Essays About History
IntroductionThankyou for deciding to continue to read. Here I am not trying to be a complete guide to theVietnam War, but what I think about this hugely misunderstood war. If you want to know about theVietnam war, I highly recomment the book “Nam, The Vietnam Experience 1965-75″It’s an excellentresource, and after a ling time I…
The Gulf WarIn the early morning of August the second1990, Saddam Hussein and a fleet of tanks as well as 100,000 thousand troopsinvaded neighboring Kuwait with out provocation or warning. Iraq also hadsurface-to-surface missiles to take complete control of Kuwait; this alltook place just hours after Saddam Hussein had assured neighboring countriesthat there would under…
It has been a long time in the making, but scheduled plans have marked January 1, 2002 as the date that the new Euro currency banknotes and coins will be introduced in Europe. July 1, 2002 is the designated day that the changeover to a monetary union will be complete. The discussion as to the…
The earth is an ever-changing chunk of rock to put it at the lowest level of comprehension available. This rock that we call home is brewing with billions of life forms and is constantly changing every day. This can be attributed to the various cycles that are at work on this planet of our, from…
Introduction Of all the ethnic groups in the world, the Kurds are one of the largestthat has no state to call their own. According to historian WilliamWestermann, “The Kurds can present a better claim to race purity. . . thanany people which now inhabits Europe. ” (Bonner, p. 63, 1992) Over thepast hundred years, the…
HolocaustThe Lebensborn ProjectThe topic of eugenics cannot be discussed without encountering the Holocaust, but this is as it should be. When contemporary geneticists, genetics counselors and clinical geneticists wonder why it is that genetics receives special attention from those concerned with ethics, the answer is simple and can be found in history. The events which…
HolocaustA Terrible TragedyThe human tragedy of the Holocaust was the systematic annihilation of millions of Jews by the Nazi regime during World War II. The adversity of this persecution influenced not only the European arena, but also peoples from all over the globe and their ideas. The impact caused by this ethnic cleansing was enormous….
HolocaustWhat is Holocaust Denial and Why Does it Exhist? What is Holocaust denial andwhy does it exhist? This is far from being a simple question, as itneccessitates a background knowledge of what the holocaust really was and whythere would be efforts to deny that it ever happened. In my paper, I hope toexplain some of…
Holocaust(1)INTRODUCTION The Holocaust is the most horrifying crime against humanity of alltimes. “Hitler, in an attempt to establish the pure Aryan race, decidedthat all mentally ill, gypsies, non supporters of Nazism, and Jews were to beeliminated from the German population. He proceeded to reach his goal in asystematic scheme. ” One of his main methods…
HolocaustHolocaustFrom Hitler’s rain of terror came the Holocaust and the extermination of the Jews. It began with the first assault against the Jews to the beginning of ghettoization to Hitler’s plan to exterminate the Jews; and then the Nuremberg laws. The horror of the holocaust can never be justified. Hitler was to blame for this…
HolocaustThe Nation of Germany should be assessed damages and reparations made to survivors and or their heirs for the Nazi crimes which included, property theft, wrongful injury and wrongful death. The monetary compensation will never heal the wounds inflicted by the depraved actions of the Nazi on their fellow man. The mere claim that not…
Most people washed themselves with only one essential thing at the time, water. This, of course, happened until the development of soap in 2800 B. C. The soapwas found in clay cylinders during the excavation of ancient Babylon. There wereinscriptions discovered on the cylinders, which showed us that fats were boiledwith ashes, which was the…
Ancient EgyptianMathematicsThe use of organized mathematics in Egypthas been dated back to the third millennium BC. Egyptian mathematicswas dominated by arithmetic, with an emphasis on measurement and calculationin geometry. With their vast knowledge of geometry, they were ableto correctly calculate the areas of triangles, rectangles, and trapezoidsand the volumes of figures such as bricks, cylinders,…
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Mass MediaMartin Luther King Jr. was a very significant and influential man. Though his life was cut short at 39 years old, he left a big mark on today’s society. From the Prayer Pilgrimage of May 17, 1957, an event and a date that marked King’s entr?e into the…
of as many different types of government, mostly dictatorships. Mostof South America won independence from Spain and Portugal between 1810and 1824. In 1823, President James Monroe enunciated the first USpolicy on Latin America. The Monroe Doctrine warned European nationsagainst interfering in the affairs of independent nations in theWestern Hemisphere. In 1904, Roosevelt’s Corollary said the…
