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Ancient Societies In Asia

While China has had the distinction of being credited with the development of literally hundreds of different inventions the fact remains of all the technological innovations it has been credited for the top four are: [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1162

Baja Mining Boom of The 1870’s

The period of the years of 1870s and 1980s saw a tremendous increase in mining activities in the region that led to convergence of a population and establishment of a town in the region.
  • Subjects: Latin America
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3044

Analysis of Christopher Columbus Voyage

According to Butterway, the fallacy anchored on the aim of Christopher's voyages was that he was not motivated by the possibility of gaining more wealth for himself and his Spanish government, but to construct the [...]
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1275

British Dominion in India

The Presence of the British in India can be traced back to the early Seventeenth Century. But looking at this conflict of the moment it can be easily concluded that the British must have dangled [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1992

Female Workers and Unions

Even as far back as in early eighties, Gorz was able to define the subtleties of such a tendency with perfect clarity: "Workers no longer 'produce' society through the mediation of the relations of production; [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1660

Nat Turner and the Slave Revolt

The belief of his explanations by other slaves initiated the planning of the "Nat Turner's revolt". This became the beginning of a journey to slave rebellion in the South.
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  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1843

Rise and Fall of Slavery

The rise and fall of slavery in the US The rise of the slave trade in America was first noted in 526 as a result of Spanish explorers.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 696

Review of Colin Powell: My American Journey

He was recruited in the United States Army after graduating from the City College of New York in 1958 and he rose quickly in ranks and became a General."He was the chairman of the joint [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1261

British Policy and the Indian Mutiny

Although, the industry was not highly mechanized, the value attached to the products was significant due to the level of skill that was employed to produce them.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1135

Christopher Columbus- Not an American Hero

This is generally because the discovery of America is greatly attributed to Columbus who in 1942 is said to have visited the Central America.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 878

California Historical Murder Case

He clarified that the shot entered the victim through the front part of the body and according to the bullet wound, firing occurred a few inches from the victim.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2857

Young Women in the Contemporary Australian Women’s Movement

Madison also describes that in the face of both media controversy and the assertions of a number of young women's rightists, there is little to show that the activism of modern-day young women's rightists' amounts [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1020

The Importance of Arizona Law

In fact, this legislative Act is considered to be one of the strictest anti-illegal immigration issues in the state of Arizona as well as in the history of the United States of America.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1417

The Kurds in Modern Iraq

The first one is the phases of the fight between the Kurdish populace and the governments, which they are subject for control.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2699

The Civil War and Its Aftermath

Legislators in the US government avoided the issue of slavery and tried to uphold peace between the north and south. While the north believed invading Richmond in Virginia, the capital of the confederate states of [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1359

How New Imperialism Was Shaped

In 1994, Rwandan population was made up of three ethnic group namely the Hutus who were the majority, the Tutsi who were relatively few and the Twa who were insignificant due to their number, the [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2170

History of John F. Kennedy Assassination

When the Oliver Stone picture, JFK, was released in 1991, it generated enormous interest in the possibility that elements of the federal government and the military-industrial complex, including the CIA, might have been behind the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1372

The French Revolution and Napoleon’s Governance

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1005

Asian Women in Films

It is unfortunate that the Asian women not only have to carry the burden of how they are misrepresented in films but also the beliefs held by the society concerning women in general[2].
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2663

Role of Asian Women

With the much outcry of the woman's position in the society, many women have had to defy these outdated practices. Asian women have made a mark in the field of literature.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1149

Colonial Women’s Freedom in Society

Thus 'colonial women' are the women who lived in the above mentioned territories during the colonial era. Religion on the other hand inspired women to fight for their rights and freedom.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 661

The Post War Japan

It should be noted that the plan to modernize originated from outside the country and not from the people. The first 10 years to the post war era was more of a continuation of the [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

Introduction to Canadian International relations

At the outbreak of the war, Canada showed a great commitment to the war that had affected Europe by recruiting many soldiers to participate in the war.[2] While the country's enlistment of over 1 million [...]
  • Subjects: Canada
  • Pages: 13
  • Words: 3592

Jewish Insight of Holocaust

Holocaust, the extermination of Jews from the European land was the example of brutality and viciousness of the Nazi Germany. Meanwhile, many historians were observing the situation critically and wanted to present their ideas about [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2179

Renaissance and the Church

This paper seeks to establish the various ways that the rise and the near collapse of the church were due to the renaissance period.
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  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Ottoman Empire: The Tanzimat Period

As the Ottoman Empire was getting more and more dominated by western nations, Europe used the chance to market itself in the territory as a way of assisting them.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1100

Nationalism and Changing Roles

Nationalism has various effects to the people involved and this paper looks into the effects of nationalism on the roles of the working class, women, and minorities in an effort to achieve political power through [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1360

African Americans: A Journey Towards Freedom

All of the slaves desired to have freedom, but the means of attaining that was still unknown. His intention was to kill all the slave owners in Charleston and free the slaves.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1438

