Plataea and Mycale have great significance in ancient history as the battles that decisively ended the second Persian invasion of Greece, thereby swinging the balance of the Greco-Persian Wars in favour of the Greeks.
After the surrender of Germany and Japan, the two world powers maneuvered for decades to increase their spheres of influence around the globe, spurred on by competing ambitions and ideologies of capitalism and communism which lead to the Cold War. The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II. Three key features defined the Cold War: 1) the threat of nuclear war, 2) competition over the allegiance (loyalty) of newly independent nations, and 3) the military and economic support of each other's enemies around the world.
C. He argued that the country’s leaders should focus on correcting injustices at home.
“Why should they ask me
to put on a uniform and
go 10,000 miles from
home and drop bombs
and bullets on brown
people while so-called
Negro people in Louisville
aré treated like dogs”
Ali correctly believed that black Americans were fighting for democratic rights in a foreign country while being denied those same rights here in the US. He saw military service as a hypocrisy and an injustice, which is why he refused his military induction.
The industrial revolution was a process of technological, social, and economic transformation that started in the United Kingdom at the end of the 18th-century, then expanded to other regions in Europe and North-America and later transformed the world economy. The industrial revolution impacted on several areas of human activities:
Politics: during the industrial revolution printing systems were improved and developed which allowed publishing a greater number of newspapers and political pamphlets. This gave birth to the public opinion, to journalism as a profession that watches over the political agenda, and it made possible to transfer and exchange political ideas among the general public. Modern democracy was designed according to these communication technologies that were invented during the Industrial Revolution.
Economy: the industrial revolution saw the rise of railways and bigger and faster transport ships, which allowed to increase the number of traded goods among different markets. It increased the general production and profit of industrial countries.
Society: during this period, many innovations were created in order to solve daily problems. Inventions like the telephone, the car, and the airplane, permitted common people to have access to instant communication and to travel long distances in less time. Also, the development of modern medicine helped to improve the quality of life.
