Why was Napoleon's rule considered democratic despotism? Why was there an Ionian Revolt? Why did Athens win the Battle of Marathon? Why did Athens undertake the Sicilian Expedition during the Peloponnesian War? Why did the Roman Republic become an empire?
Why did Alexander the Great succeed against the Persian Empire? What was the reason for the Partition of India? Why did Myanmar invade Ayutthaya? Why did Napoleon III invade Mexico? Why did Britain agree to the Partition of India? Why is the Persian Empire important?
said God had changed wine into clothes and food on the table and furniture for him. People said, “How did He do that?” “Well,” he said, “I used to take all the money I made and bought liquor with it and would leave my family without food and without medicine. But...
As early as in front of cuneiform character, some people already opened break a code the ancient Egypt's another kind of language - - glyph; Seeks history which the writing origins, may say starts from Egypt. In 1798, at a French scientific congress, Napoleon was taking Niebuhr "Arab And...
The Fn portion of the root, of course, looks like it would correspond to the word in Phoenician, which may leave us wondering: If the Egyptian word was originally borrowed from Phoenician, where did the Egyptians get the third consonant? As it happens, Phoenician phonology originally had a ...
France overthrew a monarch who was trying to be a constitutional ruler. This created a Republic that was unable to stabilise itself. Multi-party democracy produced chaos and weakness and was deservedly abolished in favour of Napoleon’s autocratic rule, initially as First Consul and later as Emper...
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Why did Bismarck bring Germany into the Scramble for Africa? Why did Egypt fail to win the October 1973 war with Israel? Why did Napoleon lose the Battle of Trafalgar? Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Why did the Soviet Union lose the Cold War?
Why was Napoleon III important? Why might a strong navy be important to the Romans? Why did the Athenians lose the Battle of Salamis? Where did Alexander the Great turn back and why? Why was the Battle of Tannenberg important? Why did Greece win the Battle of Salamis?
Why did Napoleon III overthrow the government? Why did Edward III abdicate? Why did Catherine de Medici leave France? Why did the abdication of Charles V weaken the Habsburgs? Why did Jean-Paul Marat hate the French king? Why did Napoleon crown himself Emperor of France?