History Essays

On one hand, the West was concerned with the market economy and multi-party democracy as the most crucial ingredient of future development. On the other hand, the East concentrated more on a single-party system, and an economy that was closely controlled and administered As a result, it was clear that the conflict revolved around ideas.

The slogan of the group was; “we are the 99 percent”. The slogan was to show the inequality between the haves, considered being 1% and the have not at 99%. The main purpose was to camp out for days or even months to instigate change in the management of corporations and multinationals. The major question of the protest is whether it led to better management or held some organization responsible for the financial crisis witnessed in the country.

After the war, the 70-percent levy on automobiles became lowered to 40-percent, as against the 35 percent in Western Europe and 10 percent in the United States, after which it went down to 30 percent during 1968, as against the 17.6 percent of the EEC nations including 5.5 percent in the United States. This kind of the great level of protection helped the firm escape from overseas rivalry in the beginning of 1970s. There were nonlevy obstacles.

To cope with this situation, "structural adjustment" came in with the distasteful conditionality of IMF and the World Bank since the poor countries miserably failed to run the show. The developing countries were unable to clear their debts because of many reasons, which are evaluated in this essay. This essay is divided into sections discussing the issue of 1980s debt crisis along with its reasons.

Later in the years as the economy of the country developed especially during the industrial revolution, the once a source of labor and an economic activity would become a major social factor and a deterrent to the development of a cohesive American society. The development of the country relied on social cohesion, which required the constitution of the country to safeguard the interests of all Americans.

The likes of John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek and Murray Rothbard all of who have investigated the causes of the great depression, the worst global economic crisis, attribute the crisis to the financial activities in the decade.

The United States of America has a rich history in the context of social movements, political activities, and human rights protection claimers. In the light of this struggle numbers of individuals and organizations have come forth. While some pioneered their ways through the political struggle, others stood tall on the social and historic accounts.

This war brought about many political views and also led to more revolutions across the globe. Many British colonists in countries such as India called for their independence following the successful defeat of the Americans over the British. Long before the advent of the Revolutionary war in 1763, poets and essayists predicted the fall of the British Empire in the American States.    

The Christianity grew for Judaism and the same practice can be identified in various other traditions that include the medieval Chinese Buddhist practice that involved making offerings on behalf of the dead (Feher, 1998, p. 21). They thought the dead suffered trials in the state that they were in (Hershock, 2005, p. 35).The belief that the Catholics accord to purgatory if founded on the prayers that they offer for the dead, among other reasons.

The policies diminished the possibility of Asian Americans living peacefully at a time when effects of World War 1 and 2 were still fresh (Brilliant 3). The effects of war coupled with the looming discrimination of Asian Americans became evident during that period before abolishment after 1952.

It gives a rough idea of what America was like when it was characterized by slavery and oppression giants black people. The author aims at showing readers that slavery and freedom are more than the legal, political and historical perspectives of people and cultures. The author presents several arguments to make readers understand that there are many effects that accompany slavery and the fight for freedom.

Steadily, her work grew into remarkable accounts both of the normal and extraordinary events that took place in her life. The book A midwife’s Tale puts the various writings of Martha Ballard into perspective illuminating the major factors that acted as her impetus.

In the current United States statistics, this group of individuals constitutes the second largest minority group by ethnicity, with a majority having roots in central and West African states as well as the Caribbean regions, comprising mostly the immigrants (Franklin and Moss, 1994). African Americans came into the United States as slaves, the during the slave trade era, while others made it into the United states as immigrants.

Multiculturalism is both a descriptive and a prescriptive term, which refers to the diversity of cultures in communities and the collective policies that seek to encourage the said diversity respectively; multiculturalism emerged as a reaction to the assimilation narratives that sought to assimilate immigrant groups despite their unwillingness.

Douglass was born into slavery and a significant portion of his life had been spent in servitude, where he often came across masters that were generally cruel, although some showed relative kindness. The Southern region of the United States, during the antebellum period, was characterized by prevalent slavery. Douglass’s status as a slave and his experiences during slavery, played a great part in spurring his anti-slavery stand.

The Japanese used to die of starvation on the streets. It got thought that Japan had got reduced to a fourth rate power. The Japanese too believed that their chances of regaining their initial status as a major world power were unavailable. After conceding defeat and its unavoidable consequences, they applied themselves to the duty of rebuilding their war- devastated land.

