History Essay Examples and Topics

The cutting down of trees contributed greatly to negative impacts of the climate in the Africa continent. This has resulted to the wide spread of HIV/AIDs in African States.

The book was so humorous that he feared that he would be enslaved again for the weaknesses that he portrayed in the American lifestyle and how he was able to trick them with the attire [...]

The social structures of Mesopotamia and Egypt were similar in the fact that they both had broad social class systems with many tiers of power.

The events occurred in the background of a full-scale war between the Americans and the British. After the loss of Philadelphia, the Continental Congress - the head of the revolution - had to relocate to [...]

In the beginning of 1919, there was implementation of the Government of India Act and this helped in introduction of national parliament.

In order to ease the transportation of raw material from the remote areas to the ports and finished goods from the ports to various destinations in India, the British government started the railway network.

However, a new form of segregation is emerging that can be equated to the racial segregation that was common in the past.

In the course of the initial years of the 20th century, there was extending of the British influence over the Malaya states in the north.

The fathers of the revolution wanted to make the people free by destroying the "absolute monarchy" in the country. Napoleon supported the same idea by established new policies to safeguard the needs of the people."He [...]

His father was a guitarist and he wanted his children to succeed in the music industry that served as an inspiration to the young Michael.

When observed in another way, the primary cause of the collapse was the conflict between the need to manage wealth and the desire to spend it.

In the state of Virginia during the 17th century, human labor was imperative due to the pressing need to grow enough food to serve the people in the community during the winter spell hence the [...]

There are many examples in the past and present that demonstrate the variety of women's achievements and support the idea that each woman can accomplish even more than she believes.

Socially, the two civilizations were very different; the Greeks were known for their strong sense of democracy, while the Mesopotamians were ruled by kings and queens. The ancient Mesopotamian and Greek civilizations were two of [...]

At the time when strained relations between the US and the Soviet Union ended, the financial systems of several countries, particularly those in Eastern Europe, were in the process of collapsing.

King noted that the constitution and the Declaration of Independence guaranteed the freedom and equality of all the citizens of the country.

The speech was powerful and motivational, with the speaker masterfully using the rhetorical devices of ethos, pathos, and logos to appeal to his audience.

After the Robespierre and Jacobins taking the over the government in the year 1793, Napoleon took charge of the artillery and his achievements in the area made him the favorite at that time.

C and he left the will that he allowed Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII, her younger brother, to rule the kingdom and Cleopatra was directed to wed her brother and deputy ruler because of the Egyptians' [...]

The civilizations of Ancient Egypt and China reflect the fascinating dichotomy of Eastern and Western cultures. The Egyptians believed in a complex system of the afterlife, which necessitated elaborate burial rites and mummification to ensure [...]

The main differences between the revolutions lie in their origins: the American Revolution was stimulated by the unwillingness to pay higher tax revenues to Britain, the French one was stimulated by the willingness to replace [...]

The most important similarity, which also explains the prosperity of the Sumerians and Egyptians, is the territory and environment. Some similarities can be traced to the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians and the Sumerians.

They are recognized as significant leaders of the African American society during the period towards the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.

The other great work by Leonardo is the Mona Lisa, which he painted in the 1500s, and it is arguably one of the most famous paintings in the world to date.

In their efforts to colonize the Americas, the Spanish and the British opted for polarly different approaches, with the methods of the latter showing to be more effective and prosperous in the long-run.

She had many lovers, many admirers, she associated with the rich and powerful, but in the end, she was so emotionally and psychologically troubled that when she died in 1962, with bottles of drugs beside [...]

Nonetheless, the war led to great negative impacts such as loss of lives, economic downtrend, and the generation of tensions involving the Francophones and Anglophones who disagreed after the emergence of the notion of conscription.

She was the leader of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt and ruled with the help of the two-year old Thutmose III.

The next natural thing that the inventors of the wheel did was to design the axle so that it could fit into the hole made in the centre of the wooden wheel.

This report is an analysis of the behaviour and leadership style of Ghandi, the transactional and transformative aspects of his leadership and the way he used the power he had to help India gain Independence.

The final section examines and discusses the migration of Jamaicans to Canada from 1960s to the financial year 2000. Despite the importation, the Maroons who in 1976 migrated to Halifax became the earliest Jamaicans to [...]

