Currently, there are different points of view concerning the impact of European colonialism on African countries though most researchers agree that the invasion has led to the deterioration of the economic and political conditions. In [...]
He firmly believes that the western influence has been and is currently the cause of underdevelopment in the Third world countries.
Internationally, the pictures and paintings of Queen Elizabeth 1 are considered to be of total magnificence which also totally demonstrates the magnificent of her realm.
In view of this, the United Nations role in ending the fighting could entail the United Nations sending peacekeepers to Syria, to protect civilians from the war between the Syrian government forces and the insurgency [...]
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 chaos continued until the end of the Soviet-Polish war and the signing of the Peace of Riga in 1921. One of the most dramatic events in the history of Ukraine and the USSR as [...]
The author of the article tells the reader about the history of Korea through the life story of a US citizen. The interview covers the period of Korean history from the 1920s, the Japanese occupation, [...]
The balance of power - the concept of using the power of the country to balance the power of other nation and its allies.
With the beginning of the age of the Internet, the amount of generated information has increased manifold. As for the content of the Wikipedia article, the section about the significance seems to lack information.
The persistence of Indigenous people has provoked considerable interest among scientists in the impact of buffalo hunting on the development of the Australian tribes.
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 [...]
Over the last decades, terrorist attacks and the refugee crisis have shaped the common fears of the Western states. These days Western civilization dominates the world in the areas of politics, the economy, and military [...]
According to the plot, one American journalist named George Beckworth is to cover the topic of the military involvement of the USA in this war.
Despite the numerous attempts of the world organizations to influence the position of the US, nothing changed until Obama decided to mitigate the sanctions a few years ago.
The Americans' demands of immigration restriction and limitation of rights for the Chinese led to the Chinese Exclusion Act, signed in 1882.
Issues associated with the increase in the number of people in the country, unemployment, and decreasing well-being of the communities contribute to the emerging revolts.
The article was written in 1917 when Lenin gave his explanation of why the World War One broke out stating the 'predatory' essence of the powerful states to take over each other economically and politically.
The Late Victorian Era is a very special period in the history of Britain on a boundary of the beginning of the XX century.
Thus, it should be understood that Hinduism was part of the earliest India and has been with it even though the era of reformation and the shaping of the Indian cultures and traditions.
According to what Black says, Germany had a plethora of advantages compared to the Allies' army at the beginning of the war the chances to capture the entire world were quite high, which means that [...]
Postwar Britain focuses on a home-centered society as the foundation of the working nation, a home-centered is a symbol for the end of the war in Britain.
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.
Civilization is an important aspect that has led to the domination of the West in the years that have passed. Societies continue to advance differently throughout the globe and the West is threatened by the [...]
Anglicans however, had a major effect in the founding of public schools, which emphasized the teaching of Latin and Greek, and which were proposed to educate youth for future positions of occupational and social leadership [...]
After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the direction of the country's development changed greatly. The economy of the Soviet Union was not centralized.
Apart from political control and helping Irish immigrant society, Tammany hall was a governance hall recognized especially when it took place in the elections that were held in the year 1854, which made Fernando Wood [...]
The name Yanomamo denotes the name of a group of people who live in the deep Amazon jungles. In his works 'Indians of The Amazon Basin,' he has not only talked about the Yanomamo but [...]
Prophet Muhammad always employed war, in order for him to achieve his goal in spreading Islamic faith, to the people who did not want to embrace the new faith of Islam.
The differences in the value that the English and the French attached to land and industry also contributed partly to the conflicts.
The United States also decided to involve itself in the Vietnam War; a decision that made the European countries question the intention of the United States and for a period some level of detente was [...]
Vietnam is one of the countries in Southeast Asia that experienced the United States involvement in its politics in the 1950s Some of the reasons that have been fronted as having led to the involvement [...]
As for the historical context, after the War the USA had rather a beneficial position which helped the country to revive quickly and set the economical and political domination: the Marshall Plan, which seemed to [...]
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 [...]
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
He used a lot of his personal knowledge of the gulf to give a detailed account of the history of central and Eastern Arabia.
At around 200 BC, there was the construction of the Great Wall of China, and improvement of the trade relations which involved Asia and the Roman Empire, and the use of architecture in the design [...]
The objective of this paper is to critically analyze the historic events that escalated as a result of the space race between America and the Soviets during 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 [...]
Colonialism is the political ideology that legalizes the invasion, occupation, and exploitation of a given land by stronger states which use their military powers thus displacing the powers of the original inhabitants of the land.
Michael Cook's "A Brief History of the Human Race" portrays the general outline of global human history over the past 10,000 years.
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 British West Africa was a general name used to refer to the list of countries which were under the British rule of colonialism.
As a result of the construction of these structures, the problems that had dogged the urban cities in Europe prior to 1850 were somewhat contained.