The evolutionary track charted by Mankind, resulted in greater advancements and developments; in various spheres of society; with war and warfare being no exception. This in time resulted in greater sophistication of warfare, especially in terms of weaponry and ammunition. Naturally, this resulted in greater efficiency, in curtailing the enemy’s advance; abate the huge loss of lives.

The scribes were also fully engaged within the churches and hiring their services for rewriting of manuscripts seemed impossible.The Hussites also had a negative relationship with the church which further complicated the need to hire the scribes’ services from the churches.Challenges like the one faced by the Hussites among others necessitated the invention of a method for mass production of manuscripts for use by the authorities and the churches      

This paper will discuss the impact of three developments and their significance in the modern world.One of the world developments that have shaped the current modern is Zheng He exploration around the world using wood boats. During the 15th century, China started attaining economic progress and Ming Dynasty and in July 1405 Emperor Cheng Zu encouraged a fleet to sail from Liujia Harbor near Suzhou on distance voyage.

Filippo Brunelleschi was also from Florence6. He contributed to the rise of a new style of architecture that was inspired by the classical architecture styles.They both lived and worked during the Italian Renaissance 8. In this paper, the contribution of these great architects is evaluated in an attempt to show the one who had the most impact on the Renaissance era.

Despite the vast destruction, Japan made a tremendous recovery after World War II. Several macroeconomic factors had brought about this recovery. Some of these factors were high investment rations supported by the mobilization of savings, significant progress in technology, flexibility in the supply of labor, and external conditions that were not inimical to Japan (Otsubo 2007).

The essay looks at various writings, movies, television shows, and events that were popular in the 19th century in order to determine the role of Native Americans and African Americans in reinforcing American beliefs, values and narratives that have hither to shaped how people perceive America and its culture as well as reinforcing the American identity to the world.

The cold war was actually a result of an ideological conflict between the two superpowers, the USSR and the US. The two superpowers had their own different ways of administration in their respective countries. The US on one side had adopted their governing strategies from the constitution and allowed personal freedom and responsibility (Westad, 2005: 480).

However, there are a number of reasons as to why family planning has not been particularly effective in population control in Pakistan.  This paper aims at discussing the use of family planning has not been particularly effective as a population control measure in Pakistan.Pakistan was among the first Asian countries to introduce family planning programs. They were able to do this through the help of some international donors.

The development of international organisations is regarded as one of the remarkable efforts for the accomplishment of global peace and mutual progression that the world has ever observed. After the end of the Second World War, various international organisations were apparently noted to administer global economy and power. These institutions comprise European Union (EU), United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) etc.

Within this context, Wright (1992) also argues that the involved persons do not look at past nor care about the future consequences of such acts. As a result, from the historical perspective, such relationships have been observed differently in different cultures of the world. For example, in certain tribal societies, which have been a part and parcel of the Middle East cultural history.

Of course, today in this modern era we know that men and women, while different, are all deserving of equal treatment, rights, and liberties. However, not all women in our past accepted the status, station, and social norms of their gender. Women who stood out, stood up, and spoke out. These are women that history would call ahead of their time.

issatisfaction with the Communist government that was seen as perpetrating a number of social, political and economic injustices to the detriment of common citizens (Yang, 2000). The protestors levelled a number of accusations against the government noting the continued runaway

Therefore, humans thought it wise to introduce mediums of communication that could facilitate effective human interaction. Thus, the first communication technology to be invented was telephone and the telegraph that later made communication much faster and easier.

Empirical evidence that can be found in historical records and through the writings of scholars that lived during the time period in which these changes took place can reveal how the differences that occurred because industrialization made an impact on how society created a rational and peaceful world.

This kind of nationality is what is currently referred to as the Pan-Arabism; this is a general term for the political movement that tends to unify all the Arab nations of the Great Middle East. Since the loss of Ottoman Empire’s power, Arab nationalism has been undergoing a tremendous growth.According to Scheltema (1917), Arab is a linguistic and cultural term. It refers to people who have Arabic language as their native language.

Over the centuries, Beer has become a beloved beverage for many people. The first evidence of beer-making dates back to ancient times: archeologists discover numerous evidence proving the importance of this beverage in prehistoric civilizations and giving the grounds to consider it as a crucial factor in their development.

The First Crusade can be time-lined between 1096-1099, which can be attributed more as a widespread pilgrimage on the behalf of Germany and France. However, the crusade ended more like a military expedition held by the Roman Catholic Europeans in an effort to get hold of their Holy Lands which were taken away by them in Muslim conquests back in 632 at the Levant.

