History Essays

Defining humanitarian intervention is very difficult because it is comprehended in different ways under different spectra of social sciences. The legality of humanitarian intervention is also an issue of great debate in the contemporary world and various mechanisms have been presented to decide the legality of military action against a state for the protection of human rights. 

Adventures in New Zealand Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand who infiltrated the country between 900 and 1400 A.D. Before the penetration of the European influence and western culture they thrived in isolation for several centuries with their own culture and tradition.

The American Revolution was a political turmoil that took place in the United States of America in 1776 in which colonies of North America joined together to end the British rule in America. The American Revolution marked a new beginning in political thought especially the growth of new republican ideas which conflicted with traditional and English set of tenets.

At the same time, the author tries to pinpoint the narrow line between the real and the unreal/magical worlds. This characteristic of the novel helps the readers to travel through the real (Comala) and the magical (the world of dead) worlds. From a different angle of view, the narrator (Juan Preciado) is not the real protagonist of the novel, but his father (say, Pedro Paramo).

Monarchs used their wealth to create effective systems of government, including a legal system and tax collecting and these structures began to form the modern nation-states that we have today. The power of the over-arching Holy Roman Empire declined, and authority passed gradually over to secular institutions’.

Kings and queens, nobles and barons glorify the history with their wars fought; countries annexed and great monuments build with white marble and alabaster that sing the song of their monumental growth, prosperity and majesty. However, amid these stark foundations of the colonial rule repose certain inhuman, infamous and horrified tales of degraded humanity where the slave trade and gruesome tales of slavery crow them all.

After the failed revolution that Castro planned, the court trials that followed led to his famous speech “History Will Absorb Me” that he delivered during his last trial. Castro has had a lot of influence on the Cuban politics. Later after his imprisonment, Castro became the president of Cuba.

Similarly, there should be stricter laws that prosecute individuals and institutions that breach ethical regulations of finances in support of economic prosperity (Ray 159). Therefore, in terms of soliciting funds, governments should rely on branches of Bretton Wood’s institutions that conduct a follow-up of the use of such funds. 

Authors have analyzed according to which, until the sixties, they assert, the Classical studies have strengthened the most humanitarian and moral values, including honesty and political responsibility, in the western tradition. However, now the worst of western values, i.e. “greedy materialism”, has destroyed classical education.

American judges, in the 18th Century, were faced with the problem of determining whether to apply Federal or State Laws when judging a given case. This is the time when Congress called for the need to amend some federal laws to align them with state laws. However, it was decided that the federal government was supreme over state laws.

George Cukor: The American Film Director George Cukor is an American born on 7th July 1899 in New York. He began acting as a youth in local productions and even performed a recital alongside David Selznick who later became his mentor. He went to DeWitt Clinton High School where he would cut classes to attend matinees at Hippodrome.

According to the American tradition, all leaders are obligated to have open democracy in their expression, speech and duties (Miner, 45). As such, all leaders were expected to pass their information and decisions by informing other concerned parties. This was clearly seen in the lamentation between the American predecessor and His Holiness, The Pope.

This was undertaken within 21 days of aggressive military operations. According to President George Bush of the US, the invasion was a measure taken to disarm the Iraq government of weapons of mass destruction, bring an end to a regime that supported terrorism, and free the Iraq people from oppression.

There was a time when that was a perfectly acceptable reason to refuse African Americans from having certain jobs, living in certain areas, and attending certain schools. This was the time of segregation, blatant discrimination, and, essentially, forced isolation.

Both the opposing sides expected the war to be short. The Britain rulers wanted to crush Americans by force but the Americans who supported independence expected the British regime to give up due to their persisted attacks (William 8). Therefore, the two groups fought for long period expecting a defeat to either opponent.

In Jean Toomer’s case, that fact pertains to P. B. S. Pinchback, Toomer’s maternal grandmother who served as acting governor of Louisiana (Ramsey, 2003). In Langston Hughes’ case, the fact pertains to Hughes’ stint as a bellhop in a Washington, D.C. hotel where he managed to persuade a prominent, literary hotel guest to read three of his’ poems which led to the inauguration of Hughes’ literary career (Lewis, 1994, p. xxv).

