History

Powers, K. V. (2005).  Women in the crucible of conquest The gendered genesis of Spanish American society, 1500-1600. New Mexico University of New Mexico Press.     Books that are focused on the lives and participation of women in history are very limited in number. Among these few books is Karen Vieira Powers work entitled Women in the Crucible of Conquest The Gendered Genesis of Spanish American Society 1500-1600, a powerful and informative book that clearly documents the role...

The Second World War was a series of attacks and world wide battle because it affected not only the European continent but all others, Africa included.  The war lasted between 1939 to 1945.  To narrow down the war description to the winter war in Germany, which started on the 1st September 1939 this war had adverse effects to Germany. The war is said to have started by the Germanys attack to Poland.  In that instance, France and other commonwealth nations decided to fight back Germany...

The issue that is usually overplayed as far as womens reproductive choice is concerned is abortion. Many people are at loss when the decision to abort or not to are being made. People abort for different reasons. Some claim that they are financially unstable to support the baby once it is born. Others want to finish their education first while others are not yet ready for the responsibility of taking care of the child. There has been a lot of controversy regarding this issue and while some countries...

The major Allied forces in the Second World War were France and Britain. These were the forces that were opposed by the Axis. The main axis countries were Germany, Italy and Japan. In May 1940, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands were attacked by Germany the same day. It was possible for Germany to defeat a country like Luxembourg since it was poorly armed. Although Belgium was armed, it was not as good as Germany. Hitler had air borne troops which helped Germany defeat the powerful Belgiums...

Cooperation and mutual progress between various human rights movements in the United States have for long been facilitated by common language and philosophy. Civil and women rights movement are some of the human rights movements that have been in existence in the United States. The earliest womens rights movements in the United States include the national womens suffrage association and the American woman suffrage association. The two groups later joined to from the broad national American woman...

After many years of working with museums and dealers in the field of antiquities, fine arts, and collectibles, archaeologists have seen an increasing need for reliable, quality, stock display materials. Archaeologists bring together what they believe is the finest selection of stock mountings and display items in the world. The Archeological museum of Lothal, Gujarat in the country of India presents the remains in the best possible ways. The pieces of art are displayed on their own as well as among...

The reign of terror that took place during the French revolution was an effort to repress those who were considered enemies of the republic government, both domestic and foreign. During the period of terror thousands of those suspected to be the enemies of the republic and revolution were guillotined after getting charged by the revolutionary tribunal. The argument is whether or not the use of terror and violence was justified. The reign of terror took place after the onset of French revolution....

    After the Civil War, one of the major changes in the South was the emancipation of the slaves working on the plantations. They achieved the status of literal equality, which they could only dream of before the Civil War. Though it was much anticipated that the outcome of the Northern victory over the South will result in freedom, the aftermaths, responsibilities and burdens, which lay ahead in the path of the freed slaves were really troubling. Since after the emancipation most...

1. Identify and discuss the authors thesis Were you convinced by the authors argumentThe author strongly attempted to refute previous theories about laws that were enacted during the Progressive Era and thereby argued in favor of a new interpretation of certain historical events and movements.  The basic line of reasoning is that traditional interpretations are both overly simplistic and that these interpretations tend to ignore the relevance of many other actors and events.  The author...

Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia)    The Ancient Near EastMesopotamia was located between River Euphrates and Tigris River. This land had marshland surrounding it and extensive flat plains. Mesopotamia was a land of sufficient rain in the uplands although the soils there were poor.  Contrary, the southland experienced little rains but the soil was much better. A common phenomenon in Mesopotamia was strong winds and storms. The only significant natural resource in Ancient Near East...

Introduction The ability of a leader to have great focus, articulate professionalism in his her duties, and maintain high ethical orientation in that generates both local land international preference acts as some of the most important traits for an all time leader.  A brief synopsis of Colin Powell  Perhaps the best description that can be used for Collin Powel is a leader who lived well beyond his time due to his peculiar view points and leadership skills that have increasingly become...

    The history of West Africa from the last decades of the 19th century was very crucial in determining the later social political and economic outset of the region, its relation with the colonialists and impact to the new lands.  This paper intrinsically analyzes the West Africa history since 1880. Question oneWhat are the factors that contributed to British and French penetration and colonization of West Africa during the nineteenth century, and what policies did they use...

    Having rich fossil evidence, in South Africa, one is safe to conclude that mankind has its cradle embedded deeply in the roots of African history. This is evidence that the human family has evolved in Africa, dating back to millions of years. Some of the early inhabitants of this area included modern humans who lived in that area over 100,000 years ago (Keppel-Jones). The ancestors of the San and the Khoikhoi, who lived during that particular period in the Southern part of Africa,...

Wars have considerably influenced the history of mankind, since battles have been considered for a long time to be the best way of resolving conflicts or acquiring the rights for controlling various resources. Despite the fact that wars are mainly led between military forces of opposing nations, civilians are always involved in the war and suffer greatly mainly because they are not armed and are less equipped with skills of escaping from miseries of war. However, there is a considerable difference...

The author of the document is Captain Simon Bernard from Germany. He explores the concept of Revolutionary Military Affairs (RMA) and argues that regardless of the fact that the innovations unveiled during the gulf war were revolutionary, we are presently very far from genuine Revolutionary Military Affairs. Essentially, Revolutionary Military Affairs refers to a basic advancement in technology organization and doctrine that makes the current approaches of warfare obsolete. In his review, Pudas...

The Russian Revolution of 1917 brought about the end of the reign of the Tsars in Russia and brought forth the birth of the first socialist state in the world, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), whose existence spanned more than 70 years. Its founders promised a new ideology that was guaranteed to be the wave of the future as they trumpeted the Marxist mantra of Workers of all countries, unite and boldly tried to export their revolution worldwide.  However, within this new socialist...