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John XXIII was born to the name “Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli” circa the year 1882. After being ordained in 1904 and being drafted by the Italian military to be a chaplain, Angelo served the church in multiple other ways. Angelo became the bishop of Bulgaria, as well as the papal ambassador of Turkey and Greece. Working his way up, Angelo became pope in 1958 and took the name Pope John XXIII. People expected Pope John XXIII to do much, as he was 76 at the time, nor did they expect him to stay for…

The coin with the impression of Alexander the Great was issued by one of his successors named Lysimachus. Lysimachus was the former general of Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander, he ruled part of Alexander’s empire in Bulgaria, Northern Greece and Turkey. Lysimachus used the image of Alexander on his coins to represent his own power and stature as Alexander’s successor. In the Roman world, Alexander was not viewed as man but worshipped as god. This is illustrated in the coin which…

“The fracking cocktail includes acids, detergents and poisons that are not regulated by federal laws but can be problematic if they seep into drinking water.” Opposition to fracking has been great, especially in Europe. Countries like France and Bulgaria have already banned fracking and there have even been movies and…

World War I had left the whole of Europe in turmoil by 1918; the Big three consequently met in Paris in 1919 to draw up a treaty regarding the treatment of Germany. They were ready to punish the defeated nation. In France, millions were dead and even more were injured; the economy had collapsed and civilians were starving to death. In the end, the Paris Peace Conference and other treaties that followed left many doubts and approvals at the same time as to whether they were fair. Some viewed the…

At the center of this “myth of rescue” is altruism: the claim that the government or individuals representing the nation “altruistically” saved the Jews, purely out of humanistic concern and without expecting practical rewards. Taking altruism as an overdetermined term, my paper aims at unfolding the multiple layers of the usage of altruism in the myth of rescue: Firstly, while other factors—e.g., religion and political affiliation—had been privileged in the 1960s, they either faded or being…

Europe (mainly France and Germany. There were two sides, the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies consisted of Britain, Italy, France, America, and Russia while the central Powers consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. The countries involved in WWI such as Germany,France, America, etc., had very different sets of equipment. the bar was a very common american gun during WWI. it was made and used in the year of 1918 (browning M1918 BAR 1). It was made from…

Social Ramifications of World War I 1. Women would awaken to their true potential due to World War I. During the war, women were needed to do factory jobs, farm work, and other local jobs. When the war was over, they lost these jobs to the returning veterans. I truly believe that women saw their abilities to operate like any man and this led to an increase in the Women's rights movement that would follow the war. 2. The people of Europe started World War I with the idea of war…

1946, former British Minister Winston Churchill spoke of the dangers to basic liberties posted by the Soviet system of government. He declared that an “Iron Curtain” (Document 1) has descended over Eastern Europe trapping Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and East Germany. In Document 2, Churchill's “Iron Curtain Speech” expressed…

Chapter 3.3 - How Stalin aimed to establish Soviet Security with the ‘Iron Curtain’ and Eastern buffer zones surrounding the USSR As the Second World War had drawn to an end Stalin had two main immediate aims; the economic recovery and reconstruction of Soviet territory backed by reparations, which was already partly covered in the previous segments. The other was to establish a Soviet Sphere of influence in the occupied Eastern European countries, as a means of making a ‘buffer zone’ against…

OVERVIEW: -------------- Hetalia is a comedy anime created by Hidekaz Himaruya. It consists of countries personified into humans (and yes, they're all stereotypes and yes they're anazing) during WW2. It follows the countries Italy, Germany, Japan, America, UK, China, Russia, France, and a ton of other countries. It also has unique and catchy songs. Each episode is 5 minutes of interchanging skits that are hilarious and sometimes serious about the real world. What's even better is the manga has…