why did  the western region of europe became dominant than the east? Why the West?
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Europe was split east and west after world war 2.  Half of conquered Europe fell under the power of the Soviets, the other half went with the U.S. and Great Britain.  After about 50 years of Soviet domination, the east fell behind economically and technologically.  Most would say this is because of the restrictions on liberty and free expression, plus the inefficiencies of communism.  It's hard for a society to grow in a climate of fear.
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Yes, I do know, and with "Goran" in your nickname, I'm guessing you also have an idea of where it is.\n\nI have to say it's funny how you can get so many answers to the same simple question.  Depending on the intellectual level of the person asking, I sometimes have to stoop down to the level of saying "it's to the right of the big boot."\n\nIf you look at a map of Europe and exclude Russia and Turkey, Croatia falls into the center and south of Europe.  Why many say it is in the East, Balkans, or even West . . . It all depends on where you stand, both physically and politically.
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The European nations didn’t just go to Africa to conquer it.  The nations of North Africa and Europe knew each other with explorers and conquers going both ways and all of this going back pre-Roman.  Central and Southern Africa was largely unknown.  What was know was seen as primarily wild and without unifying nations.  \n\nAs raw resources came into the awareness of various country, expansion began into these wild territories.  Through the years this continued and grew.  As the cultures involved came into increasing contact, abrasive relationships grew which as often as not led to hostilities.\n\nWhile today we can look back from what we consider a higher moral ground, that certainly was not the controlling policies of the day.
41209
you mean eurasia\nit's a mix between continent europe and continent Asia
597607
In the developed half of Europe it would have to be the UK or Germany.  Don't forget there is a whole region in Eastern Europe that is growing much faster because it is either about to join the EU or has just joined.  The Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary are all doing well.  If you want something even more risky have a look at the Baltic Republics (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia).  They have some of the highest growth rates in the world.
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There is so much to say on this so I will keep my personal views relatively ( ! ) short; \nSince WW2, most western european nations have experienced the demise of empire and their previously almost unchallenged military and economic dominance. \nThey have learned from this humility that consultation and diplomacy is the best way forward when dealing with 'problem nations' . \nThis compared to the current (but I hope not permanent) American model of a kind of patriarchal dictatorship, negotiating from a position of economic and military dominance, with a claim of benevolance that belies its self interest. \nDictation of terms is a luxury that European nations no longer have. It promotes jealousy and resentment, in the same way that former colonies of European nations rebelled against their former masters, there is a growing movement of 'non aligned' nations that would like to change the world order once more.\nAmerica needs to learn from the modern and current European political style. It needs to be more pro-active in foreign policy, outward looking and sophisticated in its diplomacy if it wants to keep its position as a superpower.
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If this is really a locational and thus geographical question then Hungary, because it is landlocked. The fact that both Hungary and Poland are ex-communist countries is less of a locational question. After all, Austria is east of part of the Czech Republic and the former East Germany, yet it wasn't part of the "Eastern Bloc".
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It changed to socialism, a popular form of economics in Europe.  It's a cross between communism and capitalism.  There also was a big black market in the Soviet Union anyways.  Only around 5% of the population of the Soviet Union belonged to the Communist party.
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Russia stretches all the way from Europe to Asia. The "middle east" is not stricty defined in Geography but basically means those countries stuck in the middle between asia, europe and africa; maybe that's why they are always fighting!
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The church split in two at the begining of the first century of the second millenium. What leaded to this? there were two different ways of understanding God, the eastern (Orthodox) countries decorated their churches with different pictures that represent Saint and Jesus, and the Western civilization couldn't accept this because they thought that it's a blasphemy.Orthodox priest wanned to have children and get married. So they had separated. So, nowadays western and eastern europe is divided by this line, the catholic (western) and orthodox (eastern).Sorry my english I'm from Romania (othodox country:)
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For the first two questions:\n1.The largest deposits of mineral, human and agricultural resources are in Russia.\n\n2. Development declines in Eastern Europe, because their countries don´t have the money and resources than Western Europe countries have. Remember that, 10 years ago, those were almost Communist countries, were free trade and freedom doesn´t exist.
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By letting more Latin-Americans across the boarder.  \n\nBut in all truth there are some special protections that Western European Countries negotiated when joining the EU.  One of these includes excluding workers from certain eastern countries from working in Western countries for a given number of years.  \n\nAlso, many western European countries have huge low paid labor forces.  France for example has 10% unemployment rates and 40% of their population works for minimum wage.    That could be why there are factories all over France, and I am desperate to find factories in America.\n\nMany people in America cry about China being the next big threat, but the real competition is back in Europe.  The 25 member states of the EU already have a higher GDP then the US.  Not only that, but they also have a way nicer life style.\n\nHow are they able to do it?  They don't spend exorbitant quantities of money on their military.
657227
First question, I think Prussia was the most dominant, though quite rivalrous with Austria-Hungary at the time. Militaerdienst, usually shortened to Dienst, for question two.
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it really didnt expand..it overtook the baltic states and Alaska but thats about it. Russia was behind technologically during colonialism. Peter the great changed that with the formation of the russian navy and railroads to and from siberia. The new transportation systems allowed the population to reside in cities so they can get their goods shipped in via train and boat.
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Nationalism....everyone had a heightend sense of pride in their own nation. It would be easier to bring up soliders for the "great war" since everyone believed their nation to be best and worth fighting for. Also like nations got into alliances and often these alliances got quite tangled and would eventually be seenas probably the one of the main causes for the war. Imperalism....the powers that be in Europe were all competing on the international level for resources, markets, and prestige. The highly hostile and competitive atmosphere because of conflicting interests helped add to a war climate. Militarism... since most of the main powers needed a strong military to be able to exert their imperial dominance, strong militaries were popular during the period. As one nation built up their arms, the others would follow suit in order to avoid the balance of power from tipping to far one way. Each of these causes helped build a foundation for war which was sparked because of the archdukes assination.
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east and west where? USA?
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The East and West are divided into "conferences".\n Too many poor teams to think one is better than the other. But the east conference has the advantage because their travel distance is not as great.