The year 1967 marked a pivotal moment in Australian history with the landmark referendum that sought to address the exclusion and discrimination faced by Indigenous Australians. The referendum, which took place on May 27th, 1967, aimed to amend the Australian Constitution to empower the federal...
What can we learn from history? History serves as a powerful teacher, offering us valuable insights into the past to guide our present actions and shape our future endeavors. This essay explores the lessons we can glean from history, highlighting the importance of understanding context,...
Introduction During the period between two world wars there was a radical departure from the traditional mainstream historiography which mainly focused on the high-level politics and diplomacy, warfare, and the lives of great statesman. On the contrary they tried to focus on the lives and...
Throughout world war 1, 1914, there were several campaigns fought by the ANZAC’s. The most well-known was the Gallipoli campaign of 1914 fought by the British allies against the Turkish forces. The campaign caused several heavy casualties. Most individuals now days would say that these...
The Russian Revolution had many impacts on the world around it. When the United States entered the conflict, many things started to change. The Revolution was now beginning to become something larger. From there on, it helped contribute to World War ll. The effects of...
The British Empire was one of the most important Empires in history, as it brought about great changes in many parts of the world. For millions of people the world today is how it is because of the British Empire. The British Empire over the...
It would be hard to find a person in history that has been met with so much controversy than Jesus of Nazareth. According to those who wrote the New Testament, Jesus is God, who was born of a virgin, who lived a sinless life, was...
China has achieved new significance in world history. Late course readings currently consistently incorporate a student of history who has some expertise in China. Asia's staggering monetary development in the previous two decades, and consciousness of China's enormous worldwide statistic and financial weight have picked...
Asia Minor is also known as Anatolia, and is currently the Asian section of Turkey. It has a privileged position as the focal point between the continents of Europe and Asia. This has paved the way for the invasion and migration of many people to...
This essay will compare military and daily life in Medieval Europe and the Khmer Empire. There were many similarities in weaponry used by the military forces, however there were various differences in the defence systems between the Khmer Empire and Medieval Europe. The type of...
There are many questions raised concerning the taciturn confrontation amid U.S.A and U.S.S.R. People still raise concerns about whether the cold war was unavoidable and if so, what the factors that made it inevitable were. The cold war was coined on politically aware, monetary as...
The Cold War is regarded as the period from 1945 to 1991, although some people would argue that it ended in 1990. The Cold War pitted the US against the Soviet Union due to differing attitudes in politics and military between the superpowers. There has...
The Cold War, an epic proxy struggle of the 20th century, remains an enigma wrapped in perplexity and burstiness. It emerged from the complex and hostile relations between the newly established superpowers, the US and USSR, which led to the infamous divide between the East...
To start with, throughout the History economy has been existed but in different ways in which Karl Marx classified history based on economy, which demonstrate that economy changes over time and diverse from a country to another therefore this paper give us more details about...
The Middle East has always been the center of attention due to its problems and economic importance to the world. The roots of various civilizations, of great importance in history, since ancient times, are concentrated in this region. Meeting place and misunderstanding of cultures, languages, religions. Home of radical...
The amount of change that has occurred in the last two centuries to the way we work has been astronomically and could be argued to be the greatest change in any time period during human history. One of the major factors for why the working...
November 9th, of 1989 is one of the most important dates in recent history. This day marks the dismantling of the wall that separated East and West Berlin. The Berlin wall was created by the Soviet Union who controlled East Berlin at the time. It...
From hijacked planes, school shooting and car bombings, it's seeming that nowadays it is impossible to read the news without hearing of a recent terror attack. Yet despite the prevalence of terrorism, it can be rather difficult to define. Terrorist activity comes from formal groups...
There were three underlying causes for World War one. Imperialism, alliances, and militarism. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.The reason world war one was an immediate aftereffect of these three primaries causes, yet it was...
Homer’s Iliad is a poem that deals with various emotions and addresses the complexity of these said emotions. From lust filled desires that led to a war that waged on for 10 years to meddlesome gods that took control of the mortals, Iliad covers it...
In “Sleuthing of the Alamo” by James Crisp, it uncovers the mythmaking of the years to reveal the truths about the Texas Revolution. As some of the truths were often seen as by both racism and political correction, as history has been told differently in...
