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The Australian presence in the Vietnam War was a government's step to help western nations, specifically the US, in containing the rapid spread of communism and socialism in Asia.

To fully understand the impact of the Black Death pandemic, it is important to establish the power of the Catholic Church in the years before the appearance of the plague.

Warren was a famous writer of his period, and The Opium Question became a result of Warren's cooperation with James Matheson, who was interested in presenting his vision of the Opium War, as well as [...]

This paper will cover "The Bull Unam Sanctam" by Pope Boniface VIII."Unam Sanctam" is considered one of the first steps toward the change of Papal authority over Europe.

The thesis of the paper is that the importance of the military increased greatly due to security threats faced by the dynasty.

This paper is a discussion of the role of women during the first Intifada, how they became visible during this time, the leading Palestinian women, how the women challenged the occupation and their male counterparts, [...]

The first argument was that the Great Britain was taking advantage of the communities in the colonies because they could only export their produce to the Great Britain.

During Augustus's reign, the Roman Empire conquered Egypt, the land along the southern bank of the Danube, the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the territory between the Rhine and the Elbe.

Henry Ford was born in 1863 in Michigan to become one of the greatest men in the history of America and the entire world.

These observations on Egyptian civilization assisted many in understanding the daunting challenges human beings experienced in terms of: the nature of human relationships; the nature of the universe; and the role of the divine forces [...]

Dating back to the Middle Ages, guilds for a long time had been the key representations of local self-government and created the basement of the modern European city self-regulation.

The involvement of the South in the slave trade came as a result of three distinct factors: the expansion of the U.S.into new territories, the need for manpower in order to operate newly established farms, [...]

Ray in his book, Indians in the Fur Trade clearly shows the Canadian History in retrospect of the Fur- Trade Society.

In this article, I highlight some of the inventions and contributions and examine four that I consider to be outstanding. A sample of these inventions and contributions include "silk, tea, porcelain, paper, printing, gunpowder, the [...]

The Civil War in the United States continues to attract the interest of many historians who want to discuss the underlying causes of this conflict and its effects.

The Quran, which is the Holy book of the Islamic religion, played a key role in the grounding of the slave trade in the Muslim community.

Mandela had one big ambition in life; to make the life of black South Africans oppression- free. With such opportunities, Mandela still decided to make the most practical and life-changing application of his career.

The attrition between Ghayir-Khan and Chingiz-Khan during the conquest of the Bokhara Empire significantly brought a new Mongolia nation into existence.

The difficulty of the struggle was exacerbated by the fact that Chinese society was traditionally feudal. This two-stage revolution was unique to China because it was being shaped by the characteristics of Chinese society.

The speaker explains why the issue of slavery continues to separate the nation. He offers the best promises to deal with slavery.

The medieval age lasted between the fifth and the fifteenth century in Europe and it started with the collapse of the Roman Empire.

The decline of the colonial rule in Vietnam gave rise to the development of the nationalist movement in this country. In particular, one should focus on the views of Phan Chu Trinh, Ho Chi Minh, [...]

Mandela states that, as a leader, an individual should consider the outcomes of the circumstance and not the tactics to be used in addressing the issue.

She was assassinated in 1984 by her Sikh bodyguard in revenge for her ordering the invasion of the Golden temple, which was a Sikh holy place to flush out separists hiding in the temple.

For the Soviet Union, the war was a significant devastation and the amount of people and cities lost was enormous. 2 It is obvious that the governments of the two powerful world nations had their [...]

After the end of the cold war and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there were still huge amounts of nuclear weapons that left on the face of the earth.

Much attention will be paid to such aspects as the expertise of the author, the use of sources, readability, and other aspects that can be critical for the evaluation of this text as a scholarly [...]

Ibn Firnas created a workshop in which he performed various experiments. In the field of astronomy, Ibn Firnas created various instruments that he applied in studying the sky.

This essay will explore the history of the Qing Dynasty by comparing and contrasting the state and the Chinese society during this dynasty to the earlier periods in the history of the country.

It is only by studying the history of the specific society that they can be able to systematically understand the evolution the society has undergone.

