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Alexander the Great is often considered the best leader in his times because he introduced a new order in the world by uniting the east with the west.

Despite the fact that in the XX century, it was quite hard for a woman to take the leadership position and have an influence on the state affairs, Margaret Thatcher managed to fight the gender [...]

Thus, the main impact of the Civil War was the abolition of slavery which changed the economic and social structures of the South and contributed to shifting the focus on the role of federal government.

The abolition of slavery in the United States did eliminate the power structures that contributed to the oppression of African-Americans. Overall, it is possible to say at the beginning of the twentieth century, African-American people [...]

In addition, the receptive nature and openness attitude of the Mongols eased the Europeans exploration of the Asian region in the 15th century.

Also, the paper will highlight the reasons that have hampered the spread of Islam in the US and in the modern world.

Consequently, racism has been the greatest obstacle to the assimilation of certain ethnic groups in the US. Ethnic minorities are more prone to prejudice and discrimination than the majority of ethnic groups in the US.

It makes people realize that she has deeply felt the pain and this gives her an understanding of others, and that reflects in her writing."The Song in the Front Yard" shows an attitude of a [...]

Perhaps, one of the best narratives describing the plight of the captured African people and their journey through slavery is Equiano's 'The interesting narrative of Olaudah Equiano.' Olaudah Equiano provides an in-depth analysis of his [...]

During the early 16th century, he sailed to the Dominican Republic and to Cuba, where he reinforced the effort of the Spaniards to conquer the two areas.

People used religion to explain the happenings of and within the universe by viewing the universe as godly beginning with nothing to do with scientific development.

Rome and Greece made essential assistance to the civilization of the western world which evolved over the centuries. Although the classical culture of Greece was fundamental in the creation of western civilization, it made no [...]

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States of America. However, Lincoln believed in the unity of the United States and that saving the union was an embodiment in the principles of democracy.

In France, Voltaire and colleagues struggled to enlighten the society that strongly held the culture of church and monarchy.d'Alembert, Montesquieu, and Pierre were some of the arebellious' who supported Voltaire in the campaign for freedom [...]

The groups were composed of the real believers of the teachings of the prophet, the Ummayads, and the non-Arab converts. It was during the Abbasid dynasty that a party to uplift the face of the [...]

This is clearly illustrated by Thistle's explanations of how social changes caused the collapse of the domestic economy and their contributions to the elimination of the unequal treatment of women and certain racial groups.

The bone of contention was the ownership of lands in the region mid-west of the United States, and this was where much of the war was fought.

White men in the South were however of the view that freedom was a privilege accorded to the African Americans and not a universal right.

His early involvement in the business life of influential people allowed him to get to know the ways of the industry and trade and this was his strong point.

Firstly, both the book and the interview talk about the experience of the American soldiers in the Vietnam War. The two sources, the book and the interview, provide information regarding the miseries that the American [...]

The cultural, intellectual, and religious existence observed in most of the British colonies significantly changed from the fiscal 1700 to 1750.

This chapter also reveals the impact of sailors and explorers and how their actions led to the exploitation of resources and the establishment of colonial administration in these territories.

In chapter one, the first civilizations of North America, most of the issues presented in the history are popular among many Americans and the readers as well.

The major focus of the uprising was the violation of human rights and people demanded the government to change the way it was carrying out the order.

Cleopatra was the only female ruler in prehistoric times to customarily govern autonomously- not simply as an heir to her late husband- but to a great extent; she attempted to rescue and save a dying [...]

When he assumed the presidency in 1932, Franklin acknowledged the challenges of the nation, and also the way to get them out of the great depression.

The paper discusses the life of violinist called Andre Rieu with interest laid on the effects he had in the world and people, qualities of his life and the difficulties he encountered in his life.

Using Christianity as a decoy, he found his way up to the top and succeeded in overthrowing Montezuma, who had been previously doubtful of being outnumbered by Cortes' men.

The method used in identifying the arrowheads involved observing the shape of the base, the style used in flaking, and the material used to make the arrowhead.

The purpose of the ground council was to assess the needs of the Mi'kmaq people and come up with possible solutions.