As the world go round, there are people who accidentally meet. Those meet become meeting that can probably change everyone’s lifestyle. Some thinks that changing everyone’s lifestyle is good for their state but then, for the poorest one is not. Because they are more effected...
World War i used to be typically noted as “The great War”. It began in 1914 and led to 1918. America witnessed a lot of devastation during this fundamental measure. In these four years alone nearly nine million individuals died and millions additional were maimed,...
The Reign of Terror is best explained in a cultural approach because of its radical leader, Maximilium Robespierre. His views as a cultural and political leader consequently gave rise to the Reign of Terror because he abused his authority by passing laws that targeted his...
The Reign of Terror spread itself during the conflict with the aid of creating internal conflict in the elements of the French Revolution, which consisted of religious moves, uprisings, and tendencies with lots fervour. Taking cues from specific ancient facets and literatures, it is able...
As Europe, beginning with Great Britain, was progressively regaining political stability in the mid to late XIXth century, it entered a transitional era of exponential technological and industrial development, better known as the Industrial Revolution. This caused many changes in Europe and may be linked...
European imperialism increased due to forces such as social, political, and economic in between 1870 and 1914. Europe was more advanced, so they were able to control the less industrialized world. Imperialism spread throughout the years and many people saw the way it was impacting...
Well letś start with the easiest on the list, Neolithic Revolution. Well in my understanding before the flood we used to do the practice of Neolithic Revolution because there was so much vegetation on the earth. However, after the flood the vegetation soon depleted so...
The Indian Act is that which is created to give the status of Indian to those who deserved it. This act was created in 1876. The Métis did not like this act because the principles were that only full-blooded Indian was eligible for status. Since...
During the Neolithic Revolution 12,000 years ago, nomadic tribes began to settle and develop agriculture, they turned from water to a more complicated beverage--beer. Up until this point, humans drank almost nothing except water because there was nothing else available. Water is a very important...
The Neolithic Revolution altered mankind. It caused large problems that influenced the way people choose to act. All this was inspired by the idea of value; this wouldn't have occurred it wasn't for the way that agriculture was spread. Values of humankind became much more...
Before the Neolithic Revolution more than 10,000 years ago, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. Hunting game and wild animals, gathering berries, roots, and plants to survive the days. Then came a transition that would change forever the way humans live, eat, and survive: farming and agriculture....
Intro “There is an evident gap between the Vikings of myth and the Vikings of history,” Simon Coupland. The narratives of conquest and colonialism have heavily dominated historical interpretations of Vikings. The narratives of conquest and colonialism in a Viking context include sources and stories...
Pope Leo III put the old Rome crown on a Germanic king named Karl on Christmas morning in the year 800. With a single event, the man subsequently known as Charlemagne asserted his empire and permanently influenced the landscape of Europe. Becoming Charlemagne informs the...
During the seventeenth century, France saw many changes in its government as the French monarchy focused on extravagance and power. Likewise, writers, architects, and musicians contributed significant knowledge and expertise during this time. Among the few rulers associated with this period in history, Louis XIV...
When one analyses the religious policies of Louis XIV of France, it becomes abundantly clear that there were four main struggles that the Bourbon king embarked upon, crossing swords most importantly with the Huguenots, the Jansenists, and even and potentially most shockingly of all, particularly...
The key characteristics of the Pre-Colombian Native American societies are is that there is a land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska. Then there are ice-free valleys grope to the east and south side of America. Also on the cultivation there is a very advanced agricultural...
The forgotten battle at Sandfontein is an exception when the overall history of the war devotes a single line to the skirmish. For South Africa it constitutes the first active conflict for the Union. Although defeated, the men of Colonel Grant would go into captivity...
This is a political text; concretely is a speech from a Queen to her troops before a fighting. It refers to a defined historical moment: the defense of the British coasts against the invasion planned by Philip II, King of Spain, in the sixteenth century....
During the 13th century, a small tribe or warriors swept through Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, conquering a great portion of the world. After constantly plundering towns and slaughtering cities, this tribe was labeled as barbaric. Although they were seen as lowly savages,...
For centuries, the Mongolian Empire has been viewed as the most bloodthirsty, destructive, and brutal army to conquer almost all of Asia. However, the nature of these people had been more humane then thought. Some even argue that they were the pioneers of modern society...
