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The French Revolution marked a time when many French individuals fought against monarchy and religion in order to establish principles of equality and freedom. The struggle resulted in extensive loss of life, leading to a division within the country between revolutionaries and monarchists. Napoleon Bonaparte emerged in France during this era. While initially relatively unknown,…

PESTLE analysis a useful tool for understanding the ‘big picture’ of the environment in which an organisation is operating and is the abbreviation for – Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal, and Environmental. PESTLE analysis is a useful tool for understanding risks associated with market (the need for a product or service) growth or decline, and…

To what extent was there a social revolution in Nazi Germany? Was Hitler’s rule reactionary or revolutionary? According to Marx’s definition, a revolution is when a change takes place, referring to the population’s social status, when the worker’s class is able to take part in the political decisions of the country. Although we think that…

In today’s time, technology dominates the lives of almost every people. Technology can be seen anywhere, may it be at home, in school, in the mall, in the grocery store, etc. A computer is one of the most popular devices where technology is greatly applied. Since technology plays an important role in our society, computers…

The people saw upon his wrists the scars of the racks of Spain. – Robert E. Howard, “Solomon Kane’s Homecoming” One of the unique aspects of the correspondence between Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft is their relative openness and closeness of views—or at least prejudices—on race. None of Lovecraft’s other correspondents quite shared…

            Most social scientists held the view that history, although an inseparable measurement of culture, is neither deterministic nor passive. History is not deterministic since it is considered just a myriad of events locked in space and time. It is also not passive. The great eras of ancient civilizations seem to indicate the influence of…

            In the painting by Jose Clemente Orozco, entitled Cortes y Malinche, a white (or Mexican) man and an Indian woman sit on what appears to be a throne while an Indian man lies, presumably dead, at their feet.  There are several elements at work within this painting, the most obvious of which is that…

“I no longer care about anything, and the end of my life is all I wish for.” (Unpublished Graffigny, 13-18)  Before developing into the “reigning queen” of French literature of the time, Mme de Graffigny (1695-1758) was a middle aged woman who lived a provincial life in the court of Stanislas in Lorraine.  Her most…

There were many territories that made up the Roman Empire. These territories that it was a part of helped to make the it one of the greatest civilizations of all time. One such territory was Germania, which later developed into the present day country of Germany. For nearly half a millennium much of what is…

Tacitus, Roman author, was one of the people to write about the Germanic society in great detail. Tacitus, being a Roman, has lopsided ways of writing about Germania, the enemies of Rome. This text informs us about the many ways of life in Germania. It introduces us to a somewhat full looks of Germany that,…