History Essays

The Crittenden proposal, introduced by Senator John J. Crittenden, intended to end the United States succession process. The proposal failed because while the senator who represented the south supported it, the Republicans did not accept it. Since President-elect Abraham Lincoln was the leader of the Republicans, his strong opposition of …

This essay is about a company that has been growing for more than 160 years. They started its history as a telegraph and wire services company. Western Union is a company that was founded in the United States of America as New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in …

From September 8, 1941 until January 27, 1944 troops from the German army surrounded the city of Leningrad in an attempt to starve it into submission. Of the approximately 3.5 million residents, as many as 1 million civilians had died from cold, hunger and shelling. Hundreds of thousands of Soviet …

One of the themes in these three chapters of the novel is the gradual development of monotheism—the belief that there is only one god—and the desire to convert the Hebrew people to monotheism. Please describe one episode from each of these three chapters and explain how each episode illustrates the …

Amid the splendor of mighty pyramids and mystic sphinxes a baby girl was born. She would be remembered throughout history as Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Cleopatra came to the throne at ripe age of 17 years of age, this would not only have an impact on her homeland …

After the conclusion of World War 2, which ended in 1945, Australia faced the growing threat of communism. Communism is social organization in which all the people in the community all properties and money is equally shared. The Australian government responded in many ways to the threat of communism during …

             Whereas many ancient nations developed into large states, the peoples of Greece formed a much more unique kind of political organization, that of the polis. The polis were city-states, of which there were many in Ancient Greece, some of the most notable including Athens, Sparta, and Corinth. At the …

Abstract This paper is a critical book review of the book: La Nouvelle France: the making of French Canada: a cultural History written by Peter N. Moogk. This book is said to be a great contribution to the French colonial History.  Through his Moogk has proved that the New France …

             The history of witchcraft according to Montague summers is a subject “as old as the world and as wide as the world as this subject deals with every kind of “malign occult art” (p. vii). Summers noted that sources of information of witchcraft were scarce and the only “sound …

Introduction             It is really very easy to express our feelings and thoughts on the paper with the help of twenty six simple signs which we call ‘alphabets’. The evolution of the alphabet to its present stage is result of the contribution of different nations. Even before the discovery of …