Taking a Look at Niels Henrik Abel

Today Denmark is one of the most prosperous countries in the world. Unemployment rates are low. Denmark also has low inflation and a surplus on both balance of payments and public expenditure. The World Economic Forum’s 2008 competitiveness index ranks Denmark in its Top Three world-wide. And the World Transparency Index ranks it as the world champion in non-corruption. Furthermore it should be noted that other international comparisons nominate the Danes as the happiest people in the world! Denmark’s success is so impressive.

Furthermore, Peter was able to grow even more confident in the possibility of conquering Sweden due to his joining of an anti-Swedish alliance in. Poland and Denmark also had designs on Swedish territories with Poland wanting to capture Livonia and Denmark wanting Holstein- Gottorp. Furthermore, Frederick IV resented Denmark's vulnerable position due to Swedish possessions on its southern frontier as this could have led to the possibility of Denmark having to fight Sweden on two fronts. With this in mind, Augustus elector of Saxony, Frederick IV of Denmark and Peter the great created the anti- Swedish alliance. This certainly would have gave Peter more confidence along with his weak perception of Sweden as it meant he had the extra support of the nations of Denmark and Poland to supply resources if needed during his war with Sweden.

Image trying to escape a deep hole of misery, with no escape. Night, a book created by Eliezer Wiesel, is a survival account put into the young Eliezer’s view of things, with his father as another main character. This memoir is an account of a survivor of the holocaust and the horrors he faced while traveling through the concentration camps. The story keeps up a suspenseful tone until his father died, leaving him dead inside and emotionless. Eliezer is a completely different man from the boy learning about Judaism, to the ghostly figure that now occupied his body. His believes in the beginning were extremely different from the way he thought and acted in the middle and the end of this memoir.

Since the end of the last ice age, Denmark has gone from a small hunter- gatherer society, to a super power during the Viking era, and slowly transformed into what it is today. Although not considered a super power in today’s standards it is still a thriving society, with citizens that are some of the happiest in the world. This is possible due in large part to their economy. The Danish military is small but completely capable of defending itself while simultaneously providing support to its allies. The physical environment of Denmark plays a significant part in what has made the country successful. All of these things combined truly make Denmark a model to live by.

The Vikings were a very successful group of warriors from Scandinavia. They started raiding and violently attacking other places because of their lack of resources. The Viking homeland was rural and people worked as fishers or farmers. Scandinavian people got their fish from the sea, but because the soil in that area was not very fertile, there wasn’t enough grain being grown to feed the rising population. “As Scandinavia's population grew, food shortage became a common problem. Looking for new sources of food and wealth, some Viking leaders decided to take what they needed from other people” (Doc. A). When the Vikings attacked cities, they took everything they could and then burned what was left of the destroyed city. “And the Vikings came on them just like a storm and cut them down, carried off everything, and burned the place” (Doc. B). Because of this, there was no one left to come after them, or anyone to avenge

“Nature is rich; but everywhere man, the heir of nature, is poor.” Lloyd begins his work by complaining about how the rich remain rich and the poor remain poor; however, as the essay progresses, one can see the accuracy of his views. He references the creation of Adam and Eve, stating that, “Never since time began have all the sons and daughters of men been all warm, and filled, and all shod and roofed.” It’s been true throughout history that because of monopolies that a very small percentage of men control a majority of land and resources. Lloyd states that individuals holding a majority of resources and land believe that that there is a scarcity; that there is not enough. And in order to survive, in order to be happy, in order to be prosperous, they must contain and constrain. Men must hold on to any and everything they can get their hands on. The minority has an opposing viewpoint. It feels that there is an abundance of resources, but because of unequal distribution, there is never enough to go around: “There is too much iron, too much lumber, too much flour―for this or that syndicate. The majority have never been able to buy enough of anything; but this minority have too much of everything to sell.” Lloyd concludes by expressing that we have become a “mutual deglutition.” He states that we have advanced too quickly and implicates that we are beginning to reverse

Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edwin Cannan, ed. 1904. Library of Economics and Liberty. Retrieved October 26, 2014 from the World Wide Web: http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html

David Thauberger had defined the principles of his career early on in his career. His work is centered at creating pieces that represent his own life experiences. Having said this, in 1982, he wrote: “I went on a holiday via postcards”. This compelling quote has become the root of Thauberger’s paintings, sculptures and writings as he strives to produce pieces that offer both a local and global view of his own as well as other geographical regions as he strived to represent his own geographical region and those from across the world in representation of a postcard portrait.

The Vikings’ government was unlike any other at that time. In fact, there was no emperor, king, or lord. The only sagas found about Viking law were written late in the 10th century in Iceland. The people were governed by consensus, and legal issues were resolved by compromise and negotiation. This doesn’t mean that feuds didn’t

Peace between the Danelaw and Wessex continued until in 884 AD, when King Guthrum of the Danelaw attacked Wessex. Alfred defeated him and made a peace agreement that was outlined in the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum. This peace treaty formally drew the boundaries of the Danelaw and allowed for Danish self-rule in that region.

Peter Abelard was born in 1079 and died in 1142, and within his lifetime of 63 years, built a reputation as an a controversial, yet brilliant thinker. He was an important teacher, and was known as a poet and musician, as well as an unbeatable debater. He experienced much throughout his lifetime, but through everything, continued to be influential and impactful to both his contemporaries as well as later thinkers.

In all honestly, Norway thought he would die before Denmark. Denmark took blow after blow, physically and emotionally, century after century. Yet, somehow he still remained

Rogers wrote the ‘discourse touching ye present estate and the kingdomes of Denmarke and Norwegen,’ shortly after his second official mission to Denmark; it is remarkable as an archetype of the relazioni or ‘relation,’ a useful and comprehensive account of a foreign

Denmark is the oldest kingdom in the world and one of the oldest states in Europe. The current monarch, Queen Margrethe II is very popular among the Danes and began ruling in 1972. Denmark’s history started with the Viking age. The Danes conquered northern and eastern England and Christianity was introduced during this time. The Reformation fighting ended in 1536 and left the establishment of the Lutheran church headed by the monarch. Denmark lost territory and money in the Thirty Years War with Sweden. However, the Great Northern War restored Denmark’s power in the Baltic. Despite some territorial losses, Denmark started to prosper economically, introducing a representative form of government and many social and educational reforms. Denmark remained neutral in the First World War and the present southern border with Germany was established. As Hitler rose to power in Germany, Denmark introduced the Great Social Reforms, continuing to prosper culturally. Denmark was occupied by Germany in World War II. Denmark joined the European Community in 1973.

It is generally accepted by historians that there was a ‘crisis' that blanketed all of Europe during the 17th century. A myriad of revolts, uprisings and economic contractions occurred almost simultaneously and had a profound impact on the socio-economics of the entire continent. The topic for discussion in this paper is the effects that this ‘crisis' had on Europe and its developments. In particular, the focus will be on Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm, and his theory that the 17th century crisis was the catalyst for the transition from feudal society to capitalism in England and ultimately the genesis of the industrial revolution. Hobsbawm argues that it was the crisis of the