Middle Eastern States

A current problem in the Middle East is Jordans history and resources of water. Neighboring countries such as Israel,Syria,Iran,Iraq,Turkey and Lebanon fight over the numerous rivers that run through Jordan.There are economic and political problems occuring about the shared use of water amoung the countries.Water supply is very scarce in the Middle East so it has been a monumental problem existing there. France and Britain split up the Ottoman Empire into several different countries helping to add to the problems today.If there was not so many countries, the river systems would not run through just one country. Because of France and Britain dividing the Ottoman Empire, the rivers just run through Jordan but if they never divided them the rivers wouldn't just run through one country. Back after world war one Zionist leaders wanted to form a Jewish state in Palestine because of economic benefits and Jewish rights. The Arab leaders did not advocate this idea of a Jewish sect. Because of the division back then it's effects is problems now. I would personally try and pass a law to give every neighboring country a certain amount of water because of the detrimental water problems in the Middle East. The more other countries are involved in the water systems the more trading can occur which will boost the economy.

Peasants

The Peasants, a paticular group within Tsarist Russia, did not live a life of leiusure and relaxation. During the reign of autocracy,their hard work not only gave them shelter and food, but it gave them modivation for the future and their life ahead. Their insignificant one room hut, known as a Izba, was crowded usually crammed with a fair amount of people. These homes were usually built by the peasants out of wood, straw and manure. Inside is consisted of one small table and couple chairs where they ate their meals. Their main occupation was farming, and it had its difficulties. The soil was poorm hard and for the most part swampy. Times were rough after the Russo-Japanese War, WWI and other wars Russia had engaged in. A majority of the food they produced was being sent off to the government. Not only was the working and living conditions harsh, but the taxes they were forced to pay were embarable. They had to pay taxes at national, country, township and village levels based on how much they farmed and the size of the russification families. Large amounts of grain were given to the government and one quater of the families meager wealth went to pay taxes. For relaxation and distance from the harsh working conditions, they smoked and drank and engaged in several different leisure activites. What gave them hope was the Tsar, who they considered a father and believed that one day they would help them someday. After the several atempts and successes of people taking over Russias government the Bolsheviks was one of them with their leader Vladimir Lenin. He tried his best to reform but fleed out of country. His rules and laws were carried down and eventually preformed and helped get Russia back on its feet after the several defeats in wars.The March Revolution was an answered prayer for them because they czar's were forced to step down after the revolt of workers for better conditions.

Imperialism Motives

Imperialism is when a stronger more unified country takes over a smaller weaker country. New nations that adopted it were European countries such as Frace, Germany, Great Britian and several other ones. The Boer war was when Great Britian and th Boers fought over land in South Africa. The war conflicted from 1899 all the way untill 1902. The Boer war affected the Zulo nation because they completely took over the people of that certain part in africa and changed their whole life style.The Europeans expanded and made their territory so much larger. They changed the people of Africa and in a sense made them more like them. They explored in order to create more land for themselves. They also needed laborers for money. They needed people to work long hard hours in harsh working conditions in order to make enough money to support the economy. Also they needed people to carry heaby loads and do harsh labor. When they explored they gained colonies. During the scramble for africa it was complete chaos and everyone wanted a piece of some land. Cecil Rhodes was a part of the diamond bussiness and founded De Beers diamond company. The diamond complany blossomed because there were more laborers and more people willing to work outrageus hours.

Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revoultion began in Europe for several reasons. For one, it had all the resources nessesary to start a life moving expirence. It had resources such as coal, iron, rivers and harbors which were all immensely helpful. Also the economy in britan was expanding and increasing which had a monumental effect on the investment. Aswell Britan had all the factors of production needed to start an investment like this. It had land, labor, capital, infrastructure , demand and technolgy. These factors helped with trade as well as they had a suficent amount of workers to keep things going. With these resoucres they were able to make more goods which attracted more consumers which increased the amount of workers.

Jose Maria Morelos

This Mesitizo priest was also a revoultionary rebel leader. Born in 1765, he led the Mexican War of Independence movement. His goal was to improve conditions for mexicans. In ways such as abolishing slavery and giving the right to vote to men. Before Jose's time, Miguel Hidalgo took the first step towards independence. He called for rebellion against the Spanish,(grito de Dolores).The very next day Hidalgo's followers railed in Mexico City where the creoloes took control of land, property and their lives. After this defeat they railed up a new leader, Padre Jose Maria Morelos. Which he led the revolution for four years. He was an extremly strong leader but just came in at the wrong time. Unfortunantly he didnt make much progress although he did work extremly hard to start something. In 1815 a creole officer, Agustin de Inturbide, defeated him. In 1820 events in Mexico took another turn and changed the lives of the people forever. Ironically enough, Agustin who defeated Jose actually won the independence for the Mexicans in 1821. They were officialy freed from Spain. Mexico won its independence from Spain in the general area of Central America. The freedom of Mexico was based off of some Enlightenment ideas. When all the people were gathered together (grito de Dolores) it was like when the French people gathered together to rebel against King Louis. They developed a national anthem that is still used today. The people of Mexico did just as the French did to gather ideas and think of ways to rebel against the spanish.

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Summary - Napoleon Bonaparte was a powerful force in Europe from 1799 to 1815. He rose from the ranks of the French army to become the emperor of France. By 1812 he had control of most of Europe. Unfortunately, he met his demise when he attempted to invade Russia. His downfall was almost as swift as his rise to power.Directions - Copy the summary into your blog and answer the following question in a blog response.

Blog Question - Describe Napoleon’s character and leadership style and discuss how Napoleon has had positive and/or negative effects on Europe using specific expamles and details.


Napoleon was a very unique and original man. He knew how to get control and he knew how to keep it. He was extremly pursuasive and it was no doubt he had a lot of people supporting him all the way. He took problems upon himself and did whatever he could to fix them. One word to describe him is relentless, because when the going got tough he always found a way to pull thru. People could call him selfish and controlling, but hey, he kept things in control the best he could. He said he was no ordinary man and that is completly true. Napoleon gained and conquered an immense amount of land but the problem was he always lived life in the present and never the future. Although it is excellent to live life for now, it is important to plan for ahead. He gained so much power and control that it was hard to stop. He craved power, control, he craved all the land to be his. He kept going and going moving further and further forward.