Seuss took the extreme position of poking fun at their fears, and insecurities.[3] The objective of these cartoons was to make readers face up to their own suspicions of the war effort, forcing them to [...]

They include: the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts, the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, and The Himalayas. To the Egyptians, the Nile River was also a source of transport, facilitating the movements of the people up and [...]

The area commonly known as Western Sudan comprises a broad stretch of the savanna between the expansive Sahara Desert to the North and the South's tropical rainforest.

The American Revolution is one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the United States of America. One of the solutions to the problem of unsanitary conditions and the spread of diseases among [...]

The two most influential political trends in the France of the 18th century were the Jacobins and the Girondins, the communities that are fundamentally different in their ideology and the ways of achieving ultimate goals.

Hillary Clinton's speech about women's rights effectively convinces her audience that women rights are an indispensable part of human rights through the use of logical argument, repetition, historical facts, and emotional stories.

As a response to the great depression, Roosevelt came up with three R's, namely: relief, which was about aid for the poor; recovery, which was about uplifting the economy and; reform, which was about changes [...]

The Pharaoh was each temple's high priest in Egypt and was the earthly representative of the Egyptian gods. The President is the head of State and does not meddle in Church/ religious affairs.

From the various examples presented in this paper it can be seen that the various developments that started from 10,000 B.C.were pivotal in mankind's history since not only did they necessitate the creation of modern [...]

In the 440s, Herodotus became a citizen of the pan-Greek colony of Thurii, which Athens funded, and appears to have completed his work around 425 BCE, in the early years of the Peloponnesian War."The Histories" [...]

This ensured that France had a unified and progressive legal system that respected the need to uphold human rights and promote equality and justice in his country and its colonies.

If the territories of the Aztec and the Inca civilizations were invaded by the Spaniards and that situation resulted in the civilizations' decline, the causes for the Mayan civilization's collapse are not determined clearly.

People lost vision of what this dream was supposed to mean and it became a dream, not of the vestal and industrious, but of the corrupt coterie, hence corrupting the dream itself.

The achievement of the French Army and the surrender of Lombardy by the Austrian Empire led to rebellions in the other states of central Italy.

There is the Mela group which is compromised of the Kissi and Gola and they are considered the oldest in the region.

The history of propaganda is based on three interweaving fundamentals: first, the mounting need, with the growth of civilization and the rise of nation-state, to win the battle for people's minds; second, the increasing sophistication [...]

After the partition of Africa ended, the colonies set out to impose their preferred systems of government in the continent. This was a new concept to the natives, who had different systems of government in [...]

Almost a thousand years later, along the Yellow River sprang another civilization in the plains of North China; one that would go on to become the largest and most prosperous in the region.

As in the Ottoman Empire, Islam was the main religion in the state, but the presence of other faiths was not denied.

Letter from Birmingham jail was directed to the people and the eight white clergy members in Birmingham who condemned the actions of Martin Luther in public.

The extremely high level of fragmentation peculiar to Europe at that era and the absence of the single perspective on France and its growing power provided him with the time needed to create a powerful [...]

Uthmann's assassination led to the outbreak of the first Muslims' civil war known as the Fitna. Therefore, the conquest of Mecca led to the conversion of Muawiya to Islam.

The Sumerians were able to designate the limits of their country precisely. In the early Sumerians, they sought the assistance of spiritual healers to exorcise the demons they believed were causing people's illnesses.

The focus of the paper is examining the institutional developments after the Ming dynasty's fall, with a view of illustrating the changes in the power division, distribution, structure, and dynamics in the Qing dynasty era [...]

The Greek and the Roman civilizations are two of the most influential civilizations that have ever graced the face of this world and two civilizations started in the cities of Athens and Rome.

Among some of the chief barriers to economic growth and industrialization in Germany after the Napoleonic wars included, breakdown of trade between the states in Germany, interruption of communication between the German states and Germany [...]

4 In the case of New York, it is early settlers who initiated a range of economic activities, mostly related to trade, but for Bombay, the main economic activity of early settlers was not trade, [...]