Braveheart is a 1995 American movie that was directed and co-produced by Mel Gibson. The film talks about William Wallace, a medieval Scottish patriot who revolts against the English when his wife is killed. He leads his army into battle and starts to threaten England’s...
When an important historical figure is highly regarded they are usually commemorated with a commemoration day, a monument, or taught in classes for the younger generations to comprehend. The actions of a person can create an everlasting effect that will change the world for the...
With the establishment of internal structure and the expansion of authority across massive regions, various Eurasian empires saw a large increase in wealth accumulation between 600 B.C.E. and 1500 C.E. General stability within these empires and regions during this time allowed for the growth and...
The three most important figures in British North America’s history from 1770 to 1820 Tecumseh, Isaac Brock, and Lord Selkirk. They made a lot of contributions in British North America’s history from starting the Pan-Indian Movement to defending the borders of Canada from the U....
The battle of Juno was an unimaginably significant part of canadian history and is to thank for all of Canada’s future success in world conflict and stability. The battle of Juno was a part of a much bigger invasion called Operation Overlord; a coordinated attack...
Concerned with the fundamental question “What is man,” Mark Greif chronicles this line of inquiry in the American context from 1933 to 1973. The period, as he identifies as “midcentury,” witnesses the failure of Enlightenment values, the disbelief in humanity after two world wars, and...
Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in France in 1799 and would later crown himself emperor in 1804. He is renowned for his militaristic genius and his endeavours which saw him seize control of most of Europe. Historians have long debated the leadership qualities of Napoleon. Some...
The topic I am going to be expanding on in this second take-home essay is going to be the question asked on 9/26 which was “According to Jared Diamond in his documentary film, Guns, Germs, and Steel Episode Two: Conquest, why was the balance of...
The Vikings were Norsemen from Scandinavia and they terrorised the coasts of Europe for hundreds of years, mainly from the late 8th to the late 11th century. The Vikings, who were Germanic people inhabiting Scandinavia, were successful raiders for many reasons, some of these reasons...
From the eighth to the tenth century, Birka, Sweden was a highly populated Viking city on the Baltic Sea. Bio-archaeologist & paleoscatologist Andrew Jones used ground penetrating radar to map out structures from past Birka, and found jewelry making tools through sifted soil samples. Jones...
The classic view of Vikings as bloodthirsty seafaring heathens who raided and raped their way across the peaceful settlements of the Frankish Empire is not the actual way Vikings acted. Despite this view of Vikings as conquerors and thieves, during the Viking age of glory...
Throughout the entire existence of the world, a few occasions profoundly change the political circumstance of human advancements. One of those occasions happened in the second thousand years B.C. At that time the third dynasty of Ur has controlled all of Mesopotamia for more than...
Projectile motion plays an instrumental role in military weaponry, strategy and war tactics. It was only with the development of the gun in the fourteenth century that soldiers and their commanders started to consider the implications of projectile motion (Walley, 2018). However, projectile weaponry such...
The intellectuals of the eighteenth century were inspired by innovative thinkers of the seventeenth century. The principal intellectual developments that cumulated the movement of Enlightenment are- Popularization of science, Skepticism, the impact of travel literature, Cultural relativism, Locke, and Newton. The Popularization Of Science led...
During the Enlightenment age, you learn about reason, nature, happiness, ect. Why? Why should you have to read this essay? Because it teaches a valuable lesson. People grow out of their own immaturity. There are people in our lives that has never questioned anything someone...
The role of Western powers in interventions has blurred considerably in the post-Cold War era (O’Neill & Rees, 2005, p.1). Therefore, there has been increasing focus and attention on this matter since the bi-polarity (between Russia and the US) that characterised most of the 20th...
Propaganda is used worldwide by many of the world leaders to aid in the persuasion of their loyal citizens into doing what they would like. The term propaganda is defined by “information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause...
Napoleon Bonaparte is widely considered one of the greatest conquerors to ever live. Born the son of a noble off the coasts of Italy, it just took him a few decades to rise to prominence during the French Revolution, which began in July 1789 (Appendix...
