World History Essay Examples and Topics. Page 7

For instance, Julius Caesar of the Roman Empire had his daughter married to Pompey Magnus in a bid to secure political support.

Being the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Europe was not the only place in the world where social and economic development was rapid and progressive.

The contribution of leadership style of each of the presidents to the economy of the country will be identified and then discussed in detail with an effort of isolating its strengths, and weaknesses.

General Jean Francois Carteaux led the first phase of the siege with the assistance of the "Carmagnoles" army troops. On the other hand, General Jean Francois Cornu de La Poype led the Alpine Maritime Army [...]

In the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire controlled many parts of North Africa and the interior remote areas were not affected by the relentless efforts of the Portuguese to control the Atlantic coast.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent economic slump during the start of the 1990s, Russia experienced an unparalleled rise in socio-economic inequality and poverty.

The Irish protestant encompassed less percentage of migration to Scotland and other parts of the Europe4. The "Irish Rows" in 1840s was a result of Irish and police violence.

The primary impact of the treaty was that it extended American citizenship to the Mexicans living in the ceded territory. The most important article of the treaty was IX because it gave the Mexicans the [...]

Therefore, in this paper, we dwell on the theories and significant instances of genocide so that to prove that the global eradication of ethnicity is the payoff of psychological disparities both on a personal and [...]

Another important piece of information is that the Saljuq and Ghaznavid empires each controlled areas that were smaller as compared to the sheer size of the territory that the Ottoman's controlled at the height of [...]

Furthermore, various factors such as the political and economic relationship between the countries, diseases, development of the routes, and availability of the information have the influence on the ability to explore the different lands.

Constantinople became the largest city in Europe because it was a center of the political, economic, and cultural life in the actively developed Byzantine Empire.

It is important to remember that the way, for instance, the Australians see themselves as a nation is often different from the way they are regarded by the French or any other nation.

Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union that had been going on ever since the end of the Second World War lasted for decades and involved all of the spheres of the [...]

The partition of the country into two marked the beginning of violence in the country since the natives were opposed to the move.

The history of the last centuries has been marked by the unprecedented dominance of the Western countries over the rest of the world.

The chapter describes the increase in nations' prosperity during the last decades of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

The Quran, which is the Holy book of the Islamic religion, played a key role in the grounding of the slave trade in the Muslim community.

Nonetheless, the king asked the king of Portugal to make white people more responsible and avoid buying and selling noblemen into slavery which was "an obvious damage" to the king. Obviously, the king knew this [...]

The Plebians were not as wealthy and had to work for a living. The slaves, however, had no rights in Rome and were not allowed to vote.

What is the role of the international community in the same? That is the least to mention of the post war results yet the revolution is hailed today.

For instance, it may take up to 70 days to complete the entire process of mummification since it is done with extra caution to achieve the much needed perfection.

This paper is about History and it gives us the opportunity to talk about our past and mostly about a number of main events, people in general as well as perceptions in the eras before. [...]

The key mandate of United Nations Organization was to promote political, economical and social stability in the world. The European nations were in the process of recovering from the after math of the First World [...]

The weapons used in World War 1 included the hand grenades that were introduced by the British during the war. The effect on the civilians and the soldiers was great.

Even though the First World War shook Europe to the core, the combination of the first and the Second World War created a three world order, modeled along three rival political affiliations.

Trying to measure and understand the contribution samurais have made to Japan, the history of development of these characters in the history of the country should be considered.

I managed to appear in the surrounding of the World War II and I want to say for sure that I am lucky to live in the 21st century, free from war on the territory [...]

The major argument of this geostrategist is that the Soviet Union could be the base for "the enforcement of peace" in the continent.

The abolitionist movement and the Black slaves of Britain both played a role in the ultimate abolishment of slavery in Britain.

Because it took rather serious processes to create the weapons that now are known as the realities of the ancient times, these were one of the most powerful inventions of the mankind, which is an [...]

