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When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the citizens of new nations found themselves suddenly pushed into a new era. Once they had relied on the Soviet system of socialism and central planning to dictate every aspect of the lives. Then in the post-Soviet era, their newfound independence forced them to face an obstacle of…

In the 1 ass’s The French Revolution caused disagreement between Monarchy and Republicanism, which eventually led up to The June Rebellion in 1 832 by changing the government from a changed Republic to a Monarch once again. Maxilla Robberies, the leader of the French Revolution was successful in changing the political ways of France. However…

“Little fry, who gave birth to you?” The potato’s inception can be traced back to the highlands of South America. Its conversion into McDonald’s fries is a captivating tale entwined with the adventures of Conquistadors, Marie Antoinette, and Thomas Jefferson. Innumerable fortunes were amassed and lives lost as a result of the reliance on this…

Henri Fayol, a French engineer and director of mines, was born in a suburb of Istanbul in 1841, where his father, an engineer, was appointed Superintendent of Works to build a bridge over the Golden Horn. They returned to France in 1847. Fayol studied at the mining school “Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines” in St…

            Comparing two works of art from different periods requires careful study and an understanding of the differences that defined those periods. The concept of art and the way in which it has been organized has also changed drastically over the centuries meaning that it has to seen in the context of the period from…

The Gods Will Have Blood, a novel written by Anatole France, narrates or gives a picture on how the people lived in the course of the French Revolution in the 18th century. Being more specific, Anatole France focuses the novel on the story of a man named Evariste Gamelin, showing the possibility on how a…

The chase scene begins it’s build up with a shot of Brooklyn’s El train, this not only establishes the location of the scene but is almost an omen of what is about to take place. In the same shot the camera titles down to an image of a child riding a tricycle, a clear sign…

Phoenicians began colonizing Spain. Modern cities such as Cádiz and Málaga were founded by the Phoenicians around this time. The Carthaginians conquered much of Spain. Spain became an important part of the Roman Empire following the Punic Wars. The Visigoths completed their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. The Moors conquered most of Spain. Many Spaniards…

It is this decisive role played by the Bourgeoisie that some of the early writers on the French Revolution declared it to be a “Bourgeoisie Revolution”. Prominent among them was George Leftover. He claimed that the origins of the French Revolution can be traced back to the rise of the bourgeoisie and 1789 was the…

A ‘fringe irritant’ in German domestic politics must be a term widely used for many minority parties in a struggling Weimar Germany, whilst designed to lower the thought of their actual influence and reputation amongst the readers of historical sources it also shows the significance of their effects on the population. In the case of…