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allowed to cross the Danube into Roman territory rebelled against the Romans. One of the most significant invasions by the barbarians was in 406 C.E. In 406 C.E., the Vandals, Alans, and Sueves, who were loosely allied with each other, crossed the Rhine into Gaul and eventually taking control of Gaul in 409 C.E. The invasions of these barbarian ethnicities came in areas that were not as heavily protected by the Roman military because the Empire’s resources were stretched out too much. With the…

the most damaging invasions were the Sassanid’s. “The Sassanid Dynasty was a group of very aggressive people who prodded the frontier along the Armenian and Mesopotamian border” (Paul Freedman). Barbarians also invaded the empire. The Danube and the Rhine rivers acted as natural frontiers. The rivers…

DIVING LOCATIONS GERMANY The Hemmoor Lake The Hemmoor Kreidesee resulted from nearly 12 decades of chalk coal extraction and cement production. After it was abandoned it eventually filled with groundwater and today the remaining 33 Hector Lake is with its 60m depth the third deepest lake in northern Germany. The following characteristics can be drawn from the dive site: Direction: From shore Depth: The Hemmoor Kreidesee has a depth of 200 feet (61m) Visibility: Visible up to 100 feet Cave:…

The British and French Empires spent the majority of the period between 1793 and 1815 at war with one another; imperial conflict in this period was not uncommon – the two powers had previously clashed during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) and the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783, with direct French involvement from 1778). [CITE THESE DATES????????] Though by 1815 the Napoleonic Empire had fallen and been replaced by the restored Bourbon Monarchy, which adopted the British ideological…

The political shift that occurred during the early twentieth century in Russia remains one of the most successful anti-monarchal revolutions in history. The political and social climate leading up to the February and October Revolutions of 1917 was unique, fueled by tense relations between the Russian working class and the royal family. It was the detrimental political missteps by Tsar Nicholas II, as well as his inability to compromise and unwavering desire to retain autocratic control of the…

Toba Ahmadi Ms. Kempin World History Honors 9 June 2015 “Chapter Questions” Question 1: Many factors triggered World War I. One factor was militarism. Right before the war, each country was concerned about growing and perfecting their army and to do so spent a lot of money. Countries expanded their armies and with the use of conscription were able to double the size of their military. Many militaries also practiced brinksmanship (or brinkmanship) in order to show strength. Meaning, that each…

Karen Armstrong and Thomas Madden’s respective presentations of the Crusades, seem to present two extreme positions – either the crusaders are intolerant fanatics blindly killing people groups who were never aggressively antagonistic in return; or the Arabs are the fanatics, and the crusaders are selfless soldiers fighting a purely defensive war. Of the two pieces, Armstrong’s analysis of the Crusades is more overtly driven by a modern political agenda, but the belligerent extremes of both…

“As of September 14, 2016, Britannica.com listed on its website. . . Karl Heinrich Marx a revolutionary, historian, sociologist, and economist was born May 5th 1818 in the city Trier located in Rhine, Prussia. Marx was the oldest boy of nine children. In 1835 attended the University of Bonn for a year then went to Berlin to study philosophy and law. Eight years later Marx married Jenny von Westphalen who was smart and attractive to the eye. Jenny came from a family that was highly educated and…

“Whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness”, according to the Declaration of Resolutions and Sentiments. Analysis of Julius Caesar, Greece’s new prime minister, and Abraham Lincoln will show if a…

The nonfiction work, Alexandra: The Last Tsarina by Carolly Erickson, delves into the world of the Romanov family and how their three-hundred-year-old dynasty came to an abrupt end in the early twentieth century. Erickson, award-winning historian and biographer, paints the picture of the harsh realities that encompassed the life of the German-born, Alexandra Feodorovna, some of which include a quest for a seemingly unattainable lover, a miscarriage, depression, and mystic named Rasputin. The…