While this may have been the case, the main intention of the war was to ensure that the German forces in Europe were drawn from the conflict in Normandy and concentrated instead in Italy; therefore, securing the allied invasion of German positions in Europe through placing a firm foothold in France. 

Israel was confronting the same adversaries and has been in the vanguard of this struggle that has been conducted in the Middle East. The developing Islamic Republic of Iran has characterized all such threats. Advantageously situated along the oil-abundant Persian Gulf and Caspian Basin region and having control over its entrance.

As the Allied forces were approaching Germany, they displaced the Germans in every town they passed through to a point where they were contented that they had won the war. Contrariwise, Hitler was busy devising tactics to stop the momentum which the contemporary press came to dub as the ‘Battle of the Bulge’ to depict the inward bulging nature of the allied front during the period of war.

America has its vast history in terms of class relations and its impact on their society. Many events and movements that took place in America gave rise to the economic growth by giving equal rights to the different classes of the society.It is evident through the history that, in 19th century the class system became more fluid. 

One of these criticisms asserted that the living condition of industrial workers in the 18th and early 19th Century was worse than the conditions of slaves in the same period. This paper analyses the statement of Marx and Engels and examine whether the conditions of industrial workers was worse than the conditions of slaves in the early years of the Industrial Revolution or not.

Lincoln strengths were his charisma, honesty and excellent character manifested in his strong will in solving the discordance in the Union. Lincoln`s humanity and innate wisdom portrayed him as the greatest president of the united states. Lincoln generated a legacy, which is in no doubt great for having Lincoln as the first president of the United States to be slain while in office.

In the history of the United States, various wars have been fought including the Indian wars meant to accomplish the manifest destiny of America; that is, westward expansion to spread civilization, the Spanish-American War meant to achieve Cuban independence and the Great War which is one of the deadliest conflicts in history fought by major economic  great powers.

Current paper presents various aspects of life of Postcolonial Native American children; reference is made to issues such as education, family life and access to healthcare. At the same time a comparison is made to the life of this group of population in two different periods, the pre-colonization and the after-colonization period; in this way, it would be easier to understand how colonization has affected the life of these children.

Both Cuba and USSR had ganged up against America in retaliation to America’s failed bid to topple the Cuban regime and its action of placing nuclear missiles at Italy and Turkey with Moscow as the prime target. The significance of this is event is that it came close to escalating the Cold War into a full blown nuclear war.

Spain's economy demised in absolute terms and it was also not capable of challenging the growing economies of the northern economy. This resulted to weakening its capableness to effectively engage in war. Spain was unable to defend its large empire or even pursue the foreign policy. The demise of Spain was also as a result of its failure to create a commonwealth with its colonies so as to stop the colonies from seeking independence.

The region also has a combined GDP of US Dollars, 5.16 trillion. Examples of countries from Latin America include Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, etc (Chodor and Mccarthy-Jones, 2013). This paper generally talks about Latin America. In meeting its objectives, this paper provides an overview of Latin America.                     

On the other hand, while war refers to the process of staging conflict, warfare is also about party's “attitude” towards military actions. Thus, besides ways and techniques of waging war, warfare also refers to external factors, among which, for example, political situation of the country, social reaction towards existing conditions, the level of economic development, ideological basis, etc.

However, this shift in the center of corporate power in business sector has arisen out of two circumstances: the first, the logistical integration made necessary and possible by the revolution in information and transportation technology sector and secondly, the neoliberal transforming of the political economy globally. In the coast of the republic of China, this structural transformation generated a big export-manufacturing booming.

Commerce is known to be the exchange or of goods and services between people. Trade has evolved all the way from the early age to present time in history. Evolution from barter trade to the present day use of cash and cheque systems to carry out transactions is a clear indication of developments in commerce. During the early periods, cultures exchanged goods within Persian present boundaries and other regions.

British colonization of various countries in the world allowed it to retain several islands in the southern parts of the Atlantic Ocean including the Falkland Island. Though other South American colonies were granted independence, Britain retained Falkland Island and considered it part of the country’s territory.

The port was widely seen as one that had the best defenses around the world during the late 19th century, and thus could decide the outcome of any battle in favor of the defenders. But during the First Sino-Japanese War, Japanese forces on the offensive quickly took the area from the defending Qing China soldiers in just a couple of days.