History of Slavery Constitution in US

The framers of the constitution did not tackle clearly the issue of slavery and they were compelled to make a temporary compromise in order to unite the states in the country.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1451

Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Black Freedom Movement

The book tries to highlight the lives of black American in the state of Mississippi, and in particular the day-to-day life of a girl child and women in general through the mind of a child.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1294

Lincoln Douglas Debates

Lincoln Douglas debates are those debates between Stephen Douglas, who held the position of a Senator as a Democratic Party candidate, and Abraham Lincoln, who was the Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois.
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  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 833

British Rule in Palestine

Describe the British governing of the Palestinian Mandate from the end of WWI to the creation of the state of Israel.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1234

The Kings of Ancient Egypt

They were empowered by a divine appointment and therefore it is for the best interest of everyone to sustiain the line of succession and preserve the kingdom. The origin of the people, the land mass [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1661

Political Organizations Through the History

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.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 840

Coolie Through the History

The strong presence of Buddhism and its practices and artistic impressions of designs in United States is an example of how Coolie history has denoted its culture across the world.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 2650

“The Rape of Nanking” by Iris Chang

The book gives an account of the massacre and atrocities that the Japanese army committed against the Chinese in Nanking between 1937 and 1938.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1351

Centralization of State Authority

The account of his journey is considered to be the most comprehensive and unique description of Chinese society, culture and government system from the point of view of a Confucian scholar. The first part of [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 810

Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro, NC

In early 1960s, there was a lot of discrimination in the United States of America such that the blacks and the whites could not mingle in public places such as restaurants.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 934

Egyptian President Anwar Al-Sadat

Five year later, Anwar Sadat assumed the position of the secretary to the National Union and eventually the speaker of the legislative assembly from 1960 to 1968.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1319

The Palestine Liberation Organization

The war and refusal of the Israeli government to grant the Arabs return rights created the Palestine refugee problem. The Palestinian Arabs also initiated riots immediately to protest against the proposal of the United Nations [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 820

Womanhood and sports and leisure in Canada

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.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 692

Was Anne Moody a Radical?

The early life of Anne Moody forms the basis of the book, 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'. This essay involves a close look of the actions or rather deeds of Anne Moody in different stages [...]
  • Subjects: Civil Rights Activists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1112

Margaret Thatcher, Simon de Beauvoir and the woman’s movement

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 821

Islamic Revolution and American Invasions

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1176

The effect of the French Revolution on Lazare Carnot

The period of the French revolution was celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm and it can be perceived to have laid the groundwork and the birth of the new world socio-political order.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4007

Growing up in China Historical Analysis

According to Lee, the Chinese year is different from the English year because the months of the year are determined by the revolution of the moon around the earth.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2413

Major Historical Vents: Evolution or Revolution

Some historians claim that the foremost thing that led to the Revolutionary War was the influx of Europeans into the land of America and the dictatorial control.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 595

Major Problems in American Labor History

In the work Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America, she examined immigration conditions and the problems related to the issues of race, gender, class, and ethnicity."This book addresses these and other [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1910

Colonial Period of the 19th Century

One of the first organizations that became to defend the rights of African Americans was Knights of Labor. However, it was one of the most significant steps to slavery ending and equality of rights.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 831

Labor History in the United States Of America

The representatives of the Knights of Labor and the Industrial Workers of the World may serve as the best and well-known labor union organizations, which made a certain impact on the rising of industrial workers [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1090

The Development of Women’s Rights

However, she cannot agree to such distribution of the roles, and she calls upon all people to look again at the situation, connected to women's rights, and provide all women with a chance to participate [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

History of Television Broadcasting in Canada Before 1968

By 1932 the CRBC was established in 1932 and was based on the recommendations of the 1929 Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting During the 1950s, most of the movies being screened in Canadian cinemas were [...]
  • Subjects: Canada
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1909

Iroquois Theatre Fire: Lessons to Learn

The Iroquois Theater Fire was a real tragedy for the citizens of Chicago, Illinois and now, is considered to be one of the deadliest fires, which happen in single buildings; in total, more than 600 [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 845

The Histories: Greek Identity

With the help of such a deep analysis of the conflict, described in The Histories, and the events, which happened in real, the reader gets a wonderful opportunity to clear up the major elements of [...]
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  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

The Berlin Wall History

In 1960, the East Germany exodus now totaling to millions of civilians was predictably damaging to the political integrity and economic capability of East Germany, making it vital to fortify its borders with the west, [...]
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  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2201

General George Washington. Life of the Commander in Chief

Ever strategic, Washington was quick to support fellow commanders of the American troops as seen in some of his letters to Major General Greene and other George Washington's leadership skills came to the fore once [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2344

Joan of Arc as the National Heroine of France

The two competing groups were the Armagnacs and the Burgundians: the former were loyal to the Dauphin, the future Charles VII, who reclaimed his throne with Joan's help; the latter supported the Duke of Burgundy [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 641

