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The alliances and confederacies formed for mutual interests, and the complex international relationships emerged.
What was unusual about the farmers' alliances
It remained what it had been before the war - a lot of independent city-states, some of which formed defensive alliances. The Athenian empire had ceased to exist.
Both were formed in response to a major war.
According to Dictionary.com the definition of alliance is a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes. According to Dictionary.com the definition of alliance is a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
Why are alliances formed in modern national and world affairs?
On paper at least, almost all long-term alliances are defensive - and this applied to the Triple Alliance, too. Incidentally, in WW1 Italy fought against the "Triple" Alliance ...
The alliances were formed in 1914. However the purpose of them was so that the countries who were alliances could be there for one another if the other country was attacked.
No, in the Middle Ages, crafts organizations were called guilds, and their function was rather different from the function of a union. The guilds regulated trade in the craft, including standards, who could be involved, what the educational requirements were, and to some extent the market conditions, prices, and so on. Guilds also formed alliances with other crafts guilds, just as unions do, but also with trade guilds. Sometimes these alliances actually took over the governments of towns and cities. The Hanseatic League, which was an international organization, was an alliance of the local guild alliances, and it entered into its own treaties, had its own military ability, and waged its own wars.
Plymouth colony's location was chosen mainly for its defensive position. Miles Standish, who had a background in military engineering constructed the settlement plan for maximum defensive strategy. Alliances were formed with the settlers and friendly Native American tribes to ward off attacks from hostile tribes.
Farmer's Alliances
Farmer's Alliances