After the War

expansion The Inca people began as a tribe of the Killke culture in the Cuzco area around the 12th century AD. Under the leadership of Manco Capac, they formed the small city-state of Cuzco (Quechua Qosqo). The first step in the expansion of the Inca Empire was the defeat of the Hanan Chankas, a group that lived in the departments of Ayacucho and Huancavelica, near Cuzco. That allowed them to control a large territory around Cuzco and incorporate its population into its army. The expansion continued

The Notorious B.I.G, de son vrai nom Christopher Wallace, né le 21 mai 1972 à New York dans le quartier de Brooklyn et est assassiné le 9 mars 1997 à Los Angeles. Notorious est un rappeur et producteur américain. Il est également connu sous les pseudonymes de Biggie Smalls ( « petit gros » dû à sa masse corporelle ) ou Biggie. Il aura vendu 62 millions de disques à travers le monde. Biggie a eu une enfance très difficile, et s'intéresse au rap très rapidement. Il abandonnera ses études pour se

a seaside town on the coast of France. His family, whose fortune was derived from the manufacture of fertilizer, had hopes he would become a diplomat, but Dior only wished to be involved in mostly fashion, but sketching as well. To make money, he sold his fashion sketches outside his house for about 10 cents each. After leaving school he received money from his father so that in 1928 he could open a small art gallery, where he sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso. After a family financial disaster

Commerciales Deuxième année Anglais Devoir 3 Document étudié : The hand that rocks the cradle The Economist, March 4 , 2006 th 1. Warm Up exercises 1) Describe and comment on the document above the article. Suggestion de réponse : The document is a drawing that must be an advertisement for a British women's trade union. In the foreground we can see a strong-looking woman wearing a gown. In her right hand she is holding a banner with the inscription: "Women Workers Fellowship for life", meaning

document is an interview: New River Media interviewed David Kennedy. No indication concerning the date but we can guess it has been made in the 20th century because he talks about World War II (WWII) and because Kennedy is an historian and professor at Stanford University. He is specialized in American history and received the Pulitzer prize for Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (in 1999). As regards New River Media, it is a company based in Washington that

Liberal Realism The foundation of a democratic foreign policy G. john Ikenberry and Charles A kupchan The upcoming president election represents a defining moment for the United States and its engagement in global affairs. The foreign policy of the Bush Administration represents a radical departure in principle as well as practice from the tradition of liberal realism that guided the United States throughout the second half of the 20 th century. The Democratic Party promises to reclaim liberal

very important role in the nation, plays the key economic, social and cultural role. The United-States are conceded as the most powerful and richest nation in the world thanks to infancy of its business. The story of capitalism in the United-States began in the second part of the 19th century mostly after the Civil War (guerre de Sécession) in 1865. From 1855 to the end of the Civil War, the United-States experienced an incredible economic development which symbolizes the United-Sates economic development

The McCarthyism 1. Origins and context 1.1 Context When McCarthyism appeared soon after WWII, it was during the Cold War era, a time (as you already know) of political, military and economic tension between the USSR and its allies and the United States and its allies. McCarthyism became known as the political practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason to the western allies without the need for evidence. The term is associated with the period in the history of

Relations after 1945 Definition: ‘cold war´ describes the conflict between the USSR and the ‘Western Powers´ in the period following WWII / Period of tension characterized by conflict at diplomatic, economic and all levels short of actual armed conflict between the principals on either side. Origins: breakdown of wartime co-operation between the Allies (Obvious at Yalta and Potsdam conferences) possible to trace as far back as 1917 when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia led to the creation

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