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Shaken by the threat to its position presented by the collapse of first the economic and then the political international order in the 1930s, this elite was convinced that it could only survive and prosper [...]

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 [...]

Thus by forcing the country into a war it showed that America was ready to take on the world and that the power of the nation was undeviating.

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 [...]

The field of traveling contributed a lot to the development of the major sciences of humanity. The analysis of the achievements and trips peculiarities of two well-known travelers Macro Polo and Cabeza de Vaca underlines [...]

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 [...]

The history of capitalism has for long term highlighted the basis of reference on the impact of material prosperity and the overall view on the economy in the context of time and region.

The provided reading material, in regards to interaction between Whites and indigenous people, during the course of Exploration era, provides us with the insight on many aspects of this process that have been previously overlooked.

Regardless of whether they traveled on it, the railroad halted the life of the cowboy, decreased the living spaces for those living the life of the American Indian, and increased the availability of a 'normal' [...]

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.

Despite the institutional disabilities, the Jews were the minority in a land that was first Roman, then Christian, followed by the Muslim and finally again the Christian, they prospered in wealth, becoming so much part [...]

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 progress started with the study and wonder of the universe, the macrocosm. On the debate on civil rights, the more society was secularized the more it respected the right of fellow men in society.

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 [...]

While Columbus explained that the expanding of the territory was to save the land of Spain and that it was for the good of the Spanish, Edward Waterhouse's reason for the expansion was revenge.

The connection with the sea resulted in the initiative taken by the people to settle in faraway colonies on the American mainland.

The pattern had been set by the Spaniards, who governed the whole of their empire from a council of the Indies sitting in Madrid.

Hinduism and Buddhism and raised based on their different religious and philosophical system had an impact not only on the development of many civilizations of the East but all over the world.

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.

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 [...]

European burial practices have changed from the times of Romans to the time of the reformatory period and the influence of several religions and cultures have shaped the burial practices.

The 20th century was also typified by the global nature of war encompassing the entire spectrum of conflict from low-intensity troubles to the use of nuclear weapons with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [...]

The creation of empires in history was characterized by the use of military power by the Assyrians, Persians, and Athenians. Religion was predominant in the armies of the states and was the foundation of their [...]

This day was the beginning of the new epoch in the development of the nation because the independence of the Jewish state was proclaimed.

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 [...]

To characterize history from the work of each author with one word based on the aspect that is considered the most through their works, history in Scott's work as the title implies will go as [...]

On the other hand, Salisbury claims that "defeat and dispossession of native peoples" point to the "tragedy in the history of Anglo-Americans' relations with Indians".

Nevertheless, in many cases, the remoteness of China was the main reason for its failure in the wars against the Mongols and Manchus dynasty, as in the times of Empire's decline, famine, or troubled times [...]

According to Edouard Navillle, "The Store-City of Pithom and the Route of the Exodus" the geographical position of Egypt had to be taken advantage of and construction of Suez Channel was inevitable process.

The brief summary of the selected region shows that the people experienced two world wars, the threat of the totalitarian regimes, the socialistic revolutions, the consequences of the Cold War, the consequences of the disintegration [...]

In the 15th century, the same Portuguese began exploring the western coast of Africa there by passing the Arabs merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves.

In America, enlightment resulted to the formation of the American Revolution in the form of resistance of Britain imperialism. In the United States of America, enlightment took a more significant form as demonstrated by the [...]

The invasion of Iraq that took place as per from March 20th 2003 to May 2003 led by United States, Britain, Australia and Poland had the objectives of disarming the Iraq of weapons of mass [...]

The oil reserves meant a lot to the growth of the United States economy. Any control of the oil reserves in the Gulf by the Soviet Union, Britain or Japan could have been a big [...]

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.

In 1991 the Grozny chief of the communist party was killed at the hands of Chechens under the guidance of Dzhokhar Dudayev.

Alexei, Marie, and their young son are assigned a room in a multifamily apartment, and Marie is given a job in the wardrobe department of an army song-and-dance troupe.

This remnant from the past reflects the time when the Franks took over the Burgundians and influenced both the language and culture of the Burgundians.

It was thus not strange when the Robe Brothers became both the aim of the management as well as the assistant of the government.

