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When it comes to comparing the Han Dynasty in China to the Gupta Empire in India, some parallels can be drawn in terms of the political control methods. In conclusion, the golden ages of China [...]

The French Revolution is the most striking example to study the causes of any revolution, as well as the English Civil War and Russian Revolution.

Hitler believed that the treaty of Versailles made Germany a colony to the outside world; he blamed it for the suppression of Germany's workforce.

The economic system is the essential structure in which the world functions. Economic socialism is where limited ownership of the means of production and a system of prices, losses, and profits are not used as [...]

On the other hand, the great society was a term used by President Lyndon Johnson as set of domestic policies and programs in the United States. The initiative was later approved by the congress as [...]

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 [...]

I have read his biography by Ann Byers and the three online articles about the influence of his business on the world. Later, Bezos joined the team of the Banker's Trust, quickly rising to the [...]

Of course, in both of these civilizations, women were oppressed and limited in their rights and freedoms. Both in Ancient Rome and Ancient India, women were considered to be the centers of the household.

Contrary to the modern trend of hunting being more of a sport, during the pre-civilization era hunting was one of the main means of survival.

The Americans and Africans suffered the most negative effects of colonization because they were the subjects of the European colonialism. This is to mean that while the Americans and Africans were suffering socially and politically, [...]

The crops which were grown in the state was maize and wheat, also, fish contributed to the economy of the Massachusetts State.

The first is the definition of empires i.e.what is an empire? This is prevalent in many empires ranging from the Roman to the British Empire

As a result of unbearable conditions from the Roman administration, the Visigoths revolted and conquered the Romans and killed their emperor Valens in Adrianople in the late 4th century.

He broaches the subject with such perspicacity to the point that he manages to woe the modern reader into understanding the ancient past and accepting the way people conducted themselves in the medieval times.

Both the revolutions were for a cause, the American Revolution took place because the Americans wanted to free themselves from the enslavement of the British and similarly the French revolution took place because the rich [...]

The French revolution, in this part of the world at least, was the inspiration for all subsequent uprisings and revolts throughout Europe in the nineteenth century and its ideals, in part, are visible in many [...]

The Trade barriers were believed to be the reasons for the war and to avoid war in the future the Bretton Woods system was introduced.

In this paper, I will consider the social and political state in the USA so that either to prove or deny the attractiveness that the United States had for the foreign immigrants who saw the [...]

According to the prominent American economist John Keyne, the main cause of the Great Depression was the shortage of money supply, which was dependant on the gold reserve, in the meantime, the industry output significantly [...]

The political and the legal structure of Louisiana have been inspired from the Spanish since the colonization of Louisiana in the eighteenth century. Spanish is one of the major languages spoken in Louisiana, apart from [...]

Thesis: Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were both charismatic leaders, but the latter was more of a transformational leader as well because of his idealistic views and his ability to inspire his followers to [...]

The era of the Gilded Age, which occurred in the USA in the last few decades of the nineteenth century, was characterized by contradictory phenomena.

The importance of water for Babylonian infrastructure, thus, became leading, influencing the lives of peasants through the necessity of irrigation and the lives of city-dwellers through the integration of water canals into the city's infrastructure.

The reading also touches upon the topic of language and the role it plays in the evolution of proto-nationalism and the promotion of its ideas across the globe. What is the role of proto-nationalism in [...]

In his works, Jefferson mostly touched upon the values of political and moral equality and the complexity of nature and society.

The central characteristics of the Egyptian state and religion were anchored on the monarchy. In a nutshell, the Egyptian myth demonstrated the wouldeath' of the older creation and the advent of the new creation.

The present paper will seek to compare the position of female scientists in antiquity to that of contemporary female researchers, particularly with regards to the share of women in the field and the barriers they [...]

The quest to erase Hatshepsut's memory as a female ruler in Egypt was marked by the destruction of monuments and the wiping out of inscriptions during the reign of Thutmose III.

