World History Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

It is clear to everyone that the world had a long and complex way of transformation before it became similar to the world we live in now.

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.

Focusing on two major issues - the difference between the native civilizations and the Western civilization in the context of sharing; and the depopulation of the natives in Bahama due to Spanish exploitation and natives [...]

They further had improved the system to bring water from the mountains to the cities of roman.most of Northwest Europe and almost all lands around the Mediterranean Sea were under the jurisdiction of the vast [...]

During the 15th and 16th centuries, three major Muslim empires were formed and established namely; the Mughal empire, which dominated the greater India, Safavid which ruled the greater Iran, and the Ottoman Empire which ruled [...]

The Russian Revolution refers to one of the most significant historical events in the world history. This event covered two revolutions rooted in Russia: the February Revolution and the October Revolution of 1917.

The author analyses the behavior of the Spanish explorers to the region and the resultant behavior and changes that were faced by the local people in the region, namely the American Indians and the Aztecs [...]

2 As a result, this led to ideological differences and social perceptions among the two countries, which potentially contributed to the growing tensions in the political sphere that led to World War I.

This revolution prevented food emergencies in Latin America and Asia during the 1970s and 1980s. However, the revolution was not a successful tactic in ending global food shortage and hunger.

Garcia Lopez de Cardena's impression of the Grand Canyon is full of original first impression experience of the terrain, the air, the atmosphere, and most of all of the beauty of the environment.

The Busmen and the Maasai are two communities that are found in Africa and they inhabit the Eastern and Southern regions of the African continent, respectively.

The interaction of the two worlds described resulted to increased levels of development into modernity for millions of the people residing in the Eurasian continent.

The industrial revolution in Europe forced powerful states in the continent to acquire colonies in Africa with the aim of securing raw materials and cheap human labor.

8 million people live in the Republic of Ireland while the rest inhabit Northern part of Ireland and is part of the United Kingdom.

The authors address the viewpoint that Islam is one of the major causes of conflicts which took place in the world lately.

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 [...]

A significant outcome of the World War II was the emergence of the United States of America and the Soviet Union as the two world super powers.

A significant part of history was set in motion with the arrival of the first European explorers in the New World, not just for the European powers, but also for the Indigenous peoples of the [...]

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

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.

It is a unique knowledge base that can teach individuals, and, at the same time, it is the core component of the world's further evolution.

Marco Polo served for 17 years at the court of the Khan, and following his order, he traveled to almost all provinces of modern China and wrote a book about the country.

When Portuguese sailors cruised in West Africa in the 1440s to hunt for wealth, spices, and friends in contrast to Muslims and the Ottoman Empire, the one who exacts Mediterranean Sea trade, the initial stages [...]

The most important policies developed under the blanket of Elizabethan Poor Laws were the distinctions between the types of poor, the differentiation of types of assistance offered to the poor, and the means of reimbursement [...]

The five stages in the economic determinism of history can be summarized as follows; Primitive hunting and gathering societies had no extra wealth and therefore no private property, social classes, class struggles, or even the [...]

European states fought for the African countries to supplement the territorial expansion in Europe. Accordingly, the European scramble for African territories was the best strategy to support sustainable economic and political development in Europe.

The idea of discovery as applied to geographic exploration, and especially the study of the areas that have already been inhabited, seems to be a deeply flawed concept.

The rule of the Sui Dynasty officially started when Yang Jian with the help of the military overthrew and killed the previous Emperor's family.

Qian contributed to the exchange between China and the rest of the world in the field of science through development and improvement of the aviation industry.

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.

If we address, for example, the Encyclopedia Britannica, it will state that "...the writing of history, especially the writing of history based on the critical examination of sources, the selection of particular details from the [...]

The plot of the Soviet Union to spread the issue of communism to all parts of the world stands out as the major cause of the Cold War.

Prior to the arrival of white men in Umuofia, the society was heavily dependent on agriculture. For instance, the Igbo would kill children given to the community as prisoners of war but this phenomenon was [...]

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

Hence, the analysis of Islamic and Western philosophy proceeds from the analysis of dominant cultural patterns of Western and Eastern civilization and can not be reduced to mere hermeneutics of philosophical texts.

Fascism became the reaction to the complete devastation associated with the First World War, insufficient control over the situation in the 1920s, and the economic and social insecurity of the 1930s.

One of the ways to study ancient communities is to analyze the remains of their culture. Diop refers to the findings of M.

Consequently, the formation of alliances and foreign relationships enabled Brandenburg, which was economically weaker to expand to the capital-rich areas of the lower Rhine.

Under Authority records, you will find the document "The Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site" The Fortress of Louisbourg document like any other historical manuscript seeks to create an understanding of the events that led [...]

In spite of the evolution of a uniquely Australian cricket in the country, the mark of imperialism and Anglo dominance remained.

The primary difference in the cold war order of the Asia-Pacific and that of Europe was instigated by the reason for security arrangements between the two regions.

