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Charlemagne 2
Number of Words: 1182 / Number of Pages: 5
... Charlemagne’s power was in essence his double royal authority; not only was he the king of the Frankish Empire, but he was also crowned, Emperor of Rome. Before Charlemagne and his father, Pepin’s, reigns, basis of political authority did not lie with the king. Einhard writes, "It had really lost all power years before and it no longer possessed anything at all of importance beyond the empty title of king. The wealth and the power of the kingdom were held tight in the hands of certain leading officials of the court, who were called the mayors of the palace…The king possesses not ...
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Deregulation Of The Airline In
Number of Words: 1844 / Number of Pages: 7
... reaching record numbers. Funds to upgrade the air traffic control system are available in the trust fund created to receive the tax applied to airline passenger tickets and the tax on fuel for general aviation. The General Accounting Office says modernizing the air traffic control system will cost at least 17 billion for just the first 5 years of the FAAˇ¦s 15-year National Airspace System improvement plan. It is the NAS that provides the services and infrastructure for air transportation. Air transportation represents 6% of the Nationˇ¦s gross domestic product, so the NAS is a critical ele ...
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Compare And Contrast Essay Of
Number of Words: 3103 / Number of Pages: 12
... that masters should not abuse their authority, since the interests of master and slave are the same. It seemed to Aristotle that the individual's freedom of choice made an absolutely accurate analysis of human affairs impossible. "Practical science," then, such as politics or ethics, was called science only by courtesy and analogy. The inherent limitations on practical science are made clear in Aristotle's concepts of human nature and self-realization. Human nature certainly involves, for everyone, a capacity for forming habits; but the habits that a particular individual forms depend on that ...
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Russian Revolution
Number of Words: 2246 / Number of Pages: 9
... bands. Finally, one must see the psychological aspects of revolutionary change: elation and hope, fear and discouragement, and ultimately the prolonged agony of bloodshed and privation, both from war and repression, and the "bony hand of Tsar Hunger," who strangled tens of thousands and, in the end, brought the revolutionary period to a close after the civil war by forcing the Bolsheviks to abandon the radical measures of War Communism in favor of a New Economic Policy (NEP).
Throughout, the events in Russia were of worldwide importance. Western nations saw "immutable" values and institutions successf ...
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The Cold War
Number of Words: 685 / Number of Pages: 3
... collapsed and they converted to a capitalistic economy. Germany and the rest of Europe was a chessboard that the two powers played on. The U.S. was allied with West Germany, and the Soviet Union was allied with East Germany. When the Berlin Wall was built here, the Soviet Union took a major hit in their political opinions across the globe. Eventually in 1990, theBerlinWall was destroyed and the two sides of Germany were reunited. Cuba was a minor player in . When Fidel Castro took over, the U.S. authorized an invasion of this country. This invasion, known as the Bay of Pigs, was a hideous failure. ...
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Huguenots (french Calvanists)
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
... the event.
A twist in fate helped the future of the Huguenots. For Henry IV was in a delicate position with his public, over the assassinations of Duke of Guise and his brother, the cardinal, which forced him to alie with Henry of Nevarre a Huguenot. Later after Henry IV got assassinated himself; Henry of Nevarre inherited the French throne in 1589. Henry, then being in rule, decided that the best way to keep the peace and be a successful king, is to become a Catholic. This also was good, for the capitol of France, Paris, was mostly Catholic. Henry did not go far from his roots, remembering the ...
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Government In The Usa
Number of Words: 639 / Number of Pages: 3
... conventions by a simple majority of the delegates previously chosen either at state conventions or elected in primaries.
After the official nomination the election campaign begins, continuing until Election Day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in leap years. Voters are registered and the party machinery drums up support, trying to win floating voters over etc.
On Election Day the electorate votes not for the presidential candidates themselves but for those presidential electors (members of the Electoral College) who have pledged to support a particular candidate.
The officially ele ...
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Global Stratification
Number of Words: 306 / Number of Pages: 2
... societies are typically traditional. Groups pass folkways from generation to generation.
Social Stratification: unequally distributed wealth is often found in low-income countries.
Gender Inequality: Poor societies use women more than industrial societies. Women with fewer opportunities have more children than ones that do.
Global Power Relationships: The relationships between the nations in the world are a huge cause in the poverty in the world. Wealth usually flows from poor societies to rich nations through neocolonialism. Multinational Corporations imposes their own countries where they d ...
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The Treatment Of Prisoners By Nazis
Number of Words: 1102 / Number of Pages: 5
... of this camp, about 40 smaller, satellite camps were established. Altogether they were known as Auschwitz III. Inside the camp resembled jail. Auschwitz was in the general shape of a rectangle. The larger portion of the camp was designated for sleeping area. In all there were about 26 small rooms to house all the prisoners. Also in the camp was an eating area such as a cafeteria. It was a room equivalent to the size of four bunkers. The number of Jewish people in the camps was too large for comfort. One bunker was a designated shooting area where prisoners were shot if they became unproductive. Just o ...
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Latin American Chage
Number of Words: 3044 / Number of Pages: 12
... almost all of the colonies shared basic characteristics, which have persevered over time in some way or another. It is possible to organize the traits of these colonies into four distinct categories: economic development, religious and social mixing, racial and ethnic mixing and political structures.
There were two basic industries found in the New World that shaped their economies: agriculture and mining. Both of these required tremendous labor input to match the demand of continental Europe. Goods such as sugar, cotton, coffee, indigo, tobacco, silver and copper were produced and export ...
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