Essays on World History

Many people did not know that one day in history could change destiny. If D-Day never happened the Nazi Party would most likely still be ruling the all of Europe. It could have positioned them to rule most of the world. Hitler would have been...

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...

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 factors that inspired people to undergo such a journey despite the risk of failures and danger would be similar to Columbus’ in which Columbus sought after admiration from the royal highest of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, wealth, and major accomplishment that leads to...

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...

Education is the strongest tool to make and change peoples’ minds more different in the field of understanding of future life. As evidence, education has been maintaining its power from the past to nowadays in the way of developing prospects. The creation of the initial...

Have you ever been really mad at someone or jealous of them? Have you ever tried to do something mean to a person to feel better about yourself? Everyone has met at least one person in their life that they didn’t like. Maybe someone did...

In times of stress or in times of unbelievable events, mass hysteria can play a role in all of that all it really takes is for a lot of people to be angry about one thing. Mass hysteria can happen at any time and it’s...

Submarines during World War II had a huge impact on naval warfare due to them being the first underwater fighting machine. Submarines caused huge amounts of damage to enemy ships and still cause huge amounts of damage during modern warfare today. During World War II...

“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....

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...

A scream rang through the church. Tituba, a Puritan slave who claimed to believe voodoo magic coursed through her veins had to confess to God to pray away the devil . In the year 1620, after the Puritans came from France and immigrated to North...

Abstract Three important mass hysterias throughout time include the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, the McCarthyism Era of the 20th Century, and the Clown Sighting Hysteria of 2016. As these may appear to have nothing in common, this paper dives into the similarities of these...

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...

There are many events that can change history, whether it is minor or catastrophic. Change is inevitable, but it is the reason why the world is the way it is today. D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II was written in...

“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...

More than 200 were accused of witchcraft in Salem and around 20 people were executed. Having anything to do with Witchcraft in Salem, 1692 was bad and would have got you in huge trouble. Hysteria is where someone creates extreme fear among a group of...

Different mass hysteria events throughout history have displayed similar characteristics regarding their structure and characteristics. They each had a variation on the different components of a hysteria event, but can be vividly compared and contrasted. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the Red Scare/McCarthyism era, and the...

In 1518 in France, hundreds of people danced wildly nonstop for days on end; many succumbed to the extreme exhaustion or strokes that resulted from this “dancing plague.” In 1962 in Tanganyika (an East African country now known as Tanzania), a bunch of students in...

This paper discusses magic and divination in ancient Mesopotamia, and how these topics intertwined with medicine and religion at that time. In this context, magic can refer to the supernatural causes and explanations that these early civilizations had for different life events or natural disasters....

Introduction Nationalism is a bleeding edge advancement. From the earliest starting point of time people have been affixed to their neighborhood soil, to the shows of their kinfolk, at the set up local specialists; and before the completion of the eighteenth century that nationalism transformed...

How would you like it if someone simply came to your home and enslaved you. On October 12, 1492 Columbus saw land, and said “I claimed the island for Spain” he thought he was at the East Indies but he was at a small island...

Imagine you were a solider on the coast of Normandy storming the Omaha beach alongside your fellow American friends as you’re getting shot down by the German army right as you jump onto the grainy sand. Around 34,000 other soldiers went through this exact moment...

Since its birth, humanity has seen conflict. Chaos and genocide. Good and evil. Most people wouldn’t hesitate to call Hitler evil or any other perpetrators of the like. But these killers, murderers, rapists, thieves, were human beings. Hitler was a rebellious delinquent who desired to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...