History - January 2007

2007-01-22 08:47:01 · 3 answers · asked by quizable 1

1)Risorgimento refers to Italian unity. Which of the following DID NOT hinder efforts at unification?

Existence of the Papal States
The creation of Young Italy
Austria’s occupation of Lombardy
The Kingdom of Two Sicilies

2)All of the following are identified with Italian unity EXCEPT

Mazzini
Pope Pius IX
Cavour
Garibaldi

3)Bismark's strategy for unifying Germany centered on

marriages of alliance.
starting several wars.
purchasing territory.
peaceful negotiations.

4)Once a unified Germany existed, Bismark consolidated his power by

outlawing opposing political parties.
satisfying the workers demands.
playing international peacemaker.
All of the above are correct.

5)Frances' Second Republic collapsed

as a result of the Franco-Prussian War.
when the Bastille fell.
after the Paris Commune attacked.
following Napoleon III's abdication.

2007-01-22 08:46:41 · 1 answers · asked by me 1

First question:
During my research for one of my papers, I came across a statement that I didn't understand. According to the author of an online guide entitled "Agnosticism / Atheism" by Austin Cline, Roth VersusUnited States "specifically rejected the test developed in the British case Regina v. Hicklin" Why was this case tried in the American legal system and not the England one?
Second question:
It is my understanding that previous cases decleared obsenity not one of the rights of speech. In Roth versus United states, Justice Clark said that such a case as was argued by Roth would not be opened with out the consent of the Supreme Court due to previous rulings and strong evodence of
constitutionality. Could one assume based on evidence that the Supreme Court decleared obsenity not one of the previsions allotted in the first amendment therefore upholding that the statute is constitutional, the supreme court decided to reconsider the case?

2007-01-22 08:42:49 · 1 answers · asked by Jess F 2

what do you think happend on the day he died?

i think oslwald...

2007-01-22 08:37:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-22 08:29:14 · 15 answers · asked by AP 1

2007-01-22 08:28:30 · 4 answers · asked by TERRY B 1

2007-01-22 08:18:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you maybe explain to mt the Black Diaspora. I know that it was the negative way of threating blacks in American History, that is about it...

Thanks

2007-01-22 08:08:37 · 4 answers · asked by Neha B 3

It is a project for a class of mine. Help please?

2007-01-22 08:05:44 · 3 answers · asked by fishcantswim 5

2007-01-22 08:05:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What year was King James born in?
His real name is James Stewart.
Thank you. :)

What was the name of his wife?

2007-01-22 07:50:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone else think that many ancient Greek writers were racist, arrogant and blatantly self-serving? They refferred to nearly everyone who wasn't Greek as a Barabarian, including the Macedonians (Alexander the Great's people) and the Romans. Common sense proves that the number of people involved in most Greek battles are always disturbingly exxagerated to have a tiny Greek force against hundreds of thousands and sometimes over a million adversaries. (rougly 1/10 of the world according some historians)

2007-01-22 07:49:55 · 7 answers · asked by 29 characters to work with...... 5

I need help for a project..

2007-01-22 07:45:57 · 4 answers · asked by Taylor R 3

2007-01-22 07:40:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to me that since a lot of caucasian Americans decended from the Mayflower group, there would be no Southern accent as we know it today.

2007-01-22 07:37:40 · 12 answers · asked by Vincent J S 2

where to begin looking

2007-01-22 07:29:31 · 6 answers · asked by Octavia J 1

I have a civil war death certificate it's origional and belonged to one of my ancestors. I was wondering if anyone would know if it was worth anything or not

2007-01-22 07:21:43 · 10 answers · asked by Baby Girl 1

1. What problems did the animals have building the windmill?

2. What was the new system for deciding policy according to Napoleon?

3. How did Squealer convince the animals that a contact with Mr. Whymper was allowed?

4. How was Animals Farm's relationship with humans had changed?

5. What happened to the Windmill?

6. Why would Napoleon blame Snowball for the Windmill?

2007-01-22 07:01:43 · 15 answers · asked by .::Princess::. 1

1 - which resource was the most important advantage for the Union?
A - $1,794,417 value of manufactures
B - 1,198,000 workers in industry.

2 - how would the Tripling of European Universities between 1100 and 1500 and the Doubling of the printing houses from 1470 to 1500 have to do with the desire for European exploration for the next 2 to 3 centuries after 1500? Short Answer PLZ.

