The death of archduke Francis Ferdinand of Hungary was the initial cause of ww1. However there was a build up to ww1. Countries had new powerful weapons and wanted to capitalise on this. The navy’s of many countries were being expanded. Political disagreements between countries led to increased tensions.
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Most western countries have representative systems. Switzerland is a rare example of a country with instruments of direct democracy (at the levels of the municipalities, cantons, and federal state). Citizens have more power than in a representative democracy.
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The nationalist movement was led by Emperor Bao Dai.
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The Vietnam War occurred during the Cold War period. As several other wars i this period this one was also based on the fight between communist and capitalist movements. Vietnam became internally divided because it had two major fractions, one being the communist one in the north , and one being the nationalist one in the south.
The communist fraction was the Viet Minh, and it was supported by the communist countries. The nationalist fraction, led by Emperor Bao Dai was supported by the anti-communist countries. The war didn't just occurred on the territory of Vietnam, but it also was on the territories of Laos and Cambodia. The end result was a win for the communist fractions and all three countries became communist.
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Hong Kong pumped billions of dollars of foreign exchange into China each year.
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Hong Kong was governed by the United Kingdom for 1841 to 1941. Britain occuppated the territory during the First Opium War.
The Chinese-Hong Kong economy relationship has been interesting for China because they were complementary. China provided cheap labour and land while Hong Kong provided capital, management skills, marketing channels and infrastructure for external trading.
Martin Luther was inspired to launch the Protestant Reformation while seated comfortably on the chamber pot. That cannot be confirmed, but in 2004 archeologists discovered Luther's lavatory, which was remarkably modern for its day, featuring a heated-floor system and a primitive drain.
