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Child Labour in the Late 1800s to the Early 1900s

The children of the poor families were forced to find out the livelihood for their families and were deprived of education, his sweet adolescence and other necessities of the world.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1194

Impacts of Colonialism on Africa

In this, it suffered the fate of "imperialism," which after 1900 was adopted by critics of European expansion to serve ideological purposes and used imprecisely to suggest both the annexation of territories and their subsequent [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3054

Stewart Gordon’s “When Asia Was the World”

According to Stewart the vehicle that enabled Asia to realize what it realized at the time was the huge enterprises of thousands of people and the massive number of beast of labor such as donkeys [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1259

Charles de Gaulle: A Portrait of a Good Leader

After Germany overran France in the early part of the Second World War, de Gaulle shifted to Algiers to run a shadow government and lead the Free French Forces for the liberation of France from [...]
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

Who Were The Navajo Code Talkers?

After a series of attempt-which eventually bore fruits to unlock the codes in the language used by the US in the World War I, there was need for an unbreakable code, and the introduction of [...]
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 978

Spanish and Louisiana: Influence and Significance

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 [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1282

Why the Allies Won the Second World War?

Professor Black reiterated that the weapons itself is not important, but it is how the weapons are used was more essential in the victory by the Allies in World War II.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 754

Ivan the Terrible: The Life of the Czar

One example of that is when he believed he was chosen to save the souls of his people, but he was the one who brutally killed thousands of people.
  • Subjects: Eastern Europe
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1476

Latin America’s Revolutionary Movements

The results of the revolutions were creation of many independent countries in the Latin American Region. The changes and transformations that were brought about by the global trade contributed greatly to the revolutions in Latin [...]
  • Subjects: Latin America
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 520

Women’s Rights Movement in the 19th Century

In this paper, the peculiarities of women's suffrage, its political and social background, and further reactions will be discussed to clarify the worth and impact of the chosen event.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1652

Legacies of the Renaissance and Reformation

The exceptional volume of the innovations introduced to the life of people and the developmental power it had on the country appears to trace the connections of those changes in the 21st century.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1204

Ancient History of Babylon and Mohenjo-Daro Cities

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.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1216

Early Chinese Laborers: The Canadian Experience

In the current exploration, how early Chinese laborers were depicted in the literature of Chinese Canadian authors is expected to shed light on the issues of that time and further the understanding of the challenges [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2262

The 1960s and 2010s Decades in the United States

The 2010s decade is known to be both a celebration of a scientific and technological breakthrough as well as the degradation of the global political peace and rise of tensions.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1201

The Mughal Empire: Culture and Heritage

The combination of the regions' economic independence, the tensions between Hindus and Muslims, and the penetration of the subcontinent by the European economic powers led to the decline of the Mughal Empire.
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  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1170

The United States in the 1990s

The state of relevant tranquility that could be observed in the American socioeconomic and sociopolitical environment was the direct effect of the measures taken in the 1980s.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 306

The Indus Valley Civilization’s Development

For example, both the region of the Indus Valley and the area near such bodies of water as the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers can be considered as cradles of early civilization.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 882

Slavery Resistance from Historical Perspective

The lack of rights and power to struggle resulted in the emergence of particular forms of resistance that preconditioned the radical shifts in peoples mentalities and the creation of the tolerant society we can observe [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

Thomas Jefferson: The Author of America

In his works, Jefferson mostly touched upon the values of political and moral equality and the complexity of nature and society.
  • Subjects: American Ex-Presidents
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1142

Marcus Furius Camillus in the History of Rome

The promise Camillus made to Queen was a tenth of the spoils from the City of Veii and, at the same time, beseeched her to follow them in victory to the city they will share [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 778

Thomas Payne’s “Common Sense”: Then and Now

Thus, Payne makes the reader reflect on the issue of conflicts between the interests of the nation and the people at the helm, which is one of the topical issues on the agenda of the [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1129

Women’s Role in Medicine in the Middle Ages

Speaking about the particular role of women in medieval medicine and its further development, it is necessary to say that women were supposed to fulfill a wide range of important tasks even though they were [...]
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2358

Charlemagne’s Establishment of Missi Messengers

De Litteris Colendis and General Capitulary of the Missi are the documents that demonstrate Charlemagne's concern with spreading education and establishing Missi's institution, royal messengers, who had to supervise various parts of the kingdom.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 625

“A Disability History of the United States” by Kim Nielsen

One of the most interesting ideas expressed by the author is the isolated existence of the concept of disability and its evolution throughout history that was unraveling alongside the presence of disability in the society.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

How Did Wu Zetian Become the Emperor?