As a result, he became conversant with the political opinions of the university and went ahead to join one of the gangs.

Conquest of the new territories and taking over the lands of other tribes and people has been the main strategy of spreading power and influence of the Empires.

Through education and civil disobedience, the Hispanic community demystified stereotypes that presented the Latinos as racially inferior and intellectually below the levels of the white counterparts in the country.

The situation can be viewed either through the lens of the nation, which has been deprived of its land unfairly, or the nation who settled in the land of Palestine long ago and, therefore, has [...]

The rebellion was retrogressive to the cause of the American Revolution because it facilitated the spread of the ruling class and further hardened the position of the ruling class regarding the hierarchical arrangement of slavery.

Investigation and charges The events that led to the investigation of Clinton began when Clinton was still the governor of Arkansas.

The author evaluates the evolution of Thanksgiving in the US. The focus was on the adoption of Thanksgiving among the middle-class and poor families during the 19th century.

The great depression This is one of the major problems that led to the need to adopt the New Deal. This led to a large influx of people moving to the urban centers, and this, [...]

The book "fall of the roman empire" states that the fall of the Roman Empire was a due to a collapse in the military and army.

This essay discusses the life of Charlemagne based on his military conquest, association with the church, and the reforms instituted in his administration.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the countries that had unified under it emerged as independent states and Russia took all the rights of the Soviet Union. They discussed the Treaty of the Creation [...]

First, among the major inspiration and the motivation of the Americans to launch the Vietnam War, was the strong fear during the cold war that the crossover of South Vietnam to the Communist ideologies would [...]

The researcher understood that the presence of women in the corporate sector could not be an instance to break glass ceiling as they faced the situation that they had faced before they got the opportunity [...]

Initiated in the 1960s, the affirmative action is a collection of steps that defines the federal agenda developed to counteract the historic discrimination against certain minority groups such as women and ethic groups in the [...]

The invention of the mechanical clock towards the end of the 13th century led to a remarkable accuracy and reliability in the measurement of time.

People have always believed that the ethnic hatred between the Hutus and the Tutsi was the core cause of the genocide.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, gender relations in Russia were influenced by the communal and financial strategies of the Muscovite state.

Within a short period, Suu had become the leader of the largest revolt in the country. Suu was able to set the right example for the people of Burma.

However, that is not the case since a lot of racism was evident in the twentieth century, and Barack Obama was one of the victims.

This observation underscores the concepts of acculturation and multiculturalism, which have gained substantial national attention since the rise of African-American, Latino, and the Asian immigrants into the US and while the American public schools have [...]

The book the Agricola and Germania is about the history of Tacitus who was a senator and a famous Roman historian.

The abolishment of slavery in Britain empires and the involvement of the British in preaching against slavery contributed immensely towards the end of slavery in the United States and France.

Costs The nuclear arms race led to a monumental increase in the military expenditure of the US and the Soviet Union.

The main topic in the reading is imperialism, which the author believes motivated Japan to economic and political development. The author applies a variety of data to present the concept of imperialism in Japan's history.

The Virginia Plan had proposed a bicameral legislative plan to favor states with high human population and disfavor the states in the United State with small population.

The treaty that was signed by Japan and Taiwan and the one between Japan and Korea had the same specificity. Treaties signed between Japan, Korea, Taiwan and People's Republic of China each have unique characteristics [...]

However, there was always a great wave of violence and sufferings of the people from the countryside which was entirely ignored by the Chinese government and considered merely part of the inevitable cost of revolutionary.

The two artists had to inculcate Chinese practices in designing their products in order to control the market. Even though the article presents Chinese as people who chose freely, it is not absolute since Huang [...]

The bourgeois class contributed significantly to the enlargement of the gap in the social class and gave room for the rising prominence of intellectuality in the public sphere.

The students fought for meaningful changes in the 1960-1970s. Notably, those changes were to improve educational system of the country.

In essence, the Twelve Tables were a set of rules that were used to govern Roman citizens by the empire's rulers.

First wave feminists advocated for women to be granted the right to vote in the U.S. Their persistent pressure made the U.S.government to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment of 1920, which granted women the right to [...]

