Letter from Birmingham Jail – Martin Luther King

ENG 124.01 3/7/18 Letter from Birmingham Jail Throughout Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s paper he effectively demonstrates use of ethos, logos, and pathos to show his theme of determination. King believed there was a better world where Americans no longer worried about the color of their skin. He was imprisoned in Birmingham Jail for a … Read more

Do modernization and westernization go hand-in-hand?

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there was a common belief that the key to ensuring the success and modernity of a civilization was the incorporation of western innovations and customs. For years many people believed that modernization and westernization went hand-in-hand in ensuring an advanced, powerful nation.  However, these terms are not synonyms. Modernization … Read more

Rise and fall of Malacca

THE RISE OF MALACCA Around the year 1400, Parameswara, a prince from Palembang, was forced to flee his homeland. He then left for Temasek and became the ruler of Temasek, now more commonly known as Singapore. He assumed the throne of Temasek for two years before he was later ousted by the stronger Majapahit. Parameswara … Read more

Political environment of Athens – why did Socrates receive a death sentence?

We should look at the political environment of Athens to understand why Socrates received a death sentence. To the modern person, Athen seems very liberal compared to other ancient civilizations. Yet, Socrates was put to death for philosophizing and asking questions. To understand why, it is important to see what kind of environment Socrates lived … Read more

A History of Hatred: Ku Klux Klan and the Nazi Party

ENGL 1301 3/2/2018 A History of Hatred Hatred can come in many forms. Violence, war, and crime are all actions centered in hate. Many groups throughout history have used hatred as a weapon to inspire horrific events. Of these hate groups, the two that are the most notorious are the Nazi Party of Germany and … Read more

Rwandan massacre

Over a 100-day period from April to July of 1994, nearly 1,000,000 Rwandan people were massacred. Noted as one of the worst genocides in history, the battle between the Hutu and Tutsi people of Rwanda was the result of socially constructed antipathy, struggles for political legitimacy, as well as economic deterioration. The origin of racial … Read more

Martin Luther King’s letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King was the leader of aa non-violent civil rights protest. King was arrested and in Birmingham Jail after leading this protest. While in Jail, he was given a newspaper containing “A Call for Unity”, which was a letter directed at King written by Alabama clergy men. This letter contained many criticisms and critics … Read more

Roman, Byzantine, and Egyptian Empires

World Civilization- Assignment 2 Throughout history, several dominant and powerful civilizations have up and fallen down. It’s attention-grabbing because of every civilization had its own distinctive options and values. Some empires were prosperous and longed, whereas some came flaming right down. One among the foremost vital elements of a civilization is defensive and conserving the … Read more

Catherine the Great and Queen Elizabeth I

Catherine the Great and Queen Elizabeth I are two regal heroines who developed a masculine side in order to rule. Through contrasting strategies, both heroines successfully embraced the role of honorary men to secure and strengthen their leadership. Both Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I were constrained by their gender and consequently struggled to maintain … Read more

History of Modern India and Pakistan

March 2, 2017 Midterm John Seeley, a prominent 19th century English historian, once wrote that Britain conquered India in “a fit of absence of mind.” Do you agree or disagree? Nineteenth century historian John Seeley’s assessment that the British conquered India in “a fit of absence of mind” is true about the way that British … Read more

Hiroshima – Tibbets’ and Kawamoto’s accounts

On the 6th of August 1945 the world came to realise that the art of warfare would be dramatically transformed forever; nuclear weaponry had been introduced which several days later would be responsible for the war coming to an end. This essay evaluates the historical significance of the two contrasting perspectives of the interview with … Read more

Dictatorship under Oliver Cromwell

During the 17th century, England experienced a significant political shift that would later influence other countries to follow in its footsteps. The inhabitants of England and Parliament became fed up with the greedy Stuarts’ attempts at running the country on their own with their ideals of divine right. A military dictatorship under Oliver Cromwell was … Read more

Article review – Deciding When To Murder Among The Icelandic Vikings

Article Review II Palmstierna, Markel, Anna Frangou, Anna Wallette, and Robin Dunbar. 2017. "Family Counts: Deciding When To Murder Among The Icelandic Vikings". Evolution And Human Behavior 38 (2): 175-180. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.09.001. 1. What is the central question addressed by the authors? 10pts The authors are addressing the question of the existence of a correlation between … Read more

The Effects of Feudalism on British People

English IV 29 March 2017 The Effects of Feudalism on British People The Medieval period was driven by the wealth and status of the people. If you were wealthy you had power, production, and peasants. Britain was experiencing many changes, and it began to shift from an empirical government to a feudalistic form of government. … Read more

World War 2

World War 2 was a global war, the largest and deadliest of all wars in human history, with over 60 million people killed, including millions of civilians who were systematically mass-murdered. Many more millions were injured, imprisoned, starved, deported, became refugees, subjected to forced labor, and so on. Entire countries were physically devastated by the … Read more