World History And Cultures Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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A paper on British Colonization and Interests in Africa (1018 words, 2 pages)

The British had three major areas of interest in Africa that led to theircolonization of it strategic ports and routes to their Asian colonies, trade interests, and political objectives such as beating the French in the Scramble , and Christianizing the natives . The British had already made significant imperial ... Read More

A Research on Birkenau, Auschwitz (580 words, 2 pages)

Birkenau I did reasearch on Birkenau, a concentration camp used in the Holocaust also know as Auschwitz. I chose this particular topic because, I thought it would be interesting to learn about the concentration camps used in the Holocaust. The two sources i used for my presentation is an internet ... Read More

A Short Paper on the Bombing of Pearl Harbor (610 words, 1 pages)

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. On December 7, 1941 at about 800 AM on a Sunday morning Japanese fighter planes began a strike on the harbor. At 600 a.m. There were six Japanese carriers that launched a first wave of 181 ... Read More

Mexico: The home of Aztecs. (2492 words, 3 pages)

Aztecs started out as a small group of barbarians that called themselves the Mexica. The Mexica was believed to first appear in the Valley of Mexico about A. D. 1200. Although, according to folk legend it is believed that the Aztecs original homeland was an island called Aztlan. The Aztecs ... Read More

Manhattan Project, Atomic Bomb and the Concept of War Since (6087 words, 19 pages)

The way the world thinks of war changed forever in 1945. On July 16 in Alamogordo, New Mexico, America exploded the world's first atomic bomb, sending a huge mushroom-shaped cloud high into the sky. The Manhattan Project, which was used to end World War II, was mostly led by German ... Read More

A Brief History of British Monarchy (1204 words, 2 pages)

During 1647-1650 the countrymen of England had been completely astonished. The people had seen their King challenged and beaten in war and court resulting in his execution. Groups were also developing (political factions) wanting to see their political goals achieved. Charles had lost the first civil war but was encouraged ... Read More

The History and Consequences of the Punic Wars (885 words, 2 pages)

"Were the Punic Wars a phyrric victory for the Roman Republic?" The term "Punic Wars" refers to the series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BCE. The Romans called the Carthaginians Poeni (Phoenicians), from which is derived the adjective "Punic." There were three Punic Wars ... Read More

History of France after the Thirty Years War (2087 words, 3 pages)

France has remained an international leader since the Thirty Years War. It was the first country dedicated to "liberty, equality, and fraternity" during the French Revolution, and today it remains a leader as an influential and powerful member of the European Union and the United Nations. The international plane since ... Read More

The Role of Alliances in the First World War (1639 words, 2 pages)

Wars have been fought over many matters which may seem trivial to some yet have enough importance to others that they would be willing to die for the nationalistic goals of their leaders. The validity of this statement may not be present in every war but was certainly exercised in ... Read More

The Controversies Surrounding The Korean War in 1950 (1123 words, 2 pages)

The Korean War was the United Nation's first international conflict, in terms of its magnitude, it outstripped all other ventures conducted under the auspices of the UN, and is matched perhaps only by the Gulf War. The controversy surrounding its ambiguous commencement in June, 1950, resolves around the United States, ... Read More

A Debate on Whether the US Acted as an Isolationist in the 1930’s (3034 words, 4 pages)

"The United States was not really isolationist in the 1930's". Argue the case for or against this statement. During the 1920's America seemed to enjoy a period of prosperity after the Great War. This was due to a number of factors. One of which was American industry which had expanded ... Read More

An Essay on the Korean War (2503 words, 4 pages)

The Korean War The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. However it was fought between people who wanted Communist rule in Korea versus people who wanted freedom and democracy. It had no winners. All it had was people who lost their lives. Korea is a peninsula ... Read More

A Paper on First World War and the Alliance System (1778 words, 3 pages)

The First World War was believed to be caused by a number of reasons. Historians had many different viewpoints on the issue. Some believed that the war was caused from pre-existing tensions such as the alliance system whilst others thought that the events of July 1914 were the main problem ... Read More

Modernism as a Effect of the World War I (2133 words, 8 pages)

After World War I, American people and the authors among them were left disillusioned by the effects that war had on their society. America needed a literature that would explain what had happened and what was happening to their society. American writers turned to what is now known as modernism. ... Read More

History vs Science: The Issue of a Historian’s Reliability (817 words, 1 pages)

History, or accepted facts about the past, used to be considered a natural science of "how it really was" , thus a historical fact was equal to the fact of a natural science. However, scientific facts are independent of the scientist and modern historians have discarded Ranke's1 view. Some historical ... Read More

The Great Depression of the 1930s (987 words, 2 pages)

