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    National and European Identity

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    contradictory between Europe and nation-state, ‘country first, but Europe, too’ is the main feeling of the public. However, some people don’t consider themselves as European which result from a strong attachment to the national culture. Even though, the tendency of the convergence of diverse national identity cannot be

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    also study the effects of democracy in American society to greater understand the coming tide of democracy. One reason he believed that democracy may be a poor fit for Europe is that European is more complicated in comparison to American Society therefore not providing adequate conditions for observation. One of the ways that Europe is seen by Tocqueville to be complicated in as mentioned in”

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    Everything has its turning point, so what is the world turning point? With the people in Europe, Americas, and Africa, Columbus’s voyage in 1492 was a huge impaction. We can say that totally changed the lives of people in the three colonies. It opened up the world’s trading and also a new door of colonization period. That turned the world’s history to an important part, especially on Americas, Europe, and Africa. The first continent had a big effect because of the Christopher Columbus’s voyages is

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    pioneered for the future of the European Union. Political willingness to create a common sovereignty was a driving force in the conception and survival of the European Union. The conception of the Council of Europe in 1949 sparked a drive in nations to collaborate and create a new identity for Europe. The Schuman Plan in 1950 proposed by Robert Schuman was a proposal for a single authority to control steel and coal production in the six states which agreed to its invention. This plan prevented the creation

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    Of all the watchers and recorders of history there is no one better than the land itself and that the land is one of the most important elements in history. This is in essence what Mackinder is driving at in his work “The Geographical Pivot of History”. Mackinder takes the reader through a historical journey from the early middle ages to 1904 when he wrote this piece in England in his work detailing the land where which significant historical events took place. Overall his theory is dependent on

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    Central America, A tropical caribbean type of atmosphere right in between North and South America. Western Europe, A nation that is across the Atlantic Ocean with a more colder climate. The two countries in this paper are of two different cultures, governments, and regions but they’re both similar in their ways. The biggest contrast would be the geographics of the two nations.Central America, Also known as “MesoAmerica”, is a region made up of seven independent nations that shares a border

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    “Western Europe” is a term that was used to describe a region where many countries, such as Britain, France and Germany, which joined after World Wars, shared the same history. In another perspective, it was also sometimes referring to a region where countries shared the same value: capitalism and democracy. Throughout the history, because of difference events, the position of Western Europe in the world has also changed. Before 1914, due to the rapid development of the Enlightenment ideas and the

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    Although many events in history including the Renaissance have helped shape the modern world, the Reformation has been highly influential with long-term results. “The Reformation in Europe during the 16th century was one of the most important epochs in the history of the world.” The Reformation consisted of two acts; the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, both shaping the modern world. Without the Reformation happening, the modern world would be completely different. Even though

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    reign, Charlemagne was “Champion of Christianity” (McClintock, 220-222). The leadership of Charlemagne began in a controversial period during the rise of Christianity. Before Charlemagne's time, the Roman Empire fell, causing the division of Western Europe into kingdoms, including the Franks. The Franks were a group of Germanic peoples, unruly barbarians, from lowlands east and north of the Roman Empire that outlasted predictions of a short kingdom (McKay, 227). After the division, the people faced

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    developed all throughout Europe, causing a major turning point in the world, especially Western Europe. In human history, interactions have always existed and they have played a major part in turning points of the world. Interaction, meaning relations of different societies through trading, warfare, and migrations, really contributes to where our world is now because of all of its causes and turning points in our world and history. Before the plague made its way to Europe, Europe was not the best because

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