After the death of his father, Gaozong, the heir to the throne, realized that he needed the assistance of the faithful Wu Zetian and introduced her into his harem.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2378

Islamic World and Education in Golden Age

The Islamic world has been covering great geographical areas in the mid 8th century which was one of the key reasons for the emergence of the Islamic Golden Age.
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 908

Women and the first Palestinian Intifada

This paper is a discussion of the role of women during the first Intifada, how they became visible during this time, the leading Palestinian women, how the women challenged the occupation and their male counterparts, [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2909

Egyptian Pharaoh’s Power and Personalities

The records gathered from the offices of pharaohs helped to comprehend the importance of a gender issue in Ancient Egypt. The power of the pharaoh was impressive and could change history.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 200

Parent-Child Relationship in Early Modern England

Moreover, the influence that parents had was significant, and it would not be an easy task for the government to monitor and review all the cases of unfair treatment. The author suggests that parents loved [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2324

Islamic Conquest of Africa, India, and Spain

The comparison of similar and distinctive features of the Arab conquests will help to make a complete picture of the peculiarities of brutal Islamic invasions.
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 677

Child Abuse in the Victorian Era in Great Britain

This was unacceptable in the eyes of the factory owners resulting in the implementation of the practice of children being sent into the mechanisms of machines while they were still operating since they were supposedly [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1114

The Mi’kmaq People’s Culture, Education, Economics

While the initial relationship between the First Nation tribes and the Europeans was cordial, it changed when the Europeans invaded the coastal provinces and forcefully took the land from the Mi'kmaq.
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1681

English vs. Spanish Colonial Settlements

If we look back into the history of the 16th-17th centuries, it becomes evident that, no matter how different the foreign policy of all the European countries was, the ultimate goal of the monarchs was [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1445

Berlin: the Gray City of Contrasts

Now, the wall does not divide the city, and the remainders of it are covered with art, representing a reminder of the city's history and the freedom that seemed unattainable four decades ago.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1116

Egyptian Papyri and Technology

Incorporating the papyrus technology into a conference that seeks to discuss the history of Egyptians begins by understanding how the technology worked, including its significance to modern developments and hence the reason for including this [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2769

Suez Crisis of 1956: Impacts on Britain

The Egyptian president opted to nationalize the canal so as to raise funds to construct the dam as opposed to when the canal offered free passage to all who used it.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2563

The Guild System in Germany

Dating back to the Middle Ages, guilds for a long time had been the key representations of local self-government and created the basement of the modern European city self-regulation.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

The Fall of Rome and the Barbarian Expansion

The leading opinion on the matter suggests that the true reasons for the collapse of the state include both internal and external factors; brought together into a system, they have served to destroy the once [...]
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

The Paradox of the California Dream

The paradox of the California dream has continued to puzzle people. The dream of enjoying life in the state has attracted many people.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 798

The Aspects of the First Crusade

Although the Europeans started the First Crusade in order to respond to the religious goal of freeing the Holy Land from the Muslims, the actions of the crusaders were also influenced by the economic and [...]
  • Subjects: Medieval History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1502

Medieval China and Europe and Spread of Islam

First of all, I would like to point out that during this period in history the country witnessed the rise and the fall of four dynasties the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1665

“History in Three Keys” by Paul Cohen

How history is written depends on the position of the historian. To address the issue, he reflects on the events and incidents in the past to illustrate his point.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2160

