The Cold War was a conflict lasting forty-four years between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This all happened post-World War 2 when the United States and the USSR two superpowers were in a nuclear arms race to see who could make the most nuclear weapons. With fear surrounding the globe tensions were...
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Why did Africa become a theatre of Cold War conflict in the period between 1957 and 1962? The Cold War, originating in the aftermath of the Second World War, colored political, social, and cultural development during the second half of the twentieth century. The phenomenon of decolonization was no different, with newly independent states in both Africa and Asia finding...
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'The main cause of instability in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America between 1945 and 1990 were the domestic politics of those regions.” Do you agree? Discuss with detailed empirical examples of countries in at least two of the three regions mentioned. Introduction During the 19th century, a global transformation rearranged the basic structure of the international order.[footnoteRef:1] The...
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Historians have often disagreed on the origins of the Cold War placing the blame on either the United States, or the Soviet Union, or even maintaining a neutral stance. This is apparent with the various schools of thought as Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who is an Orthodox historian, argues that the Soviet Union was aggressively trying to expand its sphere of...
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In this essay I will discuss the cultures of Classical 5th century BCE Athens, the Classical Han of China, and Classical Republican Rome. I will identify the philosophical beliefs that formed the foundations of these cultures and how they were exemplified by their creations. I will use examples of art, literature, architecture, and dramas that reflect their classical approach to...
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British rule was more pragmatic compared to other colonial powers. Their motivation is economic, not evangelic. I choose this colonizing country and its occupied territory because their original purpose was to achieve a monopolistic trading position in the world. Then, later they felt a regime of free trade if they made India a major market for their goods and their...
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One major core class young students are required to take in high school is History. Students learn a wide variety of subjects under this category, including ancient civilizations, past presidents, US history, and the great empires that once ruled the continents. The idea behind learning history is possibly to try to avoid it relapsing again. Students are taught in depth...
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Alexander the Great was one of history's most successful military leaders. His empire extended from western Greece to eastern India. Tyre was a mighty city-state located off the coast of modern-day Lebanon. The Tyrians became very wealthy through maritime commerce and the production of purple dye from Murex shellfish. They established, among others, Carthage on the coast of North Africa,...
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Describe the manner of Alexander the Great’s death After 13 years of campaigning to build the greatest empire in the world, Alexander the Great returned with his army to Babylon (near modern Baghdad) to rest and strategize for his next conquest. His push for endless campaigning had led his generals to threaten mutiny; and through his increasingly eccentric behavior, he...
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Alexander the Great was an ancient Macedonian ruler of Macedonia and Persia. He is recognized as one of the world’s best leaders. Alexander the Great built the largest and most dominating empire in the world. He was born in Macedonia, Greece in three hundred fifty-six BC. Alexander the Great father was King Philip Two, and his mother’s name was Queen...
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Historical warfare has often catalyzed a decline in an individual’s well-being. Scholars of historical medicine have documented upheavals of health consequences within individuals in combat. The cascades of concurrent wars and the discovery of infectious diseases introduced military medicine protocols to be administered. Modern protocols administered in the United States military services include routine vaccinations before entry and the establishment...
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Introduction The Industrial Revolution started in the continent of Europe in Britain in the second half of the 18th century. It is traditionally viewed as the deepest mutation ever known to have affected men since Neolithic times. The Industrial Revolution shaped the face of new industrial and economically successful societies by modifying their social and economic structures and destabilizing all...
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Since the early 1500s, foreign intervention has played a major role in the history of Latin America. While the region has seen some benefit from this involvement it has been mostly for the worse. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende touches on this with its depiction of an American-backed coup in a fictional Latin American nation during the...
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When Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen-hundred and ninety-two, the world as we know it changed forever. Kings and queens, as well as their subjects, were now introduced to the New World. Filled with new resources that Europe had lost, filled with new and different species of plants, and animals like turkeys and buffalo. They had a readily accessible...
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The Republic is perhaps one of the world’s most popular and most influential works of political theory and philosophy, both historically and intellectually. In his Republic, Plato brings to life the main character of Socrates (Plato’s real-life teacher and role model) and explains to the reader his own personal views on how a virtuous and most importantly just city would...
