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military alliances that formed the Balkan League. The mission of this league, that included Russia, was to wage war on the ottoman empire. There were three wars that ended in the Treaty of Berlin. The Treaty of Berlin stated Serbia would be independant, Bulgaria would be given to Ottoman empire, Bosnia was to be given to Austria, and Romania was given to Russia.This created an uprise in Bosnia because they didn't want to be ruled by Austria-Hungary. They had strong nationalistic feeling and…

George Bernard Shaw is certainly one of the major playwrights in the history of English literature. Shaw’s Arms and the Man, is one of the most popular plays in English literature. Arms and the Man is a thought-provoking, anti-romantic and anti-war play. “Arms and the Man is a fitting entry-point into Shaw’s career, which goes on to encompass many more plays investigating the nature of relationships between men and women.”1 The play satirizes the social issues of the day by highlighting and…

What was the Iron Curtain The term Iron Curtain became widely known during the cold war and was used to define the geopolitical, military, physical and ideological boundary that separated states that were members of the Warsaw Pact in Eastern Europe (Eastern Bloc) and those that were not, otherwise called The West. This boundary separated the two areas from World War II to the end of cold war and it represented the Soviet Union’s attempt to shield itself and allies from direct contact with…

Every culture has its own significance, like meal, clothes, music, dance, language and of course gestures. People differentiate a various types of gestures in different cultures, particularly in business conversations. In official conversations, people should pay special attention to the gestures of speakers. By using appropriate gestures, we can greet and say goodbye to an interlocutor can send information and show our own psychic condition. By the shown gesture, we can injure and abuse or…

Treaty of Versailles Malak Al-Nuaimi B6 The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. At the end of World War I (1914-1918), victorious Allied Powers negotiated a series of peace treaties to impose on the defeated Central Powers. They arranged different treaties with Austria and Hungary, after the dissolution of Austro-Hungarian…

nearly every one of America's big cities”(Brownworth). This is something that is a lot more common than it should be. Another reason people are tortured is due to their religion, race, or ethnicity, “Roma communities were singled out in Kosovo, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. Kurds bore the brunt of Turkish torture.”(Torture: the facts). This judgment of people because of who they are and punishing them for what they can not control is wrong and must come…

Colin Douglas. Wobbly World is a world music band founded by Freddy Clarke that brings together all nations into a musical collaboration. Wobbly World takes musical traditions from all over the world and creates pieces with influence from Africa, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Denmark, Iran,…

Ibn Battuta was a Muslim scholar who travelled the known world in the fourteenth century. The son of a qadi, or Muslim judge, he was born in Tangier, Morocco, to a wealthy family of scholars. At the age of 22, having finished his education, Ibn Battuta went on a pilgrimage to Mecca in the year 1325. After reaching Mecca, he decided to continue travelling, which he did for the next 29 years of his life. During these years, Ibn Battuta met many rulers and held important positions in foreign lands.…

Though the Soviet Union and Western powers such as the United States had been bound together by alliances during times of war, there were many other issues that could not be agreed upon; this notably included the coexistence of communism and capitalism in different parts of the world. Viewing other countries and their respective powers as greater threats (such as Nazi Germany), key members of the Soviet Union, including Josef Stalin, agreed to put away differences with countries in order to gain…

Ogedei Khan and His Conquests Now that Genghis Khan had died, his third son, Ogedei, was made Khan. Ogedei Khan, seeing that the Mongols had stopped warfare with the Jin, resumed the war. He personally led his troops into battle. Many battles were won due to his excellent leadership. Later in the war his general, Subatai, defeated the capitol city of the Jin and soon thereafter, the Jin Dynasty collapsed. The Mongols were now in control of Northern China. Ogedei Khan also ordered one of his…