There are many military alliances existent today such as the Unites States and Japan, France and Germany and the European Union, who all aid for one another in times of need. ... An infamous example of how the alliance system had caused a detrimental outcome is the world war one; countries were hauled into the war by their alliances resulting in a massive world war. Germany was brought into the war by its ally Austria-Hungary and ended up being declaring war on Russia and being of the Central Powers that resulted in an ultimate loss. ... We are so exposed to various cultural aspects from many ...

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The first English colonists "homogeneous as they were "still had to learn to coexist with the Indians in the feral American wilderness. ... From 1680-1770, the overall east coast Indian population declined 50-75%, with many tribes disappearing altogether. While Africans and Indians had different fates (the Africans continued to exist "albeit enslaved "while the Indians died out), their mistreatment at the hands of the European settlers stemmed from a single phenomenon "ethnocentrism. ... Similarly, the Indians were seen only as sources of trade, and as useful allies...

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