1918

The Illyrian population first developed into tribal societies that were characterized by a certain flexibility between the political and social makeup of the group. Illyrians also possessed the ability to create a livelihood from various economic and ecological conditions (Galaty, 2002:110; Stallo, 2007:25). Many of these tribes became dependent upon transhumant pastoralism, meaning they would graze their herds along coastal plains in the winter and move to the mountains for the summer (Galaty…

then the cohesiveness of a particular society would be in shambles. Therefore, punishment as a part of the criminal justice system is essential due to the preservation of the community unity as well as having intact morals, norms, and values (Mead, 1918, p.…

The fascinating thing about trench knives is their overall design reaks brutality and seems to just scream violence. In the modern military everything is sleek, black, and modern, the trench knife was big and brutal. Most people picture the United States M1918 trench knife when the word trench knife is brought up. The trench warfare of the first World War was a violent and brutal place, in between the nerve gas, and the new machine gun, a lot of fighting was done with bayonets, buttstocks, bare…

WOMAN WORKERS During the first world war women entered the U.S. labor force largely to fill spots left by men who went off to fight. They took jobs from being office clerks to working on the rail road; women did what they could to help out the war effort. Before and after the war women were working in factories, offices, stores, or anywhere they could find a job. Daily they had to fight sex segregation and stereotyping from their male counterparts. Man still believed that the woman's place was…

(Roberts, 2014:1). Sassoon wrote the book: Counter-Attack and other poem in 1918 in which the poem, Suicide on the trenches occurs (Sassoon, 1918:38). This poem brings forth the theme of dehumanisation through Sassoon’s diction, rhyme scheme and the tone of the poem. There is a definite rhyme scheme of AA; BB; CC in the poem. The rhyme scheme creates an image…

Post World War I, Woodrow Wilson outlined 14 points in a speech to the American Congress in January 1918. Wilson's Fourteen Points became the foundation for a peace programme. On the back of the Fourteen Points, Germany and allies agreed to an armistice in November 1918. Failure to adhere to Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points possibly triggered World War II. The Treaty of Versailles indicated: 1) that Germany had to accept blame ‘for all the loss and damage’ of the war, 2) the Germans were allowed no…

Obituary Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896. After Edward Fitzgerald, the father, lost his job with Procter & Gamble in New York (1908), Francis Scott, moved back to St. Paul with his mother, Mary McQuillan. At the age of thirteen, Francis attended St. Paul Academy where he began his passion for literature, publishing an article in the school newspaper. At the age of fifteen, Francis attended Newman School in New Jersey where he continued to pursue…

Chloe Duke 10/10/15 Ak Studies My memory of the Spanish Influenza Epidemic in Alaska is very vivid in my mind. I remember hearing about it first happening in the lower 48. To be more specific in Boston and then how it spread the flu to Philadelphia all spreading from shipyard to shipyard, boat to boat, person to person. On September 17, a ship docked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, which is near Seattle, Washington, where longshoremen loaded steamships that happened to be bound for…

World War I (often abbreviated to WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war (including the victims of a number of genocides), a casualty rate made…

fighting in the war. World War 1 had united many countries and families together but also at the same time many of them were separated. World War 1 was a global war that took place in Europe. The war began on 28th July 1914 and ended on the 11th November 1918. More than 70 million military troops including 60 million Europeans were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. Over 9 million soldiers and 7 million civilians died. You might be wondering how World War 1 started well it was all…