The emergence of the state of Communist China in 1949 was one of the most significant events of the 20th century and the Communist Revolution which led to its emergence is hailed as one of [...]

The most honored of you in the sight of God is the most righteous of you, the one practicing the most taqwa.

They give preference to qualitative data that allows the reader to understand the opinions of Mao and his opponents. In my view, David Apter and Tony Saich were able to capture the essence of Mao [...]

The book, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," is Moody's autobiography about the life she underwent while she was growing up in the times of Jim Crow and her involvement in civil rights associations in Mississippi.

The Industrial Revolution is the era of massive enormous technological advancements and social changes, which affected people to the extent which is often contrasted to the change from hunter and gathering to agriculture.

According to Butterway, the fallacy anchored on the aim of Christopher's voyages was that he was not motivated by the possibility of gaining more wealth for himself and his Spanish government, but to construct the [...]

Exploring the wide range of subthemes, including the rejection of the League of Nations, consequences of the World War I for the country and main preconditions of the market crash in 1929, Leuchtenburg emphasizes the [...]

At Duncan Sherman and Co, he spent the first few months as a copyist and later advanced to positions of higher responsibility due to his father's influence in the business world.

Lincoln Douglas debates are those debates between Stephen Douglas, who held the position of a Senator as a Democratic Party candidate, and Abraham Lincoln, who was the Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois.

However, she cannot agree to such distribution of the roles, and she calls upon all people to look again at the situation, connected to women's rights, and provide all women with a chance to participate [...]

Before the Second World War, the term Middle East was used to refer of the region between the Far East and the Near East.

The country was then an already operational state was being ruled by monarchy."The political and constitutional changes that came in the wake of the French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy [...]

In addition, his capture of key states from the Spaniards and the Britons played a pivotal role in the expansion of the US.

As the paper reveals, the role of women in America was then a replica of the role of other women especially in Britain where it was well documented.

In spite of the fact that Germany was one of the most powerful European states before the war's start in 1914, World War I led to the political, economic, and social decline in the country [...]

He was aware of his disadvantaged situation as a slave but instead he chose not to bow to the pressure and fight back.

The black people were forcibly taken as slaves and put to work in the farms and homes of the white people.

Nelson Mandela did not use his power to benefit himself; instead, he devoted his presidency in serving the republic of South Africa and its citizens.

According to Huffman, the Meiji government developed nationalism in Japan. Furthermore, under the Meiji regime, Japan was able to expand and had a stronger military.

Only money solved all the problems and was the source of the decisions in the USA."The Gilded Age celebrated two kinds of virtues: those of the soldier and those of the entrepreneur" and this phrase [...]

The paper will examine some historical developments in the female movement and how these relate to the role of women in business.

Some of the measures that Bennett put in place included camps to support the old and sick as well as the distribution of aid to the unemployed and disadvantaged in the country.

After the continued poor performance in Apple, the CEO was fired and Steve appointed chairman of the board and CEO of Apple.

The Haitian revolution had a great economic impact on Cuba in the 19th century. It is this revolution which led to the emancipation of slaves in Cuba years later.

The Europeans initially considered African land as worthless, however, by the end of the 19th century their perception about Africa had changed due to the changes in Europe making them move to Africa for rescue.

Portuguese colonialism in Angola later seemed not to care about the local people social- economic development rather to exploit the Angolans' natural resources for the benefit of the Portuguese and the locals were discriminated against [...]

The Idea of the Middle Class centers on the intricate interaction between ideas and structure, between the personality of white-collar employees and how state mechanisms strengthened and articulated that personality.

Description John white painted a "bird's eye view of an Algonkian village, located between the present Lake Landing and Wyesocking Bay, on his 1585 visit to the Carolina coast," however, Theodore De Bry, engraved a [...]

Paine does not see the necessity of a government because to him the government is the worst tool of oppression. Paine is opposed to the idea that America has flourished under the surveillance of Britain.

The origin of the Caribbean rum goes back to the introduction of sugarcane in the Caribbean in the 15th century by Christopher Columbus.