Therefore, the discussion and analysis of this paper will largely explore how the image of Africans changed and remained the same in the eyes of the European between 1400 and 1600.

To my mind, the representatives of CFA are the ones who are responsible for such a huge number of losses and deaths caused by Bushfires: they did not take into consideration the possibility of the [...]

The history of the Mi'kmaq communities explains how they were created by Glooscap. The Mi'kmaq communities were also spiritual.

Signed on February, 6, in 1840, it was supposed to signify the recognition of the rights of the M ori people to own the land of New Zealand, as well as the acceptance of Europe [...]

Though colonial Australia is traditionally represented as the location for the European convicts to serve their sentence, whereas little light is shed on the conflict between the local people and the colonialists, the armed resistance [...]

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was one of the earliest communist societies to embrace the ideologies of communism. The collapse of communism in the USSR began in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin [...]

The Industrial Revolution started in 1760, while the French revolution started in 1789 and ended in 1799. The Industrial Revolution was established in England in 1760 and lasted until the late 1840s.

The success of the Roman Empire's eastern half depended on such aspects as the strategic geographical position of Constantinople as the capital city, the centralized authority based on the principle of caesaropapism, the power of [...]

The charters and fueros, as well as the Digger Pamphlet, proves that the relations between poor and rich people had their own peculiarities and principles in different centuries and defined the quality of life according [...]

In the 17th century, the kingdom dubbed the Mayan society comprised of influential cities that covered both north of Honduras and south of Mexico.

The people living in the Western world were stuck in the innovation and technology that was available in the Medieval Age.

A new intellectual force was realized in the fields of literature, science, art, and music during the German enlightenment era. It is also crucial to mention that additional emphasis was laid in the study of [...]

Gerald of Wales states that the beginning of the Irish history happened with the arrival of Cesara, the daughter of Noah, to the shores of that land.

The establishment of the imperial family in Russia was promulgated by Emperor Paul I in the fundamental laws of the Russian Empire.

The details of the act submission entail declaration of their loyalty to the King and offer their lives to the majesty.

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 [...]

In addition, the receptive nature and openness attitude of the Mongols eased the Europeans exploration of the Asian region in the 15th century.

Also, the paper will highlight the reasons that have hampered the spread of Islam in the US and in the modern world.

In France, Voltaire and colleagues struggled to enlighten the society that strongly held the culture of church and monarchy.d'Alembert, Montesquieu, and Pierre were some of the arebellious' who supported Voltaire in the campaign for freedom [...]

The cultural, intellectual, and religious existence observed in most of the British colonies significantly changed from the fiscal 1700 to 1750.

This chapter also reveals the impact of sailors and explorers and how their actions led to the exploitation of resources and the establishment of colonial administration in these territories.

Using Christianity as a decoy, he found his way up to the top and succeeded in overthrowing Montezuma, who had been previously doubtful of being outnumbered by Cortes' men.

The invention of the mechanical clock towards the end of the 13th century led to a remarkable accuracy and reliability in the measurement of time.

The abolishment of slavery in Britain empires and the involvement of the British in preaching against slavery contributed immensely towards the end of slavery in the United States and France.

Costs The nuclear arms race led to a monumental increase in the military expenditure of the US and the Soviet Union.

The Europeans came and took over the land of the Aboriginal people and even adopted their methods of farming. According to Tony Stephens who reviewed the book by Gammage, the author's aim was to inform [...]

Between 1920 and 1922 there was a non-cooperation movement that was organized by the Indians against the British rule. The movement also had an issue with the Indian soldiers that died during the World War [...]

He stated that their ignorance of the customs and beliefs of the Indian people had a hit against the British and that this had resulted to a distant loss of administrative power to British government.

After the end of the cold war and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there were still huge amounts of nuclear weapons that left on the face of the earth.

Before the 19th Century confinement and use of mechanical restraints was prevalent mode of treatment for the patients who were mentally ill in many parts of the world.

Similarities The French military involvement in Algeria during the counterinsurgency displayed a couple of similarities and differences with the tactics that the American forces used in countering the insurgency in Philippine.

