Chronologische Tijdbalk Slot INLEIDING De Vietnam oorlog was typisch een product van De Koudeoorlog. De strijd van het kapitalisme (Amerika) tegen het communisme (Rusland). Vietnam was slechts een schaakveld van de strijd tussen het kapitalisme en het communisme. Amerika was en is nog steeds een machtig land van de hele wereld. Vietnam had en heeft nog steeds een grote achterstand in technologie in vergelijking met de machtige Amerika. Je zou denken dat Amerika de oorlog tegen Noord - Vietnam...
India implemented a Look East Policy (LEP) in the early nineties, aimed at strengthening relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states. In keeping with its bid for a leadership role in Asia and beyond, India seeks greater integration with ASEAN and is striving to create an Asian Economic Community. Looking back, it can be said that the Policy has been moderately successful as India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2009 (operationalised in 2010), has been...
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a utopian view of what all citizens of all states should enjoy, however no country has all 30 in effect in their land today although some countries citizens has more rights than others. Choosing 3 of the most striking articles out of the 30 creates an interesting dilemma in which 3 articles are the most striking. This paper will address Articles 3, Article 10 and Article 18 - Every...
North Korea is in eastern Asia and occupies the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. It borders China to the north, Russia to the far northeast, the Sea of Japan / East Sea to the east, South Korea to the south, and the Korean Bay and Yellow Sea to the west. The country covers an area of 120,549 square kilometers (46,543 square miles), making it slightly smaller than the state of Mississippi. It has 1,673 kilometers (1,039 miles) of land borders and 2,495 kilometers (1,550 miles) of coastli...
Greece is known throughout the world as a source of beauty, grace, and culture. Many of the ideals that we hold politically, religiously, and philosophically have at least part of their roots in ancient Greece. In accordance with the value of beauty in form and in the idealizing of character ( such as depicted by the Greek Gods and Goddesses), Greece has been the home of many beautiful creations in dress as well as in the other arts. Lovers of beauty everywhere are inspired by the flow and dr...
Louis Riel is quite interesting person. People are still arguing about him as a hero or a traitor. He is a hero for Métis people and other French Canadians and he is a traitor for English speaking Canadians. He fought for the rights and land of Métis people. As he was fighting for Métis people, he stood against Canadian government and laws. He was executed for treason, but Canadian government did not really want to kill him because they knew he is a great politician and what he ...
The business revival that came after World War One led to the period known as the roaring twenties. Buildings and businesses rose in urban areas of America. Limitless opportunity seemed to lurk in every city. And with these near infinite boundaries, came a new appeal: the race toward the sky. Skyscrapers in New York City had already been constructed in the previous decades, such as the Woolworth Building (1918), which topped the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower (1909) by 50 feet to become th...
Railways provide a vital means for transporting large amounts of goods and people across a wide distance. In the Victorian Era, this was especially important to the growth of industrial facilities and a higher migration of people into urban centers. Railways delivered means of innovation and creation, under the brilliant minds of those who ran them. Men like Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Great Western Railway revolutionized the English countryside and the nation as a whole. In May 1821, Man...
Draco was a very important leader in Greek history because he started Athenian politics and enhanced the laws of other politicians. He was born in around 620 B.C. and died in 590 B.C. His role as a politician took place during the 39th Olympiad. Draco was the first to begin politics in ancient Greece. This politician established the legal code with which he is identified. These laws were so strict that they were written in blood. Laws were so harsh that one of them even stated that no perfume...
Since ancient times there have been many types of architecture and ways of building. One of the most famous and still used types of architecture is ancient Roman. The Romans had a very innovative and unique way of building. The huge forums and the way they got water into the city were never done before their time and started a way of building still used today. The ancient Romans took the ways of the Greeks architecture and made it their own, forming a new way of building. During the Pax Roman...