Nubia is a place located alongside river Nile and extends from the southern part of Aswan to the town of Dabba.

The emergence of Russia as one of the most economically stable countries in the world may be attributed to the role played by the Bolshevik Revolution, with the main architects being Lenin and Stalin.

However, this agreement was followed by numerous misunderstandings between the two parties because the Virginians understood that the Iroquois had relinquished all their claim for the land that was demarcated as Virginia territory in 1609 [...]

He was the party leader of the Democratic Party and during his tenure as the president of the United States; he influenced a number of policies that laid the foundation for the American liberalism in [...]

Moreover, it has come to a restoration of the oratory of the Chicano Movement of the 60's and 70's. I hypothesize that in the second part of the 20th century, the Chicano community underwent several [...]

The national Unity, which portrayed peace among the Egyptian people, was maintained by a central government that had supreme powers and was controlled by the Pharaoh, the only ruler at the time.

The author emphasizes on feminism and the significance of intellect in the pursuit of women to become strong in physically and psychologically.

In the same way, King argues that the problem of lack of justice is acutely social and requires immediate addressing to resolve inequality.

It was defined by rivalry and attacks between communist nations under the leadership of the Soviets and the Western democracies, more so in the United States.

Bennett, who served as Prime Minister of Canada during the tumultuous era of the Great Depression, faced the daunting task of leading the country through one of its most challenging periods in history.

Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union was marked by Operation Barbarossa, the primary purpose of which was the rapid seizure of the western part of the territories of the USSR for the subsequent settlement [...]

Notably, even the discovery of America was indirectly provoked by the fact that the Silk Road stopped delivering spices to Europe and needed a new route to eastern countries due to the campaigns and wars [...]

However, the country was concerned with the security of Europe following the rise of the Nazi party and that their military had the capacity to sustain an invasion of its neighbors.

In conclusion, Thomas Jefferson was a steadfast defender of human rights, but most importantly, he fought for the rights of black people.

To account for this discrepancy, an additional day is added to the calendar every 4 years, bringing the total number of days in the calendar year closer to 365.

It was the beginning of a new way of thinking about the world and the universe and provided a framework for further advances in science and technology.

During the 19th century, women gained recognition and support for their rights, though mainly in the form of protests and petitions.

Consequently, I think that the cons of colonization outweigh the pros of the process, and the world might have been in a better state.

In his statements to a Russian newspaper, Akaev claimed that important figures in the police department collaborated with the opposition. In 2009, Bakiev's chief of staff, Medet Sadyrkulov, resigned and was believed to back the [...]

The temple was meant to accommodate the new gigantic sculpture of the goddess by Pheidias and to announce to the world that Athens had beaten the attacking Persian troops under Xerxes and Darius as the [...]

The Pipiltin were referred to as the nobles in the Aztec society. Macehualtin were the vast majority of the commoners in the Mexica Empire.

Reagan's policies may have contributed to the fall of communism, but it is more likely that the internal changes in the Soviet Union and the countries it ruled contributed more to the end of the [...]

In the book, Gonzalez examines the rise of the United States as a territorial power throughout the nineteenth century and the decrease of Latin American countries to the borderlands of North American power.

As in the Ottoman Empire, Islam was the main religion in the state, but the presence of other faiths was not denied.

Such ideas were able to change in the future but speaking of the time when the events of the Civil War took place, the economy, tired of the war, was in horrible shape and needed [...]

Many meaningful changes occurred between 1789 and 2001, including the French Revolution in the 1780s, German nationalism in the 1800s, and the Gulag repressions in the 1900s.

The Bildung tradition was the basis for the transformation of Prussia of the eighteenth century into a potent Germany at the end of the nineteenth century.

France considered the colonization of Indochina as a political opportunity to increase its authority and influence in the region and compete with the expanding influence of the British Empire in the region.

The peculiarity of the style is that the second and third floors of the building are made of brick, which significantly distinguishes the building, making it look more like a European style.

The United States was not involved in the war until 1941 since it had a Neutrality Act which established limits to the sale of weapons to fighting parties.