Bismarck considered Austria as a potential ally and there were no need to waste combat power when the object was to neutralize the force of Austria, which followed the principles of Clausewitz's paradoxical trinity exactly, [...]

The authors make accents on the formal aspects of women's socio-political organizations in Australia and connect their development with the progress of social movements associated with the problem of human rights in Australia from the [...]

In this essay, I will discuss five walls, namely: The Hadrian wall The Great wall of China The Berlin wall which separated East Germany from west Germany Moroccan wall The Maginot line between the border [...]

It was considered to give a connotation to the international structure throughout the cold war and could work as a dynamic aspect in generating the dynamics of the east-west conflict.

In order to appreciate and contextualize the importance of the past, it is crucial to consider how deeply people were affected by an event.

This paper seeks to critically discuss the contribution of empiricism and rationalism to the emergence of the scientific perspective in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

As a result of the diversity of the communities of the Aborigines, there are historical differences in the cultural practices of the people.

Suffice to say most of the countries exceeded the developments targets by the end of the plan in 1952. To make this possible the US made it known to the Europeans that the efforts to [...]

After the WW II, the America rose to become the most powerful nation in the world, however, the USSR perceived this negatively, which resulted into fierce rivalry between the two nations and the war hang [...]

The US administration of the time believed that Moscow's activities in Cuba were a threat to International security, hence; the ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba enhanced a major security blow to the leadership of United [...]

The historical influence that the marines or the navy has had on international trade and the complications in comparing measures of sea power has been issues of discussion in the past.

The first consequence of the Second World War was the disintegration of the alliance between the Soviet Union and the western allies.

The survival of this group of people is attributed to the strong leadership of their king Moshoeshoe the Great that was necessitated by frequent cattle raids.

One of the characteristics of the new imperialism was that Britain was no longer a major economic and political power in the world politics due to the emergence of other powers such as the United [...]

In this paper, I will explore the validity of the above-stated at length, while promoting the idea that the very emergence of the term 'total war' cannot be discussed outside of the fact that, throughout [...]

In order to be successful in any armed conflict, a country must be stable in a number of ways and some of the key aspects to observe here are things such as economical status and [...]

For instance, one can mention the formation of ANZAC or the troops formed by the soldiers for Australia and New Zealand.

On the other hand, the impact of the war resulted in the stopping of the building of the telescope by drawing of the labor force as well as resources.

The battle of the Somme was one of the deadliest battles in the history of humanity. Thus, it is possible to assume that it is an antiwar story as it shows horrors of the war.

In the article "German Military Culture and the Colonial War in Southwest Africa, 1904-1907", Isabel Hull states that the reaction of the German militaries to the revolt in Southwest Africa can be classified from the [...]

It is important to note that the description will sample some work and lives of key members of the Lunar Society, a provincial scientific society, because the society occupies an exceptional place in the history [...]

One of the foremost aspects of how history is being taught to students in Western countries is the fact that teachers usually stress out the full objectiveness of how they evaluate the significance of a [...]

The leaders of the movement could effectively confront the Communist system because they proposed the realization of the public's democratic rights with references to the interests of workers and ordinary people.

Michael notes that the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, such as nuclear bombs, tends to qualify the infiltration of security threats in the United States and across the world.

The figure of the 'flapper' and her mode of dressing initiated Australians quest for pleasure and changes in moral and social values and attitudes.

In the end of the nineteenth century European countries divided the continent into areas of their control. Of course, the struggle in Africa was a great inspiration for the African Americans.

The fourth fallacy that Fischer identifies is the fallacy of fictional questions. The fourth fallacy that Fischer identifies is the fallacy of fictional questions.

According to Foner, the initial motivation that drove Europeans to embark upon the conquest of Americas was their desire to find a safe passage-route to India, which at the time was considered the source of [...]

The plan also lad the ground works for the integration of European nations, a plan which has culminated in the emergence of the European Union. On the negative, the paper notes that the plan was [...]