Modernization Poised Between History and Prophecy

Secondly, the stage of 'preconditions of take-off' is characterised by the spread of the idea of the possibility of economic prosperity which is a necessity for other desired societal conditions. The last stage of economic [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 908

Memoirs of an Ex Prom Queen

Further, the essay discusses in detail how the barriers affect Sasha and the significance of the same in relation to the major theme of the book.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

Why Julius Caesar Was Assassinated

There is clear indication that Caesar wanted to be called a king and this was the biggest mistake that he made.
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2156

Disease in The News

The article then focuses on the relationship between the experiences of the Cairo consensus and the population narrative and the response to AIDS.
  • Subjects: Contemporary History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1590

Harriet A. Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

In chapter three, Jacobs elaborates the events that would happen during the New Year, the fact that the hiring day coincided with New Year's holidays is a show that the Southerners wanted to paint slavery [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1523

The Signal Corps Officer

The duty of the Signal Corps Officers is to control and enable communication and information services for the coordination and control of the military organs.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1072

Women in Roman Society

It is difficult to curve out the general role of women in ancient Rome for the reason that their statuses were widely varied; there were women of little influence like poor fish mongers to wealthy [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

Japanese Americans: Loyalty and Betrayal

Following this attack, the United States of America in retaliation, placed all Japanese Americans in internment camps popularly known as 'War Relocation Camps.' Nevertheless, the aftermath of this exercise presented one big irony of all [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1227

Australian Law and Native Title

In particular, the Native Title became a custom will and at the same time, traditional law in order to bring equality and justice before the law.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2724

The Molly Maguires

The membership of the Molly Maguires was mainly Irish and the name was taken to be synonymous to assassins and murderers.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2189

How Did the Gold Rushes Change Colonial Australia?

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 [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 845

History of American Imperialism

The dichotomy in the politics of America, which involves way in which the nation operate has greatly influenced other nations. In addition, American was involved in operational factors which were seen as crucial on the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1008

James Brown, the Godfather of Soul

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2151

The Experience of War by Women

They are thus not only historical, but they provide rich information on the role of these women in the war, their reactions to the war, the climate and social conditions at the time and the [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1512

The daily life of the ancient Maya

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2750

American transformed timeline for the years 1780 to 1850

The American vision for democracy or a unified nation in pursuit of better destiny is therefore a major contributor to the vision of expansionism. The establishment of the laws therefore had a major contribution to [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 596

Alexander the Great: The Blending of Cultures

The evidence of his greatness is revealed by the massive conquests he made. He was assassinated in the process, and Alexander took over the throne.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

The Effects of the Global Nature of Consumption

The paper examines the effect of consumption in Korea from the colonial era to the contemporary era. Nonetheless, the dawn of the seventeenth century became instrumental in terms of changing the culture of consumption in [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2296

How Newark Became Newark

The industrial boom brought a lot of prosperity and wealth but that was until when corruption in the government and crime changed the fortunes of Newark.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 688

Reagan and the Arms Race

S and the Soviet Union, therefore this paper is going to focus on this and bring out the reasons behind the arms race.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

Imperialism and Modernization

The skills learnt in farming were of great help to the colonies since they applied them in their farms after independence and this accelerated their modernization process.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 927

US Imperialism in Afghanistan

S-Afghanistan war; the cause of the Al-Qaida attacks on the U. S and its allies and motive of the subsequent military intervention by the U.S.in Afghanistan.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2292

Latin American National Culture vs. Political Domination

In particular, the shortcoming of established age, gender and social stereotyped were overused by the political power to control and suppress the population. In this respect, it was really hard to meet the social and [...]
  • Subjects: Latin America
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 847

Tacitus’ The Agricola and The Germania

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 895

The Protestant Church Reformation

The urge for a reformation was also spurred by the emergence of humanistic philosophies and the spirit of the Renaissance, which drew increased attention to the teachings of the Bible and had the tendency of [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1369

Disaster Management: the Case of Hurricane Katrina

These are the first people at the site of a disaster and they attempt to mitigate the impacts of the disaster and save lives. Local and State authorities need to respond decisively in the event [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1382

The History of the Molly Maguires

According to the legend associated with the organization's name, the Irish miners referred to the name of the Irish Catholic woman Molly Maguire who was rather persistent while opposing to the Irish and English Protestants [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 345

The Need for Ethical Leadership and Governance in Democracy

Some patriots have had an impact on the leadership of the United States since the declaration of its independence. The relationship between the government and its citizens has strategically evolved since the declaration of independence [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1093

The Civil Rights Laws

Eisenhower can be discussed as influential in coping with segregation issues and protecting the African Americans' civil rights because he demonstrated the significant political courage in enforcing the Civil Rights laws in 1957 and 1960 [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 840

Human rights and freedoms

It was successful because it has several divisions, such as The Constitution itself, the Bill of Rights, basic Articles of Confederation and the government's guarantee and responsibility to uphold the laws of a person.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575