Abdication

treatment of the German people and their government under the Treaty of Versailles was one of many examples of the sins of the father being taken upon the son. The Second Reich was under Hohenzollern rule, from the unification of Germany to the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1919. However, after Germany lost World War I, the kaiser fled the country and Germany was transitioned to its first democracy, the Weimar Republic. The problem with the Treaty was that it placed heavy punishments on the…

The battles of Trafalgar, Borodino, and Waterloo spanned the course of decade, but each of them were both significant and related to one another in some way. The most notable similarity between each of these battles was the involvement of Napoleon Bonaparte, the notorious French political and military leader who wreaked havoc across Europe during the beginning of the 19th century, but the most important aspect was the role each of these battles played in the ultimate demise of Napoleon’s…

Doctor Zhivago is independently minded novel of fiction that is told through the real history of the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the Civil War. This unique point in history sets the stage for a story founded in epic romance, tragedy as well as history. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, many Russian people were first to live through the misfortunes of the time. Most of all the novel Doctor Zhivago tells the emotional trials of love amplified by the state of revolution.…

Macbeth died of reasons that find their cause solely in him. His ambition, abdication of family roles, hypocrisy, and break away from community ultimately lead to his death. Macbeth’s ambition made him commit heinous crimes for power. Using her husband’s ambition for her won advantage, Lady Macbeth gained too much influence over Macbeth and used this to goad him farther into sin and finally to the point of abdicating all his marital roles. Macbeth’s hypocrisy changed what he believed for worse.…

empire and pinpointing the beginning of its decay, however one of the most accepted theories begins in the reign of Emperor Constantine (306-337 A.D) and his part in the split of the Roman Empire into two ‘West’ and ‘East’ regions and ends with the abdication of Romulus Augustus in 475 A.D. Responsibility is also given to the many waves of barbarians migrating into and pillaging the outer regions of the Western Empire, as well as widespread corruption, economic and social issues within the…

Napoleon Bonaparte was a leader in the French military who became emperor and led France into a European-wide expansion. Napoleon wanted to expand his empire to be all over Europe. Napoleon had almost accomplished this goal, but due to a mishap when trying to invade Russia he was he was exiled to the island of Elba. Napoleon seemed to have a weakness with certain battle strategy and over confidence which led to multiple downfalls of the the French military. Napoleon’s plans for the revolution to…

In the Napoleonic Era, life in Europe was drastically different. Revolution in France sparked the rebellious spirit deep within the people of many nations. Under the Emperor’s, Napoleon Bonaparte, control France behaved as a new nation. At its peak she nearly dominated the entirety of the continent, and even stretched her influence into other parts of the world. However, she did have one rival that did not submit as easily as the rest, Britain. In an attempt to break Britain, Napoleon…

To better elucidate his ideas, Huangfu Shi mentions two refutations of his conclusion. The first one concerns the definition of the central realm, the synonym of the legitimate state in ancient China. One might tell Huangfu Shi that the Northern Wei is legitimate since it had dominated the territory of the central realm. The Central Plain is the allegedly rightful territory of the central realm as ancient Chinese believed. Just as mentioned in 2.2.3, both the Northern Wei and the southern…

““What do you do when a person…?” Dot, dot, dot. As Small Groups Pastor, what’s about to follow is a question about handling a certain type of personality during a small group meeting” (Mason, n.d, para. 1). This question could just as easily have been uttered to an HR manager within in a business setting. Small group interactions can be complex at times, but can yield great personal growth and satisfaction. Therefore, it is imperative that as individuals we arm ourselves with knowledge to…

The Search for Order, 1877-1920, by Robert H. Wiebe takes place at the end of the reconstruction period post-Civil War and continues all the way through the end of World War 1 and a little more. The book’s thesis is about how America came to be from the end of the Reconstruction Period to the end of the First World War and the trouble that it faced trying to gain an identity in the world. Few got rich, while the rest were poor and did not trust the government. Wiebe does a great job of painting…