Throughout history, the political map of the world has changed repeatedly dividing the world into several groupings of nations. ... Today, a political map of Europe created in the mid 1980's is used, showing twelve basic qualities that are measured for each European country. ... This European political map works today because it gives us a clearer understanding of Europe using regionalization. ... This shows that there are no direct boundaries, but instead zones of transitions which create the boundaries. This is why the border between Canada and the United States is not considered a s...

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Although, the United States suffered comparatively minor financial losses, huge war debts threatened the economic and political stability of Great Britain and France. ... The old aristocratic political order was dead. ... Boundaries of parts of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa had to be redrawn on maps. ... The political picture was as joyless as the economic one. Many political parties competed for votes. ...

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social, political, and cultural??... In the two centuries before the French Revolution and the triumph of nationalism as a divisive force, Europe exhibited a greater degree of unity than appeared on the mosaic of its political surface. ... In between these boundaries?'... Alongside these changes, and in some instances spurring them, the period since 1914 in Europe has been marked by major economic and political upheavals. ... At length, however, political changes in central and eastern Europe gradually revived old hopes of a possible?...

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In the Classical Era, the standard curriculum was based on the idea that knowledge fell within the disciplinary boundaries of grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. ... Teachers and students organized and acquired more political clout. ...

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But this globalization process, rather than eliminating nationalism, is ironically also giving rise to a new era of national economic and political competitions. The Digital Revolution may plow through national boundaries like a tornado, but wherever it touches down it rapidly develops indigenous characteristics and local (i.e., national) competitive power. ... Even a casual look at global employment patterns, for example, shows that these remain overwhelmingly national and regional in character and are still influenced primarily by national political and economic policies. ...

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Borders separating the Slavic world are not exactly boundaries as Serbs easily understand Ukrainians, Ukrainians understand Poles and Poles find it easy to speak with Czech people. ... Russia might have had a lot more in common with other Slavic languages if not for the aggressive expansionist politics. ...

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Throughout the sixteenth century, expanding boundaries was an extremely prominent part of European culture. ... What started off as an attempt to gain more political power and spread religious ideas turned into a growth of new knowledge and resources. ...

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