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the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584, there was an prevailing demand for a powerful leader ready to rule and reestablish Russia to become more stable, more westernized, and most importantly, to become a reckonable force. Russia answered by providing…

fighting battles for survival of freedom. Unknowingly, America has been losing more freedom with their success in war. As more leaders in America become greedy for money, the poor people suffer. When minimum wage goes up, the people receiving minimum…

period (14th -16th century) witnessed remarkable changes in many aspects of Italian society. *The renaissance refers to politics, government, art, and social organisation. *This renaissance occurred in 2 stages; 1st stage being from 1050…

Florida to James and Helen Louise Johnson. Johnson's father, James Johnson, was born a freeman and was of mixed ancestry. Even though, he is no longer living, James Weldon Johnson has left much about his contributions to African American literature.…

History Gt Throughout the early 1900s, the South became known for African Americans like Margaret walker as a "sorrow home". Life was not easy for them. More than two thirds of African Americans were sharecropping farmers who paid the landowner…

to go by the words in President Washington's farewell address. These words were interpreted to mean, "Do not form permanent alliances" ("Washington's Farewell Address"). America's role in World War I and World War II tested these words of former Presiden…

continuing through the 20th century, North America experienced major changes in transportation. This time could best be described as the "Railroad Boom" due to the enormous amount of time and money spent to unite America's west coast through the…

to conquer Greece. If the Persians had succeeded, they would have set up local tyrants, called satraps, to rule Greece and would have crushed the first stirrings of democracy in Europe. The survival of Greek culture and political ideals depended…

seventeenth century. English domination of the Dutch descendents (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted in the Dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal. The discovery of diamonds in these lands around 1900 resulted in…

There is much circumstantial evidence to suggest that a Portuguese discovery of Australia in the 1520's is highly probable. There is much evidence to suggest that it was neither the Dutch nor the British to be the first Europeans to discover Australia,…