This was when he was baptized by the bishop "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.."..

While the history of Europe is characterized by imperialism and the desire of the rich to dominate the poor, the history of the United States is characterized by racial segregation and discrimination.

The analogous historical development of Islam and the Western societies and the similarities and differences of the societies that emerge from them.

Mandela as well as many other Africans was in favor of the major goals of the organization. 2 The organization was very close to African people as it was formed by Africans and for Africans.

Martin Luther King noticed the negative trend and he took his stand to make people see the devastating effects of the war.

Although the church was the dominant force that supported political and religious leaders, there were several efforts to change this system in the 12th century.

Although aristocratic factionalism can be discussed as the influential factor for the development of the French civil wars, the religious division plays more significant role in prolonging the wars because of the focus on ideological [...]

The Europeans came and took over the land of the Aboriginal people and even adopted their methods of farming. According to Tony Stephens who reviewed the book by Gammage, the author's aim was to inform [...]

The period of the reign of Louis XV is characterised by the significant public, judges, and parlements' opposition to the monarch's government and to the proposed policies and laws.

This paper proves that although the black press started the push for Civil Rights in the south, the integration of the nation's press turned the tables on segregation."The Race Beat" outlines the progress of media [...]

It is also important to note the artifacts and architecture seen in Aztecs and Mayan times. In 2005, this language was recognized by UNESCO in a play as the Intangible and oral Heritage of humanity.

The southern politicians managed to maintain the control of the federal government throughout the first half of the 19th century by assuring the southerners to defend the abolition of the slavery in those states that [...]

The Mexican War can be attributed to the dictatorial tendencies of the centralist government in Mexico which was opposed to the annexation of Texas by the United States.

During the medial time, man was viewed as superior to the woman and was the head of the household. Saint Bridget was also a mystic and a theologian in the role of women during the [...]

In Mesopotamia, civilization sprung from the River-Valley and spread throughout the entire Middle East where as in Egypt, the origin and decline of civilization focused on the River Nile and the surrounding deserts.

He also implemented an act on National Banking, which led to the establishment of a common currency in the nation and allowed for the development of a union of all the banks in the nation.

Between 1920 and 1922 there was a non-cooperation movement that was organized by the Indians against the British rule. The movement also had an issue with the Indian soldiers that died during the World War [...]

He stated that their ignorance of the customs and beliefs of the Indian people had a hit against the British and that this had resulted to a distant loss of administrative power to British government.

However, the war continued along the Pacific Ocean due to the resistance of the Japanese Emperor to sign the instrument of surrender.

Due to this historic and popular clash of the American cowboy image, there have been increased calls to draw a distinction between the myth and reality of the American cowboy, with a clear-cut distinction between [...]

The floating world, also referred to as Ukiyo is a term that was used to describe the aspect of seeking for pleasure in the urban lifestyle in the Tokugawa or Edo-period Japan.

This was spread to the rest of the world. Consumerism has necessitated the need to have advanced methods of doing business because products must be delivered to the market in mass, in time and of [...]

Overall, it is possible to argue that violence cannot be regarded as a legitimate way of civil disobedience because it implies that an individual rejects the idea of law and dialogue between a person and [...]

According to the model, an effective leader identifies the business strategies, inspires employees to pursue the strategies, challenges the employees, and gives them the capacity to work in their different areas.

Sandon argues that it is time for women leaders to introduce new vision and novelty in leadership. Further, the author maintains that women leaders can provide the best and effective leadership in the political arena.

This began at the start of the nineteenth century when the local educated people among the Balkans started embracing the revolutionary nationalism ideology that was practiced by the Europeans and introduced nations in the Balkan [...]

Minke is the name derived by the author to develop the ideas of nationalism. The artwork is intertwined with the author's role in the revolution that sorts to end the era of colonization.

After a few years, the city of han was abolished and Hiroshima became the capital city of the whole Hiroshima region.

The bag that was supposed to act as a catcher for all the dust that the vacuum sucked up kept on getting clogged up with dust making it necessary to stop the vacuum every once [...]

