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May 24, 2012 · A vast, mostly Western expatriate zone in the middle of Republican China. The "Settlement" as it was called, had its own police force, fire-brigade, driver's licenses, and all manner of other things. Shanghai in the 1900s-1940s was famous for its extravagance. S****y Art Deco nightclubs, drinking, whoring, gambling, shopping and nonstop ...
Aug 30, 2024 · Aug 30, 2024. #1. When Italy entered the war, it was promised neighboring Austrian territory, Albania, and part of Croatia. It only got the Austrian territory it already occupied. Its contribution to victory may not have been that much, but it did take territory in Austria. Serbia did expand, and Britain and France divided Ottoman territory in ...
Apr 11, 2020 · This map shows the precise place of residence of over 4.3 million Jews at the time of the Russian census of 1897. The census enumerated over 5 million Jews living in the Pale of Settlement, the 25 …. yannayspitzer.net. What I find interesting is that by far the most Jewish-heavy territories in the Russian Empire in 1897 (other than, of course ...
Oct 2, 2010 · By any definition, the Congress of Vienna of 1815 definitively qualified as ultra-reactionary (ergo, ultra-ultra-conservative): as you said, it pretended "to revert to an earlier state of affairs". Some semantic trivia: the state of affairs that this conservative Congress was trying to preserve was the one previous to 1789; the changes of the ...
Jan 8, 2012 · In the first battle Wessex was repelled and suffered heavy losses. The Danes pursued and, in January 871, Alfred the Great defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown. The Danes then retreated, pursued by the Wessex army, but this time it was Wessex which was defeated. Wessex was defeated again in a later battle.
Apr 25, 2013 · Charles 11 did indeed promise religious tolerance in the Declaration of Breda in the event of becoming king, but the reality of his religious policy was set out by others and foisted upon him under the terms of the restoration settlement which set out Anglicanism as an institution driven by hierarchy and ceremony which immediately alienated Catholics and puritans alike.
Aug 27, 2024 · With the bombing of Belgrade in '99 by NATO (the United States), it was seen as a justified means to pressure Serbia to relent in its campaign of ethnic cleansing and oppression of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Of course, the bombing didn't have a legal recourse and violated the UN charter and international law.
Jul 3, 2019 · Hello guys I need some help on the ID of this spearhead. I tried googling some stuff but the information on speerheads seems quite vague. On the blade itself there are 2 lines still visible. It's made out of iron and found in Thuin region, Belgium. In the area itself was a roman settlement and...
Jul 31, 2011 · The Soviets did in fact put on show trials, where "show" does not just mean the outcome was known beforehand, but also that they were meant as teaching moments. One might very well have had a Soviet-style show trial at Nuremberg, meant to "show the world" but also having a predetermined result. Frog33inUK said:
Feb 20, 2011 · Feb 20, 2011. #2. Earl_of_Rochester said: It's interesting to hear there's no archaeological evidence for major settlements prior to the Roman invasion. I am genuinely surprised. the lack of towns in Britain had major effect on the Romans, and the Germans. Here's a little something I wrote a while back. Britain Saves Germany « History Planet.
