Descartes´ purpose in writing Discourse on Method was to find a clear and distinct form of knowledge devoid of any kind of uncertainty brought about by the senses or by confused and obscure ideas.
The most important physical characteristics of Mesopotamia were the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and their B) river valleys. Additionally there was very fertile soil, however, this was not located on plateaus.
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A few of the most noted philosophers of the enlightenment era were:
John Locke; Argued that people have natural rights and that if a leader fails to protect those rights the people can remove that leader and choose another these ideas directly affected political revolutions.
Baron De Montesquieu: Argued that powers of a central government should be separated into three different branches.
Thomas Hobbes: Theory of the social contract calls for an all powerful government that retrains peoples worst impulses.
Jean Jacques Rousseau: Ideas on popular sovereignty and republicanism influenced later political movements
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Encyclopedia of the New American Nation
New American Nation A-D Cold War Evolution and Interpretations
Cold War Evolution and Interpretations - The third world
While both sides accepted the status quo in Europe and embraced mutual deterrence through MAD (mutually assured destruction), the Cold War continued to rage in the so-called Third World of developing nations. From 1946 to 1960, thirty-seven new nations emerged from under a history of colonial domination to gain independent status. Both the United States and the Soviet Union, backed by their respective allies, competed intensively for influence over the new nations of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Strategists in both camps believed that ultimate victory or defeat in the Cold War depended on the outcome of Third World conflicts. Moreover, many of these areas harbored vital natural resources, such as oil in the Middle East, upon which the developed world had become dependent. With American and allied automobiles, industry, and consumerism dependent on ready access to vast supplies of crude oil, maintaining access to foreign energy sources emerged as a key element of U.S. foreign policy.
