History Essays

She had run on a Front national party ticket. In her victory speech, she talked of many things, but it was only her supporters’ praise that received a good applause.She had criticized the opinion polls for giving wrong information. She wanted to convince her supporters that she was only the right candidate for the post as the other two candidates were only fit for other big business. 

With respect to professionalism, there were specific principles and practices developed for performing such surgeries (Greenblatt, 1997). From the concept of practices and principles, the profession of neurosurgery came up, which has been in existence into the contemporary and most probably into the future.

This is because; after the 1949 revolution, missionaries were ejected from China and persecuted most between 1950s and 60s. In addition, persecution of Christians was more elaborate between 1966 and 1977, particularly fueled by The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution under Mao.

However, the high adulation that women have today as the equal of men did not always exist. The Suffragette era saw women fighting to have equal rights and opportunities with their male counterparts. But just like everything else in this world, time and circumstance forced a change in that point of view. When World War II rolled along, the United States government saw shortage in the workforce that has never been equaled since. 

In a bid to ease its burden from the above war, Britain enacted and imposed the Stamp Act on the thirteen American colonies. This move sparked animosity and defiance in the land against the British imperial rules. The secret groups in Boston known as Sons of Liberty, started by Adams who was to later rise to the top seat of the land, directly attacked stamp agents and destroyed the stamps and records (Lanning , 153).

His greatest achievement in the stabilization of the Roman Empire was his suppression of the Catiline conspiracy (Everitt 56). Despite being a well-established lawyer and an orator of his own category, Cicero considered himself a born politician. It was during his service as a consul that an outside force attempted to overthrow the Roman government from outside the city.

The boycott demonstrated a successful challenge of racial segregation enlightening other campaigns all over America. King received several threats during the boycott but the situation intensified leading to his arrest and bombing of his house. Through amendments of the constitution, the rights of individuals will be protected while assuring presence of equality (Breyer, 2011).

The book by Harry M. Ward is an excellent research work by the author that offers facts from the history of the famous American Revolutionary War. This is a research monograph by one of the most distinguished historians of this era. The contents of this book reveal the aspects of the war in a different light that has not been discovered before.

However, throughout the history owing to their immense potential and talent several women came forward and marked their names in golden words. Eva Peron who was popularly known and respectfully as well as out of love of common people as Evita was no exception. Her life was a saga of struggles worth remembering that promoted a village girl to the ultimate limelight of Argentine politics.

The culture of the western society later flowed to other societies such as Asia and China from the ara. The western society’s possessed greater cultural wealth, the society has a historic burden that suffocated its democratic development. The above sources helped me come to this conclusion because they provided comprehensive information on the historical place of western societies.

During this period, the American Society was marked by political turn over and evolution of technology. The American society was caught between the ongoing disintegration and the current technological style. The consensual solidification of the American society dissolved. In Summary, the American society was characterized by an interim recovery that resulted to a recession in AD 1700.

His sterling leadership qualities and peerless moral integrity steered the nation through the storm of the Civil War and laid the foundation of modern, egalitarian, democratic American society.There is a general consensus, among both historians and the public, that Lincoln is the greatest President in American history.

Out of 16 million 10 million Africans sustained the journey to the New world, approximately one-third grounded in Brazil and among 60-70 percent ended up either in Brazil or the sugar colonies of the Caribbean (Higman 1995, 397)1. Among all of this merely 6 percent landed in United States. However, by 1860, round about two thirds of all New World slaves resided in the American South.

In America, we have great minds that look for the good of this country. Great Men like Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, and John Winthrop have spent a sleepless nights with a common vision of uniting this great Nation, (Takaki p. 342). They all deserve big salutes from her citizens. This paper highlights the general trends or rather patterns that form our fabric.

Therefore, how an individual expresses and feels about himself defines his gender roles; hence, gender role refers to how people say and act in order to express being a man, woman, boy or girl. Various researches indicate that culture, rather than an individual’s sex determines their gender roles. Societal factors define masculinity and femininity in a community as members of a society determine what being a female or male is.

The modern Boxer dog now comes in fawn and brindle with a black mask. The description of the color standard is as follows; “Fawns range in shade from light tan to mahogany, while brindle—dark stripes on a light background—may be anything from a few thin lines to such a dark and heavy colouring that the dog appears almost black.

