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Was the treaty of Versailles to harsh on Germany? Yes, I think that the treaty of Versailles was too harsh on the Germans and would make the Germans have a desire for revenge. I think that the treaty could have been a bit softer, but on the other hand at that time the treaty couldn’t…

Karl Marx was home schooled until he was twelve years old. Marx was an average student in schools. He started his college studies at the University of Bonn. He didn’t take his education seriously at this point in his life. He did a lot of partying that caused him to go to jail and end…

None of the European power wanted World War I, but they feared Germany. Germany was freshly unified, and was crushing the European powers in population and Industry. France wanted to retrieve the Alsace-Lorraine. Britain was a state used to being on the ocean, so they felt threatened by Germany’s colonial enlargement and William II’s take…

Francois Marie Arouet was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris. The pen name that he used the most frequently, nevertheless, was Voltaire. Voltaire was a Gallic writer, philosopher, and apostle of free idea ; he was the most influential figure during the Gallic Enlightenment. Voltaire received an first-class instruction at a Jesuit school called…

October 5, 2012 The Great Fear of France 1989 In 1989, a great horror struck France that would come to play a major part in the French Revolution. The peasants in the rural areas in France became very frightened and armed themselves in response to many rumors of plots. Rural unrest had been present in…

Ivan the Terrible was a cruel tyrant, who never knew the meaning of moderation; He drank too much, laughed too loudly and hated and loved too fiercely. And he never forgot anything. Ivan was definitely smart and despite his cruelty, his reign is known as one of the greatest rules in Russian history. In Russia…

The poems ‘Childhood’ by Frances Cornford and ‘My Parents’ by Stephen Spender both feature a speaker reflecting on the past. However, they differ in several aspects, including their form, as Childhood consists of one stanza while My Parents has three stanzas. The tone also varies, with Childhood conveying confusion and My Parents evoking envy. Additionally,…

These were caused by a multitude of political, social, and economic problems residing in the English and French monarchies. In England, the civil war was a rebellion by parliament against the king. There was a direct conflict and truffle in determining each of their roles in governing the nation. After the Tudor dynasty ended with…

Vasco Nunez Balboa, born in 1475 and died in 1519, was a significant explorer. Coming from a deprived Spanish family in Spain, he sailed for Spain. Balboa’s most notable expedition, which took place in 1513, involved traveling from Spain to Panama in search of a new discovery that would impress King Ferdinand. During the expedition,…

Bases-Stein Efficient Frontier can be considered as a better replacement in this case. Furthermore, we interestingly found out that besides widely-used diversification effect, we can also use Monte-Carlo simulation method to build up a better efficient frontier. It should also be noted that the diversification effect we experimented in this study failed to meet the…