It was a Polish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin who coined the term genocide in the winter of 1942. Since then, many other scholars and institutions have continued to foray into defining genocide. Despite the various definitions of genocide, there is a concurrence that genocide is one of the most profound atrocities against humankind. It encompasses[…]
From 1963 to 1969, Lyndon B. Johnson, who is also commonly identified by LBJ was the President of the U.S for two terms. Lyndon was the 37th vice president for three years before he was appointed as the President between 1961 and 1963 after which he became the 36th president of USA. LBJ got born on 27th August[…]
In the book “we are Sorry” by Thomas King, it is evident that the Indian residential schools were based on racism, with the Western culture being emphasized. At the same time, the Indians were striving to be Indians (uphold their Indian culture). It was a real struggle for the Indians to uphold their culture, especially[…]
The decline of the Carolingian Empire can be said to be of their own doing to a large extent, although the impact of other factors such as external threats from the Vikings and others should not be dismissed. While the Empire was once large and powerful, its strength began to diminish after the death of[…]
Introduction “All Germans are equal in front of the law. In principle, men and women have the same rights and obligations.”[1] November 1918 saw dramatic change to the political landscape of Germany. The abdication of the Kaiser and proclamation of a republic were momentous upheavals followed by a constitution allowing all adult Germans the right[…]
Jeffersonian democracy, which President Thomas Jefferson led, was movement that had been set up to get more democracy in the American government in the nineteenth century. American politics dominated the campaign, the first party system from 1800 to 1824 under the power of Jefferson. Jefferson was talented and made significant contributions, especially as a diplomat,[…]
Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BCE), universally recognized as Alexander the Great, was king of Macedon’s ancient Greek kingdom. The Hellenistic world was forever changed during Alexander the great’s triumphal reign. At the age of 20, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip, to the throne. The unprecedented scope of his conquest, which spanned continents. He ushered[…]
The emergence of the hunter-gatherer concept as an independent type of society is closely related to the term “unilinear” or “state.” Economic and technological criteria were widely used in the late 19th century to classify the many diverse world populations into general patterns. This perspective of cultural diversity is based on several deep assumptions: foraging[…]
Between the late 17th and early 18th centuries, British policy focused on using the colonies to collect money in methods that colonists viewed as unlawful. The colonies reaction to the modification in these polices marked the foundation of a power scuffle among the parliament and colonists on the idea of taxation. These policies had a wide range[…]
Introduction Early civilization’s history has been an integral aspect of human society as it marked the origin of several technologies used in this era. Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt were two of the earliest civilizations. Each was unique in its practices and way of life; however, they also had similarities. These two early civilizations led to[…]
Introduction The inaugural address of a president conveys the intentions of his/her government. Elected presidents usually use their inaugural address to thank their citizens and reiterate their commitment to implementing their manifesto. By analyzing a president’s inaugural address, we can know their vision for the country. It is worth noting that the prevailing economic conditions[…]
Introduction In the book Rebellion in the Andes. The Age of Túpac Amaru Pac Amaru, Sergio Serulnikov examines the Amaru and Katarista uprisings that were experienced in Peru and Modern day Bolivia during the 1780’s. The rebellion drew individuals from the native people of Aymara and Quechua. The rebel groups sieged big cities like Cusco[…]
Introduction A composite leader is a person who has a strong lead character and possesses all the desirable qualities of a good boss. A composite leader in ancient Greece treated his soldiers well while also handling difficulties with great integrity and expertise. For a leader to be deemed excellent, he had to have high ethical[…]
Introduction The Asiana flight 214 accident happened on July 6, 2013, when the flight hit the Seawall at the San Francisco international airport (Surges,2014). The accident occurred at 11: 28 am. During the crash, three out of 291 passengers aboard the plane were fatally injured. Forty passengers received minor injuries. One of the passengers who[…]
The internet is an unorganised mass of data, search engines are an attempt to present data in an orderly way.[1] As Glossbrenner argues, ‘a search engine is a tool that lets you explore databases containing texts from web pages, when the search engine finds pages that match your search requests it presents it with a brief[…]
George Santayana’s sentiment that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat means that people who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are going to repeat the same mistakes. The phase is a big one because it is accurate, and if the past -is driven by human nature- is[…]
This essay will examine the use of fiction by historians and the implications this has on truth and objectivity. Rather than support the positivist interpretation of truth (that it can be measured and understood) I will be utilising the postmodern approach, that there is no absolute truth and individual perceptions of the world are subjective.[1] Like[…]
Introduction Historically, slavery has been prevalent in Africa. Servitude and slavery systems were prevalent in various parts of Africa during ancient times. When various slave trades started, numerous local African slave systems that existed previously commenced supplying prisoners for slave markets to foreign regions that were not within Africa. Slavery in modern Africa is still[…]
Oral sources are ‘an account of first hand experience recalled retrospectively, communicated to an interviewer for historical purposes’.[1] An oral source can be created concerning an event which happened recently, or many years previous. Other academic disciplines such as Sociology have their own definition.[2] During this essay I will assess the value of oral sources in comparison[…]
The expulsion of ethnic Germans from East-Central Europe 1944-1950 caused the German people to be the single largest group of displaced individuals, during and immediately following the Second World War.[1] The expulsion can be divided into three stages; beginning in October 1944 within areas reached by Soviet troops. The second stage, commonly referred to as ‘wild’[…]
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) assumed office when the economy of the country was on the verge of collapse as a result of the Great Depression.[1] Consequently, the president launched several programs known as ‘FDR’s New Deal’ mainly to reverse the economic decline of the nation. Through the New Deal programs; the general public was put[…]
Introduction In this essay I will analyse why there were changing attitudes to the natural world in the 16th and 17th centuries. This essay will be divided into two sections, which are based upon the acknowledged two main areas of change and discovery during the 16th and 17th centuries. The first section is concerned with the exploration of the[…]
Germany between the years 1918 and 1923, can be described as a time of “revolution and counter revolution”[1]. In November 1918, a naval mutiny occurred in Kiel. Seven demonstrators were killed on the 3rd of November. This caused a “revolutionary upheaval” which spread through out Germany[2]. It appeared that the revolutions were in support of the[…]
During the course of this essay I will be analysing what were the main consequences for India after the 1857 revolt. The revolt of 1857 is conventionally conceived by historians to be the “dividing point that marks the beginning of modern India”[1]. Although historians such as Bayly acknowledge that this type of armed revolt against[…]