History Essay Examples

Unilever was created in 1930 by the amalgamation of the operations of British soapmaker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie, a merger as palm oil was a major raw material for both margarines and soaps and could be imported more efficiently in larger quantities. In the 1930s the business of Unilever grew and…

Born with the name Antonia, Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna, Austria on November 2, 1755. Marie-Antoinette was one of the 16 children of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa, queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the youngest and most beautiful daughter of all. Marie Antoinette was brought up believing her…

Evolution of Female Concerns Women have fought for their equality between men throughout history. Women have fought for their right to vote, the right to receive education and more. Now in modern society, women legally possess equal rights as men. However, there is another huge wall women have to climb over; society’s gender norms and…

Andrew Carnegie used vertical integration in his steel business to help him reduce his competition and to make his business more profitable. Carnage’s company controlled every aspect of the production of his steel. He owned the mills, the mines, the ships, and the railways, etc. , which enabled him to maximize his profits. This helped…

Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti in Historical Context Victorian Era: Victorian Britain, 1837 – 1901 Christina Rossetti * Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children’s poems * Family: Born in London to Gabriele Rossetti, a poet and a political…

The History Of Alcatraz Essay, Research Paper The History of Alcatraz Although Alcatraz sits in the center of San Francisco Bay, merely a small over a stat mi from the metropolis, the island seemed every bit distant as if it were a 1000 stat mis out to sea. The island seems uninviting and because of…

The Nationalist marching season, sometimes known as ‘the twelfth’, ‘Orangemen’s Day’ and ‘Boyne celebrations’, takes place on the 12th July throughout Northern Ireland, but why does it take place? The first reason I will be investigating is the Battle of the Boyne. This event took place in July 1690 when William of Orange claimed victory…

This kids phenomenon began as a hand-held video game and exploded across the globe, from trading cards to becoming the number one rated television kids’ show on the popular cartoon programming Kids’ WB! The TV program is drawn in the manner of the old speed racer cartoon with similar type voices. It began showing in…

The Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered inMumbai, Maharashtra, India.[4] It operates in 33 countries with more than 133,000 employees worldwide.[5] The group interests in sectors such as viscose staple fibre, metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilisers, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO and IT services. The Aditya…

Before the question of whether history is a science can be answered, one needs to know exactly what a science is; it’s definition. When we imagine science, most of us will immediately think of experimentation, with test tubes boiling, or mechanical objects spinning around. Although this is true, this is not all there is to…