“Heaven’s Gate” and “Unification Church” The Heaven’s Gate cult followed a syncretistic religion‚ combining elements of Christianity with rare beliefs about the nature of UFOs. They believed that everything on Earth was about to be destroyed‚ after which the planet would be refurbished or recycled. The only chance for survival was to leave. Heaven ’s Gate members believed that Hale-Bopp‚ a rare bright comet‚ was the sign that they were supposed to shed their earthly bodies or containers and
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the shogun and Bakufu fell. In efforts to change Japan for the better‚ the Meiji government decided that the best thing to do for the country is to unite it. The Meiji government‚ used the following 3 methods out of many to make an attempt at the unification of Japan. This is includes control by beliefs and liberality. The Meiji government took over the previous feudal control and slowly replaced it with a constitutional government. Before the Meiji government could choose what type of government to
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By the late 16th Japan had achieved political unification after an era of ‘sengoku’ or ‘the country at war.’ It began to be ruled by the Tokugawa shoguns who sought to prevent another civil war. Japan became stronger as a result of their ability to unify the warring nations within the country. Another strength of Japan during this time was increased agricultural production. New methods of farming helped to produce more yield (B&Z‚ pg 587). Japan’s strengths were also it’s greatest weaknesses
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States‚ were chaotic. There was a lot of confusion and turmoil in China. People began thinking of ideas that would produce social and political stability and would hopefully lead to the Unification of China. Intellectuals came up with three very effective approaches that would all together help in the unification of China and they are known as‚ Confucianism‚ Daoism and Legalism. Confucianism was an ethical system that was used as the foundation for the Chinese government and social order. The
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The Unification of China‚ led by Qin Shi Huang – the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty – was a series of military campaigns launched in the late 3rd century BC. A part of a war called Warring States Period‚ the campaign was to unify all of what was Ancient China and to solidify Qin’s rule to all of it. But before the unification was achieved‚ the seven major states had their own customs and culture. Wu Qi‚ wrote a book entitled The Book of Master Wu wherein he declared that the government and nature
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of his party. That his party colleague Hermann Göring controlled Prussia with its strong police apparatus (which‚ until 1932 under SPD control‚ had often fought the Nazis) and that a Nazi was Interior Minister and thus head of the police all over Germany greatly helped Hitler. On 1 February the Reichstag thus was dissolved. Hitler called elections for the 5th March. The election campaign was by no means democratic and free. The period between the closure of the Reichstag and the elections in
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by the Congress of Vienna had 39 states‚ each having its dues and tolls on goods passim through its territory. This made goods expensive and hindered trade. For instance‚ Prussia had 67 different tariff areas within its border after 1815. As such‚ Germany was economically and commercially the most backward country in western Europe in the early years of the 19th century. Purssia took the lead to promote free trade movement in the German Confederation. By the 1818 Tariff Reform Act‚ Prussia removed
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which never formally ended‚ but remains to this day in a stale mate condition of cease fire. With the background given above and the scenarios put forth in this paper‚ a clear argument in favour of peaceful re-Unification will be established. Through process of elimination‚ peaceful re-unification will be proven to be not only the most likely scenario but also the most achievable. Five decades have passes and enmity continues to run deep between the North and South in general‚ and the DPRK and the
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Ultimately‚ the unification and selflessness of community members contributes to the wellbeing of the community. The acts of the kind-hearted residents‚ as reflected in the University of Chicago‚ Give-A-Thon‚ the HAHS organization‚ and others‚ all alleviate human suffering that occurs on the local scale. With these acts of kindness in mind raises a question about the possibility of positive contributions in the community being only a small benefaction. Do the selfless acts cover up the human suffering
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factors to manipulate the Germany people to their ideology‚ including discontent following World War I and widespread propaganda against the Jewish people. After losing World War I‚ the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany financially and militarily. After representative from Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles‚ Germany lost vast land quantities that were awarded to various European countries and was required by the Allies to pay reparations. The Allies claimed that Germany had caused the war and
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