Through the African National Congress party, Mandela was determined to undergo any form of suffering for the sake of the South Africans blacks who were facing a lot of suffering at the hand of apartheid.

Although the Angel Island Immigration Station was often referred to as the "Ellis Island" of the West, the conditions in these sites were very different, and so was the treatment of the arriving immigrants.

The author of this book defines the following frames: "The timespan of the Russian Revolution runs from February 1917 to the Great Purge of 1937-8. The first theme is the Bolsheviks' vision of the revolution [...]

One of the reasons why the road is of interest is the fact that it stretched from Asia all the way to the Mediterranean.

Armed conflicts and military operations are the primary responsibilities of the commander's mission and the complex issue to examine. The perception of the Vietnamese War in 1969 was torn between the American population and the [...]

Silk road supported the economy of the whole empire and was important in the transportation of porcelain, silk and tea to the outside world.

During the last period of the 19th century all the way to the early 20th century, Europe and America experienced revolutions in communication, transportation and weapons which were very crucial particularly in the manner in [...]

The assumption that the American governors want to get rid of the spirit of 1776 in the islands is associated with fear that the American governors can conquer the islands.

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers and participated in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. Perhaps, the reason for Franklin's writing Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America was the author's concern [...]

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a large culturally diverse country located at the crossroads of the strategically significant expanses of South Asia, Central Asia and Western Asia, and borders Afghanistan and Iran [...]

In view of the process that led to women empowerment, it is evident that people have the ability to shape their culture and traditions through social, religious, political, and economic changes in their environment.

The Nazi rule was referred to in the country in many ways, such as the intensification of propaganda and the prohibition of dissent, which was regarded as a betrayal of the motherland.

The letter provided for the discussion was written in 1858 by Moshweshewe to Sir George High Commissioner of the Cape Colony to gain British mediation and support to dissolve the territorial contradictions with Boers.

On the other hand, 1989 marked the end of the Russian Revolution which was responsible for the creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Jesus, Ahmed, Pandit, and Brittain offered their writings to show how unfair and wrong world's position was for a long period of time and how miserable human actions could be in case they were not [...]

The phrase human life as used in this essay encompasses all elements of life such as the system of government, the type of architecture, the religion of the people, and the recreation activities practiced by [...]

These socio-political phenomena were caused by the birth of Communism and the Soviet Union, as well as by the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

In the present times, the production of gunpowder still goes on as a continuation of the works of the ancient alchemists from China.

The history of this great land can be traced through looking at the history of different people who occupied it who included the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Amorites, the Hitites, the Kassites, the Assyrians, and [...]

It can therefore be said that colonial rule gave rise to the two forces of unifying nationalism and divisive tribalism and that the appropriate and legitimate framework for decolonization was nationalism, which emanated from the [...]

One of the most developed variants of this concept is the nationalism of the era of the French Revolution. In 1789, with the outbreak of the French Revolution, the idea of nationalism spread throughout France, [...]

The primary direction of Gandhi's political and social work was the fight against the nationalist movement of the British rule of India.

According to the orders of Hadrian in 121-122 in the north of Britain between Solu Firth and Tayn triple, there was built a wall to protect the country against incursions from the north.

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln appear to be the most prominent personalities in the entire history of the United States. Considering the fact that George Washington and Abraham Lincoln lived in different historical periods, it [...]

In this paper, I aim to examine how the concept of entertainment and its types changed in the history of Western civilization, addressing particular timeframe, i.e.from the Neolithic Period to the Middle Ages.

He was challenged in the area of writing and was incapacitated without the skill and ability to write letters to Mr. He was then to be imprisoned, and inside the four walls of the prison, [...]

Moreover, the period marked the shift from the agrarian to the urban society, and many critics referred to it as the age of reforms in American history.

This paper examines how trading activities during the sixteenth century enhanced the exchange of these values among people of different ethnicities who were involved in trade in the different trade routes that existed in the [...]

Therefore, the essence of this research paper is to investigate the role of Catholic Church during the Black Death, specifically paying attention to the steps the church used to prevent the disease, the Flagellants and [...]

The former results were possible with the invention of the wheel, the chariot, and the sailboat, which allowed citizens to make the first trips in history.

