The Romans, the Mongols, the British and the Spanish empires and many more have all made us who we are today; from one empire another one was given birth to, but also as the culture, language, and food and even combat transformed and developed. ... Although if it wasn't for the Roman Empire everybody would speak a completely different language but the spread of the Roman Empire meant that people learnt Latin and still knew their first language then they learnt Latin as a secondary language. ... The Roman Empire brought a fascinating range of languages as well as that they also used these ...

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The British were involved in the usual strategic planning aiming at securing their access to the Empire and, in the end, the arms race "contributed to the feeling that war was inevitable." ... The Austro-Hungarian Empire was losing its geopolitical integrity; Britain had to deal with the Ulster Irish question that was about to overspill; France had as issues taxation and the Three-Year service issue. ... Britain had an Empire to defend; Russia was pushing in the Middle East and was already present in Persia; Italy wanted to live up to its glorious past and Germany wanted to create its own sea ...

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Moreover Germany can trace its origins very far back into ancient times during the decline of the Roman Empire. The first documented reference to Germany was written around 100 AD, by Roman scholars when they referenced the northern territory east of Gaul, as Germania. ... Out of this came the first German empire, or, the first Reich, with a reigning king known as Kaiser Wilhelm I, and his powerful military chancellor Otto Von Bismarck. ... Comprised of Roman Law and elements of Germanic law that developed during the period of the 1st Reich, Germany's civil law system is quite innovati...

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Germany were a new power in Europe, in 1871 German leader Otto von Bismarck created a new empire. However, the emergence of the German empire had upset the balance of Central Europe maintained for centuries by the Holy Roman Empire. ... Britain already had an overseas empire but also France and the Dutch had colonies in dispersed parts of Asia and Africa. ... He wanted to imitate the British success and create an empire such as theirs. ...

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Italian fascism, in adopting the old Roman symbol of authority (the fasces), looked back to the days of the Roman Empire, which controlled much of Western Europe. This was a direct attempt to restore the glory days of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

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The feeling of respite which England held towards the US did not last forever however, as the US would soon rise to a place of glory taking her seat in the annals of history alongside world powers such as England before her, the Roman Empire, the Grecian Empire of old whom the US borrowed her form government. ... With the US naval base in Pearl Harbor being bombed by the Empire of Japan in 1941, the US was once again thrust into global warfare. ...

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"Fascism" When and why? Italy had suffered badly during the war - 460,000 soldiers were killed and the country was heavily in debt. the Italian army had been heavily defeated and had only won its first major victory at Vittorio Veneto in October 1918. Italy had been promised extra land by B...

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The past decade witnessed many conflicts which focused around the issues of sovereignty. States have invaded other sovereign states for reasons that seem to be dubious by the international community. National separatist movements have intensified and are associated with the rise of the doctrine of self-determination among nations and ethnic groups (versus sovereign states). The decline of the concept of sovereignty, the increasing international recognition of the principles of human rights and the rise of self-determination all caused many implications on the norm of non-intervention in the do...

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The past decade witnessed many conflicts which focused around the issues of sovereignty. States have invaded other sovereign states for reasons that seem to be dubious by the international community. National separatist movements have intensified and are associated with the rise of the doctrine of self-determination among nations and ethnic groups (versus sovereign states). The decline of the concept of sovereignty, the increasing international recognition of the principles of human rights and the rise of self-determination all caused many implications on the norm of non-intervention in the do...

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• Has Bibliography
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Sources A and B are an earlier type of source, depending on the patriotic fervour that swept Britain at the war's outset, portraying enlistment as a duty to the country and empire. ... Death, as taught in such establishments, was not one of dehumanising pain where, "eyes writhe in his face" (Dulce Et Decorum Est) after a gas attack, but rather one of Greek and Roman victories together with the "Esprit de corps" and of "daggers in plaid socks" (Disabled). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate