Essays on World History

The Start of the Korean War The start of the Korean War in the early 1950s is when relations between the two giants, the United States of America and the Soviet Union, began to deteriorate. Korea was liberated from Japanese control at the end of the Second World War. By swiftly...

The World s Columbian Exposition The World s Columbian Exposition continues to rank among the most well-known, important, and culturally significant moments in human history. The event s planners had a unified message they wanted to convey to the world about the advancements America had made in a variety of areas,...

The "Rites of Spring" The "Rites of Spring" tells the story of World War One and how certain parts of it helped to advance modern society. Eksteins contends that the contemporary world is preoccupied with issues like abstraction, death, emancipation, and myth-making, which has led to a fusion of life and...

The archaic period of Mesoamerican chronology, which lasted from 8000 to 2000 BC, is when agriculture first appeared in the region. The earliest hunters lived a nomadic lifestyle and depended on hunting and gathering to provide for their daily needs between 50,000 and 10,000 BC. The nomadic lifestyle that ruled...

Most people agree that Scott's Waverley was the first historical novel in English. What are historical novels, and how do they vary from other types of books? What about Waverely makes it seem as though it requires its own subgenre? Is the novel Gone with the Wind historical fiction? The...

The "Birmingham Speech," or "Rivers of Blood," as it is more widely known, is a personal text that Enoch Powell gave on April 20, 1968. (Powell, 1968, p.1). He served as Wolverhampton South West's then-Tory representative. The West Midlands Conservative Association meeting was where the political address was given. (Powell,...

The Charlottetown Conference on September 1, 1864, had a big impact on how Canada's history was written. The conditions needed to bring about unity among the North American colonies were among the topics discussed at this meeting. This was followed by the Quebec Conference, which carried on with the same...

Early Modern Europe Early modern Europe is the term used to describe the period of European history from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. Early modern Europe is thought to have been defined by the development of the printing press with moveable type. The conclusion of the War of the...

In the first episode of the Vietnam War, which lasted from 1858 to 1961, the Vietnamese revolutionaries headed by Chi Minh put an end to a century of French colonialist rule. As the cold war heats up, we witness the division of Vietnam in Geneva. While America backs Ngo Dinh...

The Islamic Golden Age and its Influence The Muslim leaders established a very large kingdom during the Islamic Golden Age, which is generally regarded as lasting from the 7th century up until the 13th century. In the first three centuries of the Abbasid era, Samarra and Baghdad served as the economic...

The historical and historiographic comparison of the US and Cuba The historical and historiographic comparison of the US and Cuba. (University of North Carolina Press, 1998) explores the significance of the conflict that occurred in 1898 in greater detail. He analyzes the history as it has been presented in American historical...

Between the 14th and 15th centuries: Europe's Late Middle Ages Europe's late middle ages witnessed significant historical events. The phase, which came after the high medieval period, marked the beginning of the early modern age. Europe underwent a number of changes and advancements during this period in the military, agriculture, government,...