<span>The Meiji was a dynasty in Japan who ruled 1868 and
1912. They managed to keep up with modernization in order to maintain the wealth
of the Empire, while keeping the traditional traits of the country by having a
marked bureaucracy – which was necessary in order to accomplish the necessary
changes – and re-establishing economic principales (based on agriculture), the
military bases, and the culture. </span>
A communist government took power at the end of World War Two. ... East Germany was part of the Soviet zone of occupation agreed at the Yalta Conference and in 1945 the Soviets set up a communist regime.
After 36 years in existence, the Warsaw Pact—the military alliance between the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites—comes to an end. The action was yet another sign that the Soviet Union was losing control over its former allies and that the Cold War was falling apart.