Consequently, the presence of these matters explains the linkage of the United States' war in Vietnam and the American Revolution to Mao's stages of the insurgency.

While it is clear that the political and economic achievements were made both on long-term and short-term basis, the social impact of the European American entry into the native west is largely arguable, especially due [...]

Volta had a normal childhood life and was educated in the public schools in Como, having started school at the age of five at the school of Rhetoric in Como Volta.

The pioneers first settled on the East and they set out to conquer and establish settlements in the west of the country. In the minds of many Americans, the cowboy embodies the virtues of the [...]

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.

Towards the end of the 19th century, trade with African territories formed an insignificant percentage of the total British economy, and Africa was longer expeditious in commercial terms.

The brief analyses has shown major characteristics of the speech and it is easy to understand what it means for me and why.

In spite of the fact that the Revolution of 1848 was supported by the wide categories of the French public oriented to reforming the regime, the revolution led to the further restoration of monarchy in [...]

The laws were enacted to deal with marriage avoidance, the preference for childless unions, marriage of lower class women by the Roman elite, and adultery, all of which threatened the continuity of the Roman aristocracy.

It also strengthened the relationship between America and many European countries, which led to the development of more political, economic and military influence in these regions compared to other parts of the globe.

Today, the killers and the victims of the genocide live side by side, and the government focuses on finding the effective measures and legacies to overcome the consequences of the genocide and to state the [...]

To have a clear indication of what the other part of the world needed, the couple toured Africa in 1995, and they resolved to donate part of their wealth to help the poor Africans.

Columbus' entrepreneurial family initiated him into the world of seafaring, however it was the expansion of the Turkish Empire that fired up his imagination with regards to testing the claim that the earth is round [...]

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

Secondly, it is important to emphasize the changes in the military organization, for instance, the increased speed of conscription and the extensive use of artillery.

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 [...]

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 main opponents of the Mongol Empire were the Naiman tribe located in the western part of Mongolia, the Merkits who were found in the northern part of Mongolia, the Tanguts found in the south [...]

There were a great number of inventors during this time that greatly influenced the succession of the cultural trend that was evident in the latter parts of the 19th century, with most of the changes [...]

Among those events that Australia considers most important politically, economically as well as socially are the establishment of the colony of New South Wales, the Victorian Gold Rushes, the Federation in 1901 and the Second [...]

The standardisation of European languages led to a great development of the European literature and the creation of national ideologies and mythologies in different countries.

According to the program, the federal government would take more roles so as to improve the citizen's economic welfare. A majority of the laborers had migrated to the west as an escape strategy from the [...]

Towards the end of the 1930s, the government took control of the rice markets and licensed all the brokers as well as rice dealers.

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 [...]

Barack Obama was aware of the violence and oppression of black people in the United States. It shows self determination of the black people in struggles for civil rights- black power.

Exploring the wide range of subthemes, including the rejection of the League of Nations, consequences of the World War I for the country and main preconditions of the market crash in 1929, Leuchtenburg emphasizes the [...]

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.

Australia and China are some of the nations that have demonstrated evidence of the changing roles of women. In politics and political leadership, the role of women in Australia has become evidence.

As the paper reveals, the role of women in America was then a replica of the role of other women especially in Britain where it was well documented.

The answer to this lies in the fact that documentary evidence was required to protect the trades and industries within the country in the event of civil commotion, feudal oppression and general lawlessness.

The problem of women inequality with men had been considered in the society and Jane Cunningham Croly was one of those who wanted to contribute to the movement, and her journalistic activity was that measure.

The meaning of the Gettysburg Address in the context of peacetime Needless to mention, the Gettysburg Address was meant for the people who knew the price of the terrible bloodbath that the Civil War was.

The ideas of Soujourner Truth that she emphasized in the speech Ai not I a Woman? are still important and relevant today.

