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    division of two groups that culminated in the mass murder of nearly 500,000 Rwandans, three-fourths of the population. The tactful subterfuge by the ruling party fueled the separation of two ethnic groups that reminisce the events in Europe 55 years earlier. Naturally, the question becomes, how? Simply speaking it was the indifference of global elites and political demagoguery that incited fears into violent acts; however delving further into the matter it is important to see that “those who control

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    new light of mental captivity, which was the very thing that Europeans sought out to destroy as redeemers of the new land. Africans were not allowed to maintain any connection to their original cultures at all, and were even placed in positions as elite French leaders to represent examples of what they could one day potentially become. Black slavery, ingrained racial prejudice against blacks, and, after its partition by European powers, the necessity to rid Africa of colonial rule and exploitation

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    This included the former members and the descendants of the ruling classes of the Seljuk and Mamlūk empires. Those who converted from Christianity were part a separate class called the devşirme class. The two classes struggled with each other for stature and standing. In order to control both groups, the ruler sought to balance them with equal positions. (Ref: Oxfordislamicstudies) The members of the ruling class were divided into functional “institutions”. There were two branches

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    However, with the precautions taken by the government, they did not know it would ultimately be their demise. In order to contain rebellion and to keep the people of the empire ignorant, the combination of brutality, persecutions, antagonizing of the elites, and denying the Way, led to the short reign and ultimately the fall of the Qin Dynasty. In order to start at the very core of the problem with the Qin, one must look into Confucianism. Confucius, known as Master Qiu or “Our Master Kong,” lived during

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    Social Conflict Theory

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    Introduction The social conflict theory is based on society being a complex system characterized by inequality and conflict that generate social change. Social conflict can be seen all over the world we live in: in sports, politics and normal social engagements and society at large. Karl Marx studied social conflict His entire life and wanted to reduce social inequality. The social conflict theory can be described as favoritism; Society tends to show favoritism to the prestigious members of that

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    Patricians Vs Plebeians

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    means of slaves. The plebeians should nonetheless vote inside the comitia centuriata; but they could not maintain any of the modern day offices, nor must they sit inside the Senate. They had been the noblemen, the aristocrats, and the higher elegance ruling elegance. It wouldn’t have been so terrible, and the plebeians might now not were in such an uproar had the patricians no longer used their political energy in such pompous and abusive approaches. It's miles recounted

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    for the purpose of entertainment. Amphitheatres housed a variety of spectacles, such as gladiatorial games, or executions of prisoners. The roman ruling elite understood that in order to keep the populace happy and complacent, they needed to be provided with nourishment for both the body and for the mind. As such, those who belonged the roman ruling class, the equestrians, would often fund spectacles for roman citizens of lower classes to attend, and be entertained by. The history: Some of the

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    Changes in Iran After the Islamic Revolution

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    religion, as they wanted. People enjoyed personal freedoms comparable to those enjoyed in the west. They only thing they lacked was political freedom as all the power rested with the Shah. The elite controlled political power and anyone who wanted to join politics needed the sponsorship of the elites. The elites also controlled the economy largely because Shah appointed members of the

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    Explore the ways in which colonialists established and maintained their rule in the colonies and assess whether any of these mechanisms continue to be evident in the contemporary domination of the global North over the global South. Over the years Europeans have established many different types of colonies throughout the Global South for reasons such as the expansion of empire and for economic motives. These different types of colonies such as, company rule, direct rule, indirect rule and settler

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    Agriculture has been around for a very long time. Before agriculture, humans existed in relatively egalitarian hunter-gatherer societies. With the transition to agriculture, this egalitarianism of hunter-gatherer societies began to end. There were many aspects of this societal change that allowed for the rise of inequalities. The introduction of inequalities began as hunter gatherer societies made the transition into agricultural societies. Before agricultural societies came to be, humans lived

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