Enslaved African Americans and the Struggle for Equality

For centuries now, African Americans have been mistreated due to their race and national origin. They were known to be at the bottom of the hierarchy since they were powerless and did not have the capability of shifting the society towards equality. African American slavery in the United States officially began as early as 1619 … Read more

To what extent do faith and emotion influence an expert’s interpretation of a fact?

Every area of knowledge we study today is a collection of facts and theories. Some of us have studied certain AOKs in more depth and are therefore considered experts in those disciplines. However, even within a discipline, despite studying the same facts and theories, experts disagree. In order to investigate why this is the case, … Read more

Raoul Wallenberg, a “Hero of the Holocaust”

Did you know the Holocaust was one of the largest genocides ever recorded in history? Happening approximately from January 30, 1933 – May 8, 1945 throughout all of Germany. People or organizations to keep in mind when reading include Adolf Hitler, the Nazis, Heinrich Luitpold Himmler, and Otto Adolf Eichmann. Even in a bad situation … Read more

Historic use of cosmetics in European history

Throughout European history, the use of cosmetics has changed from what instruments were used, to how the cosmetics were applied. The cosmetics used has had an effect on upper class women and lower class women. The desire for the tools women needed to apply their make up with was very high which had a big … Read more

Juan Bosch and Joaquin Ricardo Balaguer

After the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic, the country was in turmoil. People were scrambling for power, and the civil war became even more heated. However, through through the hell that was the Dominican Republic sprang two men. These two men, Juan Bosch and Joaquin Ricardo Balaguer, would be the main politicians and leaders … Read more

The Black Conquistadors

The black people in early colonial Spanish America played a very vitol role in the founding and discoveries of many of the locations in South America we know today. In the early 1500’s the Spanish had a plan to expand their colony from Europe to America, and which they did but the Spanish did not … Read more

War on drugs – history and today’s war (Heroin and Opioid)

Drugs have always been an issue in the United States, the battle against drugs truly began in 1971 when the Nixon Administration coined the term “War on Drugs.” This War on Drugs was the campaign for the prohibition on illegal drug and fought to reduce the illegal drug trade using military aid and intervention. This … Read more

Beyond Abraham

Reinforced by increasing church attendance among postwar Americans, this burgeoning religious zeal appeared to converge directly with cold war politics and the United States ever-growing geopolitical influence. In foreign affairs, might continued to make right, a condition legitimated domestically in efforts to essentially nationalize Christianity. A period of intense religious ferment, postwar America experienced both … Read more

Muro Tenente

The ancient settlement of Muro Tenente can be found in the Apulian plain of Brindisi, between Latiano and Mesagne (see fig.2). The outline of the outer defensive wall is still clearly visible in the landscape, forming a larger circular shape covering about 52 ha (see fig.2). Parts of the old defensive wall that gave the … Read more

Why did the United States begin turning its attention towards the Pacific during the 19th century?  

When talking about imperialism, America is seldom the first country we think of. Rather, we think about the European conquest in both Africa and Asia. Yet, their practice is more frequently described as colonialism. Although imperialism and colonialism are often used interchangeably, their meaning is somewhat different. Colonialism is the act of dominating and governing … Read more

What is ‘good history’?

In order to answer what good history is, we must understand the concept of history itself. Simply; History is a way of constructing knowledge about the world through research, interpretation, argument and debate. With this in mind, we can answer the question of what makes good history through analysing the trial between David Irving and … Read more

The differences between North and South (slave trade)

The differences between the North and South is that the South had more slaves than the North had of slaves. According to the slave charts South Carolina had the most slaves during (1768 – 1772)  they had a total of 15561 slaves compared to Massachusetts who only had 4 slaves in total. In article 4, … Read more

Creon’s Corruption: The Theban King and His Rule

Just about every organized society throughout history has seen its fair share of corruption. When power is factored into an equation, incidents of decadence are nearly inevitable. Ancient Greece, as revered and ahead of its time it was, was no stranger to this concept. Though both the advanced political systems and flourishing economies of Ancient … Read more

The collapse of Russian Tsardom

When understanding the collapse of Russian Tsardom, one must assess the situation of Russia in 1917. Was the Russian revolution and the subsequent collapse of Tsardom caused by the spontaneous upsurge of the political masses or was it the result of a century of general discontent building up against the notion of Russian Autocracy. This … Read more