This paper will focus on the economic impact of the Black Death and the changes that occurred to European society after the catastrophe. The most noticeable effect of the Black Death was the abrupt decline [...]
The European states occupied the whole of Africa and were competing amongst themselves for control of the territory. The European states that were economically stable and had stronger military occupied most of the regions.
The year 1789 was marked by celebrations of the centenary of the glorious revolution in Britain. There was much travel between Britain and France and the individuals who supported events in France started to dress [...]
Thus, the present paper will be devoted to the comparative analysis of various indigenous groups that lived in South Africa during precolonial era and dealt with one another and the second focus of the present [...]
The Spanish and Vikings were similar in the sense that they were both settlers who managed to explore the American region.
A period of gold rush involves a feverish movement of people into the area of commercial gold discovery. This is because; only the strong seem to survive a gold rush.
Starting with the Herzegovinian peasant revolution in July of 1875, the Austro-Hungarian diplomacy was the one that was particularly held responsible for the crisis while the European diplomacy was the one that was generally held [...]
Locker about the way he happened to take part in the Vietnam War, he said that he was drafted but, anyway, at that time he thought that it was his destiny as he wanted to [...]
The introduction of the zoot suit also took the black American world by storm and in no time the zoot suit was a synonym for Harlem nightlife.
The downfall of the Colorado party can be attributed to three main factors: the defeat of bourgeois opposition to the oligarchy, the recession of the political system and dictatorship.
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 [...]
Different parts of the world were also opened up to new trade that led to exchange of crops, animals and diseases as people settled in new lands.
Churchill accused the Soviet Union of the deployment of global expansion and the attack on the territory of "the free world".
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.
The primary causal of this period includes scientific revolutions, declining influence of the church, exploration and imperialism, and the thirty years of war Scientific revolutions begun at the end of middle age and came about [...]
Another factor that led to the partitioning of the countries was the strong ideological divide that existed between Muslims and Hindus in India.
The very meeting of Locke and Sydenham happened in the house of Lord Shaftesbury and was the result of Locke's already existing reputation as a professional physician and a person committed to the study of [...]
This development has been researched and most of the research dwells on the activities of the Islamic rise between the seventh century and the 15th century.
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 [...]
This was a hard time for the Islam and Ibn al-Athir believes that the Islam is the people of God, they belong to God and they will return to God.
Instead, the attack ended up uniting the Americans against Japan and the other Axis nations, resulting in the entry of the United States in World War 2.
Historians relate the end of the great depression to the start of the second-word war. The government then came up with packages that sought to lessen the effects of the depression.
It was mostly under Robert McNamara in the 1970's that the World Bank grew in size and during the debt crisis of the 1980's the World Bank's role became even more key to the developing [...]
During the 1st century, the double currency was stable and towards the end of 2nd century, the denars equivalent to gold started to rise.
The strong points of this company are located in settlements in the Caribbean Sea and in the colony of New Netherlands.
For instance, Tanzania is famous for rope and twine making from sisal and this came out clearly in the videos. It goes on to reflect on the events of post-colonialism and the uncertainties that plunged [...]
The Renaissance is considered as the age of the bourgeois, humanist and cultivated - or at any rate paying homage to the ideal of humanism.
Introduction: Looks at the events just before Stalin assumed power immediately after Lenin's death Body: Looks at how Stalin came to power and how he tightened his grip using government machinery as well as [...]
This essay examines the influence of the Diaspora in the global political, social and economic spheres and the concept of Pan-Africanism and its future prognosis.
He assumed all the powers of the government offices and sent the strikers back home to their families and their jobs.
He was a fast learner and he did not fail to realize the opportunities that lay in the Panzer divisions and also learning the tactics of Blitzkrieg.
United States, which sustained the minimal damage during the apocalyptic war, was elevated to the status of the savior of the new world in the west whilst mighty Soviet Union whose winters not only mercilessly [...]
In the discussion, I will discuss the Pueblo revolt of 1680 and the contributions of the Hopi people towards the success of the revolution.
Mehmed II carried out his ruling in Ottoman Empire outstandingly to a point that he was recognized as a legend for his contribution to the army.
The end of the American Civil War brought considerable reconstruction to the South through emancipation development and slavery destruction; it is necessary to stress that the beginning of the emancipation era appeared to be the [...]
Before the onset of the Great Depression from the years 1919-1929, Canada had the fastest growing economy amongst the developing nations and the only blip to this record was the slight recession they suffered during [...]
Saifa Empire was considered as the longest dynasty that ruled for 771 years in the Kingdom of Kanem."The major factor that influenced the history of the state of Kanem was the early penetration of Islam"..
To begin with, it is necessary to mention, that the Ideas of Lenin Stalin, and Mao have the same origin Marxism and the essence of communism stated in the communist manifesto by Marx.
