Also another disadvantage that the Caribbean countries are victim to would have to be their size; the small size of the Caribbean islands limits them from benefiting the economies of scale (Ahmed). ... During the cold war era globalization also had a part to play in the degrading of a number of African countries. During the cold war Ethiopia was a reliable ally to the United States who were trying to stop the spread of communism in sub Saharan Africa (Shinn). ... Now Somalia and Ethiopia are both know around the world in a negative light due to the entire problem they have undergone lately, s...

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Their investment in human labour continued and grew and in 1488, the profit margins generated were so large that they almost solely funded the Christian nation's war against Islam in North Africa. By the 1500's the monarch was earning over 2 million reis from the slave trade through taxation alone5 and so by royal decree the first major factor that changed the face of the slave trade and the global economy was implemented. ... The total number of slaves imported by the Portuguese is estimated at around 4.2 million- excluding those who met their fatal end during the middle passage- a...

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Pressures toward absolutism came from three needs experienced by heads of state and their advisors: 1 to bring and end to religious discord; 2 to surmount the problems created by changes in the European economy; 3 to enable their military forces to compete successfully in warfare transformed by gunpowder weapons. ... Bodin's theory emphasized that in France, for example, someone had to weird enough power to maintain public order, or the nation would continue to tear itself apart in religious civil wars until there were no pieces left that were big enough to tear apart. ... He wrote i...

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Because of the civil war and the political confusion that occurred in Northern Europe, the vikings were able to raid the continent easily. ... Although the Vikings had such large ships and were able to cause a large amount of violence and disruption to the colonies, they happened to do very little damage to the economy. ... During the time that the Vikings founded these great states in Western Europe, they were able to bring religion with them which allowed the preservation of Roman and Christian civilization. ...

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The war with Prussia and Austria makes problems worse, Parisians think Louis XVI is behind this attack and they attack the king and his family at Tuileres Palace. ... Robespierre and the committee practically led every aspect of the economy during this stage, therefore giving them all the power. ... During the reaction the final constitution of the French revolution rose up called the Constitution of the Year III. ... The only problem that ran during this stage was that the Thermedors favored unregulated economy. This created civil unrest and food shortages just like in the second stage but so...

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The economy, and society in general, was still reeling from the turmoil of the Great Depression. ... Looming not too distantly on the horizon was the juggernaut of World War II. ... One characteristic that marked the 1940s was the overwhelming rise in entertainment and the arts during that era. ... Yet all this was put to a stop, for a time, as the nation was hurled headlong into the war. ... But in many respects, our nation returned to precisely where it had been at the beginning of the decade "old grudges resumed, the Red Scare was reignited, and social issues of civil rights continued...

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Since World War 2 the Nations of Switzerland and the United Kingdom have undergone many changes when it comes to security (foreign policy) and reforms of political institutions like civil rights and liberties in their Constitutions. ... For the Prime Minister alone holds the ability to declare war and or deploy British troops. ... During the New Labour reign of power, the most important decisions on foreign policy were not conducted from the Foreign Secretary but from inside the Cabinet of the Prime Minster. ... Yes, Switzerland is not part of the European nation which gives its currency and e...

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There were three main changed to urban life during this period. Firstly there was a change in the demographics of townspeople during the early modern period. ... Poor relief occurred in the larger European cities such as Nuremberg, Lyons, Ypres, Strasbourg, and Lille during the period 1520-1540 in response to the problems caused by several consecutive harvest failures (1527-34) and to the fears raised by frequent and often widespread eruptions of both urban and rural popular unrest, epitomized by the German Peasants' War of 1524-5. ... This helped to develop the cities economy which allow...

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Proportionately, Europe progressed at a higher rate than either China or India during the period 1650-1850. It is estimated that the real wage tended to be higher than that of the Orient and India during the thirteenth century and possibly even during the twelfth (Jones 3). ... Large civil engineering and luxury court projects provided abundance that appeared monumental and grand, but such projects were enjoyed by a small elite. ... During 1556 and 1759, an Asian was 30 times more likely to die in a major earthquake than was a European (Jones 27). ... One lost crop during a decade would requir...

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