More importantly, Alexander's conquests spread Greek culture, also known as Hellenism, across his empire. In fact, Alexander's reign marked the beginning of a new era known as the Hellenistic Age because of the powerful influence that Greek culture had on other people.
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Kipling clearly liked the idea of enslaving the people of one Asian country on the other side of the world. The White Man's Burden was written with the sole intention of persuading Americans not to give freedom to the Philippines. On the other hand the political cartoon is obviously is showing that the white man is carrying all other races on his back, and that without him they wouldn't prosper.
Explanation:
This poem was once very popular. It was written in 1899, at a time when Filipinos were fighting for independence from the United States of America. Many readers today are probably not aware of the fact that the United States colonized the Philippines.
Poem is, by modern standards, extremely offensive. The author calls the population of another race "freshly caught, frowned upon people" who are "half devil and half children." He criticizes them for not accepting white people as "better than themselves" and those who "brought them to the light of day" by colonization.
"White man's burden" is a term synonymous with English imperialism and racism in the English-speaking world today.
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The main characteristic of the Confederate States of America that made it a confederal government <span>when compared to the government of the United States was that its central power was much weaker. </span>
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Enlightenment changed people's ideas about government. People questioned: Are people born with special rights that must be respected?
Should citizens have more say in what their govt. does?
Does the people have the right to overthrow an unjust govt?
Explanation:
The Glorious Revolution ended the Dominion of New England in 1689
English Bill of Rights provided a model or representative govt.
Both ideas supported the idea that citizens have rights that the govt. must respect.
<u>Enlightenment ideas:</u>
Locke argued people are born with <u>natural rights</u>
Locke and Rousseau wrote that the govt. was based on <u>social contracts</u> with citizens.
Montesquieu supported <u>separation of powers</u> between different branches in a representative govt.
Voltaire argued for <u>religious tolerance</u> of all faiths.
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Conforming to Confucian thinking and mentality, the feudal Japanese society was a strictly hierarchical one.
At the top stood the Emperor. He was seen as a divine being, but he was a figure with no real power.
The Shogun, the commander-in-chief of the army, had the real power, he was the most powerful man in Japan.
Under shogun´s control, there were the daimyos or top feudal lords, powerful landlords, heads of clans.
Regading the other members of society, there were four classes:
warriors (samurais), artisans, farmers and merchants.
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