The statute was ratified in 1999 mainly to forbid alleged ‘crush videos,’ which show crushing of helpless animals, often by human feet and habitually in a sexually explicit environment (Epstein & Walker 362). Nevertheless, later issues of dogfighting resulted in the law being imposed on sources of audiovisual materials depicting dogfighting.

That is when the British Colonialism started in India. After seeing the bright prospect in trade, the British decided to extend their rule in India. India in those days was very much unlike the India of modern times. The religion and culture existing for thousands of years had given birth to a caste system dividing people from one another into different categories. 

It is argued that the spillages and the leaks of the atomic bomb found their way downstream and affected flora and fauna. The river that was once a home to millions of salmons was now invaded by solutions of radioactive solutions of heavy metals like strontium and uranium. In addition to this other toxic chemicals also found their way into the river during this process.

Many centuries ago, the New Guinea people used to harvest wild sugar cane and then suck and chew it for gaining energy. Ancient merchants from Southeast Pacific islands traveled via sea from one island to another and the dry land of eastern Africa and Asia to merchandise metal tools, animals, and food.

For this reason, the United States will always be ready to go to war with Iran irrespective of whether their move is supported by other countries or not. Russell & Geoffrey (2009) state that Iran and the United states were once good allies and the United States supported Iran in opposing the Soviet Union. The relations between the two countries were stronger during the regime of Shar Qajar as the two countries worked in hand in hand.

The main strength of the European Union is derived from its prevailing structure. The coming into play of TEU has seen the growth and development of international and lasting schemes directed towards the Union’s geographic locations. They have been instrumental in the monitoring and preservation of international peace and stability.

My father named me Eudokia Arethas after my great aunt as traditions dictated.Unlike my brothers who were born before me, my name did not depict anything special. This was not unusual as girl’s and women’s role in society was to be married off and bear children. However, my family was different in many ways.

Despite the racial differences between them and the early settlers, these former slaves established themselves in Texas. However, by 1830, slavery had been outlawed in Mexico and the importation of slaves by Anglo-settlers had been banned. However, this did not take effect in Texas because they needed economic development through cheap and forced labor. 

Leni Riefenstahl was born in 1902 in Berlin, where she grew up studying painting, but later went into interpretive dancing as a career. She had not practiced this for long before a knee injury put her out of dancing after which she picked up film directing as her new choice of career.

Sparta was a military state and it produced fine literature, culture and arts. Sparta was very instrumental during the defeat of Persia (Sekunda 293). During the Peloponnesian War, it led to Athens’s defeat. In 386BC, Sparta and Persia agreed on the 'King's Peace' treaty.

Not to forget, tolerance towards different races was unheard of back then, and is in a much better condition today owing to the focus on internationalization that is the lifeline of globalization practices adopted by developed economies of the world today.All through the nineteenth century, the British Empire (Huttenback, 1973: 1) saw a surge of new practices in the colonies, mainly triggered by changing constitution of the Roman Catholic Church

Through leading characters such as Amabelle Desir, her lover Sebastian Onius and her friend Senora Valencia, the author Edwindge Danticat demonstrates the underlying issues that led to tension between the two countries, eventually leading to the massacre. Danticat also portrays the unfolding of events at the onset of mass killings of Haitians and the aftermath of the massacre especially on Haitian individuals who survived the inhuman ordeal.

In the work of the Nazis theoreticians, the resemblance that exists between the two postures that of artists and statesman’s is seen. Why is the model of art so attractive to most politicians? It is evident that since romantic crisis, artists, especially poets have been sorting hard to occupy the places of priest, of being guidance and people’s educators.

Alexander III of Macedon, also known as Alexander the Great, was born in 356 BC in Pella. His parents were Philip II and Olympias. In his early age, Alexander was fortunate to be educated by Aristotle, the renowned Greek philosopher. In 336 BC, Philip II was assassinated.

Israel captured huge tracks of land, which belonged to the Arabs, and by using the Zionist movements and the Bible, they started capturing territories captured in the Bible, and they claimed to be theirs. In retaliation, almost most of the Muslim countries that surround Israel were unsatisfied with the way Israel was conducting its activities in the region.

Bremmer shows that during the first three years of the post-soviet Ukrainian state, ethnic Russians were quite receptive to the government with many of them not seeing much of distinctiveness between them and fellow Ukrainians. They were active participants in both local and national politics although candidates who did well among them were largely pro-Russian.

