Throughout the past century, history has been reshaped countless times. ... In the first part of that fateful decade, America would see a transition unlike any it had yet experienced in its history "and in the face of a most terrible war, would succeed in protecting not only its own safety, but the entire world's. ... Once again, history had begun to repeat itself. ... By almost the middle of the 20th century, American expansionism that had been so popular in the early part of the century had waned to a standstill. ... Most clearly, it is a prime example of how history repeat...

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Eighty percent of the earth's history is included in the Precambrian era. ... The Paleozoic is bracketed by two of the most important events in the history of animal life. ... During the interim between the late Precambrian and Paleozoic eras most of the evidence of earth's early history was destroyed due to erosion. ... Great crystal commotion marked the end of the Paleozoic era and the beginning of the topography of North America. ... Most of today's common plants and insects can be recognized in early Cenozoic fossils. ...

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No, Columbus did not discover a new country that no one knew about because native habitants were already settled in the Indies and Americas. ... The Indian in the more North American region lived very scattered and secluded, there were many different languages and different customs. ... Unlike the more simple life of the Indians up north in what is now North America, civilizations like the Aztecs had wealth and power and dominated tribes nearby. ... The Spanish empire reached from Mexico throughout the southwest of North America all the way to the Caribbean. ... When the much smaller tribes...

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He then goes on to compare the extinction of big game in Australia and New Guinea to that in the Americas, then talks about early tools. He is basically showing us that Africa, Australia, and New Guinea had a head start over Europe and the Americas, yet it is Europe and the Americas that have the dominant cultures today. Diamond uses the Polynesian Islands to give us an example of early human migration and diffusion of ideas, or the lack thereof. ... says is essential in comparing history. ... Raymond Grew, author ofThe Case for Comparing Histories,? ...

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The quote "Europe invented historians and then made good use of them to promote their own interests at home and elsewhere in the world" shows us Frank's view of history even though he disputes the point. ... Frank explains that there are A and B economic cycles, these cycles result in different sections of the world coming to power at various times throughout history. The A & B cycles that Frank cites in ReOrient are from an early book that he wrote and a theory that he developed in earlier works. ... Frank revolves his entire book around the idea that Europeans were only able to us...

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One of the forerunners of this movement and the first artists in recorded history to have created a genuine Abstract artwork was Pablo Picasso. ... The presence of anxiety wasn't as potent in America most likely because the number of casualties was much less than that of Europe. ... I couldn't tell whether America made the movements to deal with uncertainty before or after the Great Depression. ... America's reaction was evident in Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism. ... I am going to have to apply Einstein's theory of relativity to this comparison between the anxieties of...

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Meanwhile, the United State of America was just in the midst of being creating in retaliation to British colonialism. ... The tricolors created in the French Revolution, which influenced the American flag's colors, wouldn't have existed. ... Napoleon had an influence on a numerous amount of people throughout history. ... week=15) His code has also influenced lawmaking all over the world such as places like South America, Louisiana, and Quebec. To say the least, he has shaped the late 18th and early 19th century into what it as now known as. ...

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The paper below goes into the history and consequences of the Marshall Plan. ... The funds approved by the American Congress assured the German population's food requirement be attained (Kissinger, T L.) As early as September 6, 1946, Secretary of State Byrnes announced in Stuttgart a fundamental change in U.S. policy on Germany (Delong, J E.) ... American foreign assistance took its name from the initials of the Act's title: ECA-Aid (Delong, J E). ... "To ensure the stability of cooperation with the ECA, effective channeling of American aid and proper planning of European rec...

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(Architectural Digest) Another difference that has taken place in architecture is that in the "1800s and early 1900s architects designed structures" (HistoryWorld) for protection and security for wars. ... Due to the rich history in architecture over in Europe, Norway is said to be the best place to be an architect due to the low unemployment, high wages, and the location that it is in. ... Some of the top Association of Licensed Architects, The American Institute of Architects, The Society of American Registered Architects, The National Organization of Minority Architects. ...

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There cannot just be only one element to this complex history. ... Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... This was also another way of dealing with wrongdoers in society, instead of implementing severe punishment- one could be sent out to the "dark continent." as most Europeans tended to see Africa. 2 The three reasons mentioned earlier are not the only definite reasons; these reasons are like the others that happen to be interrelated. ...

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The city states that were characteristic of ancient Greece, the feudal principalities that defined Europe in the Middle Ages, and the empires that have existed throughout recorded history (both Eastern and Western) have largely been replaced by the nation-states as the dominant actors within the international arena. ... A dynasty in the early modern period was a family that ruled a state by virtue of an inherited right. ... Year 1776 saw the American Declaration of Independence and in 1789 the Estates General meets in Paris beginning the French Revolution. ... New states joined America and ...

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This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and the opening up of the country to overseas trade and technology. Fukuzawa was determined that Japan should benefit from the best of Western technological and economic achievements, and so embarked on a conscious programme to adopt into the Japanese context key elements of European and America life. ... Specifically, in accurate information on subject o...

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City-states which were successful during the early stages of the industrial revolution, such as Venice, also suggest limitations to the physical resources idea (Rosenberg and Birdzell 42-43). ... The Europeans even went so far as to legislate marriages as early as the eighteenth century. ... Prince Henry of Portugal brought together scientists and laboratories and a library as early as the first half of the fifteenth century, but such institutions became common only during the nineteenth century. ... Main highways radiated from London and as early as 1637, carriers advertised regular freight s...

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Throughout history, animal experimentation has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human advantages. ... Another animal group is the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). ... Research tests involving animals has been worldwide since the early 1970's when animal rig...

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