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Old 29-May-2007, 04:22 PM
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Okay you can use google, but you have to provide a complete answer.
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Old 30-May-2007, 02:15 AM
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Okay you can use google, but you have to provide a complete answer.
of course you can, i said so in the OP

Oops, no i didn't, have gone back and fixed it
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Old 30-May-2007, 02:19 AM
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Have you tried googling?
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Old 30-May-2007, 02:33 AM
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Have you tried googling?
yeah, but i don't know how to word it properly so i just keep getting links to canadian tourism boards and the like
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Try googling this. Then research to get the complete answer.

Ten days after sending his telegram to officer of the Royal Canadian
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Old 01-June-2007, 04:32 AM
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Tsarevich Alexi?!
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Yes. But for a complete answer, who was he?
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He was Heino Tammet, and claimed that he was Tsarevich Alexei Romanov, heir to the throne of Imperial Rusia
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Old 02-June-2007, 06:38 AM
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Bingo! Your turn.
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Old 02-June-2007, 12:44 PM
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Okay, hmm...

Which treaty, or more accurately, which pair of treaties bought together under one name is commonly recognised as beginning the modern era of international relations?
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Old 02-June-2007, 07:25 PM
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The Treaty of Brussels, and the NATO treaty?
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Old 02-June-2007, 11:56 PM
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Nope

okay, a clue: this treaty was signed in the 17th century

oh, and just think of it as one treaty, it's easier that way
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Old 04-June-2007, 02:31 PM
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Another Clue: this treaty was signed in one of the then German states
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Old 05-June-2007, 08:36 AM
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Okay, hmm...

Which treaty, or more accurately, which pair of treaties bought together under one name is commonly recognised as beginning the modern era of international relations?
The Peace of Münster and Osnabrück, ending the 30 year's war in 1648. It was the first document stating that although differences were irreconcilable, the means towards their solution should primarily be those of diplomacy.
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Old 06-June-2007, 01:01 AM
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The Peace of Münster and Osnabrück, ending the 30 year's war in 1648. It was the first document stating that although differences were irreconcilable, the means towards their solution should primarily be those of diplomacy.
Correct, these two treaties when brought together were also known as the Peace of Westphalia

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Old 08-June-2007, 01:34 PM
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bump, still Arnebs turn
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Old 09-June-2007, 03:34 PM
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Sorry, folks, soooo busy at my new job.

We are spending the weekend with my wive's relatives to attend a christening. In the city that saw Germany's and (I think) northern Europe's last big cholera epidemic.

Where is that?
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Old 09-June-2007, 11:08 PM
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Hamburg?
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Old 11-June-2007, 04:15 AM
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Hamburg?
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Old 13-June-2007, 02:12 PM
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Correct, Pinemarten. Your turn.
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Old 13-June-2007, 06:21 PM
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Painted gold, and 409 was a significant number at the time. Some of the name is in the first phrase of the previous sentence. I think I made it google-proof, so go ahead and use it.
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