WWII Through the 1970s . There were many important events in the time period under discussion, but two of the most impactful may be the assault on Pearl Harbor, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. These events are still commonly referenced in media throughout the world, demonstrating an impact that reaches beyond the lasting national response.

The European Union, NATO, and the United Nations have listed the group as a terrorist group that is out to destroy the lives of innocent people. The Kurdistan Workers Party focused to merge the Marxist-Leninism ideologies with the Kurdish national ambitions in an attempt to establish an independent state for the Kurdish minority group found in Southeastern Turkey.

The trials were viewed as women’s up rise in fighting for their rights as a fraction of women were empowered at the expense of others living in the society (Buchanan, 18). They were integrated by becoming one after the incidence as they were looking for ways to prevent such atrocities perpetrated by their oppressors, men from repeating itself in the society.

In the list of serial killers of the twentieth century, it is Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos who ranks first. Garavito has been dubbed the world’s worst serial killer on account of the incredible number of victims attributed to him. This number is largely believed to exceed 300 (Heyden, 2011).

Slavery is the type of business which involves trafficking and selling of human beings like any other commodity that can be sold anywhere in the world market. America were among the many countries who were actively involved in slavery and slave trade during the early periods of the eighteenth century.

Under the House” is a collection of stories that emphasize the only occasions where a person can emphasize the individuality or uniqueness of the storyteller’s central character. The short essays are mostly brief statements of opinions, every so often unambiguously connected to stories that come before or after, or alternatively to assumptions.

You are what you eat: the Culture of Food in the Arab World Introduction The Arabic world consists of many different dialects locally with each country having its own dialects (Ishige, 2008). Despite the many different dialects, most neighbouring Arabic countries can easily understand each other’s dialects as well as for slightly for those distant Arabic speaking countries.

Issues Surrounding the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is a very important event in the history of wars in America in general and wars between America and Japan in particular. The Pearl Harbor attack is one of the few examples of wars in America in which the initiative to open the war has been taken by the enemy.

The war involved all the continents apart from South America and Antarctica. It was fought in every ocean. Although the whole world was the theatre of the war, Europe was its primary place of action. The war also originated in the same continent. The continent suffered the highest amount of loss in death and destruction.  

It entailed the relocation of the natives from their areas of residence to congesting them into settlements (Burrell, 118). The native nobles and the high class were granted different estates to live in, in exchange of giving their service to the king, which included providing justice, governance and protection to the inhabitants.

Watching the film was like going to a museum of history with an impressive assembly of artifact and costume in display. The film is useful for the student of political science as well. The bloody conflict between the warlords Takeda and Kagetora is typical of the fractious political atmosphere in medieval Japan.

Some events had a major impact on the course of world history and it takes a great insight and knowledge to know how these events helped shape the world today. America in the two centuries since its birth and independence from mother country Great Britain had been a powerful global force to reckon with, as it embarked on a robust expansionist strategy in acquiring new territories to expand its markets and hegemony.

The union between two people of the same gender or biological sex is known as same-sex marriage. The conflict over traditional marriages and same-sex marriages involves several cultural and legislative perspectives. People who oppose such marriages claim that concerns about reproduction, childcare, and religious rules as the reasons for their stand.

My understanding of assessment evaluation as such a paper is that the most important factors that are considered are together with the language competence, proper understanding of the question, the quality of the materials used as well as the ability for a student to express ideas fluently and cohesively. 

The author states that the religious authorities outlined that Protestants considered every person equal and that each person had the right to the property and defend it.  This new and unique interpretation of religion had allowed women to own property. The equality of each human being gave a new sense of identity to women in Boston.

Abundantly, the Society embarked on artistic designs to ensure that the cultures did not fade away during that period despite the prominent and concurrent threats from the region’s Roman, Greek, and Persian empires. Therefore, this discussion seeks to highlight on the artistic cultural productions developed by the Byzantine inhabitants as a form of protecting Christian interests from the threat of the barbarians until the Renaissance period.