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World War 2 had a catastrophic impact on every aspect of everyday life. where the stock market crashed. Also, economic inflation had pushed building materials price up and led to materials shortages. As a result of this, the United Kingdom nationalized coal, steel, electric, and gas manufacturing. Pioneered by the infamous Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius,...
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Wine has played an important role in social class and has both consistencies and inconsistencies as it was passed from nation to nation and from century to century. Tom Standage emphasizes throughout these two chapters that wine was an important symbol of social class. In Egypt, only the elite drank wine because it was expensive and there were limited amounts...
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Before America joined the fight in World War 2, it was in a state of disarray. The Great Depression, which began in 1929, had ravaged the nation and resulted in record-high numbers of unemployed, 25%. Once Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, this gave the United States an opportunity to join the war full-time as they only aided the allies in a...
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Thesis statement: World War two commenced on 1 September 1939 – on 2 September 1945 Soon after Hitler became chancellor, the use Concentration and extermination camps were put in place for order and the organization of deaths/labor for not only those of Jewish decent but also POWs, homosexuals, blacks, anti-war activists, those who were both physically and mentally disabled as...
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After I read F. L. Allen’s Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen’s Only Yesterday is the first book that I have read about history. I really learned a lot of historical events from the author during the decade of the 1920s. Frederick Lewis Allen was an editor of Harper’s Magazine, and he was also an American historian of the first half...
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This thesis will argue that there is nothing 'New' about 'New Imperialism'. Imperialism extends its nation's political dominion over other areas, whereas new imperialism has been described as the period between 1870 and 1914. Imperialism is interpreted in a variety of ways. Moreover, the call 'New imperialism' is equally debated. This thesis will show that imperialism is just the continuation...
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No matter what the outcome of world war 2, the outcome would of still been the result of imperialism in one way or another. There were many causes that headed up to the start of World War 2, some of which can be traced back and connected to the first world war. After the first war, many countries were left...
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Appeasement was a rational and calculated foreign policy. It was intended to prevent the possibility of a Second World War, In 1961 AJP Taylor published The Origins of the Second World War, where he lays out the Revisionist argument, that Hitler was not looking for World domination, but simply 'continuing the policy of previous German governments in seeking eastward expansion'...
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The history of science is vast and varied, and yet there exists a particular, universal theme: the use of the advancement of knowledge (or restriction of it) to increase power. The word 'power' can have numerous connotations, but this essay will focus on just three definitions. Firstly, the power of individuals, either over citizens or of citizens, secondly the 'imperial'...
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According to National Geographic, in an issue released in 2010, a group of scientists carried out CT Scans on Tutanankhamun’s body in 2005. This analysis confirmed that King Tut was not killed due to a blow to the head, as many people believed. The analysis revealed that the hole in the back of his skull had been made during the...
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An enduring issue is an issue that exists over time. It is one that many societies have attempted to address with varying degrees of success. An enduring issue that has existed throughout the world is corrupt rulers. It first appears to impact the world during the Classical era and still impacts the world to this day. Corrupt rulers have affected...
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From a dominating empire to a declining power, many have attempted to declare a single factor behind the Western Roman Empire’s collapse. Rome’s imperialist grand strategy may have thrived in the 1st-3rd centuries, but it lacked sustainability, the Empire’s internal issues weakening its function until its defeat by Germanic forces in 476 AD. Modern scholars now generally agree that a...
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The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 18th century. But how did it start and why did it happen in Britain and not in France, Germany, or the United States? In this essay, I will try to answer these questions. In the 18th century, wood was the main source of energy for Britain and it supplied fuel for homes...
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The two deadliest wars in human history, World War 1 and World War 2 had a significant impact on the prevailing world powers of the day. Although the wars have many similarities, they were different in many ways due to their direct causes, execution, and global impact. Prior to World War 1, political developments such as the shifting of powers,...
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Propaganda is a simple but very effective tool used throughout history. This simple term turned winning sides into wars. What is little known, is how it is used and what made it so effective. Let’s dive deeper into World War 2 where one of the biggest impacts, of propaganda, takes place. This is one of the first major wars in...
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