Indentured Servitude in Colonial America

Indentured servitude is a complex and controversial phenomenon, which appears to be essentially barbaric to the modern public, primarily because of the fact that the servants were denied a number of rights and were considered [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1984

Cleopatra – The Queen of Egypt

The queen wanted the assistance of Caesar, and thus she found a way of going to the Regal citadel to speak to Caesar and request for her cause for action.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1137

Albert Einstein: The Life of a Genius

During the period around the First World War, Einstein was among the individuals that were against the usage of violence in resolution of conflicts.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2763

Jamaica Independence History

The Tainos are said to have stayed in the island peacefully until the Spanish arrival which is said to have caused a lot of unrest in the island.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

African American Soldiers During Vietnam War

In the 1960s and 70s, African Americans battled racial discrimination at home in the United States but also faced similar if not the same tension as a member of the Armed Forces while fighting in [...]
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  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1138

The Arab Defeat in 1967 War

Sometimes, it is referred to as the 'six days in June,' while in other cases, it is simply 'the war in June.' Importantly, the 1967 War between Israel and the Arab neighbors was just a [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 898

The Russian Working Class Movement

The growth and expansion of industrialization witnessed a continued decline in the conditions of the workers, which led to the emergence of working class organizations.
  • Subjects: Eastern Europe
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2800

History of the Indian Castes

The aim of this essay is to describe the system of castes in India as well as to characterize the diversity of Indian society. In general, the caste system in India represents the stratified hierarchy [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1077

Bill Gates: Life and Contributions

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.
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2253

History: Ancient Greek Olympics

Hence, the myth concerning the emergence of the Olympic Games involves Zeus. The Olympic Games owed their integrity and significance to religion.
  • Subjects: Ancient History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1151

African American Women Writers

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 [...]
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1101

Christopher Columbus and His Condescending Attitude

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1397

Peace and Normalisation Treaties Signed After World War II

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Marketing Medicine and Advertising: Dreams in China

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 617

Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress

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.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Indira Gandhi: Autocratic Leader of India

She was assassinated in 1984 by her Sikh bodyguard in revenge for her ordering the invasion of the Golden temple, which was a Sikh holy place to flush out separists hiding in the temple.
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1428

How the Puritans Differed from the Pilgrims

The most significant difference between the two groups is that while the Pilgrims desired a separation of church and state, the Puritans only wanted to purify the Church of England from within.
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  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

Abbas ibn Firnas, a Berber Andalusian Polymath

Ibn Firnas created a workshop in which he performed various experiments. In the field of astronomy, Ibn Firnas created various instruments that he applied in studying the sky.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 260

U.S. Massive Retaliation Strategy

The outcomes of the Korean War highlighted the need for a policy that would enable the US to counter the Soviet's conventional forces.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 869

European Colonization Impacts on the Native American Population

An examination of various historical accounts from the 15th to 19th century show that the Native American population was adversely affected by the arrival of European settlers due to various conflicts that arose and the [...]
  • Subjects: Native Americans History
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2918

The Homestead Strike

The strike involved workers who were members of the steel workers' union and management of the Carnegie Steel Company. The general manager, with the help of the owner of the company, was in agreement about [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2004

Glenda Gilmore: Gender and Jim Crow

Gilmore's book attempts to describe gender relations under the Jim Crow system and the influence of black women on white supremacy in North Carolina in the 19th Century.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 917

The Comparison of the Roman and the U.S. Senate

First of all, one should mention that the institutions have to be responsible for limiting the power of political leaders. This is one of the tasks that the Roman Senate had to cope with.
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  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1104

Mao Zedong: A Blessing or Curse for the Chinese People

Some of the most important of these transformations include the 'Long March' that took place before his leadership, development of the Five-Year Plan, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution that is the subject [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2300

Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs

The invasion failed since the US made a major assumption concerning the reaction of the Fidel administration and the general republic to the US backed invasion.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1432

History of Empires in Past and Modern World

During the 16th and 17th century, the Spanish empire was one of the strongest empires in the world. Later on, during the 19th and 20th century, the British Empire became the largest and strongest empire [...]
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 652

