Tag: History
Buddhists in Tibet
For over 2000 years Buddhists in Tibet have lived freely and independently, but in 1949-50 that all change when China invaded and took control....
Why do we need the Covenants
Could mere obedience to law bring about forgiveness of sins and salvation? Gods whole plan of salvation is promised and understood through the Covenants....
The Americans: The Colonial Experience
America was not believed to be a ground for a utopian society, rather a place for a new start, more freedom, and fewer taxes....
Persian Gulf Crisis
Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991: How Saddam Hussein's Greed and Totalitarian Quest for Power Led to the Invasion of Kuwait, World Conflicts and the Degredation...
The Roman Empire, by Augustus Caesar
This report is to be distributed freely and not to be sold for profit ect. This report can be modifyed as long as you...
The Queen of Egypt
What would you be doing when you're 17? Most teens would party, but when Cleopatra was 17, she became the Queen of Egypt. Cleopatra...
The Flint Hills Rodeo
As the days grow longer, the Kansas wind gets warmer, and the school year draws to a close, the thoughts of ranchers and would-be...
Calvin Coolidge Essay
On August 2, 1923, Calvin Coolidge was vacationing at his father's home at Plymouth,Vermont when one night he was awakened by the tragic news...
Hundred Years War
The definition of the Golden Rule is that those with the gold make the rules. In other words, those with the gold have the...
The 1800’s in the United States of America
The 1800's were a tumultuous time for the United States of America. At that time the south was typically slave and the northerners were...
The Trial And Death Of Joan Of Arc
On May 16, 1920, Pope Benedict XV conducted a ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome to canonize Joan of Arc, often referred to...
Addisons “Campaign” and Grays “Elegy”
In the meditation set at the heart of the "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," which he completed in 1750, Gray notes that deprivation...
Colonial New England and Religious Tolerance
Throughout the seventeen hundreds, thousands of immigrants came to the New England region, seeking refuge from European persecution. These early colonist yearned for a...
The Development of Ancient Systems of Writing in Iraq and Egypt
Ancient systems of writing in the Middle East arose when people needed a method for remembering important information. In both Ancient Iraq and Ancient...
The Holy Wars or the Crusades
In the year of our lord 1095, Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. Over the period...
Zoroaster also known as Zarathustra
Some time in the history of the universe, no one is quite sure when, there was born a man. This man would eventually be...
The Duel in European History
Throughout time, the image of the duel has transcended into our collective consciousness, so that there is hardly a person today who does not...
Fascism, a form of counter-revolutionary politics
Fascism is a form of counter-revolutionary politics that first arose in the early part of the twentieth-century in Europe. It was a response to...
History Of The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, for twenty-eight years, separated friends, families, and a nation. A lot of suffering began for Germany when World War II commenced,...
Weapons of the Civil War: Why Did The North Win
Battles have been fought since the dawn of time. Weapons have gradually become more technological and sophisticated each and every time. People learn from...
The Trial And Death Of Joan Of Arc
On May 16, 1920, Pope Benedict XV conducted a ceremony at St. Peters Basilica in Rome to canonize Joan of Arc, often referred to...
Mafia of the 1920’s and 1930’s
Their guns terrorized the streets of New York. They were murderous, brutal thugs that killed with no feelings of remorse. They were bank-robbers, drug...
Blacks of the Bible
Any attempt to establish a universally accepted statement as to the presence of blacks in the Old Testament would be futile for several reasons....
What has caused Britain to lose its sense of identity
Being British used to be so easy. They were one of the most identified peoples on earth, recognized by their manners, their clothes and...
Clay Beats Liston: February 25, 1964
From the accounts of various Kentucky newspapers, I was able to learn a few facts about Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, as...
Provisional Government
This so-called October Revolution was an armed insurrection carried out by the Bolshevik Party using the apparatus of the Petrograd Soviet. Lenin insisted that...
This Country Was Founded By Immigrants, Built By Immigrants
Since the founding of America, more than 55 million immigrants from around the world have settled in the United States. With the exception of...
The Manhattan Project
On the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the...
The Warsaw Ghetto
All throughout history, the Jewish people have been persecuted and looked down upon by the human world. Even in Biblical times, the world blamed...
Events Leading Up To The Bombing
Before entering World War II, Japan had many other problems to deal with. It had begun to rely more and more for raw materials...
The Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil
The Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil are one of a few surviving indigenous cultures that is uniquely protected by a national reserve in lowland...
Daily life in Sparta
Sparta, also called Lacedaemon, was a city in ancient Greece, and one of the most famous ancient Greek cities of the Peloponnesus. Found in...
King George III
England has never produced a ruler quite like King George III. Often called the mad king. George III is one of the most interesting...
The camp Auschwitz
Located thirty-seven miles west of Krakow, Auschwitz was the camp where Jewish people were killed and worked. This camp, out of all the rest...
History Of Football
Sometime around 1050, Englishmen dug up a skull of a dane and started to kick it around in frustration toward the daneIt became known...
Chang and Eng Essay
During the 1850s, and again after the Civil War, Chang and Eng returned to public exhibitions. In 1860, they met the famed showman, P....
The Good, The Bad, The WTO
On May 19,1948, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or GATT was created. This was not an international organization but an inter-governmental treaty....
The Cold War, 1949-1963
American Commitment to Cold War: National Security Council Document
1. How NSC-68 influenced America's response to Communist North Korea's invasion of South Korea in June...
The Civil War
The Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1877 was mainly caused by the diverging society between the North and the South. The North...
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra founded in 1895, gave its first concert the following year under the direction of Frederic Archer. Victor Herbert was the chief...
Trench Warfare Essay
World War I was a military conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was a modern war with airplanes, machine guns, and tanks....
Existentialism in the Early 19th Century
Because of the diversity of positions associated with existentialism, the term is impossible to define precisely. Certain themes common to virtually all existentialist writers...
August 1998, Speech At Marcus Garvey’s Birthday Celebration
In my opinion, Marcus Garvey was the greatest organizer of Afrikan people ever in the western hemisphere, meaning the Americas. The only person who...
Inside The League by Scott Anderson, and Jon Lee Anderson
For over ten years progressive researchers in this country and in Europe have been uncovering evidence linking certain American conservatives and rightists to racist...
Darius I The Great Reign
Arrogant, powerful, wise, heroic, conqueror, and a superior leader are a few words that describe Dariuss I reign and the life that he lived....
Events Leading to the French Revolution
The major cause of the French Revolution was the disputes between the different types of social classes in French society. The French Revolution of1789-1799...
Why The Study Of History Is So Important In Today’s Curriculums
Many students wonder why the study of history is so important in today's curriculums. A simple answer to that is, one cannot proceed without...
Feudalism and Toni Morrison’s Paradise
An investigation into life in Ruby, the city at the center of Toni Morrisons Paradise, must start with an understanding of the government or...
The occupation of Japan
The occupation of Japan was, from start to finish, an American operation. General Douglans MacArthur, sole supreme commander of the Allied Power was in...
Identify the major features of the life of Leon Trotsky between 1917 and 1940
Leon Trotsky is well recognised as one of the greatest Marxists that ever lived. After being arrested, sentenced to exile twice and supporting the...