10 Points for Best Answer. Thank you!

2007-01-22 06:57:06 · 1 answers · asked by US Girl 2

film about a Titanic like shipwreck but when the divers find it many years later people are still alive on it and living in a watertight area in the ship.

2007-01-22 06:53:11 · 17 answers · asked by John B 2

54bc and 55bc

2007-01-22 06:50:21 · 7 answers · asked by laura h 1

i need to get info on Emperor Hirohito and Hideki Tojo DURING WORLD WAR II. because I need to talk about all of the Axis leaders. All the info i keep getting is about their life or things that aren't really relevant to WORLD WAR II. I don't need info on their life and what they liked to do, just what they contributed to the war. Can anyone help? Please and thankyou!

2007-01-22 06:38:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

you get a sense that they were strong-minded, determined people who did not always agree with Congress or the American people, but we seem to show them more respect then we do recent presidents. Do you agree, and if so, why do you think that is?

2007-01-22 06:34:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

It was a time of economic depression in England.

London’s population continued to dwindle after years of steady decline.

Most poets and dramatists were using a new style of writing called “blank verse.”

London’s dramatists and poets were among the leading literary artists of the day.

London was the center of what little commerce there was in England.

2007-01-22 06:31:06 · 3 answers · asked by Ahhhhh 1

2007-01-22 06:23:42 · 4 answers · asked by dityz_blond_chic_08 2

Who won the 30 year war in 1618 between Sweeden, denmark-norway, french, scotish and english VS the holy roman empire, spain and portugal???

was it won by alot and who played the biggest roles in winning? thanks alot people

2007-01-22 06:18:34 · 5 answers · asked by sy2pie 1

Is it only me who is bothered about the war nowadays. people think im a freak just because i can quote famous things that have been said. I seem to be the only one who knows about the tragedy and pointless murder by the Waffen SS in the french town of Oradour-sur-Glane. Having been there you can't help but cry about the sad story that happened there. No one seems to care anymore... I dont want the lost souls of the men, women and children forgotten.

2007-01-22 06:15:41 · 27 answers · asked by R,, 3

complex details about his reign.

2007-01-22 06:14:21 · 4 answers · asked by shazee 2

Back in 1896 the president of cornell university,Andrew Dickson White, published a book titled "A history of the warfare of science with theology in christendom" Under White's influence,the metaphor of warfare to describe the relations between science and the christian faith became widespread during the first half of the twentieth century. The culturally dominant veiw in our society_even among christians_came to be that sceince and christianity are not allies in the search of truth,but adveraries. What happened however during the second half of the twentieth century was that historians and philosphers of science came to realize that this supposed history of warfare is a myth. As Charles Thaxton and Nancy Pearcey point out in their book "The soul of science", for more than three hundred years between the raise of modern science in the 1500s and the late 1800s, the relationship between science and religion can best be described as an alliance.

