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    In the years that created Rwanda nothing was more known the genocide that took place in that country. It was known all over the world and is still taught in schools today. The events that took place before the genocide has had a part in helping get the citizens in Rwanda to commit this act. As this was going on in Rwanda the international community did not help and the rest of the world watched and tried to make sense of what was happening. The Rwanda genocide was caused by years and years…

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    the government faced a small-scale revolution by some of its own citizens. Most of the country felt negatively toward taxing in general, much less taxing on whiskey. In 1974, a tax inspectors home was attacked by a group of whiskey rebels. The actions of the rebels turned head and the presence of the Whiskey Rebellion threatened to expand to other states outside of Pennsylvania. In response to the destruction, Alexander Hamilton advised military action, and soon 13,000 militia were led by…

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    Canada and Australia’s long lasting alliance is built on several factors. These include: military defense and trade relations as well as academic and cultural exchange. These factors will be examined in the following paragraphs and they will illustrate the reasons behind Canada and Australia’s long-standing alliance and the development of its strength. get it now or wait for what u will never Military defense was one of…

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    Most books usually convey a message to their audience. For example, many dystopian novels convey how not to govern, how not to behave as a society. Some of the novels are based on real events, real societies and governments that existed when the book was written, like communist regimes for instance. Two of the most famous dystopian novels are Animal Farm and 1984. Surely, these two books have a lot in common like how both books were set in England, written by George Orwell, and based on the…

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    farmers’ debts. By December 1786, James Bowdoin, the Massachusetts Governor, mobilized a force of 1,200 militiamen to fight against Shay and the rebels which was led by General Benjamin Lincoln, a former Continental Army General, and was funded by local merchants. Lincoln and his army anticipated the rebels next move, so they were waiting for the rebels at…

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    Before this official declaration, the French did support the American colonies with gunpowder and secret loans, but did not openly consider supporting them until the colonies won a victory at Saratoga in December 1777. The Treaty of Alliance stated that neither party would sign a separate peace treaty until “liberty, sovereignty, and independence” were granted to the Americans. The pact also stated that America would recognize any French territory taking in the West Indies. French allegiance…

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    The Decline of an Empire The word ottoman is a western term for the name Osman I, who was the first ruler and creator of the Ottoman Empire in 1299. This Empire later on overthrew the last remainder of the Roman civilization and evolved to be one of the superpowers, and was the center of communications between the West and the East countries. But as its mighty grew also its weakness began to appear, and as a result of decades of influences such as historical events (wars), economic factors…

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    “other.” From a constructivist perspective, the alliances created between Hezbollah, Assad and Iran; and Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the moderate rebels can be seen as a Sunni-Shia war. Similarly, the contraposition between Russia and the United States can also be understood through history and opposing ideology. With US perceiving itself as the defender of peace and democracy and Russia perceiving itself as the defender of state sovereignty. Alliances created between states continue to associate…

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    In his book The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides analyses the causes and events of the Peloponnesian war. He provides the reader with an overview of Greek history leading up to the war and the factors that set apart this war from previous conflicts in the region. For his accounts, Thucydides relies on his own observations, as well as multiple sources that he tries to verify as far as possible. This paper will analyse some of the major themes and ideas presented in Thucydides work.…

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    Return of the Jedi and the galaxy has changed much in this thirty year time skip. The evil Galactic Empire has collapsed and its remnants have reformed to establish a successor organization called The First Order. At the same time, the benevolent Rebel Alliance had reformed into an organization known as The Resistance. Over the course of thirty years has there been conflict between these two factions for control of the galaxy. The title of the movie hints that there has been a lengthy…

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