Napoleon Bonaparte’s actions, no matter how cruel and inhumane they may appear, were all committed for the sake of France and its Revolution. The French Revolution took place in May 5, 1789 when the people of France overthrew their monarchy, took control of their own...
Introduction: Imagine a nation of people dropping dead during the wake of a new plan which promises a better life. With high hopes to make China equal in class to Great Britain by 1980, the Great Leap Forward of 1958-1962, became the largest political and...
Woodrow Wilson wrote, “There is a war to end all wars”. Sadly, an estimated twenty million people lost their lives in World War I, but the impacts are as yet being felt a century after its conclusion. It was the deadliest war that included a...
World War I had left many European citizens feeling that life was insecure and difficult. Their economy was weak and suspicion grew among one another. Many of these citizens began to call for the government to fix their problems. Skilled leaders arose and promised that...
Labelled as Germany’s period of vengeance or revenge, World War Two was a terrible time in history that will always be remembered. This started all the way back in 1919 at the Paris Peace Conference when Germany was forced to sign a treaty written by...
World War I (WWI) was a global conflict that began in 1914, involving the Central and Allied Powers. During this time, the Central Powers, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, who soon switched sides, went to war with the Allied Powers, which included France,...
The Cuban Missile Crisis, as many historians would agree, was a period of time in which Americans were threatened by Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, and Soviets were threatened by American nuclear missiles from many directions, specifically Turkey. In an effort to maintain their fragile...
Amidst the Cold War, what factors ignited the Cuban Missile Crisis? And in the same breath, what factors ultimately succeeded in preventing the world’s greatest superpowers from pursuing the unprecedented and deadly threat of nuclear war? In the US, the crisis first gained attention in...
Disagreements, conflicts and discords can be said to be a continuing characteristic for human beings throughout the course of history regardless of time, place and especially one’s background since individuals have different beliefs and possess varying degrees of values. This can range from simple matters...
Imagine going about your life knowing that, at any given moment, you and everyone you know could be wiped out without warning at the push of a button. This was the reality for millions of people during the forty-five-year period after World War II now...
The Battle of Hamburger Hill was fought from May 11, 1969 to May 20, 1969. The mountain where this battle occurred has been referred to as multiple different names, Hamburger Hill, Dong Ap Bia, and Hill 937. The name Hill 937 references to the hills...
In what ways did the 'Columbian Exchange' re-shape global consumption patterns from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries? What cultural or political perceptions have driven resource consumption or conservation over the last 500 years of human history? Use at least three examples from our lectures and...
French and Indian War 1754-1761 The French and Indian War was due to the long lasting conflict between France and Britain for power and territory. In 1755, general Edward Braddock led 1,400 British soldiers to Virginia to move the French from the Ohio Valley. The...
The war, which reached out in North-America until the finish of 1750 and mid-1760, was a bit of the best fight between England and France; the power of world trade and maritime power. England triumph in this fight, referred to in Europe as the Seven...
The occasions happening during the French and Indian war is regularly disregarded. Individuals tend to over look the occasions occurred during the French and Indian war, the French and Indian war was a significant power that pushed the pilgrims to separate themselves from the English's...
During the period from 1450 to 1750 the Europeans discovered the Americas which concluded to creating a new global economy (globalization). By this, economic and social changes such as the Atlantic Slave Trade, Triangular Trade, Columbian exchange, and many more developments occurred. The economic and...
South Sudan should be a country full of hope eight years after gaining independence. Instead, it is in the grip of a massive conflict. The protracted conflict in Sudan is complex and involved multiple factors at various levels. It arose when South Sudan overwhelmingly voted...
History After being in the longest war in the horn of Africa, South Sudan was granted its independence being the newest state in the international community. On December 15, 2011 war broke out due to power struggle in the lines of ethnicity. It was sparked...
After the first and second world war people around the world were left in poverty hunger and tragedy, millions left dead and an unbelievable amount of destruction occurred. After the second world war many nations were devastated, and a lot of their property had been...
Philip ll was stabbed to death at his daughter’s wedding by a former guardsman. Alexander, Philip’s son, immediately proclaimed himself king of Macedonia following his father’s death. Taught by the superb minds of Aristotle and his father, Alexander flourished as the king of Macedonia and...
