HIST 1007 : Test 3 Histroy
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Britain enters: belgium is a neutral country, alliance with belgium. Lawrence (lawrence of arabia: 1916: arab revolt, 1917: jerusalem falls the end of the war, russia drops out, has a revolution. Why: germany gambles all on the western front, fails. Over what: no one knows, old empires fall, u. s. only comes in at last minute, barely scathed, accelerates shift of power to the u. s, faith in science, reason shattered, idea of west as superior civilization in question. Introduction: communism emerged out of wwi, global movement until 1989. Oppose separate sphere ideology: nationalism is stupid, racial equality, communist say west is very racist and only prosper b/c they exploit rest of the word, atheist. Aka u. s. s. r or soviet russia: but contains many nationalities. Introduction: europe greatly weakened by wwi, but in short term, their colonies grow, middle east colonized out of old ottoman empire, hard to sell idea of western civilization , pres.
