JAPAN’S PART IN THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR H It took Japan less than half a century to rise to power and become a major world player. In the last quarter of the 19th century‚ Japan turned to Western technology in order to avoid the fate of China‚ namelyWestern dominance. By the 1890s‚ Japan had so far modernized and strengthened itself that it was able to join in the scramble for possessions in China. In 1902‚ it signed a treaty with Great Britain which recognized its new status among other things
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Angelou’s “Still I Rise” The name Maya Angelou resonates with an entire race and culture. Of all her poems “Still I Rise” should be classified as the most introspective of them all. It is a personal journey into a world many of us have never seen or known. She speaks to an audience of oppressors and persecutors. She is allowing the reader to truly feel not only her pain but her boldness as well. Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” uses strong word choice and imagery to portray her courage to rise against these
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Can language be used as a political instrument? Language is a system of signs and meanings that usually shared by a community of people. There is no doubt that language is very important and necessary in the society. Language offers people the means for interaction and to depict ‘people‚ places and things’. (Butt and David‚ 1986) Edward Sapir (1884–1939)‚an American linguist and anthropologist‚ was the first one who proposed the idea that the power of language can influence culture and thinkings
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so-called dead language. Firstly‚ with the help of Latin and Ancient Greek it is possible to trace all sorts of words‚ ideas‚ forms of expression of European culture back to much earlier time. Secondly‚ Latin literature is deeply connected with Roman history‚ so studying and translating Latin literary works provide knowledge of a relevant historic period that influenced the history of the entire Europe. Thus‚ the study of Latin can widen your knowledge of History. Moreover‚ the dead languages are considered
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The Renaissance was a period of European history‚ considered by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. Many dramatic changes happend during the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a period of new inventions and beliefs. The Renaissance was drastically different from the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages the church held most of the power and it’s economy was agriculturaly based. Exploration and learning was almost put to a stop. During the Renaissance society was transformed into a
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Long-term bitterness‚ anger about the loss of the war and the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles instigated Hitler’s rise to power. Hitler was a clear nationalist and the loss of the war showed him that Germany was weak‚ incompetent. The Treaty of Versailles was hated among all Germans‚ including Hitler. They detested the Treaty and found it was unfair‚ especially Clause 231. This clause stated that Germany would be blamed for the war‚ this clause stood to diminish any national pride left. “All
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A CASE ON RISE & FALL OF NOKIA (INSIGHT TO THEIR STRETEGIES) Submitted by: RAJIV KUMR ROHILA – S065 JAGDEEP SINGH - S029 TOSHIT KUMAR - N065 Case Overview NOKIA was the most successful European company of the 1990s. The Finnish mobile-phone manufacturer captured the emerging market for mobile phones and built the industry ’s most powerful brand. Its handsets virtually defined the industry
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The rise o the labour party was due to many factors.Factors such as the movement of people from the countryside to cities which changed the economic structure of britain and also changed the social structure and this led to the need for political change. The need for political change to help the working class people who were living in poverty which had been highlighted by booth and rownatree who surveyed LOndon an york two of englands major cities .Better education led to the realisation that
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Dystopian High Rise The novel ‘High Rise’ written by J. G. Ballard focuses on a massive forty story apartment building that houses thousands of people. Anthony Royal‚ who is the architect of the apartment‚ designed the building with shops‚ a school‚ swimming pools‚ and enough space to accommodate an overwhelming amount of people. Ballard does not write the plot of ‘High Rise’ in an attempt to illustrate the urban possibilities of modern innovations or future novelties of our evolving world
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MODERN HISTORY ESSAY "ASSESS THE VIEW THAT THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NAZIS TO 1934" BY DANIEL MARTIN The Great Depression was the catalyst for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party up to 1934. After the Great Depression took effect and Germany that they had entered a state of poverty‚ people begun to turn to extremist parties‚ such as the Nazi Paty. Hler realised this and took full advantage of it‚ ensuring the people of Germany that if he was to be elected
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