The History Book

259 Cecil Rhodes, portrayed in this Victorian cartoon as a giant straddling the entire African continent, was a great believer i ...

260 MY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LEARN THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY THE DICTATES OF TRUTH AND THE TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE THE YOUNG TURK R ...

261 The Ottoman Empire became known as “the sick man of Europe” in the late 19th century, due to its inability to hold on to its ...

262 DEEDS NOT WORDS THE DEATH OF EMILY DAVISON (1913) O n June 4, 1913, Emily Davison stepped onto the course at the Derby, Engl ...

263 Emily Davison, George V’s horse Anmer, and jockey Herbert Jones lie on Epsom race track after Davison’s actions to draw atte ...

264 THE PARTITIONS OF POLAND (1772–95) From 1569 to the 18th century, Poland and Lithuania were united in a large federated comm ...

CHANGING SOCIETIES 265 Irish history: Ireland’s population has never risen back to its pre- famine level and bitterness about th ...

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268 H istorical perspectives on events close to the present day are inevitably shifting and uncertain. A historian writing in th ...

269 their empires against colonized populations eager for freedom. The newly independent nations became an ideological and even, ...

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272 P asschendaele, officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was a large- scale attack against the German front line aroun ...

273 war, which led to the annexation of most of the French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. In Eastern Europe, the Austro- Hung ...

274 a small professional troop led by Sir Douglas Haig, had arrived in France by August 22. It was deployed near the Franco-Belg ...

275 One of the social changes brought on by World War I concerned the role of women. The female population joined the war effort ...

276 HISTORY WILL NOT FORGIVE US IF WE DO NOT ASSUME POWER NOW THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION (1917) I n October 1917, Russia was in turm ...

277 See also: The founding of St. Petersburg 196–97 ■ Russia emancipates the serfs 243 ■ Stalin assumes power 281 ■ The Siege of ...

278 Tsar Nicholas II were toppled. Soldiers refused to obey orders to fire on the crowd, but police shot and killed 50 people. R ...