the destruction of Japan, was the task for the
Japanese and they were very strong and worked themselves out of the
problems and succeeded in the modern world and now Japan is considered the
fragile superpow .....
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A Statistical View Of European Rural Life, 1600-1800
.... 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 and not sufficient to human needs. Most diets
included bread, cheese, and butter. Meat and vegetables were rare and
eaten possibly twice a year. Most peasants were always on the verge of
starvation and ate anything edible to survive. The average person's
requirements are about 2,500 calories to function normally. Few people .....
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Was Inca Rule Tyrannical?
.... 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 out the society. The men held honorable and
useful occupations. Each person had his own land and estate and no one
took from him or deprive him of it. Leguizamo writes:
“His majesty should understand that my motive in making this declaration is
to unburden my conscience of guilt for having destroyed by our bad example
peo .....
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The Vietnam Era
.... 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" problems. American soldiers were being
killed because we were trying to solve their problems.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were both assassinated
in 1968.
Kent State University was the site where protesting college
students were ordered to be killed by guardsmen. the students were
protesting the war. My Lai .....
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