In 1905, when the Imperial forces of Russia were under the affliction of mortifying and degrading vanquishes, the famous revolution of that year broke out.
Reviewing and analyzing Western History after the 1700s, it is necessary to discuss the issues of imperialism and national unification which led to dramatic changes in the map of the world in the nineteenth and [...]
Tsar Nicholas moved into Moldavia and Wallachia and secret accords with the Austrian and British governments for the disposition of the Ottoman empire were formulated in 1844 in London.
He undertakes to trace the root cause of the Prime Minister's murder to underlying issues that have characterized the history of the Jews over the period of time since the murder of Rabbi Abraham Kohn [...]
Only one party existed, and the leader of it was the head of the state. Propaganda was spread to inspire the people to work hard for the prosperity of the new state.
The status of the 'ordinary' worker was elevated and May Day became the 'National Day of Labor', a symbol of the national community where all workers, as well as their employers, would participate in a [...]
Global examples of what Neo-Malthusians call 'Eco-violence' are South Africa, where scarcity of natural resources caused the sudden occurrence of civil violence in the 1990s, and Chiapas {Mexico} where rebellion took place because natural resources [...]
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.
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 [...]
The rise of the "Asian tiger economies" as the economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, is oftenly said to have caught the developed world by a surprise.
Since the soft obsidian rock that was used in the making of the weapons was found in the Southern region and as a result, the people in the South were in a better position to [...]
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.
Originally, Orientalism is the division of philosophical, historical, cultural and political studies, that relate the place and the role of the Eastern countries in the world politics, and the lives of the other countries all [...]
The purpose of this research is to analyze and discuss the true meaning of the word and trace it back in history to see when globalization actually started.
The foreign and the domestic policy by the US was featured by the increased fear of communism, and all the efforts were aimed to struggle with the leftist views, regardless of the fact, that the [...]
Global movements like the entry of the heritage monuments in the tourism sector, and along with that interest of private companies have raised many complex issues on the ownership rights of the heritage sites, which [...]
In the list of the world famous museums, the largest art and history museum in Georgia and one of the largest museums in the Southeast, is the Columbus Museum.
The samurai were Japan warriors serving at the service of the emperor while the Knights were from Europe at the service of the king.
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 [...]
Before the term began, I had the feeling that in the French Revolution, the aristocracy was overthrown and the common man was in power.
In the case of the study of the fall of Saigon, it is necessary to mention, that the research of the historical background would add to the significance of the study, as the objective of [...]
It contributed to the decline of the empires of the European powers while giving a tremendous boost to the influence of the united state of America; it led to the overthrow of Russian tsarism and [...]
He was the eldest of four children and was schooled at the Birkenhead Institute and Shrewsbury Technical School, he worked at Wyle Cop School while preparing for the exam for the University of London.
The seeds of the war were sown in 1066 when William, Duke of Normandy who was a vassal of the French king invaded England and defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II at the Battle of [...]
This paper will examine the effects of industrialization on different segments of European society and the types of inventions that made the industrial revolution possible.
The Marxists claimed that only material production made a human out of a monkey and connected all the stages of the historical development with the levels of the development of economy.
The paper through the analysis of both resources present an idea that the history sometimes can lie in the memory of the persons that participated in it and fade with time and at times can [...]
The queries and the answers of the Oracle are contained in the succeeding paragraphs. The Oracle clarified that the conundrum, of the nature of history, whether it is cyclic or linear, depends upon the perceptions [...]
The connection with the sea resulted in the initiative taken by the people to settle in faraway colonies on the American mainland.
By the stroke of the eighteen thirties the Boers who were by then the majority in South Africa, embarked on what has been called the Great Trek in order to run away from the colonial [...]
The nation as a whole must have been relieved after the breakdown of the Soviet Union and the unification of East and West Germany.
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.
This war led to the introduction of the parliamentary democracy system of governance in England and the abolition of absolute power by the monarch.
It is the intention of this study too, to be able to assess the political, philosophical, and legal implications of war.the purpose of this research work is to help shed light on the etiological meanings [...]
First of all, arguing on the matters of the inevitability of World War II it is necessary to point out, that the causes of it take the roots at the end of World War I, [...]
The Republican government won by narrow margins which lead to the emergence of the Spanish Civil war. The war also weakened the power of the countries which were considered to be superpowers.
The focal point of the paper is to evaluate and analyze the causes of the societal effects of corporate restructuring that took place in Japan in the 1990s.
The importance for the great geographical discoveries were made in the field of geographical knowledge and the development of navigation among the peoples of the East.
In current times, this phenomenon is called globalization and the paper would prove the thesis statement that "globalization began in the years from 1500 to 1750 AD and cross-cultural contact around the world completely changed [...]