History Essays

Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and four other Harvard University roommates as a “social utility to allow friends to connect with each other over the internet”. Only 2 years later in 2006 it had attracted 12 million users and was the 7th most heavily visited site online. …

Imagine hiking through the alps and suddenly you make the most important archeological discovery of the century? That became reality for a German couple, Helmut and Erika Simons, who were hiking in the Alps. The Iceman was discovered on the 19th of September 1991 by the Simons, who were hiking …

During the first two centuries of British settlement Belize was not used a contributor of agricultural produce as little agricultural activity took place. However, in the 1850s things changed and Belize started exporting agricultural produce. Belize first formal constitution was formed in 1853. It was noted that the colonies and …

1.1.1 What evidence is there in Source 1A (written source) to suggest that Emperor Hongwu was a despot (autocrat)? Emperor Hongwu was a despot and he expected every single person to obey his rules, he never liked it when somebody spoke about him with disrespect. If he was ever disrespected …

Introduction The westward expansion started when Thomas Jefferson believed that the future of America depends on expanding the west. Also, it was because of pull factors and push factors. What the people had to do was never easy. Lewis and Clark To get Louisiana Purchase, President Jefferson wanted to know …

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION “Mamahalin ko and aking Kaawa- awing bayan at mamahalinkohanggangkamatayan, kahitnaang iba ay hindinagingmakatarungansa akin, magigingmaligaya pa Minako, nasisiyahansaakingdinanas. Angakingkahapon, kasalukuyan, angakingbuhay, page-big at kaligayahan ay inihahandogkosakanya.”-Dr. Jose Rizal In the history of the Philippines, television is one of the most powerful tools in educating and informing the …

Company Profile Dell was founded by Michael Dell, who started selling personal computers out of his dorm room as a freshman at the University of Texas in Austin. Dell bought parts wholesale, assembled them into clones of IBM computers, and sold them by mail order to customers who did not …

The beginnings of Greek theatre have been found to have started in the 6th century B.C. Even though this was a long time ago, we still clearly see its effects today in modern dramas. Little is known about early Greek theatre because not much information has survived the centuries. Over …

Why does the author say high school students hate history? Explain why you agree or disagree? Students consider history as being boring and irrelevant. I agree, I absolutely detested sitting through history class in high school. (many moons ago…) Seemed like our teacher was always a coach that the school …

Pieces of art always shock us by their unusualness, fancifulness, and loveliness. Each of us has own ideas of beauty, but everyone will admit with unique beauty and richness of Andy Warhol’s works. Are there people in the world who didn’t recognize the Andy Warhol’s name? Maybe a little quantity …