The chief adviser to the House of Osman was Grand Vizier and the noble class. Field marshals were in charge of the territories and reported to the commander in chief.

Moreover, the scramble for Africa by colonial masters began, and this led to the Berlin Conference of 1888. Consequently, massive migration from the colonies into Europe occurred, and this was a key factor to the [...]

The supporters of humanistic theory agree with the ideas of great influence of people on the development of science. The emergence of the Western culture has given rise to the development of new directions of [...]

The creation and use of the atomic bomb may be considered as the beginning of the new world if measured by the technology and science as this particular event has created the time line before [...]

King Leopold's Ghost gives an account of a cruel, heartless and cunning king who raided Congo and took away the lives of the people and economic resources in the nation.

The Industrial Revolution is the era of massive enormous technological advancements and social changes, which affected people to the extent which is often contrasted to the change from hunter and gathering to agriculture.

Most of them revolve around the issue of the conflict between the settlers and the Aborigines, and the minority status of the Aborigines in their own land.

The Western democracies led by the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a discussion regarding the development of the war and the nature of the post-war settlement.

There were significant changes in the lives of most Europeans during the era of the industrial revolution. This is attributed to the introduction of machinery in the manufacturing industry.

The period 1945-1990, referred to as the cold world war, arose because of national conflicting interests between the United States and the Soviet Union over the future of Europe.

Therefore, in spite of the controversy surrounding the cause of Black Death, modern genetic studies have confirmed that Y.pestis is the bacterium that was responsible for the Black Death in Europe.

The U.S.economy, the military needs and strategies of the country, the oil crisis and the U.S.relations with other countries, China and the countries of the Middle East in particular, are the main themes which need [...]

The events leading to the sinking of the ship and the finding of its wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean led to in-depth analysis of technology with a clear line between advantages and disadvantages of technological [...]

The role of male and female patients was absolutely the same in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in America unlike the role of women in medicine where they were only given the functions of midwives."Aside [...]

The British's aim in doing this was to lure the thinking of the Indians thoughts so that they could perceive the British rule with positivity.

Although, the industry was not highly mechanized, the value attached to the products was significant due to the level of skill that was employed to produce them.

This essay looks compares some of the political organizations in the history of man's existence in the world. These two are the centralized political units and the decentralized political units.

In particular, the Native Title became a custom will and at the same time, traditional law in order to bring equality and justice before the law.

To this effect, Anderson and Perrin vocalize the concerns of most researchers at that time by saying that: The Aborigines' utter lack of development posed a fundamental challenge to the assumption of human unity."In so [...]

The historical recordings of past events are very important in the understanding of the actual happenings, analysis of the flow of past events, understanding the factors influencing past occurrences, explanations of the effects of such [...]

In a democratic nation, the leader is appointed by the people through a fair vote, the public is considered to be the center of the government and the common goals and interests are based on [...]

The rules and policies produced by the international laws state that as long as there is intent to systematically get rid of a group of people and there is the act itself, it is genocide.

After the participation of the United States in the war, especially the support of Western Europe, the United States government embarked on a course that now determines the position of the United States in the [...]

The slaves in the Ottoman Empire were often obtained from the Crimean Tatars who engaged in the capture and selling of slaves.

To start with, it is essential to keep in mind that the imperialist tendencies especially in the Western globalized environment, affects a state on not only political, but also economical and socio-cultural levels, therefore, changing [...]

The urge to carry out a series of experiments and research led to the initiation and the ultimate breakthrough of chemical and physical revolution by ancient scientists.

Some of the examples of walls created by Imperial states are the great walls of Hadrian in the Roman Empire, the west bank barrier between Israel and Palestine, and the Berlin walls separating west and [...]

Aspects such as gender and race were rarely used to group people because a large proportion of the population was focused on taking advantage of industrialization.

The Nile was instrumental for settlements and cities to flourish and the proof of that is the distribution of the population and many peoples along the river valley.