return for the use of their ships and to postpone the debt owed to Venice. In response for assistance “the Venetians wanted repayment of eighty-five thousand marks in exchange for transport” . “Venice requested assistance invading Zara off of the Dalmatia Coast and Alexios had to agree to this as well. The Venetians had wanted this back and the Crusaders were there to assist. With this money they were able to fund the Fourth Crusade” . The Crusaders and Venetians were able to retake Zara and the payments
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CHAPTER X THE PARIS PEACE SETTLEMENT‚ 1919-1920 The military disaster which befell the Mid-European Confederacy in the autumn of 1918 was the signal for immediate political revolutions within its members. The revolutions‚ though precipitated in several instances by Socialists‚ proved to be uniformly mild and more conducive to democratic nationalism than to any basic social change. In Germany Prince Maximilian‚ the Chancellor on whom the Emperor William II imposed the unpleasant task of opening
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cuts which are the northern and eastern types‚ which includes those in the cities of Shkodra region of the former northeastren Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ‚Kosovo‚ Montenegro‚ Serbia‚ and the isolated village of Arbanasi to the coast of Croatia‚ Dalmatia. "Arbanasi" established in the early eighteenth century by refugees from the region around the coastal town in Montenegro‚ Bar‚ has about 2‚000 speakers of Albanian. The literacy rate in Albania for the total population‚ age 9 or older‚ is about
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Ali Rami WRLD HST Mrs. Bucher 02/05/2015 Piracy in the Middle Ages Piracy is the act of robbery or criminal violence on and around the high sea. The term can and is not limited to include any acts committed on land‚ in the air‚ in large bodies of water or on a shore. Piracy does not normally include the crimes committed against people traveling on the same vehicle as the possible criminal. The term‚ “Piracy” has been used throughout history as a reference to land-raids committed by non-state agents
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The Crusading movement The Crusades were military expeditions undertaken by Christian Europe between the 11th and the 17th century to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims. The main crusading movement took place between the 11th and 13th century. The word crusade‚ which is derived from the Latin "Crux" was adopted by crusaders who adorned themselves with the symbol of Christianity: the cross.1 Crusaders wore a red cross sewn on their tunics to indicate their status as soldiers of Christ
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Why Italy entered WWII? After WWI‚ Italy was awarded small lands of Austrian territories from the Treaty of Versailles‚ but not Dalmatia which it had coveted. Italy was very unsatisfied about it because they didn’t get the territories which they were promised. Some people think it was right for Italy to enter the WWII while some people didn’t think so. Italy entered WWII for 3 reasons. The first reason is Benito Mussolini‚ who just came to power and became the leader of Italy‚ decided to turn Italy
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The Black Plague and its Economic Effects on Medieval Europe The Middle Ages is often a time that is mislabeled. Some consider it to be a time of darkness and disorder. Others‚ specifically literary people‚ make it seem like a beautiful time of chivalry and knights who saved distressed maidens. Author Jeffrey L. Forgeng writes‚ “We are inclined today to romanticize the Middle Ages.” The Middle Ages was truly a time of great change for Europeans. It can be characterized by advancements in architecture
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NOSTRADAMUS – WORLD WAR III The Beginning [I.63] Pestilences extinguished‚ the world becomes smaller‚ for a long time the lands will be inhabited peacefully. People will travel safely through the sky‚ land and seas : then wars will start up again This quatrain is considered to be the quatrain which indicate the start of WW-III. The scenario described in this quatrain is definitely a modern world scenario as is describes air travel. Air travel became commercially available only after WW-II
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Why did the fascists come to power in Italy in 1922? Fascism came to power in Italy in 1922 due to a number of different factors. The roots of fascism can be found in the failure of a whole political class and system to resist authoritarianism and it was a start of a big mistake made by the Italian government‚ even though allot of people thought Mussolini forced his way into power‚ in actual fact he was invited into parliament by an incompetent and underestimating liberal party (Giolitti) who
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