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Comparison of the Development of Absolutism, Nationalism, Socialism, Communism, Totalitarianism, Islamism, and Republicanism Written by: Steven Andrews II Institution: West Georgia Technical Larry McQuiston World History II (HIST 1112)- 20720 Date: November/3/2017 Absolutism is a form of government in which it is based on a monarchy which bares control over the kingdom as well as its population. Absolutism was not an uncommon thing in the eighteenth century, but became prevalent by…

occurred in November 1917. 6. What was the goal of the Third communist International in 1919? The goal of the Third Communist International was to make revolution by Communists occur globally. 7. Who lead the communists? a. Josef Stalin b. Tsar…

On the night of July 16, 1916, two very different groups of people stood on either end of a firing squad line. The character of both the gunman and his victims revealed itself in those final seconds, as eight guns became the border between weakness and dominance. Power, or the lack thereof, is very often the deciding factor between good and evil. Robert Alexander’s The Kitchen Boy examines the two sides of power as the novel follows the story of Misha and his account of the Romanovs final days.…

Introduction Originating from the Greek words ‘haima’, meaning blood, and ‘philia’, meaning friend, hemophilia is a medical condition in which the individual lacks a certain clotting factor which prevents bleeding as a result of injury. In order of rarity from most to least, it features type A, B and C hemophilia and various severity levels. Type A hemophilia consists of 90% of cases, in which the individual lacks clotting factor VIII and 70% of patients have a severe level of hemophilia.…

The Birth of Stalinism and the Soviet Union If one wishes to peer into the atrocious effects of an oppressive regime they need look no further than the gulags. The gulags were forced-labor camps that existed within the Soviet Union during the reign of the oppressive dictator Joseph Stalin. The book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn describes the single day of an average prisoner in the camp named Ivan Denisovich. In order to understand the society and conditions…

Have you ever wonder about how we find out things that we never knew about before? Well there is a lot of ways that you can find out things that you never knew about. New words are being created everyday that a lot of people don't know about. For instance the word "Bolsheviks" at first I didn't know what it was, than when I google it I found out the meaning of that word. First I will be classify the term Bolsheviks. Second the definition will be explained. Third I will be providing traditional…

The Schlieffen Plan, German army’s plan for war against France and Russia, added two more enemies to the country’s rival list. Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted to conquer two of the main powers at the time in one plan, all but which failed. His’s cousin, the tsar of Russia, Nicholas II had communicated through letter during the time prior to the war and throughout the course of it. Levine reveals that the letters depict the tension between the two countries and the poor relation that existed between the…

Digging through the trunk filled with family relics I stumbled upon my great grandfather Shmuel’s journal entries. His entries detailed the October Revolution, End of World War I and the events spanning across the next fifteen years before he came to America with his family in search of a better life. Some background information on who my great grandfather Shmuel was. My great grandfather Shmuel a Jewish farmer living in Eastern Russia, now a part of modern day Ukraine, however, he will call…

There were many factors that contributed to the entry of the United States into World War I. One of these reasons did include the press coverage of German atrocities; however, I would argue that there were other contributing factors of greater importance to the reversal of Wilson’s neutrality and the entry into World War I. As the Great War progressed, the American media used its national platform to expose the American population to the war that raged on in Europe- through the Federal…

Nations was to split up former central power empires amongst themselves and to “ guarantee international cooperation and to achieve international peace and scrutiny” (Civ P&P 836-837). Among other things to come out of the war was the collapse of the Tsar monarchy in Russia and the rise of Communist Soviet Union when the people wanted to leave the war. Also many non-European peoples who were growing tired of having to send their own to die for their colonial overseers began adopting Nationalist…