Genghis Khan and the Modern World

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2581

Boycotting American Goods Movement

The negotiations that were held in 1905 did not help the Chinese who were in the United States of America because the government of China was weak.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

Influence of Japanese Culture in Hawaii

From the census, it is clear that the culture and the cuisine Hawaii, which are known today, were created by the history of the migration of Japanese to Hawaii when they settled there to work [...]
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  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1114

The Conditions of the Working Class in England

Engels as one of the most influential social scientists and political theorists of the 19th century provides the complete discussion of the challenges which the working class in England experienced under the impact of the [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 828

Impacts of Industrial Revolution

When he was sent to England, the effects of industrialization that he saw at Manchester prompted him to write about the Condition of the Working Class in England, a book that was published first in [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 847

East Asia Civilization and History

In the wake of the mid 1950, the warfare in Korea instigated and lasted for three years prior to the declaration of ceasefire.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2278

The Tang Dynasty: China’s Golden Age

Chang'an city grew to become one of the largest cities in the world and it popularly gained the name 'Heyday of Kaiyuan', and the Tang Dynasty at this period reached the peak of its prosperity.
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2222

Ho Chi Minh and Deng Xiaoping, Face to Face

Analyzing the peculiarities of the negotiation style which Ho Chi Minh and Deng Xiaoping chose to rule their country, one can possibly draw certain parallels and see the similarities between the two leaders.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 585

Age of discovery in Europe

Achievement of geographical knowledge of the world: this was one of the main reasons that made the Europeans start the exploration of the world.
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3325

The Age of Exploration

However, the exploration, or the settlement of the Viking Norsemen, had little effects on the lives of the Native Americans because these explorers soon sailed back across the Atlantic and to Europe.
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  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1352

Otto von Bismarck: Life and Significance

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2748

China Reunified: The Song, Tang, and Sui Dynasties

After the end of The Sui dynasty, the Tang dynasty emerged and it existed between 618 and 917. Political structure: During this era, the Chinese population increased considerably and the dynasty established a strong and [...]
  • Subjects: Asia
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

Civil Rights-Black Power Movement

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.
  • Subjects: African American Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 927

The Life of Imam al-Bukhari

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.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1451

The Picture of Arabic Feminist

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2054

The Rise of Hitler to Power

It was this paramilitary formed by Hitler that would cause unrest later to tarnish the name of the communists leading to distrust of communism by the Germans and on the other hand rise of popularity [...]
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  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1680

Plantation and Settler Colonies

The British pressed the resident Americans out of their way to establish the settler and plantation colonies. In settler colonies, the safety and productiveness of women was crucial to the colonial practice.
  • Subjects: World History
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1962

Ten Hours Act of 1847: History and Implications

In response to Lord Macaulay's argument, Peel admitted that although the government was not supposed to abandon all forms of social responsibility, it was expected to come in handy especially as the last resort. On [...]
  • Subjects: Western Europe
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1372

Rosa Parks’ Life and Influences

Nevertheless, Parks' heroic act in the evening of December 1, 1955 in a bus in Montgomery Alabama brought a revolution that led to the famous Montgomery bus boycott and the subsequent birth of numerous human [...]
  • Subjects: Civil Rights Activists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1214

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

Patty Smith Hill and Her Contribution to Education

The background of the system of the preschool education which we know today was made by Patty Smith Hill, a famous American activist in the sphere of education and nursing.
  • Subjects: Historical Figures
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

Women’s Struggle in Russia

Women's movement and ideas of the government were a great part of the social changes that Lenin and his supporters were trying to make.
  • Subjects: Women Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1195

Freedom and equality

According to Liliuokalani of Hawaii, the conquest contravened the basic rights and freedoms of the natives and their constitution by undermining the power of their local leaders.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

William Moraley Biography

In the 1600s, a majority of the bonded labourers who occupied the British interior settlements were white Europeans as opposed to black Africans. The slaves were given pieces of land, which they were supposed to [...]
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 802

The Great Depression: A Diary

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.
  • Subjects: United States
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560