The practical use of rubber was not well developed until 1800s when the first rubber factory was built in the United Kingdom, France and the United States increasing the demand of the product in the [...]

Evidently the perception of South Africa as an overseas investment saw the exclusion of the locals in the participation of the mining business.

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 [...]

The battle of Nicopolis also saw the empire expand into other regions of the European continent but later, other conquests such as the battle of Ankara, the conquest of Constantinople and the invasion of Otranto [...]

The influence of the Great Britain was widely witnessed through colonization of other countries and domination of world affairs. This paper discusses the impact of industrialization and colonization on both the Indians and British people [...]

The paper examines the history of love starting from the ancient times then to the medieval chivalry and finally the contemporary period.

The most remarkable examples of its impacts are reflected in the colonized countries of Asia and Africa, specifically in different aspects of their lives.

Big History is a field of study that attempts to examine the comprehensive history of the Earth, cosmos, humanity, and life by use of the best possible evidence-based research and academic approaches.

To account for this discrepancy, an additional day is added to the calendar every 4 years, bringing the total number of days in the calendar year closer to 365.

In different forms and to various degrees, the impulses of modernity influence not only the historian's approach to the study of the past but likewise the results of this study.

Louis Farrakhan was a leader of the Muslim movement among African Americans and became one of the key figures of the Million Men March.

The chief idea of the philosopher is concentrated around a question of political determination and sense, in which Kant sees the potential for the development of society. Therefore, it is challenging to call the modern [...]

Despite the effects of colonization in the past and now, Aboriginal structures, customs and traditions continue to exist, and Aboriginal individuals, families, and communities remain strong and resilient.

The 20th century was the beginning of many social changes across the globe and several worldwide war conflicts that affected both Western and non-Western countries.

The indigenous inhabitants of the land of Edmonton city in the province of Alberta have sought the recognition of their identities for decades.

Of great importance was the apprehension of Mandela that further awakened the clamor for independence in the Africans especially after delivering a speech on the trial day, in his defense.

Islam's creativity was clear from the counterfeits and the ornate particulars he provided on the circumstances and provenance. This paper explores the history of Islam Akhun in the Silk Road and his relationship with Aurel [...]

Thus, the trade routes acted as major contributors to the rise of the Ghana and Songhai kingdoms, making them dominant. The external trade in the Sahel and internal riverine trade along the Niger were sources [...]

Due to the high international criticism, a very tiny portion of the East Wing is dedicated to explain the context, yet visitors easily overlook the section after the dense display of tragedies after a-bomb in [...]

Overall, her actions and character provided a contrast to the behavior of women typical for imperial China, and she was equally admired and criticized.

Currently, in the 21st century, the vast majority of the world population no longer needs to think of how to produce enough rice to survive the winter.

The narrative of invasions was embedded into the history of Gaels, with the author of the book drawing the attention of the audience to the change in the subject matter.

Among the examples of significant social movements in history is the Free Software movement, which led to the development of GNU/Linux and other free and open-source software products.

Overall, the evaluation of the facts shows that the EU is a unique union of independent countries having not many similarities with the other political formations in the world including the US.

Captain Cook was a surveyor in the royal navy and in 1778, he made his first trip to the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiians were very hospitable to the captain and his crew.

Michael Cook's "A Brief History of the Human Race" portrays the general outline of global human history over the past 10,000 years.

The most significant of these events was the sinking of the Lusitania after an attack by German U-boats, the Zimmerman telegraph that added insult to the injury caused to the U.S.by the sinking of the [...]

Iraq, which is officially referred to as the Republic of Iraq is a semi-desert country located in the Western part of the Asian Continent and shares its borders with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the [...]

One side of the Turkish nation supported the movements of Ataturk and this action was under the name of "Kemalism", while the other side of the Turkish nation supported the traditional religious rules to be [...]

History is a part and parcel of society and has to be appreciated if the present and the future are something we look forward to and plan to make better.

The nation as a whole must have been relieved after the breakdown of the Soviet Union and the unification of East and West Germany.

French Revolution American Revolution Origins of Revolution The French Revolution began to develop in response to economic problems observed in the state because of the outcomes of the agricultural crisis of 1788-1789. Food shortages were observed, and Louis XVI asked the clergy and people to collaborate in overcoming the financial crisis. The public discontent caused […]

For Americans, it was the independence of their colonizer, and for the French, it was the attempt to become free from the monarchy.

Also, an overview of the impacts on the Arab World is provided to enhance the understanding of the issue and its significance for the region. First, the military performance of the empire was in a [...]

Warren was a famous writer of his period, and The Opium Question became a result of Warren's cooperation with James Matheson, who was interested in presenting his vision of the Opium War, as well as [...]

This paper explores the nature of the relationship between the human, the state, and the supernatural in pre-industrial societies. One case of a state in which religion provided a structure for the political establishment is [...]

In the chapter "From Empire to Chimerica," Niall Ferguson traces back the history of the Western financial rise and suggests that nowadays it is being challenged by the developing Eastern world. The hegemonic position of [...]