uipment of the human individual, which enables him to be attuned to his immediate environment on the historical past on the other”. It reflects in effect what humans have added to Nature. It comprises the spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of a society and includes, in addition to the arts and letters, the value…
With the research that I have done, I have come up with the following informationon the events leading to the American Revolution. After the French-Indian War the British Government decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain. This eventually lead to the Boston…
Throughout history, many techniques have been used for organizing society. Experimentation with different styles primarily took place in the ancient Mediterranean world. Athenian democracy, Hebrew temple state, Hellenic city-states, Hellenistic kingdoms, the Roman Republic, and the Christian Roman Empire were all major forms of governance, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. To determine which…
History of the PropellerThe aircraft propeller looks like a simple mechanism to the uneducated individual. To the educated, an aircraft propeller represents the highest sophistication in aerodynamics, mechanical engineering and structural design. This report will touch on the history of the propeller, from early pioneers/experiments, advancement during/after the war, all the way up to current…
Nelson MandelaExcuse me sir, may I see your pass? These words mean very little to most Americans; however these words struck fear in the hearts of black South Africans during the times of apartheid. While apartheid was being practiced, blacks were restricted in the jobs they could hold, facilities they could use, as well as…
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment,…
DinosaursDinosaurs: How they became extinct Something happened 65 million years ago, atthe end of the Cretaceous period, something so devastating that it altered thecourse of life on earth. It seems like it happened so sudden, as geologic timegoes, that almost all the dinosaurs living on earth disappeared. So how didthese dominant creatures just die off?…
DinosaursWhen dinosaur bones were first found they thought that they belongedto giant lizards. The word “dinosaur” means “terrible lizard”. The largerdinosaurs must have seemed to be terrible to the smaller animals. Some ofthe first dinosaurs were only about as big as a small dog. That is how bigthe horses of that time were. Over the…
Chadwick Hansen. Witchcraft at Salem. New York: George Braziller, INC. , 1969. 252pp. Many people believe that the witch-hunt of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, was based upon mere delusions of a few frightened teenage girls. Despite the popular viewpoint of many other historians, Chadwick Hansen’s book, Witchcraft at Salem, offers a generally discarded point of…
Greek History andFoodGreek cuisine:The Greeks usually eat 3 meals a day. The first meal of the day is Breakfast. A typical Greek breakfast consistsof a piece of bread, some goat milk and strong Turkish coffee. The Greeksdo not eat a large breakfast typically. Their next meal of the day is Lunchit is usually eaten around…
History Of Unions And Their Relevance In Today’s Australian SocietyThe Maritime Union of Australia is at present involved in a dispute with Patrick Stevedoring Company who have rented wharf space to National Farmers Federation who wish to avoid the crippling costs and inefficiencies of the Stevedoring industry. New Zealand companies have successfully introduced waterfront reforms…
Affirmative Action is defined by Webster’s New World College Dictionary as ” a policy or program for correcting the effects of discrimination in the employment or education of members of certain groups. ” The phrase “affirmative action” was coined by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 when he issued Executive Order 10925, initiating the President’s…
Russia’s HistoryJoseph Stalin (1927-1953) led the Soviet State through the challenges of World War II. Although the war was a terrible drain on the already impoverished and exhausted society, it resulted, paradoxically in strengthening the Soviet dictatorship. The war distracted the Soviet people from Stalin’s excesses in previous years and generated patriotism and national unity….
By: Muhammad Ali The Rise of Fascism in Germany After the World War 1 ended, the Paris Peace Treaties solvedfewer conflictsthan it generated. The Weimar Government startedto weaken. It began facing multiple economic and political problems. Also, the treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for causing the war; hence Germany was forced to pay reparations. After…
Name of Book: All Quiet on the Western FrontAuthor: Erich Maria RemarquePublisher: Ballantine BooksDate you started book:____________ Date you completed book:__________1. In what period of history did the story take place?The story told in All Quiet on the Western Front occurs during the two years just before the Armistice ended World War I in November…