Many times, irrespective of one’s racial affiliation, there is this passion to see resources maintained and expanded. However, some time it is not the passion for environment that creates this impetus; it is cultural beliefs about deity that push people to conserve resources.

In addition, marriage also played a critical role as it gave women a new opportunity in the society. Marriage was seen as a sign of unity and seal from any evil from the outside world. The institution of marriage was crucial in the Ancient Egypt because every right thinking man was supposed get children.

The main objective of the European Community is to develop the economic integration of Western Europe. Germany in collaboration with other European countries plays a big role in changing attitudes to Europe.

By 1960s, the Chicanos embraced ethnic studies to think about decolonization, ethnicity, history and absence of groups of people. This was occasioned through the TWLF. During the process of decolonization, Chicano society had the Chicano Movement which encouraged education as a way of changing the Mexican community to reflect a positive image.

The studies of race and ethnicity indicate the observation that assimilation epistemology is a necessary part of nature. As races and ethnic groups interact, some groups need to be assimilated in order to encourage national identity. Assimilation epistemology describes these elements and shows how Chicano studies helped in shaping the epistemological traditions of the Mexican American community.

From 1990s onwards, scholars incorporated a much larger framework into their analysis of the Dutch Atlantic. They have been gradually moving away from the Dutch Republic point of departure to the idea of a constantly evolving and transforming world without a fixed centre.

Among the largest non-European Empires was the Mongol empire. The Mongol Empire was arguably the largest empire in the world. The empire existed in the 13th and 14th centuries. The empire grew systematically thereby expanding to various parts of the world a feature that portrayed its political, military, and economic might.

Whenever historians get a grasp of certain conditions happening in civilization, we get to know what to consent to and those to pronounce spuriously. In so doing, historians possess a yardstick based on particular historians that portray truthfulness and correctness in their respective reported information.

Soul food arises from Southern-style cooking constituting beans, greens, cornmeal and pork. In which case, pork fat is used in frying the components. The food describes the type of food whereby the southern Negro uses what they had to make good food. It is a form of expression and identification of the black among other races, on the basis of food they eat.

The economic hardships faced by the American colonies soon after the American Revolution also caused the failure of the Articles of Confederation, owing to the fact that the colonies were unable to pay their own debts, yet they did not have a centralized economic system that would work towards redeeming al the territories (Brackemyre, n.p.).

It is evident that most of the treaties between the aboriginal and the European countries took place in the context of getting control over the lands or getting lands from the aboriginal people. The European countries were smart enough to dominate over the Aboriginal people and tried very hard in saving their interests through different treaties.

It is axiomatic to assert that from the colonial era to civil war, the institution of slavery was at the center of the United States politics and economy. The demise of the same was associated with the development that was witnessed in the country. The abolition of slavery came in different waves.

Families in the West functioned differently from those in the East in terms of philosophy, gender, and human roles. Romanticism stressed more emotive attachment and the cultivation of emotion in western families. Novel concepts of human equality and liberty undermined older concepts of hierarchy and order within western families  

The members of this resistance movement actively rose up in protest over the haircutting decree, their concerns eventually grew to also entail seeking retribution for the crimes that had been committed by the chief traitors whose actions resulted in the implementation of the Kabo reforms as well as the assassination of Queen Ming.

The Americans were not associated with any form of liberty. They lacked economic, religious, and political freedom. Although they had their ways of worshiping, the introduction of Christianity ensured that all the natives converted to Christianity. Because of this fact, the natives did not have religious liberty.

The question of the approach used by Mao was dominant as he had been the brain behind the Great Leap. The society had suffered with his forced labor in an area that needed skills and expertise. It was his push for such agendas yet he pointed fingers at the ambassadors of capitalism. He probably wanted to restore his faith among the people.

Orientalism refers to a perception that gears towards viewing, imagining, distorting as well as exaggerating the differences that exist between the Arabs cultures in comparison to Europe and the United States. The French Orientalism was focused on paintings that were influenced by the invasion of Egypt as well as Syria by Napoleon.

It is very easy to see that at the time of the Kennedy assassination, forensic science was either at its very infancy or did not exist yet. Which is why such a high profile case ended up being bungled in the investigation. That is why when it was placed under the scrutiny of modern forensic science, fact and fiction were finally and clearly separated.