2007-01-22 06:12:34 · 12 answers · asked by sunistao 3

Cleopatra is by far one of the most ever famous queens of all times in ancient Egypt. Her story of love and death is very famous and she ruled Egypt and made it quite powerful at the time.
Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C. in Alexandria. She was the third daughter in line to her father Ptolemy XII; she later had another sister and two younger brothers. Her younger brother Ptolemy XIII later reigned with her.
Cleopatra’s story is one of the most famous ever.
Not only because of her great love, but because she was deeply in love of Egypt and she is classified by historians to be the last Pharoah of Egypt.
Cleopatra came to the throne after death of her two elder sisters and after death of her father whom was much hated by the Egyptian and had fled to Rome several years before.
During the two centuries that preceded Ptolemy XII death, the Ptolemies were allied with the Romans. The Ptolemies' strength was failing and the Roman Empire was rising. During the later rule of the Ptolemies, the Romans gained more and more control over Egypt. Tributes had to be paid to the Romans to keep them away from Egypt.
She came to reign in 51B.C.and was of 17 years of age. She was the only Ptolemic Pharoah to speak the Egyptian language. She also took on the Egyptian religion. She was very intelligent and was a shrewd politician with an extraordinary charisma. However, she was not beautiful and had a much masculine features.
She was very will-powered; her struggle began after being exiled to Syria with her sister by her brother, husband and Co-regent Ptolemy XIII. When Cleopatra became co-regent, her world was crumbling down around her. Cyprus, Syria and other capitals were gone. There was anarchy abroad and famine at home.
Between 51 and 49 BC, Egypt was suffering from bad harvests and famine because of a drought which stopped the much needed Nile flooding. Regardless, she started an army from the Arab tribes which were east of Pelusium. During this time, she and her sister Arsinoe moved to Syria. They returned by way of Ascalon which may have been Cleopatra's temporary base.
In the meantime, Pompey had been defeated at Pharsalus in August of 48 BC. He headed for Alexandria hoping to find refuge with Ptolemy XIII, of whom Pompey was a senate-appointed guardian. Pompey did not realize how much his reputation had been destroyed by Pharsalus until it was too late.
She started to go to war with her brother. This occurred after the death of Pompey, who had sought refuge from Caesar to Egypt but was stabbed to death once he came ashore to Alexandria by Ptolemy’s advisors.
Caesar who was on Pompey’s tail, arrived in Alexandria 4 days later. There he acclaimed to be the ruler of Egypt bringing with him thirty-two hundred legionaries and eight hundred cavalry. He also brought twelve other soldiers who bore the insignia of the Roman government who carried a bundle of rods with an ax with a blade that projected out. This was considered a badge of authority that gave a clear hint of his intentions.
There were riots that followed in Alexandria. Ptolemy XIII was gone to Pelusium and Caesar placed himself in the royal palace and started giving out orders to make Ptolemy XIII return again.
Cleopatra’s cleverness led her to invite herself at Caesar’s palace. Wrapped up in a carpet she was delivered to him and as the carpet was unwrapped she appeared to him.
Being rather seductive, she lured Ceasar before Ptolemy,s arrival who upon seeing that they were in love, Screamed out Betrayal to all the Alexandrians.
The Alexandrian War was started when Pothinus called for Ptolemy XIII's soldiers in November and surrounded Caesar in Alexandria with twenty thousand men. During the war, parts of the Alexandrian Library and some of the warehouses were burned. However, Caesar did manage to capture the Pharos lighthouse, which kept his control of the harbor. Cleopatra's sister, Arsinoe, escaped from the palace and ran to Achillas. She was proclaimed the queen by the Macedonian mob and the army.
During the fighting, Caesar executed Pothinus and Achillas was murdered by Ganymede. Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile while he was trying to flee.
Alexandria surrendered to Caesar, who captured Arsinoe and restored Cleopatra on the throne.
Egyptian law did not allow a queen to rule without a king, so Cleopatra married another brother, Ptolemy XIV, but she was in love with Caesar. Caesar and Cleopatra spent
the next several months traveling along the Nile, where Caesar saw how the Egyptian people worshipped Cleopatra.
It was at that time that Cleopatra became pregnant with Caesars son. She later gave birth to a son, Ptolemy XV, called Caesarion or "Little Caesar."
Caesar returned to Rome in 46 BCE with Cleopatra and their newborn son, Caesarion. Caesar had only one other child.
Caesar was very popular with the Roman people. They named him dictator. A dictator is a ruler with complete power. Cleopatra was less popular with the Romans. She had called herself the "new Isis." Many Romans were unhappy that Caesar was planning to marry a foreigner.
On March 15, 44 BC a crowd of conspirators surrounded Caesar at a Senate meeting and stabbed him to death. Knowing that she too was in danger, Cleopatra quickly left Rome. Later her brother died and Cleopatra made her four-year-old son rule as the new king. She found Egypt suffering from plagues and famine. The Nile canals had been neglected during her absence which caused the harvests to be bad and the inundations low. The bad harvests continued from 43 until 41 BC.