Several circumstances can affect the development of revolutions, such as the level of impoverishment in a society, the degree of inequality, and the division along with ethnic connections. The difference between the maturation of a [...]

The holocaust of the 20th century was the worst persecution of the European Jews by the Nazis in German between 1933 and 1945.

Kent is a country in Southeast England, It boarders East, Sussex, Surrey and great London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thomes estuary. The ceremonial country boundary of Kent [...]

As of that date, the Europeans seemed to be the great winners in the struggle for the control of the trade routes and lands.

By the late 1400s, a zone of intercultural communication was created as ships crossed all the sea basins of the Eastern Hemisphere - the China Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, the Red and [...]

By the end of the 16th century, Britain had taken over the Dutch colonies of New Netherland and New Amsterdam {now jointly New York}, and the Swedish colony of New Sweden {now Delaware}; the European [...]

The threat to Iran from the north long predates the historical expansion of the Russian people southward. From there he was positioned to assume de facto power in the environment of turmoil and weakness of [...]

According to Arendt, the "who" is revealed in the narratives people tell of themselves and others. We humanize what is going on in the world and in ourselves only by speaking of it, and in [...]

Blame ranges from the devil initially to puritan ministers encouraging the witch mania to bring support for the Church, and to the ideology of Puritanism itself, a strong belief that everything strange is the work [...]

The EE plan aimed to provide the necessary framework for equitable employment of the women as well Aboriginals and the visible minorities.

To analyze women's discrimination and marginalization in the 17th and 18th centuries, and to investigate whether they were severely discriminated in the social-economic development.

In the end of 1945 or eventually in February of 1946, he was elected as President of Argentina which was nominated by the Partibo Laborista and inaugurated in his position in June of the same [...]

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.

The Industrial Revolution involves four phenomena: regional specialization, the emergence of new industries, an increase in the scale of production, and a dramatic increase in the rate of technological innovation.

Much was needed to instill a sense of German identity and common political ambition, a feeling of belonging together as one nation, into the populations of the central European states, Protestant and Catholic alike, the [...]

The prime purpose of this task was to prove that the Koran was not an authentic source of Islam and, by doing so, to stop the Christians from converting to Islam and to attack the [...]

In his thesis concerning the clash of civilizations and the new world order after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR in 1991 Professor Huntington states that two pictures exist [...]

The genesis of capitalism was based upon the increased influence of the ruling classes, the amassing of wealth, the development of the European states, and the underdevelopment of their colonies.

Every human being participates in a culture defined by its beliefs, habits and values which actually constitute to the peoples way of life.

The Committee for Assisting the Preservation of Peace survived Dutch military authorities agreed to provide the corps with weapons on loan, military uniforms, and military training for the cadres in the police school in Cimahi.

The video from the French news report from Sarajevo reported the events in Sarajevo in a different way from how people know the information about the war. The similarities between the two news reports were [...]

In "Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt," Nina Burleigh unravels the experiences and activities of the special corps of 150 Parisian artists and scientists, naturalists, and physicists traveling to Egypt, with the 50,000 [...]

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.1The public discontent caused the […]

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

The Age of Discovery, or as it is also called the Age of Exploration, was an epoch from the early 15th century and ongoing into the early 17th century, throughout which European vessels journeyed around [...]

The use of "cellule" for the smallest party units, and "rayon" for the next level of regional organization were typical for camps.

The absolutism that characterized the seventeenth and the eighteenth century was largely necessitated by the upheavals of the sixteenth centuries and the tragedies that were to follow.

The movement was angered by realisation and recognition of the sorrowful state of the human conditions and the need for major reforms.

Cooperation classified the Whig from the Roundhead, the man who thrived from the man who was unsuccessful, the man who was the educator of politics to the civilized world.

The Cold War was a significant period for the history of the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Eastern Bloc, as well as other countries.

The analyzed document is devoted to the operations of the US Army in Afghanistan, the leading causes for the emergence of the need for military intervention, strategy, and description of the opposing forces, their intents, [...]

The purpose of this study is to explore the beliefs and values, as well as the life of Bedouin people in the UAE.

