History Essays

The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order provides a newer perspective of world order. It provides a key to understanding where we are in a geopolitical sense as we approach the millennium after the shocking collapse of the communist world. Huntington’s civilizational approach posits the following: “Spurred …

            The city of Athens is not the only famous for being the site of the first Modern Olympics but also for various museums that showcased the architectural expertise of the Greeks of the ancient world(UNESCO, “Acropolis, Athens”).             During the second half of the 5th century BC after the …

Laurel Ulrich’s work, A Midwife’s Tale, was regarded at the time of its publication as a groundbreaking achievement in American social history, and it has stood the test of time, as it is still lauded and part of historical scholarship today. The work focuses on the extensive diary of Martha …

Introduction From the year1168 the Serbian empire started becoming more and more powerful. Medieval Serbia was rich in its political, financial, and enlightening aspects throughout Europe. The empire reached its peak somewhere around the middle of the 14th century. Emperor Dusan, the ruler of the Medieval Serbian Empire, played a …

It’s a shame that “Byzantine,” when not used in reference to the Eastern Roman Empire, tends to have a negative connotation. Not only did the Byzantine Empire last for over a thousand years, it reached out so far that countries from Libya to Bulgaria and Slovenia to Egypt can claim …

Buck is the canvas upon which London delineates the ruthless and predatory world characteristic of both civilization and wilderness. For London’s work offers no apology for Nature and her violent ways. Nor does it uphold civilization as a redeeming and cleansing mechanism from which emerges a safer and less hostile …

            Every page of history has its own lesson. History accounts disclose several facets of one empire and what led to its downfall. An example of this is the native Aztec empire of Mexico which was depicted in the book written by Miguel Leon-Portilla entitled “The Broken Spears.” Published in …

Introduction             Book for manners are not new. They are definitely not unique to the modern world. Even during the Renaissance period, there were some attempts to prescribe conduct to ladies and gentlemen and people who are performing different kinds of roles and behaviors.             The Book of the Courtier …

The first man to make a significant contribution in biology is Alcmaeon, living in Crotona in the 5th century. He was considered to be the 1st scientist who made first scientific discoveries in the field of anatomy. After him it was Aristotle a Greek scientist who proposed a theory about …

The Battle of Gettysburg occurred in the period between July 1st and 3rd July, 1863 in the town of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, it was part of the American Civil War that occurred in the U.S.A. In this war the 97,000 men of the Union army of the Potomac under General …