Would it be difficult to live in horrible conditions, watch close friends die violently, and have the fear of dying at any moment? In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque the soldiers living through World War I endured all of those...
While in the hospital, Kemmerich “looks ghastly, yellow, and wan” from his injury, demonstrating his lack of invincibility (Remarque 18). These men are only human, and they are not strong or indestructible like iron, but rather weak from the injuries of the war. The men...
La Grande Illusion (1937) and All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque, 1996) were both famous pieces of fictional art with very different perspectives of the first World War. During this war, there were over 40 million civilian and military deaths and 21 million wounded,...
The book A Thousand Splendid Suns is one filled with great tragedy and strength. The book not only tells a story of what a normal life would be like in Afghanistan during this time but gives a deep insight into two different lives loaded with...
Abstract In this essay, we are going to explore the ancient Western civilization and the surprisingly monumental leap to worldwide supremacy. So many luxuries and ways of life that we enjoy today are due to the rich history and ingenuity of those who have come...
D-Day was important because it was when the Allies invaded Normandy and got the beachhead advantage. France had not been completely liberated at the time but the first step was to get the beachhead advantage. That single day that leads to the victory over Germany...
If we’re to ask most anyone that’s taken a course on history or the sciences they will likely know about Edison, Einstein, and or Newton, but what about the obscure story of the man that sought to pioneer wireless energy through the use of our...
The French revolution might have only lasted a decade 1789-1899. However, its impact was unfathomable. It could be argued that it was the single seed that grew into a modern democracy. It questioned how the old world was governed by challenging the feudal system of...
On the eve on the 14th July 1789, Parisians stormed the Bastille Prison, symbol of the power, control and repression of the Bourbon monarchy in the French capital. This date marked a turning point as it was the first time ever that the French people...
As students, we wonder who created algebra, why when we subtract something from one side of the equation, we must do it to the other. As mentioned by Boyer, 'Sbu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi invented algebra. The word al-jabr means 'restoration' or 'completion' and...
The renaissance is that time when changes and improvements occurred in Europe between the 14th and 16th century, and was full of extraordinary achievements of great philosophers, poets, painters, architects and scientists. Margaret King (a scholar, and author of “the Renaissance in Europe”) describes the...
The word Patron is derived from the Latin word patronus which means protector of dependents, this essentially is derived from pater, ie; father. The term patronage is thus a gendered terminology and female patrons have been limited to the confines of the patriarchal realm while...
Through its short history, Aviation has come a long way. This paper highlights the events and technological advancements that contributed towards its development, beginning back to its birth when it was being created by adventurous and practical airmen, as well as engineers and businessmen. Back...
The theme of fiscal short-term solutions carried on into the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Ottoman bureaucrats focused more closely on ad-hoc solutions, not a real structural transformation, in hopes of generating faster outcomes. The collapse of the timar system, temporary land grants issued by...
Today, France is one of the seven most powerful nations in the world. France is a free country with an overall score of ninety from The Freedom House. France is a democratic republic with free and fair elections. Before the French Revolution, France’s form of...
Some believe that art imitates life while others may believe that life imitates art. In the world of movies, it's mostly art imitating life. I am drawing similarities between the masterpiece Star Wars and the world history, Undoubtedly the movie had characters like Jedi, Sith...
Humans make decisions which can influence their everyday lives, and these choices cumulatively reflect in the direction of their lives. It is enticing, and often reassuring, to assume destiny is controlled by humans. However, every aspect of our environments cannot be controlled by a human,...
To understand how certain events took place in history, it is vital to look at the effect propaganda had and still has on its people. By definition, propaganda is the spreading of information that may be biased to promote or oppose one’s cause. In actuality,...
Herbert Hoover, who served as the president of America, once claimed that “Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. ” During the Pacific war, the Japanese military government demanded thousands of young pilots to volunteer as Kamikaze forces to...
Humans, the dominant species of the current era, have long been fighting to attain their current position in the society of living organisms. The beginnings of the universe are marked with fascinating events such as the big bang, the Cambrian explosion, the Permian extinction, and...
After the death of Peter in 1724, Russian territorial expansion continued. Catherine the Great took power. She was similar to Peter in a lot of her beliefs, such as her feelings toward Westward expansion. She also defended the central monarchy. She flirted with the ideas...
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