Right to the property for married women and their right to private inheritance and inheritance of the community property belonging to the husband was an essential nature of the status of women in Ancient Egyptian [...]

The popularity of sporting competition in the modern society reflects that of the ancient Roman Empire's vision for its society. Chariot racing was one of the most popular sports in ancient Rome, it later spread [...]

The United States has been influenced by other nations in both the past and present as well. Moreover, the technological development of other countries forces the United States to compete and invest in research and [...]

Accordingly, the option for administration style came from the empire's direct connection to the previous failed Sejuks dynasty and the closeness to the monarchical Byzantine political structure.

Castro is a popular personality whose leadership adds greatly to the popularity of the Communist Party of Cuba in that he has helped maintain the party in power for half a century and has quelled [...]

The prominent dynasties that had significance in the social and the political phases of China included the Shang dynasty and the Ch'in the Chou dynasty.

The ability of people to refuse to follow the regime is a major way how Martin Luther King accomplished change and respect towards the African American population.

The fact that the construction of the famous Egyptian pyramids began approximately at that time shows the capabilities of the civilization.

The global trade experienced in the middle part of the 20th century can trace its roots to the Industrial Revolution that occurred in the 19th century.

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire, with a lot of focus on the factors that were very instrumental in the decline of the Empire.

However, it is interesting to note that in the case of the Haida and Mi'kmaq in Canada, their cultural celebrations as they are at the present reflect the influences of the colonial powers that subjugated [...]

Much attention will be paid to such aspects as the expertise of the author, the use of sources, readability, and other aspects that can be critical for the evaluation of this text as a scholarly [...]

Apart from the impact of these varied opportunities, many significant aspects in the American history such as industrialization and formation of the initial states would also take place in the course of this period, making [...]

An obvious social impact of the plague is the fact that the Black Death led to a significant reduction in the human population of the affected areas.

It is also necessary to admit that this person is the only one who was the governor of two different states, and the ambassador of the Cherokee Nation.

The economy of both the countries was mainly the agriculture. The table below shows some of the differences of the two countries.

Trying to point to ten most useful inventions and contributions of the Ancient China, it was really difficult to select the most necessary ones as Ancient China is famous for its contribution into the development [...]

At the time, Palestine was still under the Ottoman Empire and the success of the Jews settled in the area was determined largely on the policies of the empire.

Most of the other literatures detailing the use of the catapult claim that the inspiration came from the bow and sling, which is well known to be a popular weapon in the ancient times.

The arrival of half a million people in the United States between 1941 and 1945 led to the increase in population of main towns like New York leading to the emergence of new gangs.

It is imperative to note that the Tang Dynasty was also influenced by the cultures and civilizations of the trading partners.

The Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the Cuban Revolution of the 1960s show that the Revolution's tentacles may spread far and wide due to preexisting sociopolitical, economic, and cultural systems.

Athens and Sparta were two critical poleis of the Archaic Age of Greece; they were inherently similar but different in many ways.

This essay is going to analyze the reasons why Abigail Williams is to be blamed for the Salem witch trials and dreadful hangings. The narcissism and egocentrism of Abigail lead her to accuse others.

Joseph Haydn's contract for work at the Esterhazy Court is a distinctive document that needs to be preserved because it explains the authorities' attitudes to the music and composers in the eighteenth century.

This was also because of the fact that he was the greatest of all pharaohs of his time. He was also able to secure the borders of Egypt.

With the worsening situation in Mexico, Madero was very sympathetic to the plight of the common people. Zapata continued to fight Carranza, and soon a trap was set by one of Carranza's generals, leading to [...]

Despite the outstanding development, Napoleon stayed in the position of the second lieutenant for six years; it was not until the beginning of the French Revolution that he was able to advance his career in [...]

In summary, it is fair to conclude that the founding fathers of America were sexists who did not consider women in their constitution.

Although the majority of nations in Europe were established during the 20th century, it is worth to note that the events leading to the creation of these states took place during the 19th century.

Silver mining in Mexico affects the sovereignty of the indigenous people since it denies them the right to manage and control their lands. Silver mining leads to displacement and relocation of the indigenous people.

The invention of papyrus paper by the Egyptians changed the scene since papyrus-paper proved to be the ideal writing material of the time.