History Essays

The following path of nationalism can be traced: it expanded from the Middle East and started in west Asia and finally it reached North Africa. The main goal of Arab nationalism was to reduce the influence of the western states on their countries. Arabs united their ideas under a common concept "Pan-Arabism".  

The influx of Muslim immigrants started when Europe’s immigration policies became lax, allowing foreign immigrants to work and permanently settle in the countries without strict rules and policies for their entry. In France, the influx is characterized not just as a one-time reception of foreigners but a phase that is still continuing in the present time.

The navy yamen was inaugurated. Also in 1887, mints were established at Tientsin and Paoting and in 1888, the Peiyang Army became organized, as in 1889 the Mo-ho gold mine, in Kirin, the plan came through and then in 1891, the Lung-chang paper mill started to function at shanghai. A review of the new navy got started at Port Arthur.

How Greek political experience shaped western tradition. The origins of civilization came about as a result of the spread of western culture mannerism across the entire world. This brought about the education acquisition system which involved class attendance and the introduction of online and technological learning in pursuit of education and the achievement of outstanding academic performances among various individuals across the globe.

One of these literatures is a book titled “Black in Latin America” by Henry Louis Gates, which has been selected as the primary source for analysis in this essay. In this case, this analysis will facilitate development of a substantial discussion on the topic concerning slavery in Latin America.

Human rights are part and parcel of politics today. There are models of human rights that are used internationally. They include statist, internationalist and cosmopolitan. This paper discusses the similarities of these models and their potency and weaknesses. Idealism forms a premise as far as humanitarian models of humanitarian interventions are concerned. These models are applicable to a lot of scenarios.

After the Potsdam Conference and the uprising in Greece, several factors were clear that the Soviet leaders were not going to give up their control over Eastern Europe and the Middle East. This perception of Truman’s Administration about communist Russia’s expansionist intention played a crucial role in determining the United States’ cold-war policies.

World War II Technology. The Second World War was a unique affair in a number of aspects. For the first time, various aspects having come forth that were beyond the mankind’s imagination and comprehension. This included the kind of technology, machinery, the weapons and armory used, and many more tactics along with use of various other skills and techniques.

The Middle East has had a long and prosperous history that has spanned millennia since it is considered to be the cradle of the world civilizations as well as the home of all the major world religions. While this may be the case, this region came to see plenty f turmoil immediately after the First World War when the European powers.

This essay focuses on the effects of World War I on Europe, China and India. Several references showed that the Great War had different, uneven social, political, and economic effects for Asia and Europe, although Europe seemed to be the greatest loser between the two, while Asia gained important social and political changes.

Hitler's view on nature and its acts is worth quoting, "At the end of the last century, the progress of science and technique led liberalism astray into proclaiming man's mastery of nature, and announcing that he would soon have dominion over space. But a simple storm is enough—and everything collapses like a pack of cards.

Generally speaking, the Cold War emerged as a major political and diplomatic issue in the era after the Second World War (Folly and Palmer 2010, p.134) as it was majorly a disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union over issues that had been unresolved since the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Machiavelli was advising the rulers on the best way to govern a state whose main aim is to gain and control powers thus maintain peace and order. Machiavelli accepts that it is both better to be loved and feared but as the case may be it is not possible to have both; one is either loved or feared and according to him “it is safer to be feared than loved” (Spielvogel, 392).

The United States introduced several reforms in various parts of the country during 1800s; among these reforms, the rights and privileges granted to women maintain great significance in them.

We live in such a diverse world, filled with different cultures, varying religions, and a plethora of philosophies, all of which aim to promote successful, productive, and well-rounded societies of healthy people. It is no wonder that very often certain peoples just cannot seem to find the “common grounds.”

The United States began its political and military operations in Afghanistan in October 2001 following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US soil. The US has an imperative national security interest in the present and probable security threats posed by terrorists in Afghanistan.