The Christians and Muslims anti-religious wars and crusades of the tenth and twelfth centuries exposed Europe to the trade of spies and a number of luxury goods from Asia.

Various assessments of the events that took place in Iran require an in-depth revision of the history of the constitutional revolution studying its background and impact of this revolution on the subsequent social and political [...]

In the nineteenth century, the life of the working class in America was not easy. This one happened as a response of the workers to 10% cut in wages.

The history of industrialization dates back to the period beginning from around 1760 up until its peak in the mid 1800s and it is historically known as the industrial revolution.

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.

In the very beginning of his book, the author emphasizes that the influences and connections between the empires and the territories they colonized and owned in the past keep lasting decades and even centuries the [...]

Fig 1: Map of Algeria with Tunisia on its North East Border The intense and brutal campaign undertaken by French forces to counter the FLN network of terror contributed to the failure of France in [...]

The quote means that the world was afraid of a new World war to happen; this is why the most powerful states of the planet became very suspicious of each other."The climate of fear and [...]

The capture of Constantinople by Ottoman in 1453 led to a stop of the movement of slaves from the Balkans and the Black Sea region.

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

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.

As it can be seen in the video The Chinese are Coming, the most distinctive features of how the Chinese approach the task of expanding the sphere of their influence in Africa, can be outlined [...]

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

The shift from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement. Major Changes in Means of Production.

The triangle trade entailed shipping goods from Britain to West Africa in exchange for enslaved people who had moved to the West Indies afterward to exchange for rum and sugar, among other commodities.

The Twelve Tables and The Prince by Machiavelli promote a better understanding of the history and ancient activities of stabilizing the relationships between rich and poor people.

Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union was marked by Operation Barbarossa, the primary purpose of which was the rapid seizure of the western part of the territories of the USSR for the subsequent settlement [...]

Slavery was a kind of socioeconomic need and individual reliance in Mesopotamia, and the slave was denied the tools of an industry that were accessible to other people in the community.

Saudi Arabia borders it to the north, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden to the west and south. Terror groups such as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic State have [...]

Meilan Solly, in her article published in 2019 and titled "This Map Shows the Scale Of 16th and 17th Century Scottish Witch Hunts", explains the stories of witchcraft practice in Scotland between 1590 and 1727.

Admittedly, scientific culture and curiosity, the need for glory, seeking to spread religion, and the desire for economic dominance, are the main factors that resulted in the rise of the Age of Exploration in Europe.

The industrial revolution was of great importance to the lives of people as it led to an improved lifestyle and ensured proper economic growth and sporadic changes in all sectors.

In the political context, Elsipogtog is a member of the Mi'kmaq Grand Council, and at the local level, the community chooses the chief every four years. The economy in Elsipogtog First Nation is developing through [...]

It led to the development of a new constitutional policy, and the Crown became more suspicious of the Caribbean. Suriland is a fusion of different cultures: the Caribbean, Suriname, and Netherlands.

In contrast, Aztec creation stories are based on dismembered gods, and thus the origin of the world is catastrophic violence, which explains why Aztec art depicts divinity as gruesome and awe-inspiring.

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 author focuses mostly on the internal and external social and political processes of the countries of South Africa, such as Bechuanaland, Kenya, and Rhodesia.

The driving force of progress and development of human civilizations has always been the displacement of the weak by the stronger.

The practice dates back to the beginning of times and allows leaders to gain the benefit of including the perspectives and points of view they may not be aware of at the time of making [...]

5 million years ago and was marked by the development and use of chipped stone tools Mesolithic- This is a cultural period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras that began around 10,000 years ago and [...]

In broad terms, one may define the Industrial Revolution as the shift to factory production signified by the use of machinery and collective organization of labor.

The revolutions differ in their origins as one was a social movement, the other was driven by religious groups, and the other was actually instigated by the government itself.

It dates back to the enactment of the Indian Act in 1876 by the Canadian regime to approve the Indian Status Administration.

The oppression of rural areas and production and the prioritization of the urban population has become the main reason for the spread of poverty among the African population.

One of the fiercest battles the Spanish fought before colonizing the wider areas of the Americas was that which involved the Aztecs and in which they won despite the size of their army.

The period of the 1970s 2000s is the most vivid for understanding the impact of the process of globalization and changes in the world order.

The large revenue from oil has stirred the growth and development of the other sectors of the economies thus widening the economic belt of these Arab states.

The Threat of Japan and Fifty Years of New Japan, 1907-08 are two pieces of literature that were written at almost the same time and their content had relevance to the perception of modernization.

This paper deals with the discussion of the work of historians, our own perception of history and its usage in modern life, as history is one of the main sources for creation of the movies [...]

In his essay "State Violence as Technique" Peter Holquist states that eliminating certain categories of people, for instance "Kulaks", was performed by Stalin with the purpose of perfecting communism; his essay is coherent and well-written, [...]

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage is the story of humanity beginning from the Stone Age up to the twenty-first century in the light of types of spirits and soft [...]