Beethoven considered dedicating the symphony to Napoleon because as Napoleon came to prominence, he seemed like a leader who would represent the common people and democratic values. <span>Beethoven became angered when Napoleon declared himself emperor, he crossed out the reference to Napoleon and wrote "to celebrate the memory of a great man" — meaning Napoleon was no longer great after he rejected democratic ideals and declared himself emperor. Thus, Napoleon's role was a great leader, and Beethoven did not continue it.</span>
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Spanish conquistadors
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The Maya civilization was not its peak, but it was a civilization on the demise when the Spanish came, while the Inca civilization was at its golden days. The Spanish conquistadors didn't really cared about these civilizations and their advancements, instead they only wanted their wealth, territory, and labor force. The Spanish were merciless toward the native people, and both the Maya and the Inca suffered great losses, as well as destruction of their empires, and neglect of their culture. The Spanish imposed their own culture, religion, language, political system over them and forced them to assimilate, making big damage on their cultural heritage that was built for thousands of years.
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Following Beauregard's bombardment in 1861, Confederate forces occupied Fort Sumter and used it to marshal a defense of Charleston Harbor. Once it was completed and better armed, Fort Sumter allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard.
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In current political-science and international-relations theory, a rentier state is a state which derives all or a substantial portion of its national revenues from the rent paid by foreign individuals, concerns or governments.Rentier state theories have now become a dominant frame of reference for studies of resource-dependent countries in the Gulf and wider Middle East and North African region,but are also used to analyse other forms of rentierismConsequently, in these resource-rich rentier states there is a challenge to developing civil society and democratization. Hence, theorists such as Beblawi conclude that the nature of rentier states provides a particular explanation for the presence of authoritarian regimes in such resource rich states