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…the Russian Empire. Pobedonostev believed that all opposition to the government be ruthlessly crushed and viewed liberal ideas as constitutions and free press as a threat to the state. It was also Pobedonostev that taught Alexander III to be anti- Semitic and view…

…Italy and Greece Report Italy is located in southern Europe. Rome was once capital of the Roman Empire, but today is the capital of Italy. Nearly all Italians are Roman Catholics, although many do not attend church regularly. There are about 100,000…

…British imperial regulations with the American colonies were closely tied in with the system of mercantilism. Mercantilism controls the relations between the leading power and the colonies under its empire. A nation would want to export more than…

…Alexander The Great One of the greatest military geniuses of all time: Alexander the Great was born in Pella. He was king of the Macedonians and son of Philip II. He conquered the Persian Empire, which stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to India…

…During the period of the 15th to 16th centuries, also know as The Beginning of Early Modern Times, strong central governments arose throughout Europe. The rulers of this period have since been coined “new monarchs,” due to the fact that they encouraged…

…the empire -- western and Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Near East, and Britain. The Roman Empire had become the largest, most influential juggernaut of urbanization in the Western world. The ancient Greeks established settlement "new towns," to alleviate…

…, but by August 1915 the hold that Ottoman forces had gained had been considerably reduced. Ottoman pressure in the area, however, impelled the Russian government early in 1915 to demand a diversionary attack by Britain on the Ottoman Empire. In response, British…

…and the Associated Powers, and including Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States, opposed the coalition known as the Central Powers, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), and Bulgaria. The immediate cause of the war between…

…China has a unique and unusual economy. The country runs under a split economy, where it is partially communist, and partially free-market. The recent emergence of China as one of the world's major economic powers is resulting in greater regional…

…greed, starvation and deprivation were found in capitalism. The popular idea of Communism began to grow. It was mostly lead by intellectuals, authors, artists, teachers, movie directors, and journalists. In 1931, Japan seized Manchuria from China…