Jefferson's detestation of Burr actually developed from jealousy and rivalry. In 1794, Burr’s introduction of James Madison to Dolley Todd disrupted a free partnership between Jefferson and Madison. Afterward, when Jefferson’s mother and wife died, Dolley penetrated that partnership and modified its working structure.

The history of African Americans is one that is worth pursuing because it is full of emotions and it is a journey of civilisation and humanity. In the North American continent, the history of the African American people can be seen as having started in early 15th century, and on the wrong foot.

Linda befriends Pastor Durham and his family with whom she relates all of her experiences as a slave. It was here where Linda experienced northern prejudice. Although she was allowed to board the train, she was forced to sit in coach. Being a mulatto, Linda was open to prejudice not only from the whites but also the blacks.

As of 1995 and 2005, the total population of the countries of the Nile basin has been estimated at 287 million people (Martinon, 53). It’s noteworthy that over half of this population is believed to be dependent on the Nile waters (Martinon, 53). The river’s main tributary is the White Nile, which originates in the East African highlands.

The assassination of this legend was one among the tragic happenings in the history of America. However, there exists many conspiracies behind the assassination and historians are yet to unravel the mysteries. Among the several conspiracies, we focus on the context that Lincoln’s assassination was the result of a Confederate plot, which was finally executed by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.1 We shall discuss the factors that led to the assassination of Lincoln, the conspirators behind the act and what led Booth to carry out a vehement murder.

Federalism. Federalism is a concept in the political environment where actors are working with each other through a bond. Most of federal governments are bound by covenants that are initiated by the representatives of the government. In the United States, federalism has been evolving through the years.

According to natural law, all human beings are equal thus have equal rights and as such none of them can be superior to the other. However, for the sake of peace and self-preservation the individuals give up their rights and select one person to or group of people to represent them.

He promised to get every American covered by insurance with very little to no inconvenience to them. This pet project of his was given the name “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010”. Its main purpose was to reform healthcare insurance and provide near-universal healthcare coverage for the American people.

The Canadian troops have also been able to demonstrate courage, passion, charisma and perseverance whenever they are in the battlefield. Of all the battles that the Canadian troops have fought, none has been as important and influential as the D-Day battle fought on June 6, 1944.

Witch-hunting in Scotland: A Gender-Based Analysis. Undoubtedly, in Europe, a witch is traditionally believed to be a female. It is also unquestionable that most of the suspected, hunted, tortured, and executed witches in 16th- and 17th-century Scotland and England were in fact women.1 However, it requires a sufficient number of evidence to prove that practically all witches were women and to verify that those suspected of witchcraft were persecuted because they were females.

Welfare states must balance the desire to keep people out of inherited success with the equally humanitarian desire not to let them drift into lives of despair. America’s last big welfare reform was in 1996, when Bill Clinton put time limits on cash benefits and tightened the requirement that able-bodied claimants must seek work. Life in the system is hardly gold-plated, but it is comfortable enough, says Melissa Devilma, a homeless, jobless, and single-mother.

As a result of the exploratory adventure both in classical studies and the world as it is, new trading mechanisms that include new ocean navigation developed, boosting trade with the far east. The development of the printing press, allowing the dissemination of Renaissance texts, aroused even more curiosity, ultimately leading to even more discoveries. Religion was never spared either.

It encompassed the trading of slaves from mostly African nations across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World- the Americas. The practice of using slaves for industrialization lasted for four hundred years and has caused irreparable cultural differences in modern day civilization1.

There are two main types of history, that is written and oral history. Written history is also referred to as recorded history and it is a concept that describes the availability of a documented record which historians can use to support a given and specific historical event. 

Daniel Francis in his book talks about the issue of exaggerated violence and oppression portrayed by Bolshevik revolutionaries and brands them outlandish. Daniel clearly argues that most of the beliefs held are myths. For instance, he states that the settlement by Europeans in Canada was a peaceful one.

From the policy-making perspective, international relations are critically important because they define the way the overall foreign policy of a country can be defined. It also outlines who will be the friends of a nation and who will be the enemies and where a State will actually act as a neutral player. (Devetak, Burke and George)

However, everybody agrees that Hitler was a dictator who believed that it was only through bloodshed and death of innocent people that could save the world. Part of his belief was that war as the only way to deal with his enemies. Most of the authors agree that Hitler was a man with a contradicting personality.

