Essays on World History

“Peace was merely an interval between wars,” Erich Ludendorff, a Germany general who was mainly responsible for Germany’s military policy and strategy in the latter years of WWI and later became part of Nazi, once argued. As he once said, not so long after storming...

The Armenian Genocide is still a topic that brings deep emotional feelings as well as hotly debated subjects, one of the more provocative subjects that have continued to be debated is in what role if any, Germany, who was the Ottomans ally at the time,...

The Neolithic Revolution is called such because it marked the transition from small nomadic hunter gatherer people to larger, more permanent, horticultural settlements. It began approximately 10,000 years ago, people learned to cultivate crops instead of relying solely on nature to provide them with all...

World War One (WW1) happened from the years 1914 to 1918 and shaped what we know as the modern world. It had ever lasting impacts which can still be seen on daily basis but it mostly affected social and political spheres. It was between Germany,...

Between 1939 and 1945, the world witnessed the deadliest war in Human History. Seventy to eighty-five million people died during this war that opposed the Allies (the United States of America, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and China) to the Axis (the Nazi Germany,...

When thinking of what it means to have a “witch hunt”, one could imagine late 17th century America and Salem, Massachusetts. This is when and where the Salem witch trials, the origin of “witch hunt” or “witch trial”, occurred. Many have the misconceptions it was...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller, is a play in four acts that depicts the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. The story is about a group of young girls who accuse other women in the town of practicing witchcraft. These women were then subjected to and,...

The French Revolution of 1848 was the first of the revolutions happening all across Europe during the year 1848. The goal of these revolutions was to remove the old governments and create independent nations throughout Europe. The French revolution ended the July Monarchy (Louis Philippe)...

The American Revolution was one of the most significant conflicts in history. Many people only remember it as the separation of the Americas from the British. But in order for that to be successful, many lives were lost and many sacrifices were made. While everyone...

A historic special operation that lays the foundation of growing nature of asymmetric warfare on a global scale would be the American Revolution. In this essay I will discuss two particular battles, Bunker Hill and the Battle of Saratoga. Throughout the revolutionary war the American...

The ancient world as we know it was a very hostile environment. Large empires ruled the lands, but many of them had eventual downfalls. One of these empires was the Roman Republic, whose last ruler of the Republic was a man named Julius Caesar, a...

Conventional wisdom claims that racism is a belief that a racial group considers itself superior to other racial groups. The highest rates of racism in advanced countries. When it comes to racism, our minds go unconsciously to blacks and the false and inhuman traditions of...

Modernist poetry has many distinct characteristics, these characteristics include invention. The word “invent” has quite an ambiguous meaning. Guy Rotella states that for modernist poets the word ‘invent’ means to “to create or construct by original thought or ingenuity; or, to contrive something false or...

Imagine bus doors open and you walk in. You pay your fare and walk through the middle aisle. All around you, the white’s began pulling disgusted faces and spat where you walked. You did not seem bothered by this as this was an everyday occurrence,...

This essay is about Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist fighting for the equal and fair treatment of African Americans. She had such a huge impact she was later called the first lady of civil rights by the United Congress and she is also called...

This essay will discuss the causes and effects of the Great Depression. The Great Depression was an extreme global financial downturn that occurred during the 1930s, starting in the United States and then spread across other countries. Although many countries, including the US, have faced...

What are women’s rights? Women’s rights are the human rights that were established by the United states for everybody specifically women about 70 years ago. These rights include the right to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination. They also give us the right to...

In contemporary society, America is metaphorically branded a “melting pot” to describe the amalgamation of different cultures and ethnicities. The diversification of society is now commonplace in the United States, as people can live anywhere and still have access to the same resources. However, this...

Peace is not something for granted but a thing that can be taken in an act of violence. World War 2 is mentioned as one of the bloodiest wars in humans’ history as it has shaped the world we are living today. Even though WW2...

World War 2 is the most significant event of the 20th Century. The list of ways in which it shaped the future of the world is endless and impossible to quantify. The consequences of the war are so instrumental to understanding the world we live...

World War 2 caused more noteworthy decimation recorded in comparison to all other wars. The war ended the lives of over 17 million brave, fighting men and a greater number of regular people, who passed on because of bombings, hunger, and conscious crusades of mass...

Did you know that a loaf of bread costed a week’s salary for 98% of the population, which mainly included peasants, in France during the French Revolution? The French Revolutions, one of the major Revolutions in all of Europe showing a concept of inequality, started...

It is argued that the great historical milestone that shook France between 1787 and 1799, known as the French Revolution, is one of the most important events of modern history due to the huge influence it had on human society and the momentous impact it...

“People settled around the world because of the Neolithic revolution.” I agree to a certain extent with this statement. There are many factors that someone would have to consider with this theory such as the Out Of Africa theory or about Kontiki and Beringia. I...

Many civilizations have influenced the world, both Roman and Greek existence have influenced American and European civilization to a greater extent than any other culture of the ancient land. When we conceive about the two societies sometimes we may conceive of two groups of people...

Throughout Ancient Persia, there have been various different kings and people that have risen to power. All of them collectively play a part of the history that can be looked back upon today. Many of them obtained varying goals and ideals throughout their separate rulings...

It isn’t known for a fact where makeup first originated from, but findings of it have dated back to 164,000 BC. Scientists have found traces of charcoals, rocks, flowers, clays and dozens of other components in the powders and pastes discovered throughout the years. It...

“I believe all women are pretty without makeup – but with the right about can be pretty powerful.” Bobbi Brown. Whether it is your wedding day, party, or even just a quick errand, putting on makeup is a major part of a girl’s daily routine....

The planet is filled with diverse matter. Everything that is on Earth has an origin. Throughout time Earth has evolved and soon later organisms have evolved from it. Even humans can create a story for anything, for example chewing gum. Chewing gum is gum that...

The act of chewing gum dates all the way back to ancient times. According to Merriam Webster, chewing gum is defined as “a type of soft candy that you chew but do not swallow.” The Mayans and Aztecschewed sap from the sapodilla tree to fight...