According to Spielvogel, the discovery of the Americas in 1490s and the growth of sugar plantations in South America and the Caribbean are significant factors which drastically changed the destination of slaves i.e.the destination of [...]

Code of Hammurabi made the society to be a culture made by people and their achievements through thoughts or physical existence.

The book, 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' is both an indictment of slavery and a call to action for its abolition.

In this essay, we are going to look at the history of Western Europe in the 17th -18th century with emphasis on the causes of societal unrest prior to the French revolution, the enlightenment era, [...]

This means that if women are given and encouraged to have the same level of education as the men than the society would be a much better place as both the female and male genders [...]

Of course, a hope that the presence of revolution promoted certain changes and made the government to think about the improvement of citizens' lives and wellbeing was inherent to the French.

Alexander the Great used the Roman Empire to spread Greek civilization to Europe and the rest of the world. The Greek Macedonian Empire that was established by Alexander the Great extended to many parts of [...]

The American Revolution: In 1775-1783, America experienced a revolution and the government of France sent its troops and navy to help the rebelling colonists. This consequently led to the rise of hunger and high prices [...]

People learn more about the horrors of war through literature but do not infer from experience they gain; the only way they apply the knowledge about the war is the development of more sophisticated weapon [...]

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 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 [...]

Mohawks are the most numerous people of the Iroquois League, who live in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec and in the U.S.state of New York, on the border with Canada.

Mesopotamia and the Aztecs are two of the most significant civilizations that emerged in the ancient world. Religion The religion of Mesopotamia and the Aztecs was polytheistic.

The 1700s and 1800s marked the beginning of the change that took effect and entirely transformed the world's history in all fields.

Goodwin, the author explores the methods used by Texas slave owners to control the intimate relationships of their slaves. The author uses the oral narratives of former slaves to support this theme, highlighting their personal [...]

Asoka was known for his two major achievements; the first was his conversion to Buddhism, which led to a period of peace and prosperity in India.

Therefore, claiming that Marx as a villain who produced the concept of Communism would be a significant overstatement, as well as a fundamental misunderstanding of Marx's theories and intentions.

The French Revolution was a series of events that marked the downfall of the Bourbon monarchy and the rise of a democratic republic in France.

The Haitian Revolution, led by Toussaint Louverture, is the most comprehensive case study of revolutionary change in modern history and is widely seen as a defining moment in the history of the African diaspora.

The current paper explores an example of a poster created in the early years of the war. During WWII, tax increases did not cover the military spending enough, and Henry Morgenthau, Jr, Secretary of the [...]

The trans-Saharan slave trade was driven by the increased demand for slave labor, the use of slaves as legal tender, and the decline in gold and other products in sub-Saharan Africa.

In Sadat's instance, he used the aspect of Egypt's sovereignty and traditional role in the Arab community to start the negotiations, which persuaded Begin to participate in the peace talks.

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant and traveler who presented the story of his travels in Asia in the famous Book of the Diversity of the World.

The first chapter of The Unfinished Journey by Chafe reviews the events that happened during World War II in the United States and abroad with American citizens.

Answering the research question requires providing an overview of different types of intelligence information that had been provided to the decision-makers in the American government leading up to the attack.

Thus, Van Sertima's lecture points to the inability of scientific society to go against conventional theory in the complex subject of history.

Staples begins the essay with an incident on the street that happened to him in the 1970s and continues with various episodes from the author's personal experience, indicating fear and distrust of Black men.

The remnants of the specified naming system can be found in the present-day context of most languages, with the first name and the last name being the key elements of the naming system as it [...]

In the case of Martin Luther King Jr, his commitment to non-violent resistance as a way of effecting social change was informed by his Christian upbringing and study of Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy.

This series of military conflicts became a significant constituent of the history of interaction between Europeans and Native Americans and demonstrated the power of the concept of conflict partly forming these relationships.

The rectal speculum was one of the most significant surgical devices in Greco-Roman medicine. In terms of the historical background of the instrument's employment, it's important to remember that the spread of Christianity began during [...]

