Consider napoleon's remark that "the story of rome is the story of the world." what do you think he meant by this? how is it that the "western world grew up in rome's shadow? "

With this, Napoleon meant that the history of Rome repeats itself since then. Rome's rose as the most powerful empire of the western civilization, but in the end all that rise must fall. The same happened with the empire Napoleon built, and the empires the colonist nations built (England, France, Spain).

so they can differentiate themselves from others as they saw themselves as the superior race. the star was basically a symbol that meant you are a less of a person than i am because of my race. the star was also degrading for those who had to wear it because they were aware of this and the nazis used the notion to make them feel less like a person.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.