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Papers on History
Carthage And The Punic Wars
Number of words: 1220 | Number of pages: 5.... had two first class ports. One was a trading port which was
rectangular and the other was a man-made military port which was circular.
These two ports were connected by a canal. The Carthaginians also had great
communication since they controlled the sea, the fastest way of communication at
that time.
The Carthaginians began a 240 year long struggle for survival with the
Greeks then the Romans in the year 410 BC. It all started when the Sicily city of Segesta asked for help against its mortal Greek enemy of Selinius. Carthage, in a lightening fast campaign sacked both Selinius, and the large Greek city of
Agrigento. Th .....
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The Arab's Responsibility For The Arab-Israel Conflict
Number of words: 1269 | Number of pages: 5.... a Jewish state. Fighting quickly spread as Arab guerrillas attacked Jewish settlements. Jewish forces prevented seizure of most settlements, but Arab guerrillas, supported by the Trans-jordanian Arab Legion under the command of British officers, besieged Jerusalem. By April, Haganah, the principal Jewish military group, seized the offensive, scoring victories against the Arab Liberation Army in northern Palestine, Jaffa, and Jerusalem. During the 1950s there was considerable tension between Israel and Egypt, which, under President Nasser, had become a leader in the Arab world. His nationalization of the Suez Canal 1956 provided .....
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The Nazis And Their Rise To Power And Downfall
Number of words: 2324 | Number of pages: 9.... the strong,
and the pure, in opposition to an establishment populated by the elderly,
the weak, and the dissolute.
Hitler was born in a small town in Austria in 1889. As a young boy,
he showed little ambition. After dropping out of high school, he moved to
Vienna to study art, but he was denied the chance to join Vienna academy
of fine arts.
When WWI broke out, Hitler joined Kaiser Wilhelmer's army as a
Corporal. He was not a person of great importance. He was a creature of a
Germany created by WWI, and his behavior was shaped by that war and its
consequences. He had emerged from Austria with many prejudices, .....
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How Far Did The Policies Of Ol
Number of words: 4224 | Number of pages: 16.... the best areas to examine would be Olivares’ policies during the Thirty Years War from 1622; the Mantuan War 1628-31 and the great revolts of Catalonia and Portugal in 1640. As for domestic policy I will need to look at Olivares’ initial reforms of 1623, why they fell through and the effect this had. Furthermore it is important to look at the areas where domestic policy coincides with foreign policy (in a defensive sense) in the Great Memorial, including the Union of Arms. I will also have to find out if Olivares’ policies were consistent, or whether they became more and more drastic during his term of office. Firstly though .....
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The Significance Of The Franco-Prussian War On Europe
Number of words: 360 | Number of pages: 2.... the
other countries in Europe Germany and Britain also began to wage war
against one another. Germany's fleet of submarines sank an English ship
prior to the United States joining in the War. The U.S. came out of their
neutral status in the war so that they could keep the German naval
submarines under control.
At the same time nationalism began to flourish. in Germany. This
nationalism evolved into an ideology of superiority over other races. This
ideology claimed that the German race had a special responsibility and
objective and that Germans were the purest race of all. This ideology
entailed the control over other .....
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Iraq And The United States
Number of words: 565 | Number of pages: 3.... Services is very unhappy of the unnecessary spending of the U.S. dollar. Warner stated: "Based on briefings tax payers have spent $750 million on the Gulf War effort," (USA TODAY 2/27/98). This outrage spending could be used to solve the United States economical burdens, and it would be horrible if the world's only remaining superpower uses its awesome might to slather a stricken little country where hunger is a daily menace.
The "U.S Patriotic Spirit" is at question with the United States People. At the end of the 1991 Gulf War the country went into a great recession. Many Americans lost their jobs and homes. Americans accord .....
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A Fatal Mistake The Vietnam Wa
Number of words: 2810 | Number of pages: 11.... the Japanese not more than a year previous, sought only to peacefully gain their independence from France (Chant 25). In January of 1950, the Viet Minh gained recognition by the governments of the USSR and China, who supplied weapons and places to train (Chant 25). Because the two Communist superpowers recognized the Viet Minh, the Vietnam war became to the U.S. a struggle between capitalism and communism, especially since the Viet Minh were openly communist themselves. By aiding the French, the U.S. thought they were helping their free-trade ally France fight communism, the Communist Party was very strong in France (Goldstei .....
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The Punic Wars 264 BC -- 146 BC
Number of words: 825 | Number of pages: 3.... they had fought at sea
before and the Romans did not. Also the Romans did not have a navy. When
the Romans finally started a navy, this reflected in their fighting. For
many years the Carthaginian people were more successful. This is because
they were under the power of Hamilcar. On March 10, 241 BC this would all
change, at the battle of Aegates Island. The Romans beat the Carthaginians
so bad, they appealed for peace. Many things came out of this war. One was
that Rome learned how to conduct a war on a huge scale. The Senate learned
to finance a war, how to find men for the army, how to find supplies, and
how to build flee .....
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Articles Of Confederation 2
Number of words: 561 | Number of pages: 3.... to desperate measures with the Newburgh conspiracy in an attempt to raise funds for a depleted military; but it took an impassioned plea from General Washington himself to put down the rebellion. Furthermore, the Articles allowed for personal rights abuses such as unsubstantiated foreclosures on farms and ill advised loans to certain “ small groups”, the antithesis of republicanism. As Arthur Schlesinger Jr. stated “the Articles were to impotent to govern.” Lastly, no judicial system was provided for to enforce laws and therefore allowed for insurrections such as Shay’s Rebellion. In addition, to pass .....
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The Manhattan Project
Number of words: 815 | Number of pages: 3.... uranium (U-
235) or the common isotope (U-238) could be used. They learned that each
fission releases a few neutrons. A chain reaction, therefore, was
theoretically possible, if not too many neutrons escaped from the mass or
were captured by impurities.
In 1942 General Leslie Groves was chosen to lead the project, and he
immediately purchased a site at Oak Ridge, Tennessee for facilities to
separate the necessary uranium-235 from the much more common uranium-238.
He also appointed theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer as director
of the weapons laboratory, who ordered the construction of the headquarters
on an isolated mesa .....
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