Named for Joseph McCarthy it outlines his career as a poor and corrupt politician that turned United States upside down with his continuous suspicions about communists, their sympathizers, and their spies living amongst us all bent on the destruction of the United States and the American way of life.

It should be stated that few if any individuals in the modern world are able to attain a level of education or expertise at such a young age as did Martin Luther King Junior. The ability to dedicate himself to his studies and to the cause in question allowed for Martin Luther King to be an admirable character.

An economic depression is surmised by its length, by rarely increased unemployment rate, low rate of credit availability; due to financial and banking instability, low production, large number bankruptcies, also because of the debt defaults, financial crises and different other factors.

Its political and economic influences had never been confined to one specific region or zone of the globe; on the contrary, several European, Asian and African states had been under German subjugation, particularly during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It was divided into nearly three hundred and thirty-nine small Prussian states.

B. they include old Institutionalism new Institutionalism institutional economics new institutional economics historical institutionalism C. old institutionalism focuses on old political institutions of government. This can be used to analyse how to better the current system of government.

A monarchy is defined as the supreme power vested on the monarch held by a single person. Monarchs usually have different titles such as king, queen, duke, majesty, emperor and sultan among many other titles. An absolute monarchy is a type of monarch whereby all the powers are vested on one person, hence they can rule the subjects as they please, a position they have been raised to assume this role.

Promotions were awarded to women only in their area of expertise like in millinery where all managers were women. Such partial attitude was commonplace as exhibited in Loblaws of Toronto and Carroll's of Hamilton, and drug store chains like G. Tamblyn Company and Louis K. Liggett of Toronto (Strong-Boag 144-145).   

In addition to enacting significant death tolls on both the Northern and Southern participants, the political ramifications of the conflict were truly revolutionary as they resulted in the emancipation of slaves throughout the country.

It was first formed after World War I. The League of Nations is a collaboration of several states to sign a treaty to settle and resolve disputes peacefully as well as cooperate and be concerned for international matters. For maintaining such pledges, the State Members who are involved in League often assemble.

In the case of France in the 1600s and the 1700s, this was the case because the ruling class had formed an elite social structure around the monarchy and royal family of the country. This group practiced what is popularly known as oligopoly where this small group of people in the French society controlled all the wealth and power of the nation.

While this is the eventual occurrence, there is substantial background that led up to these events. For a number of years surrounding the Massacre the British government had increasingly taxed the colonies causing large amounts of strife within the colonial residents.

Modernism whipped up by technical progress could not but introduce new values and ways of thinking. Traditionalism concerned with the loss of the former greatness launched a ‘wave of revivalism’. The Scopes Trial in Dayton raising the question of controversy between creationism and evolution theory, became an embodiment of this dispute.

Reasons for the Introduction of Statutory Planning in Britain. The introduction of statutory in Britain was triggered by the revolution that the country had undergone in the last 200 years. One of the most notable characteristics of this revolution was a tremendous increase in human population.

Citizens of Europe liked Wilson’s intervention on political grounds but his allied colleagues were little skeptical about Wilson’s idealism. It was a 10 minutes speech before Armistice with Germany. These fourteen points became a basis for the peace programme.

Prior to the Civil War, women were often confined to the domestic sphere, and were victim of accusations of witchcraft. Since then, women in society have been part of reform movements, suffrage, and other historical developments that have led to the status of women that is evident today.

Ghana, the first kingdom to emerge in the valley of the Niger River, establishing strong trade centers, rose to economic power around 400 CE. The main exports that came from the kingdom and created stability for the bases of the economy were gold, salt, animal products, and iron.

Power, that we know is very flexible, and when it is used in a wise manner in addition to politics, military, and informational elements, it is hard to win against. Economics is thus important for the rulers of a country to understand, it is a great tool to influence and change the course of action of any other country.