Thus, two of the most attended demonstrations, the Million Man March and the March on Washington, play a crucial role in determining the current standing of many citizens.

The rise and fall of new empires can be regarded as one of the major factors contributing to the creation of countries and nations.

The introduction of the printing press, encouraging literacy, is one of the main motors of the rise of the West during the sixteenth century.

The first pieces of evidence supporting the assumption about the Negro origin of the Ancient Egyptian civilization are the old ethnographic descriptions of the North African regions and peoples.

As Martin remarks, Edison and Tesla laid the foundations of the entire electrification system and, working in the USA, contributed significantly to the development of the technological base of the country. Edison and Tesla had [...]

This determines the relevance of questions of the theory of revolution for understanding the social processes of today, determines the special significance of these issues in the modern ideological struggle.

The end of the nineteenth century was characterised by a rapid development of economies, due to industrialisation and urbanisation of countries.

With a lack of success, Nixon applied Keynesian economics to unbalance the budget with the purpose to stimulate demand and employment.

The Egyptians often mixed incense with oil of brown frankincense and rubbed the mixture to relieve pain in the extremities, and also included incense in rejuvenating masks. In China, incense was used in the treatment [...]

The Periplus explains "the name myrrhs is from the Hebrew and Arabic mur, meaning bitter". Tinctures and extracts of myrrh are used to normalize the work of the gastrointestinal tract.

2 In this part of the book, Garwood attempts to display how people treated beliefs about a flat Earth before the influence of technology and progress, and bases the changes in people's views on their [...]

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

The ideas inherent to the philosophy of the Enlightenment changed the course of history and gave rise to the French Revolution and the start of the Constitution of the United States, human rights, and the [...]

In the late XVIII century, the status of Blacks in the Western world began to change. Oyo was ruled by the Alaafin, who was supported by the administration including the chief judge, the head of [...]

Although it would be wrong to attribute the political decentralization of The Middle East to a single factor, there is a direct connection between the early 20th-century European Imperialism and the dissipation of the political [...]

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reasons why the USSR decided to place missiles on Cuba causing the Caribbean crisis of 1962, the time when the world was the closest to the [...]

The birth of Saudi statehood in the central region of the Arabian Peninsula, Nejde, was the result of an agreement to strengthen the power of the new kingdom.

Thus, the general trend of the after-war years was the dismantling of multiethnic empires and the establishment of new nation-states. However, World War I also created new challenges to the existing hierarchies of wealth and [...]

This active settlement by Puritans influenced the developing history of the United States of America, with the aftereffects of the Puritan history of the country being felt even nowadays.

However, because of the difference in which European influence that the OE and SE experienced, the two states started evolving in different ways, one shaping its traditions significantly and the other balancing between the promotion [...]

An example of such events is the genocide and deportation of Armenians from the Ottoman Empire, since it ended in the numerous deaths; however, it was a victory for some people and a disaster for [...]

Additionally, the realization of the worthlessness of human life due to the rise of science and technology led to the development of existentialism as a protest to the pressures of the changes provoked by the [...]

The competition between the USSR and the USA, the dissolution of the former, and major armed conflicts in Korea and Vietnam are among the events that still impact the world.

The article "From Eurocentrism to Sinocentrism: The New Challenges in Global History" focuses on the topic of global history and how it is viewed and studied in China.

Political scientists believe that the existence of a state signifies the importance of democracy and the sovereignty of countries. In addition, it is necessary to explain that individuals believe that their states have the obligation [...]

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 [...]

Therefore, there was a lack of balance between bureaucracy and theocracy, which led to the increased contributions of the Church in the conquest, and the colonization of the Philippines represents a bright example of this [...]

At the beginning of the 7th century BC, hereditary kingship was abolished in Attica, a region in Greece where Athens is situated; elected officials started to rule, thus marking the dawn of democracy.

The goal of this paper, therefore, is to discuss the manner in which self-directed learning has helped me to understand the topic concerning ancient history in Greece and Rome.

The article begins by examining a critical issue that has continued to affect the sustainability of various historical landscapes and places.

As such, the introduction of the New World to Europeans can be seen to have initiated the development of innovative thought in terms of anthropology, philosophy, social sciences, as well as biology, and geography.