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Despite the fact that nomadic groups started to settle the territory of the northern China without a strong military support, the Chinese had no opportunity to protect themselves.

While an individual may look at the actions of Bismarck against the greatest contributions of Emanuel Kant on perceiving actions taken as important ends and not means, and also oppose the move by Bismarck, it [...]

King Leopold's Ghost gives an account of a cruel, heartless and cunning king who raided Congo and took away the lives of the people and economic resources in the nation.

It also relates to the style of leadership and the policies adopted by a group of people. Mussolini targeted the anger of the lower class and the veteran soldiers of war to gain popularity.

A person has the freedom to be in business according to the classical liberalism. There were inspectors to check the working conditions of the workers.

Infrequent favoring of some of the black children by the white families denied black women the right to instill discipline in their offspring as they would not do so in the presence of their masters.

An Analysis of the Impact of British Colonization: A Study of Mike Davis' Late Victorian Holocausts: El Ni o Famines and the Making of the Third World The late Nineteenth Century saw an increased political, [...]

Additionally, the top-down method involved spreading the benefits of the revolution from the government offices to the community and to the village to help the masses.

In addition, the history and synopsis of Korean colonization is still important in the history of the world bearing in mind that it later shaped global political history of the major powers as they are [...]

From the arguments of many anthropologists and archeologist, the first people to arrive in America most probably arrived during the last ice age period of about 20,000-30,000 years ago when they used the bridge at [...]

Another critical "nation-statehood making" is the break of the Soviet Union and the end of cold war between Soviet Union republic and the United States.

The memorizing capability was very important to him, and it is said that during his early years of acquiring knowledge he committed over three thousand hadithas to his memory.

Najir's father's taking of her sexually excludes her from chances at a marriage of her own, because she is deprived of her virginity, and exposes the young woman to the risk of a pregnancy which [...]

The American civil war was one of the major turning points in American history and is responsible in shaping the modern America.

Like any substantial change in the political life of any country, the French Revolution consisted of several stages of the dramatic transformation of the state system, political and social life in France. During the decade [...]

The effects of the war included the loss of sovereignty of the Aztecs as the second attack by Cortes led to the defeat of the natives.

This essay looks compares some of the political organizations in the history of man's existence in the world. These two are the centralized political units and the decentralized political units.

The book gives an account of the massacre and atrocities that the Japanese army committed against the Chinese in Nanking between 1937 and 1938.

This situation changed gradually beginning with the participation of women in the Olympics and culminating in the participation of women in practically all sports and leisure activities.

Although her accomplishments as a politician is somewhat indebted to the relentless efforts of the Women's Movement that fought for the increase in number of females in positions of governance, she never conceded to this [...]

This paper attempts to investigate the events in the Middle East that steered the Islamic revolution in Iran during 1979, the significance of the Arab Peninsula to the Middle East and other parts of the [...]

One of the most exciting periods of a cultural shift in relation to drugs occupies around fifty years: in the first half of the twentieth century, the general cultural trend in America's attitude to drugs [...]

In 1801, the thoughtful and innovative display of mastodon remains by Charles Willson Peale, in Philosophical Hall, in Philadelphia, and in Europe, thrust both Peale and the ancient, giant relative of the elephant into this [...]

In the history of nations that throve on the territories of North America and Australia, the nineteenth century is marked by a series of gold rushes that forever changed the ways of development in economical [...]

In 1958 Brown and his band were propelled to the top of the charts by the hit single Try Me and it remained to be the best of Brown's best tracks for a period of [...]

Agriculture was one of the very prominent activities that the Maya people engaged in.the ancient agricultural feature of the community still can be found in many available archaeological records; these records stretch from the old [...]

By any standards, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States can be termed as two of the most fundamental and enduring documents in the Nation's history due to the very fact [...]

S and the Soviet Union, therefore this paper is going to focus on this and bring out the reasons behind the arms race.

The Agricola and the Germania are the two educative works which describe the achievements of the Roman Empire from different perspectives: the Germania is based on the traditions which were set by the Roman government [...]

The main aim of Kai-shek was to eliminate the bottlenecks that remained within the part, and undertake a thorough restructuring of the party organization.

