… What factors caused industrialization to take hold in some places and not others? 1. The Making of the Modern Age 2nd Ed., A. Haberman, Gage EPC Toronto, ON Canada 1986 2. The Industrial Revolution., S. Ross, Franklin Watts, Dunbury, CT 2001 …

… war. In 1914 war broke out across Europe. It began with the assassination of Francis Ferdinand, the archduke and heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne. His assassinators were Serbian revolutionaries. Soon Austria-Hungary was in conflict with Serbia…

… people have been very interested in what lay above them. Every night as the people would go to sleep they would look up and wonder, what are those white dots up there? Some of the astrologers who would observe the night sky knowing that the white…

… inheritor both of the Roman Empire and of the Christian religion. This fact made the Empire something somewhere between an ally and an enemy to the West. Whether the two were cooperating or fighting, though, events in Byzantium were of great importance…

… focuses partly on importance of nomadic tribes, the decline of all classical civilizations, and the rise of 3 religions, 2 of them major world religions. Nomads have connected major empires and encouraged trade almost all throughout human history.…

… goes by the name of the Middle Ages. This was a period when technological advances were very slow to happen AN IMPORTANT EVENT The Norman Conquest In 1066 King Edward, also known as the Confessor died. This was a problem because the king had…

… appellation "great"? Give reasons for your answer showing which aspects of his life and accomplishments you have studied. "Alexander was - the embodiment of imperial ambition." What determines greatness? What makes one certain individual greater…

… of one government and its replacement with another. It happens when people aren't satisfied with their government and they want their government to change. But is it always necessary to take extreme measures in order to accomplish a big change in governm…

… are 'switched on' there was still questioning in the British Government as to whether they would be involved in the ensuing conflict or not. The Ententes with France and Russia did not necessitate military action, they were only understandings…

… ideas to spring to mind is Islam. Certainly it is accepted that the Ottoman empire was traditionally an Islamic empire and remained officially so from its birth to its demise. However, to ascertain whether religion was the most significant motivation…