Although the goal of the Third World Liberation Front to establish an independent third world college on campus was not realized at the height of this activist movement in 1969, the movement strongly influenced future [...]

The emergence of midwifery in the city clashed with the arrival of the Irish which is hardly a coincidence seeing how the practice was common with Europeans.

The round house presents land as a central consideration in the ability of native people to live and exercise their rights.

Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in 1889; he became the ruler of Germany and one of the most reviled persons in history.

It stipulated the right of the Americans to expand their lands by exterminating the people who lived there and to develop new territories under the leadership of the American government.

The chief idea of the philosopher is concentrated around a question of political determination and sense, in which Kant sees the potential for the development of society. Therefore, it is challenging to call the modern [...]

The remnants of the specified naming system can be found in the present-day context of most languages, with the first name and the last name being the key elements of the naming system as it [...]

In the same year, she headed the Republican Union of Women, and then joined the Radical Party, from which in 1931 she was elected to the Spanish Parliament. She inspired many feminists to fight for [...]

The meaning of the concept of the Dark Ages has long been a subject of widespread misunderstanding among people that mistakenly attribute the title to a presumed atmosphere of overwhelming darkness and social collapse.

However, considering the focus dedicated to private ownership, contracts, salaries, and markets, it is possible to argue that Hammurabi was interested in the economic challenges of the Babylonians. The death penalty is sentenced to both [...]

This article is a significant contribution to the exploration of Canadian history since it shows the inner mechanisms of the state.

From 1654 to the mid-18th century, the land is believed to have been under the proprietorship of the Flatbush Reformed Church.

However, the historical events at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th century triggered the change in African-Americans' mentality.

Abdul Rahman continued talking about his family and status, but his royal priorities were not enough to confirm his identity and return to his family.

When the Kentucky statesman brought the idea of the American System, North and South America were not in harmony; to make America great, the Northern and the Southern states had to be united.

Modern historians identify four key factors that changed the worldview in the first millennium BC and contributed to the emergence of the early empires, Neo-Assyrian and Persian.

This slogan offered to divide electorates to Dalits, referred to as Depressed Classes, and the Poona agreement established 1932 as the biggest betrayal of the Dalits1.

Currently, the Nile Delta is one of the most populated areas of Egypt, but this was not always the case. The use of the Delta contributed to the active development of the economy in Ancient [...]

In 1941, he moved to Johannesburg, and, along with his work as a lawyer, he entered the University of the Witwatersrand at the Faculty of Law. He organized the Campaign of Disobedience to the Authorities, [...]

The practice dates back to the beginning of times and allows leaders to gain the benefit of including the perspectives and points of view they may not be aware of at the time of making [...]

As a result of the passing the Tea Act in 1773 British East India company was allowed to sell tea directly to the colonist, by passing the colonists middlemen.

Sapolsky studied the behavior of baboons to explain the evolution that humans have undergone. According to Sigmund Freud the father of psychoanalysis, actions of the gene in humans are intertwined completely with the environment.

The five stages in the economic determinism of history can be summarized as follows; Primitive hunting and gathering societies had no extra wealth and therefore no private property, social classes, class struggles, or even the [...]

From the property-owning women of the late 18th century to the proponents of the women's liberation in the 1960s, women always succeeded in using the influential political theories of their time to eventually make feminist [...]

April 6, 1917 – Despite its original decision to remain neutral, the United States joined the Allies after declaring war on Germany.

Based on 36 personal interviews and multiple published and archived sources, the author demonstrates that black women in the South have played a prominent role in the struggle for their rights.

The concepts of imperialism, colonialism, and nationalism were particularly prominent and essential in the 19th and 20th centuries. In conclusion, imperialism, colonialism, and nationalism played a key role in the course of the 19th and [...]

This paper covers an evaluation on the international politics of the MENA region alongside discussions on the history behind its political platform.

The revolutions differ in their origins as one was a social movement, the other was driven by religious groups, and the other was actually instigated by the government itself.

Get this: In the formation of the heavens and the world; in the night and day variation; in the voyage of ships around the globe for the sake of humanity; in the rain that Allah [...]