The fourth section discusses the involvement of the UAE women in education before summing up by considering the conclusions and suggestions on the matter of oppression of women in the UAE.

Lack of support from the commoners and the leaders led to very slight changes in the economy. In conclusion, not all of Gorbachev's efforts to improve the country's economy bore much fruits.

In this respect, the paper focuses primarily on the analysis of primary and secondary sources that support the hypothesis concerning the rights of Egyptian women and Greek women in Ptolemaic period compared to women in [...]

The first point that is mentioned in the work is that the colonization by Europeans and their actions were characterized through the depletion of Gold and diamonds.

This began during the civil war in which African Americans stood to fight against prejudice and discrimination. It is undeniable that African Americans have faced many challenges in the U.S.ranging from prejudice to racial discrimination.

Demarest affirms that the Maya Civilization was located on the eastern part of the modern day Mesoamerica. The confines of the Maya Civilization are, thus, contentious since they changed with the movement of cultural behaviours [...]

To begin with, it is profound to note the contemporary civilization being experienced in America was mainly triggered by the Columbus' discovery of 1492.[1] While some historians may argue that the American civilization was bound [...]

The book covers very little on the normal lifestyle of the people in Youngstown before the crisis; all that it documents are the hardships that describe Ohio as a hopeless place to live.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was an influential figure in the United State due to her great contribution to political life as the First Lady of the United States, as well as her active work in social [...]

Besides her treatment as an object of racial inferiority and medical research, Bartman's experience manifested the intersection of various forms of discrimination, such as, gender, race, nationality, and class discrimination. Bartman's experience was a manifestation [...]

This was after the evolution of the use of herbs as poisons that were used to kill people. Herbal knowledge in the region revolved around the army quite a bit and the soldiers gained from [...]

Hence, this study examines the main achievements of Harold Washington in the fields of employment, racism, equality in provision of social amenities, gender equality, freedom of expression, and the creation of the ethics commission in [...]

In this paper, however, the term imperialism is used to refer to the era from the year 1848 to 1914 when the power of Europe was extended over several nations of the world.

The constitutional convention of 1787 was formed and tasked with the duty of proposing amendments to The Articles of Confederation besides coming up with a workable plan for the national government. He believed in the [...]

Chosen events after the World War II will be the subject of the study in order to fully understand the development of the American society in the 1960s.

The most featured activities were discovery of clothes through the use of the spinning jenny, the domestication of animals, and the discovery of plantation farming.

Ibn Battuta's rihla covers a wide array of topics ranging from the recovery of the Iranians as the literary principals of the Middle East region to the goings-on of the Venetian merchants, right up to [...]

The Status of Women during this Period Beforehand, women were perceived as inferior and lived according to the rules stipulated to guide the family settings, making them lack a sense of identity in the society.

The paper discusses the nature of the cultural influence between the Romans and the Greek revealing the commonalities and discrepancies existing between the two.

The slaves who were born in America developed African American culture out of slavery. The African-American communities were developed out of the American born slaves in America.

One of the greatest and most influential men that captured the attention of both his friends and enemies, and articulated the struggle, the hunger, and the credence of African-American in the early 1960s is none [...]

In countries like Japan, class mantra was the order of the day in the areas that were controlled by communists, the CCP which was the main political party was against agrarian radicalism and hence abandoned [...]

The paper will also look at nationalization of the Mexican oil industry and the events that preceded the expropriation foreign oil company property in Mexico.

Once alcohol had become a part of the community, there was a gradual shift in the health of the people and they succumbed to illnesses.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that led to the economic and social development in UAE so as to give the reader an insight into the features of UAE as they [...]

The expressions race and ethnicity connote the multiplicity of the American society that today is one of the most diverse in the world.

In prison, Malcolm experienced an epiphany, a vision by Elijah Muhammed which aimed to make him understand his role and purpose in life, to promote the deliverance of the black man against the "devil's curse".

As the paper unveils, colonialism and the 1926 general strike constitute two crucial events in Britain that have immensely affected the British society with the consequences of fostering the UK's presence on the international floor.

In a considerate and inspiring participation in the existing argument as regards to the meaning of extensive culture and multiculturalism, Gary Okihiro investigates the importance of Asian Americans in history and civilization.

