History Essays

Australia has a very rich history- a history which is full of successes and conquests which has now made our nation a strong and powerful nation with a very defining role in the world. It has fought many wars not only on its own ground but on the foreign territories …

            The Mayan Civilization in Central America depicts a vague origin and is not well understood (Willis). But, of the many features that the civilization has, it is probably their art that has contributed so much to their identity that in time lead to world recognition. The Mayans are known …

The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) began as a civil war between the North American British colonies and Great Britain.  This war began as a by-product of the American Revolution against Great Britain’s taxing.  When other nations allied with the colonies, the civil war became an international war. During the Revolutionary …

Josh Davies looks at the history of the Philippines, from its domination by the Spanish to its present day Maoist insurgency The modern history of the Philippines has been defined by the domination of outside powers and resistance to them. The Philippines was a formal colony of Spain until 1899 …

The Place de la Concorde was designed by Jacques Ange Gabrie in 1763. It is the largest square in Paris. It is situated between the Tuileries and the Champs-Elysées. At first when it was designed, it was called Place Louis XV to honor the king. During the French Revolution, the …

The Assault on Fort Wagner has long been the subject of many discussions on the Civil War and is featured prominently in all books that have been written about the Civil War.  The Assault on Fort Wagner has even been immortalized in the onscreen adaptation entitled Glory.  While there has …

We cannot help contemporary families if we accept a one-dimensional analysis of where their problems originate, insist there is only one blueprint for how all families should look and act, or offer feel-good homilies about cleanliness, chastity, and charity in place of concrete reforms to relieve the stresses on working …

28.11.2007 Introduction: A brief history of Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire was one of the longest existing Islamic empire and a considerable political and military mid-eastern power at its peak (Sicker, 2001). The empire was founded at site of present day Turkey in late 13th century by a Muslim prince Osman, …

Although countless books about the story of King Arthur have been written, Robert Leeson has managed to give us something new in his book, The Song of Arthur, something that definitely makes it worthwhile to enjoy Arthur’s story once again. The Song of Arthur is a collection of stories about …

The legend about Salome was narrated by the Jewish historian Josephus and was mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew (14:1-12) and Mark (6:14-29) (Britannica 2004). Oscar Wilde introduced a new version of this old legend, according to which, Herod was lasting after Salome and Salome suffered from her unrequited love …