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our history: Republic (government)

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Latin res publica,. Literally “the public thing”), form of state based on the concept that sovereignty resides in the people, who delegate the power to rule in their behalf to elected representatives and officials. In practice, however, this concept has been variously stretched, distorted, and corrupted, making any precise definition of the term republic. Is freely used by dictatorships, one-party states, and democracies alike. Republic. Provides another republican concept, one ...

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our history: United Nations

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. UN), international organization of countries created to promote world peace and cooperation. The UN was founded after World War II ended in 1945. Its mission is to maintain world peace, develop good relations between countries, promote cooperation in solving the world’s problems, and encourage respect for human rights. CREATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. The four countries met again in early 1945 at a summit in Yalta, Ukraine ( see. Another major strength of the UN, unlike the earli...

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our history: Sumer

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Saturday, 11 January 2014. Akkadian Shumerum), ancient country of western Asia, corresponding approximately to Babylonia of biblical times. The history of Sumer has been reconstructed solely from fragmentary writings on clay tablets and from other evidence uncovered and interpreted by modern archaeologists. Use of the name Sumer dates probably from about the beginning of the 3rd millennium bc. During the 5th millennium bc. Was described in a document written centuries later as the “man who stabiliz...

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our history: February 2014

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Use of force on the part of two or more nations or other organized groups for the purpose of deciding questions at issue that cannot be settled by diplomatic means. Warfare takes a variety of forms besides organized military confrontations—among them insurrections, revolutions, coups d'état, guerrilla warfare, and terrorism. A state of war can also exist without actual recourse to arms, such as the cold war. THE CONDUCT OF WARFARE. Planning and Organization of Warfare. Increasin...

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our history: Federalism

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Also referred to as federal government, a national or international political system in which two levels of government control the same territory and citizens. The word federal. Comes from the Latin term fidere,. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN FEDERALISM. FEDERALISM IN THE CONSTITUTION. The Constitution preserves some powers for the states, however, making the United States what Federalists such as James Madison called a “compound republic.” The states share some power...From the time...

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our history: Political Parties

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Political Parties in the United States. A political party system consists of all the parties in a particular nation and the laws and customs that govern their behavior. There are three types of party systems: (1) multiparty systems, (2) two-party systems, and (3) one-party systems. United States (Government): Election Process and Political Parties. ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF POLITICAL PARTIES. Political parties employ different strategies for recruiting supporters. &#8220...

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our history: Criminal Punishment

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Throughout history and in many different parts of the world, societies have devised a wide assortment of punishment methods. In ancient times, societies widely accepted the law of equal retaliation (known as lex talionis. Monetary compensation is another historic punishment method. In England during the early Middle Ages (5th century to 15th century) payments of “blood money” ( wergeld. Were required as compensation for death, personal injury, and theft. Certain punishments requ...

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our history: International Criminal Court

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Unlike previous war crimes courts with jurisdiction limited to specific conflicts, the ICC is a permanent institution whose jurisdiction extends globally. Even individuals from countries that are not parties to the Rome Statute may be subject to the court’s jurisdiction under certain circumstances. However, the ICC is complementary to national criminal procedures, meaning that it may not exercise jurisdiction if a nation is adequately prosecuting accused criminals. The court may...

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our history: Warfare

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Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Use of force on the part of two or more nations or other organized groups for the purpose of deciding questions at issue that cannot be settled by diplomatic means. Warfare takes a variety of forms besides organized military confrontations—among them insurrections, revolutions, coups d'état, guerrilla warfare, and terrorism. A state of war can also exist without actual recourse to arms, such as the cold war. THE CONDUCT OF WARFARE. Planning and Organization of Warfare. Increasin...

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our history: Asia

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Saturday, 11 January 2014. Largest of the Earth’s seven continents, lying almost entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. With outlying islands, it covers an estimated 44,391,000 sq km (17,139,000 sq mi), or about 30 percent of the world’s total land area. Its peoples account for three-fifths of the world’s population; in 2008 Asia had an estimated 4.05 billion inhabitants. Surrounding Waters and Islands. Asia is bounded on three sides by oceans: the Arctic to the north, the Pacific to the east, and the Indi...