Furthermore, before the war, the US described the USSR as a reincarnation of the devil but the feeling was mutual; the USSR did not see the US any different from the devil.

Such decision proves the significance of the chosen site and the unbelievable role of the palace in the history of the city.

Though the manner of the presentation the historical data by Thucydides is affected by his Athenian background, his attempts to make his works objective allow the modern historians to evaluate the validity of the arguments [...]

Surrounded by political and social controversies, the Abolitionist movement exemplified the triumph of the new racial mentality and a call to end slavery in America.

British involvement in the Atlantic slave trade came as a result of three distinct factors: the expansion of the British Empire into new territories, the need for man power in order to operate newly established [...]

The consolidation of monarchies in Europe led to the advancement of vernacular as the main language that could help stir nationalism and the feeling of pride by the people of the monarch.

The cultures of the people greatly influenced the works of art during the Roman Empire and this was is evident in their sculptures.

Clarence Thomas book, My Grandfather's Son explores his biography in terms of his childhood, life achievements and also his misfortunes in life. The absent of a father figure in their lives contributed to the grandfather [...]

Therefore, to German, the fall of the Roman Empire is significant for some of the aspects of feudalism are still present in German societies.

In The history of ancient Egypt, The Middle Kingdom of Egypt refers to a period that stretches over the eleventh dynasty up to the completion of the fourteenth dynasty.

Surprisingly, the education system forbids the culture and history of the Negros with the primary aim of the whites being to impose inferiority complex in their black counterparts.

The issue of the partitioning of India into India and Pakistan in 1947 was a change that was unnecessary based on the reasons that fuelled it as well as the evident outcomes of the change.

Among the changes realized at the time was the restoration of pope as the head of the church in England. The battle of Agincourt was a war fought between the English and the French in [...]

Most importantly, Pytor Pertovich Semyonova role was instrumental in the life of the peasants living before the revolution since he championed the passing of rules that were intended to guarantee the Russian peasants of their [...]

One of them was Malcolm Baldrige and when he was the Secretary of Commerce he was the "advocate of quality management as a key to U.S.prosperity and sustainability".

With the development of the American nation, there was a shift of the frontier to the west. These political organizations acted as the voices of the numerous farmers that lived in the West in a [...]

These branches include the Official IRA, the Provisional IRA, the Real IRA, and the Continuity IRA. Following the varied activities of the separate branches, those of the PIRA proved the group as a terrorist organization.

It is clear that such factors as the comparative isolation of China, the religious influences, the dynasty form of political order, and the peculiarities of trade relations and overlordship over the Silk Way contributed to [...]

The age of Islamic civilization started when Muslim conquests led to the establishment of the Caliphate, or Islamic Empire, during the 8th to 10th century.

The effectiveness of military strategies and tactics depends on the ability of military commander to mobilize his armies and resources effectively.

The major cause of the migration of the Native Americans stemmed from the great immigration of European colonialists."European colonization forced thousands of Native Americans to migrate from their settlements to other parts of America".

In fact, the purpose of why Caesar and Pompeius supported the idea of was similar: to get the power of the Roman citizens and conquer the whole world.

The region of Mesopotamia gave birth to two of the most powerful ancient civilizations, Sumer and Babylonia, characterized by sophisticated division of authority and labor, the earliest forms of government and law, and a clear [...]

As a result, the nations were considered as still maintaining their barbarism due to the exclusion of women and as a result, the Christian denominations voiced their concern on women being allowed to rise up [...]

The war took four years after which the northern states won and that meant end of slavery end of the confederacy and the beginning of a functional federal government in the United States.

The apparent reason for the queen's speech is to motivate her troops in the face of the imminent conflict with the Spaniards.

In order to answer this question, it is necessary to clear up what the main idea of Social Darwinism was and what the peculiarities of the Americans in the 19th century were.

This speech is considered to be the brightest words in regards to civil rights, slave freedom, and a kind of reborn of slaves and their families.

In social and economic cycles, the interaction of the whites and Blacks was controlled by the laws that neither of the groups was allowed to cross the other party's path.

The main aim of this essay is to have an insight of the life of Spartacus and the impacts that he had on history.