The bureaucratic form of the government in the county, in which the most important decisions were taken by the state officials rather than by the elected representatives, Huang’s attempts to restore justice was thwarted by a government. He recounted this, by writing movingly of his attempts to come in terms with the misery that once surrounded him.  

Apartheid is a system of governance that was employed in the nation of South Africa by the Dutch colonial masters. On that note, it can be defined comprehensively as a system that was characterised by racial segregation as the major ideology that was in fact documented in the laws and vehemently carried out by the national party which was the ruling party at the time.

The rule clarified that the principles of segregation as initially sponsored by the government made Black children feel inferior and suppressed. The ruling opened education opportunities for Black students who now have access to good education facilities and resources that support equal economic and technical growth.

The American Civil War made the most radical changes in the American History and it changed the American ideology dramatically. It is proved that United States of America wouldn’t have changed into a liberal and democratic state as it is now, if Civil War wouldn’t have fought within and at the right time.

The movement’s main form of resistance was civil disobedience which was supported by acts of nonviolent protest including sit-ins in Greensboro (1960), and marches, such as, those from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. This scenario induced a situation of the crisis between the authorities and the Civil Rights activists.

This knowledge was adopted by the artists emerging during the period, slowly developing artistic techniques through the application of science, mathematics and perspective to create much more realistic images that conveyed a sense of three-dimensionality.

According to the report the universe comprises various materials that undergo different processes resulting to an alteration in their form after some period. Similar processes have been seen to influence the morphology of various organisms. Some aspects of the altered traits may be passed on to the next generation.

The commodities exchanged and the mode of exchange may have been different but the trade was as common an occurrence in olden times as is today. In olden times, however, trade was so decentralized. One such belt was the Santa Fe Trail that was a thriving business site between USA and Mexico where trade transactions took place on a large scale.

While Christianity and many other religions emphasize upon the sovereignty of God and maintain the principle that if any one slaps you on one side of your face then the other side should also be put in front of that person. This thought is not encouraged by Mill.

 Nationalism refers to an aspect of universalism where the people of a particular state are held together and share the same culture. A nation is, therefore, able to be independent and have an autonomous political community sharing the same historical reality and common destiny.

Boyne has assisted his readers to get a full grasp of the US Army’s military presence on Iraqi ground. Obviously, Boyne has endeavored to analyze “Operation Iraqi Freedom” from more of a military strategic perspective than a moral one. Indeed his moral concerns constitute the most part of his critiques of the US Army’s strategic flaws and deficits.

He says that millions of the citizens of America do not comprehend the fundamental structures in which the government is based on, or even the make-up of the annals of their history. He claims that 57% of the American students do not fully comprehend the fundamentals of what it takes to be an American citizen.

The struggle to survive and fight against the adverse circumstances in visible throughout the story and the passion of survival can be observed in the characters. The lives of four characters are on the play, so one can observe a determination of a slave for freedom, battling against despair and poverty a confederate officer‘s widow with her seven children, a religious man struggling with spiritual and worldly troubles.

Who Owns History? People conduct their activities in the society without considering that whatever a person does in the society would be used in the coming days as history. Humanity relies in history to make policies and strategies that affect life today.

In the American History, the year 1776 (Revolution), 1787 (Constitution), 1861 (Civil War), 1929 (Great Depression) comes in mind. It can also be thought that, unfolding events in some years could not be discerned, and the events of that year could have tremendous impact than the historians could anticipate.

According to Aleishire (38), Geronimo’s actual name at birth was Goyahkla meaning “the one who yawns” among the Bedonkohe Apache people. Currently, the native Apache group mainly lives in Arizona and New Mexico.  The exact year of his birth is unknown and Aleishire approximates it to have been around 1823 to 1825 in the present-day New Mexico in the area around the upper Gila River.

The legitimacy of power is not embedded in the state only but in the other power structures such as the international community that have the legitimacy to project the idea of democracy, human rights observation among others. The tribunals according to Hurd were in order and the international community had a role to ensure the systems were in place to maintain the social order.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been in existence for more than sixty years. Both parties are of the opinion that God blessed them with the land and giving it away to other people is a sin and an insult to God. Many factors have been attributed to the existence of the war, but opposition mobilization has been the steering factor to the existence of the conflict even today