The Articles of Confederation and the Federal Constitution agreed on the title of "The United States of America" as the official name of the newly united colonies.

The articles are "The Exhibition The Crystal Palace" and "The First Half of the Nineteenth Century: Progress of The Nation and Race".

The political stability, steady growth in the country's economy, positive reforms in the national institutions and participation in the global forum through the productive engagements with the international society are factors that have led to [...]

Once choosing the man who is bound to lead the country to another victory over the economical standstill, the financial complicacies and the international misconceptions arising between the United States and the rest of the [...]

Further development of business and commerce led to the emergence of London's coffee houses in 1650s. As a result of such explorations, London become the center of business and commercial activities.

The periods include: The pre-colonial period, discovery and conquest period, colonial period, piracy age period, the period of independence from Spain, nineteenth century period, twentieth century period, and the modern period.

The economy of Morganton arose as a result of being a transportation hub and a trade gateway linking the plantations in the south to newly formed markets.

Wide as the American culture may be deemed to be and the depth to which its norms and virtues root, it is still open to changes that come across from time to time which in [...]

As a result of the Age of Revolution, which occurred in the mid of 19th century, there were only countable socialists in the continent. This was characterized by the transition of the Age of Revolution [...]

By 1962, the Russian premier maintained the same uncertainty on the nuclear potential of the US, who were a prime threat to the Soviet Union.

The document offers extensive information on the history of the Americans from the beginning of the 19th century. The author presents the perspectives of the Native Americans on the unique events before and after the [...]

Before the 19th Century confinement and use of mechanical restraints was prevalent mode of treatment for the patients who were mentally ill in many parts of the world.

Other sources are presented in the form of a historical and political analysis of the period under consideration and Rahman's place in the transformation of the Afghan government.

It was a decisive battle that established the power of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium government on the territory of the present-day Sudan: "In 1898 Kitchener led a force of 8,200 British troops, 17,600 Sudanese and Egyptians [...]

He dips a cloth in the water at the bottom of the shell hole and touches it to the wounded Frenchman's mouth.

In Dawn over Suez: the Rise of American Power in the Middle East 1953 - 1957, the author, Steven Freiberger, majors on the heralds of the Suez crisis if 1956.

By pricking the sensations and scholarly inquisitiveness, Sutton offers the reader with a chance to be grateful for Mcpherson's initiatives in the same manner an individual would try to negotiate the cultural prospects, drawbacks, and [...]

Hourani argues that the influences of both the Ottoman Empire and Islam are pertinent to the Middle Eastern history. In his talk, Hourani sought to address the different methodologies and strategies that could be used [...]

It is often called the bellwether state of the US, meaning that it often sets the trend of actions in America.

He was also forced to live and work in the city and it is was the cultural and social shock that he experienced as he transferred from the rural to the urban that changed the [...]

However, in her book Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted, Susan Reynolds states that it is inappropriate to follow the narrow discussion of feudalism with references to the concepts of vassalage and fiefs, and [...]

By digging deep into Lincoln's history, times, speeches and writings, Foner has attempted to examine the President's stance on slavery in the United States and his reaction to the issue that greatly affected the American [...]

Specifically, the surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor will be related to the actions of the U.S.before, after the attack, and eventual participation in the Second World War.

On the other hand, there was also a trace of the interactive style of leadership in his repertoire, because of his capability to work with others. I will look for leaders that were able to [...]

The history of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance continues to attract the attention of many contemporary historians. This is one of the points that should be considered.

Obama's Presidency and Transformation of the US From the time the US acquired its independence, all presidents of the United States of America have had their failures and successes in terms of changing the nation.

Written in 1998, Barry Cushman's book "Rethinking the New Deal Court: The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution" is a historical analysis of the famous shift by the US Supreme Court from opposing the social legislations [...]

Similarities The French military involvement in Algeria during the counterinsurgency displayed a couple of similarities and differences with the tactics that the American forces used in countering the insurgency in Philippine.

The discovery of crude oil in the region during the 20th century has changed the fortunes of the region. The issue of the Jewish resettlement in the Middle East has been viewed as central to [...]