Absolutism, Absolute Monarchy

Around the 18th century, Imperialism was the most powerful force in the world. In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor, invaded Egypt to expand the French influence. After the short, three-year occupation of Egypt, Napoleon was forced to withdraw back to France, and there was a struggle for power in Egypt. Muhammad Ali Pasha, an Ottoman Turkish military leader, was one of those people who tried to gain power. He was born in 1769 in Kavala, a city in Northern Greece, and came to Egypt with a group of highly trained Albanian soldiers to

He was a village Shifta who got lucky to ascend to power in our beloved country. While piping our people and land to highest bidders and stashing money in foreign countries, he ordered the killings of Somalis, Sidamas,Agunks, and childer during his reign of terror. He conspired with his former ally, Shabia, to land lock our beloved country. He sent our young sons to Somalia to fulfill the wishes of his masters. More than twenty thousand young men died in vain. His disciples

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The direction of government within the early nineteenth century was headed into a new direction due to the rising of the middle class. Through David Harris’s interpretation on the development of liberalism and the modern state, a list of contributions to the cause appears. Harris also discusses how liberalism transformed over the nineteenth century and, eventually, the downfall of its popular grasp.

Charlemagne, crowned emperor by the pope in 800, ruled most of Europe. He was the first recognized ruler from the middle ages since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Charlemagne has been called the the Pater Europae or Father of Europe. He protected the pope and the church, made laws that supported the church, and established schools. Because of Charlemagne, many people became Christian and all of Europe was linked to the church.

Napoleon Bonaparte was a very great military leader. He was also an emperor who took over much of Europe in the early 1800s. Napoleon was born on an island called Corsica which is west of Italy. He had 8 surviving siblings including him who was the second. He later moved to France, attended school there and learned the French language. In 1785, he graduated from a French military academy. Napoleon started very small in the ranking of military but quickly rose through rankings. Napoleon fought in the French Revolution but he was on leave from the military when it started. He was at home in Corsica and there he got involved with the Jacobins. Napoleon gained political control of France in 1799 because of the coup d’état. He crowned himself as emperor in 1804. Napoleon was a, “shrewd, ambitious and a skilled military strategist.” (HISTORY) He was very successful in dominating his opponents and was able to expand his empire drastically. Napoleon was great at strategy, being a leader and had incredible charisma.

Charlemagne (742-814) also known as Charles the Great, was the king of the Franks, from 768-814, and emperor of the West, from 800-814. He was founder of the Holy Roman Empire, stimulated European economic and political life, and fostered the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance.

The Political and Cultural Effects of Suleiman the Magnificent’s Reign on the Ottoman Empire Introduction To get a better grasp of the impact and importance of Suleiman’s reign, it is essential to note that the Suleiman’s father, who ruled before him, Selim I, was also very successful. Selim I’s reign, saw enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly because of his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of Sham, Hejaz, Tihamah, and Egypt itself. With the heart of the Arab world under Ottoman control, the empire became a dominant power in the region and in the Islamic world. Selim's expansion into the Middle East marked and represented an unforeseen change in the expansionary tactics of

During the late 18th century, the Al Saud family, which ruled a remote kingdom of the Arabian peninsula came into an agreement with Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab. As part of their alliance, the Al-Saud family agreed to be the patron and military spearhead of Wahhabism ( Delong-Bas, 2004, page 27). Thus formed a

A Chinese explorer who lived from 1371 to 1433. At an early age, wonders of the new world amused him. He was taken by the government but in 1390 he has proven himself a worthy soldier and leader. Taking seven voyages to Southeast Asia, Arabia and Africa establishing trading relationships, but before his first voyage he established the treasure fleet that included warships, trading ships and vessels for movement. Before he died in 1433, he was on his last voyage arriving to calicut and decided to leave and sail back home but was too late and died at sea. He was known for commanding

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader, who conquered numerous parts of Europe in the 19th century, and later on became the first emperor of France. The military leader was not born into a rich family, but instead commoners. In Napoleon’s early life, he attended school in France, until he got accepted into a military academy in Paris.

during which time the Islamic expansion continued. He is also known as the caliph who

caliphs and it is acknowledge to be an influential period in Islamic history. The founder of

Napoleon Bonaparte was a military leader. He was also known as the Corsican, and the Little Corporal. He crowned himself emperor in 1804. He was the first emperor of France. During his reign, he conquered much of Europe. He abdicated in 1814 and was exiled to Elba. In 1815, he returned to power in his Hundred Days campaign. He would lose the Battle of Waterloo and get abdicated again. He would also get exiled again as well.

This religion dates back to more than 2500 year ago. The most recent spiritual leader was Mahavira. He has been given the title “ victor” because of his ability to conquer ignorance as well as achieve the “luminous perfect soul”(Pluralism Project p2) He then embarked on a preaching through all of India talking about the truth he had realized. He attracted people from all walks of life, whom he taught about the presence of soul in all beings and that karma is what ultimately binds us in the circle of suffering and that nonviolence towards all living things (ahimsa) would be the way to overcome this cycle.