This means that gender was the central issue to the European witch-hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The belief in the existence of witchcraft goes back to the time of Old Testament of the [...]

In 1954 when Naguib moved to consolidate support from the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups, army members of the RCC loyal to Nasser Kidnapped him and Nasser was later installed as the Prime Minister.

The civilization of ancient Egypt happened at the same time Mesopotamian civilization was taking place in other areas in the nations of the Akkadians, Babylonians and the Sumerians. Indeed, religion in ancient Egypt led to [...]

The main idea of the paper is to consider different points of view and various attitudes to the history meaning. Greek approach is one of the perspectives of the history.

In his book "The Decolonization of Africa" Birmingham, argues that the process of decolonization of Africa had ripple effects in other parts of the world, such as the civil rights movement in America, and the [...]

The Safavid empire became very dominant and maintained its authority due to their ability of linking power and religion; in fact this empire advocated the ideology that power was attached to religion which was the [...]

The head of state and government of the United States of America falls under the auspices of the President who oversees the executive branch of the federal government as well serves as the commander-in-chief of [...]

Written by Alex Haley, a journalist by profession, The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a description of Malcolm's life in a country dominated with racial discrimination, poverty, abuse of drugs, and crime.

The presence of the whites created revolts that were perpetrated on grounds of prejudice Most of the natives therefore stuck to their culture including wearing the veil and speaking the native Arabic.

What was communicated from the pope was final regardless of who the subject was.[1] The Catholic Church was the only church in the world and its branches were in many countries.

IN A NUTSHELL, Charlotte Perkins Gilman fearlessly fought for the women's rights. Charlotte Perkins Gilman championed the rights of women to vote.

The emigrants who settled in the South had moved from England in search of better land to conduct their farming activities and also take advantage of the unutilized land in the states that formed Chesapeake [...]

The main objective of revolution was to achieve a society that enjoyed freedom from the oppressive rule and also to enhance equality in the American society.

Northern Greece was also invaded Dorians and this led to the collapse of the famous arts culture and playwrights that had charmed the world.

Control of Europe was at the centre of the cold war because communists controlled Eastern Europe and wanted to extent their influence to Western Europe as well.

The document highlights the changes that occurred in the south after the end of the war and during the reconstruction period.

Thus, the differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson's visions for the future of America boil down to their differing approaches to the role of government in society and the economy.

Some thought the history of Africa started with the story of the Europeans in Africa, followed by African historiography. Therefore, it led to the misconception that Africa has no history and created a gap in [...]

The roots of the 1641 rebellion lie partly in the Elizabethan conquest and colonization of Ireland and partly in the alienation of Anglo-Irish Catholics from the new Protestant English state in the decades following that [...]

There are three ways in which this group was influenced from the viewpoint of the ladder of prejudice, which outlines the several tiers of intolerance and discrimination. Finally, physical violence and hate crimes against Black [...]

Before he assumed office, Greek society was engulfed in economic, social, and political crises owing to the hoarding of land by aristocrats, debt enslavement, and the lack of political rights for the downtrodden.

Both Assyrians and Persians differ significantly in their approaches to invasions, with the former murdering their enemies and the latter valuing human lives and religion. The kings of Persia, in contrast, were renowned for their [...]

The highlight was in 1917, when the U.S.became a party in World War I by joining the League of Nations in fighting and eventually defeating Germany and its allies2. Significant shifts in foreign policy from [...]

The main issue in their concerns was that there were lands on which Native American tribes lived and which became the target of the settlers.

It is unfortunate to know what the fate of the United States would have been if the president had stayed for the rest of his term, as he was the first president to be assassinated.

Aztecs were Mesoamerican indigenous people who spoke the Nahuatl language and lived in the territory of modern Mexico. Thus, unlike the Aztecs, the Iroquois were not yet an urban society and did not begin to [...]

To begin with, the earliest period of Greek history was the Bronze, and it is characterized by the usage and production of essential tools and the formation of two civilizations, which further contributed to the [...]

One of the apparent pieces of evidence of the barbarism and cruelty of the Mongol army can be the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire.

Coming from a German word that literally means "trash," the term was first used to designate the low-brow mass-produced works of popular culture in the Europe of the 1920s.

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.

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