However, considering the focus dedicated to private ownership, contracts, salaries, and markets, it is possible to argue that Hammurabi was interested in the economic challenges of the Babylonians. The death penalty is sentenced to both [...]

One argument suggests that after surrendering to the Spartans, Greece lost most of its political and military power, primarily accumulated in Athens.

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 presenter of this video talks about the importance of theater culture to the people of ancient Athens. In the days of the ancient Greeks, the people of Athens learned the latest news from theatrical [...]

During the time of Schaffer, the culture of the Indian ocean was the most dominant player in the Afro Eurasian trade system and included commercial exchanges from China, India, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

The laxity of the national government to solve the issues of African Americans led to the continuous rise of the Abolitionist movement.

Historians have argued that the motivations leading to the expansion included the need to mobilize and access new and prime lands and resources, the acquired literacy level of the Russians as compared to their conquest, [...]

In addition, the explanation of key terms and discussion of the vital events, in chronological order, will be provided to reveal the historical changes that happened to the U.S.

The period from 1929 to 1941, including the Great Depression and the New Deal, is undoubtedly one of the most important in American history.

Nevertheless, technological developments in the ancient civilizations were compelled by some factors that either led to the formation of new technologies or improvements of the existent ones. A factor that led to the creation of [...]

As part of the discourse on Snowden's social responsibility, one of the central themes of the essay is to determine the moral background of the government's actions in collecting personal data.

Specific areas that this paper would look into include: why the Indian tribes fought with the French, what the French did differently to befriend so many Indian tribes as compared with the British, reasons behind [...]

In this paper, Hammurabi's laws number five and twenty-one will be evaluated as the guidelines that secured the ideas of justice and property protection, which were of particular significance to the Babylonians.

This paper describes the Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Fourth Caliph of the Muslims, History of his life, the way he think, his battles, accomplishments and how did he die.

Through this depiction, he failed in terms of honoring his promise of respecting the rights and freedom of the African-Americans that he had made prior to his election in 1912.

According to Atienza and Howden, "the discovery of the New World and the vast hordes of gold and new riches was a springboard vaulting Spain from a barely-known kingdom in medieval Europe, to the most [...]

The period started with the first attacks in the 8th century and ended in the 11th, as the Scandinavians were assimilated into Christianity and the broader European culture.

Sugar in Europe appeared during the Crusades the Arabs introduced sugar cane to the Crusaders. Sugar cane is a driver of innovation and international trade in the context of world history.

There is a need, therefore, to study the history of crime in American society in order to establish clues that may help in controlling the rising crime rate in America.

The purpose of this research paper is to give a detailed analysis of the Bedouin people in the United Arab Emirates and how they use camels to achieve their personal, societal, and economic objectives.

Despite the permanent suppression and disregard of the authorities, preserving the native lands and culture remains essential and today it is the turn of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to hold the fort.

They tell a story of the early life of a member of the Pequot tribe, William Apess himself, and allow readers to understand the struggles that Native Americans live through in the society that marginalizes [...]

This paper describes the life of Stephen Hawking and his most important works. During his university studies, he was diagnosed with ALS a disease that made him lose the ability to move and speak in [...]

The monarch's symbol of power was the Bastille jail in Paris that had been in place for the past 400 years and its attack signified the beginning of a republican government.

In the Greek society, the hetaerae women consisted of women who were liberal and commanded great influence in the society. The hetaerae women were noble in one aspect of the other.

As a result of the kidnapping of the labor minister in Quebec and James Cross, the FLQ asked for ransom in the form of demands that the provincial administration in Quebec and the government had [...]

He was a legendary king of Ithaca and arguably the hero in the poem called Homer. He was diplomatic and his skills came to the fore when disagreements arose in the war camps.

The focus of this paper will cover the initial stages of the development of the Australian colony of New South Wales in the period between 1788 and 1792.