It is an obvious statement to make that not all experiences of the Depression were the same. The 1930's are usually seen as a time of great suffering and poverty. In fact, an overview of the time in terms of economics shows a time of relative prosperity and this is ... Read More

Reasons for and Effects of the Emancipation of the Serfs, a Reform by Tsar Alexander II in 1861 (1715 words, 3 pages)

In 1861 in Russia, Tsar Alexander II decreed the emancipation edict for the serfs. In theory, this was to give perfect freedom to the millions of Serfs and State Peasants in Russia. The reasons as to why he did this can be seen in the years before he declared this ... Read More

The Woman Who Possess Power During Renaissance (1918 words, 3 pages)

The Renaissance is the period from 1350 to 1600 in Western Europe and is a very important time period that changed the way that people in Europe viewed the world. Western society was presented with new and controversial ideas, world views, wisdom and art. However, the new ideologies that were ... Read More

An Analysis of Innocent Hanging in Boston. (1242 words, 2 pages)

This is about witchcraft and is started like this In the winter of 1691-92, several people in Salem Village, most of them young women, but eventually including a few men and boys, began behaving in a "strange unusual manner, with an affect which was interpreted as illness. The town's minister, ... Read More

Events the Led to the Bombing of Hiroshima (1191 words, 2 pages)

On 6th August 1945, the first of the two fatal bombs was dropped on the army base of Hiroshima. Three days later on the 9th August, the second was dropped on Nagasaki. Both bombs caused widespread damage to Japan, and the knock on effects of radiation have caused the number ... Read More

Napoleon: A Powerful and Great Empire (753 words, 1 pages)

Napoleon had been working hard in building a powerful and great empire ever since the beginning of his rule as Emperor in 1804. Since before that time he had managed to expand French territory into Italy, he had annexed the Austrian Netherlands, The German States, the Batavian Republic, later on ... Read More

An Analysis of the Great European Power (2002 words, 3 pages)

By 1609, a great European power recognised the independence of rebellious sections of the Netherlands, a small part of its empire, having not been able to put the revolt down. To explain this, one must look at both Spanish weaknesses and Dutch strengths which prevented Spain from being able to ... Read More

A Glimpse of Charlemagne Era (586 words, 1 pages)

Charlemagne Charlemagne is the most famous ruler of the Medieval Ages and a key figure in all of European history. Charlemagne's greatest impact on European history is the Carolingian Empire (751-987), an empire greater than any known since Ancient Rome. By 800, his empire included two-thirds of Italy, all of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Crusades in 1095 (3020 words, 5 pages)

What Were The Crusades? In the year 1095, Emperor Alexius beseeched Pope Urban II in Europe for aid against the invading forces of Seljuk Turks, who were pushing at the borders of the Byzantine Empire. Little did Alexius know, or anyone for that matter, that with the mailing of that ... Read More

A Biography of King Louis XVI the King That is Known to Have a Great Virtue (309 words, 1 pages)

King Louis XVI deserves to be king of France by both his heritage and his virtue. Despite a shadowed childhood, Louis grew up to be a caring king who greatly respects his subjects' happiness and ideas. His excellent memory and profound knowledge on history and geography are important features in ... Read More

A Paper on the Life of Queen Victoria (1294 words, 2 pages)

Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London, on 24 May 1819. She was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III. Her father died shortly after her birth and she became heir to the throne because the three uncles who were ahead of her in ... Read More

What Changed and What Stayed the Same During the Industrial Revolution in Britain? (444 words, 2 pages)

Introduction I think the Industrial Revolution changed Britain forever. There were many changes during the Industrial Revolution but a few things didnt change. Some of the thing that changed were h Transport, from walking and horses to trains and boats h Power, from manpower to steam power. h Workplace, from ... Read More

The Inca: The Most Important Civilization in the New World (2608 words, 3 pages)

The Inca Empire was a very strong presence in new world, the South Americas. They had amazing architecture, which was so good that it could hold a 40 foot stone wall together with out mortar. Their empire had over six million people in it, who were very law abiding people, ... Read More

The Life of Thucydides, the Great Historian of Ancient Greece (599 words, 1 pages)

Thucydides was one of the greatest Greek historians of the ancient Greeks. He did most of his work around 400 B.C. and he was a citizen of Athens. He was most famous for his History of the Peloponnesian War. He fought in the war and became a general. The war ... Read More

The Changing World for the Better (1274 words, 2 pages)

Did you ever realize how the history of the world has gone from bad to greatly improving various times? Mohandas Gandhi, a helpful historical man, makes the great statement "When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and of love has always won. There have ... Read More

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