To What Extent Should We Regard Homage To Catalonia As An Objective Description Of The Spanish Civil War Or As Eloquent Propaganda?
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What were the primary internal causes of the Russian Revolutions (March-November), and what role did the war play in these two revolutions?
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Do you believe the social, economic and political changes of Europe between 1917-1923 were a direct result of WWI
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What were the economic, social and political problems that led to the French Revolution of 1789, and how did indicate how the legislation passed
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One of the most significant developments in the Early Modern period was the "discovery" of new lands outside of Europe
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Why was Italy a "ripe"place for it to begin? How is the renaissance intimately-connected with the social changes that are taking places in the cities?
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What forces supported the centralization of power under a monarch? What forces of fragmentation inhibited centralization?
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What European power by the 18th century benefited most from establishing trade rights in India, and would later conquer and rule it?
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Relate the concept of social darwinism with Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Does the concept of social darwinism
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Assess the successes and failures of the Catholic Reformation. Was the church's response to the spread of Protestantism effective? Why or why not?
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Why did the Renaissance develop in Italy? What factors-historical, geographical, economic, social, political, etc.-contributed to its development in Italy
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Compare the English Reformation to the Protestant Reformation. In your opinion, is it accurate to refer to the English event as a reformation?
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So, how did an essentially religious movement contribute to the secularization of European society?
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What are the main characteristics of humanism and art in Northern Europe, as compared to those of Renaissance Italy? What elements did they share?
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What is the connection between the "new imperialism" of the late nineteenth century and the causes of World War I?
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Identify two causes of the European Great Depression of the 1870s to 1890s.
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What do you think Machiavelli advocates for in his The Prince?
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The Jedwabne massacre in Poland (July 10th, 1941) fit into a larger pattern of citizen-driven pogroms against the Jews that occurred in Eastern Europe
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What are the main ideas of conservatism, liberalism and socialism (including Marxism, a radical form of socialism)? Make sure to identify both political.
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What were the problems the europeans hoped to solve by selling opium to the chinese?
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