After Alexander the Great's invasion of the Achaemenid Empire in 330 BC and its disintegration shortly after, the Hellenistic kingdoms were established throughout south-west Asia (Seleucid Empire, Kingdom of Pergamon), north-east Africa (Ptolemaic Kingdom) and South Asia (Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Indo-Greek Kingdom).
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- 28. Napoleon's Impact on Europe after the Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars that changed European powers and produced a French hegemony in Europe for a brief period. The major changes of the wars on Europe were the rise of the middle class, the rise of commerce and industry and the shift of power because European monarchs could not restore old absolutism, so they had to make alliances with the new powers that emerged with the Napoleonic Wars.
- 29. The accomplishment of the Concordat of 1801
The major accomplishment of the Concordat of 1801 was the restoration of the Catholic Church in France. Napoleon was given the right to nominate bishops, bishoprics and parishes and seminaries.
This agreement was important because during the French Revolution there were intense church reforms and the many confiscations of the church’s property and this mended the relationship.
- 30. Role of plebiscites in Napoleon’s rise to power.
After the French Revolution, France became politically unstable and other European powers used this on their favor and tried to invade French territories. Because of that Napoleon became a famous figure because he was in the French military and won against Austria and Italy.
He used plebiscites to make himself Emperor of France since he could not do it in a legal way. In a simple way, he used plebiscites as a coup d’etat to take power to himself as Emperor and centralize the government.
Answer:
1)Section 6 also says that Senators and Representatives shall not be questioned in court or by the President for any speech or debate they give or participate in on the floor of the Senate or the House. This assures ample freedom of debate in Congress.
2)To ensure the separation of powers among the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government, Article I, Section 6, prohibits a senator or representative from holding any other federal office during his or her service in Congress.
