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There was a set of reforms introduced by Napoleon into conquered countries
The law based on Napoleonic code. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified.
The code declared presumption of innocence, competitive trial and right to an attorney.
The code prohibited ...
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What differentiated the monarchies of France and its allies from other European monarchies was that the "monarchs" were "nouveaux riches," (nouveau empowered, actually) as opposed to "established" monarchs. As for their claims to being "revolutionary," these monarchies were "born" in the French Revolution, and paid "lip service" to "Liberte, Egalite, ...
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My knowledge about the topic is rather narrow, but I know about at least of one such situation.
So called "Gypsy revolt" happened in Gypsy Family Camp in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It's known as the unique act of resistance inside of the camp. Official website of the Museum writes about it in the following words:
The Germans intended to exterminate the Roma ...
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The incident you asked I suppose is the Westphalia treaty, or the Peace of Westphalia (1648).
In the field of international relations the treaty is widely acknowledged as a big turning point in European history, as it established each nation as a sovereign states which hold sovereignty under its own. It happened before the Enlightenment era and closely ...
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I believe in this matter, the Pope was acting much like we use the UN or international standards organizations like IETF or ISO today: as an independent international organization respected by all parties.
The main factor that diminished this authority was the rise of the protestant northern countries (England, Holland, and much of Germany). Protestant ...
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Andorra is a parliamentary democracy, so the monarchs' power are very limited. Neither of the Co-Princeps have the power to determine the foreign relations of Andorra, or to determine trade or treaty obligations. With respect to international relations, Article 44 of the constitution states that:
The Coprínceps are the symbol and guarantee of the ...
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Note that the first such peoples from the Eurasian Steppes were the Germans (Goths in particular), so it wasn't the people themselves so much as something about the environment.
The period in which this was occurring, roughly 400AD to 1350 (or Andrianople to the popularization of Gunpowder), is what historian Charles Oman referred to as The Age of Cavalry. ...
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A few points help in answering your question:
The History has a Selection Bias
The first issue is: Is your question accurate? Keep in mind that we inherited most of our history from the European perspective. There were plenty of cases where Europeans went out and conquered other groups, and the Europeans were just as warlike. The difference is that it ...
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For Mongols specifically, it was in part their unparallelled-till-20th-century tactical flexibility.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_military_tactics_and_organization
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You might also ask why these people from the steppes also created so much havoc in CHINA. Because they are really two sides of the same coin. In "economic" terms, there are two reasons: 1) "comparative advantage" and 2) "incentives."
To use a model derived from Civilization II (I like to play the Russians and the Mongols on the "real world" map), there are ...
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The early imperialism, from the 16th to the 18th century, was characterized by European "settlers." Europeans would go to the Americas (North and South) or Australia. They would then "push aside" the natives, while living there the rest of their lives. Thus, the European colonies (at least the "settled" parts) would consist mostly of European descendants in ...
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Well, Napoleon's empire and his satellites were born out of the French Revolution and presumably in his first years in power as First Consul, before he became emperor, he might have well retained some of the revolutionary rhetoric. (Did he actually? It'd be a good technical follow-up question).
However, once he became emperor, Napoleon didn't seem to have ...
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