Rome was in turmoil after Caesar's murder. Several armies competed for control. The two greatest were those of Mark Antony and Octavian. Octavian was the adopted son of Julius Caesar, but Mark Antony was believed to have led a larger army. When Antony asked Cleopatra to meet with him, Cleopatra decided that she had another opportunity to return to power both in Egypt, and in Rome.
Another episode of Cleopatra’s story of love is revealed in her story with Mark Anthony. Their story began when mark Antony asked Cleopatra to come to see him in turkey. She knew that he could be easily dazzled by her glamour and her marvelously- tailored seductive arrival.
He became immediately in love, an affair that led to the birth of his twins, Cleopatra Selene and Alexander Helios. Four years later, mark antonym came back to Cleopatra. In 37 BC, while on his way to invade Parthia, Antony returned to Cleopatra’s arms. He now stayed in Alexandria which was his home.
Cleopatra then gave birth to another son; Ptolemy Philadelphus Mark Anthony gave her much land which was very essential to Egypt. He gave her Cyprus, the Cilician coast, Phoenicia, Coele-Syria, Judea and Arabia. This allowed Egypt to be able to build ships from the lumber from Cilician coast. Egypt then built a large fleet. Antony had planned a campaign against the Parthians. He obviously needed Cleopatra's support for this and in 36 BC, he was defeated. He became more indebted to her than ever.
Much of the later coming tragedy was now being plotted in Rome. Mark antonym’s wife, Octavia was too much frustrated and angry by the very bad treatment of mark to her. Octavian, decided that Mark Anthony was going too far especially after starting to give his illegitimate children royal titles.
Ptolemy XV (Caesarion) was made the co-ruler with his mother and was called the King of Kings. Cleopatra was called the Queen of Kings, which was a higher position than that of Caesarion's. Alexander Helios, which meant the sun, was named Great King of the Seleucid Empire when it was at its highest. Cleopatra Selene, which meant the moon, was called Queen of Cyrenaica and Crete. Cleopatra and Antony's son, Ptolemy Philadelphos was named King of Syria and Asia Minor at the age of two. Cleopatra had dreams of becoming the Empress of the world.
In 32 to 31 BC, Antony finally divorced Octavia. This forced the Western part of the world to recognize his relationship with Cleopatra. He had already put her name and face on a Roman coin, the silver denarii. The denarii was widely circulated throughout the Mediterranean. By doing this, Antony's relationship with the Roman allegiance was ended and Octavian decided to publish Antony's will. Octavian then formally declared war against Cleopatra.
Octavian's navy severely defeated Antony in Actium, which is in Greece, on September 2, 31 BC. Octavian's admiral, Agrippa, planned and carried out the defeat. In less than a year, Antony half-heartedly defended Alexandria against the advancing army of Octavian. After the defeat, Antony committed suicide by falling on his own sword in 30 BC.
CLEOPATRA’S death is one of the most famous ever. After arranging Antony’s funeral, she and her children were taken prisoners but were treated in a good way. Cleopatra afraid of being humiliated decided to take her life.
She would not live this way, so she had an asp, which was an Egyptian cobra, brought to her hidden in a basket of figs. She arranged a big delicious meal and asked for figs.
When the guards entered to see Cleopatra she was already dead. They found the 39-year old queen dead on her golden bed, with her maid Iras dying at her feet. Her other maid, Charmion, was weakly adjusting Cleopatra's crown, and she too fell over dead. Two pricks were found on Cleopatra's arm, and it was believed that she had allowed herself to be bitten by an asp (a kind of poisonous snake). As she had wished, she was buried beside Antony.
She died on August 12, 30 BC at the age of 39. The Egyptian religion declared that death by snakebite would secure immortality. With this, she achieved her dying wish, to not be forgotten. The only other ruler to cast a shadow on the fascination with Cleopatra was Alexander who was another Macedonian. After Cleopatra's death, Caesarion was strangled and the other children of Cleopatra were raised by Antony's wife, Octavia.
Her death was the mark of the end of the Egyptian Monarchs. The Roman Emperors came into to rule in Egypt. The Ptolemies were Macedonian in decent, but ruled as Egyptians, as Pharaohs. Cleopatra was the last pharaoh; after her death Egypt became a Roman province. Because Caesarion was Julius Caesar's son and might pose a threat to Octavian's power, Octavian had the boy strangled by his tutor. Cleopatra's other children were sent to Rome to be raised by Octavia. Cleopatra Selene married King Juba II of Mauretania and had two children, Ptolemy and Drusilla. No one knows what happened to Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphus.
Cleopatra was quite remarkable, she had great brilliance and her devotion to her country was utmost. She was a quick-witted woman who was fluent in nine languages, however, Latin was not one of them. She was a mathematician and a very good businesswoman she fought for her country.
She had a charismatic personality, was a born leader and an ambitious monarch who deserved better than suicide

2007-01-22 06:11:11 · 9 answers · asked by chubby 1