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Archaeological evidence indicates that small seafaring communities existed throughout the Philippine Archipelago for at least 2000 years, prior to the arrival of the Spaniards. The chief means of trading was barter. Records show that Chinese merchants came to the Philippines to trade porcelain, silk and metal ware in exchange for gold, pearls, beeswax and medicinal…

The Gadsden Purchase, completed in 1853, is an important land acquisition in the history of the United States. It entailed the US acquiring land from Mexico to construct a railway that would improve east-west transportation in the southern region and fulfill Manifest Destiny. This paper aims to explore the events leading up to the Gadsden…

Classical Argument             In a span of twelve years there were 6 million Jews dead, 1.5 million of whom were children!  In the infamous Holocaust of Adolf Hitler, the Chancellor of Germany, the Jews were persecuted and systematically annihilated from January 30, 1933 up to May 8, 1945.  The Holocaust was the greatest tragedy to…

Francisco Goya, an artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, expressed his views on the political turbulence in Spain through his artwork. Living during a period of political and social unrest in Europe, Goya was deeply influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment, which had also captured the attention of Spain’s influential figures….

The Rwandan Genocide was a very heartbreaking and mournful event in history, which left thousands of people devastated. As stated on United to End Genocide, “The Rwandan genocide is one of the heaviest moments in human history. An airplane crash in 1994 carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi provided a spark for an organized…

Brown, Kathleen M. “Good Wives, Nasty Wenches and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race and Power in Colonial virginia.” Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. Kathleen M. Brown is a history professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a gender and race historian of early America. In this book she takes a close…

England controlling the colonies but not honestly showing interest the people of the colonies is a reason for the Americans to want to be their own people. However because of this, Americans are finding their own identity, what it is to have an American identity, why they felt as though they no longer wanted to…

The Holocaust, an event forever engraved in history, was a mass extermination that occurred during World War II. It was orchestrated by Adolf Hitler, a power-hungry dictator, and the ruthless Nazi Party. Under their control, the German government systematically persecuted and murdered approximately six million Jews along with its collaborators. This sinister episode stemmed from…

“Toirdelbach Ua Briain (1009–14 July 1086), anglicised Turlogh O’Brien, was King of Munster and effectively High King of Ireland. A grandson of Brian Boruma, Toirdelbach was the son of Tadc mac Briain who was killed in 1023 by his half-brother Donnchad mac Briain. For the first forty years of his life nothing is known of…

Alexander the Great, the ruler of Macedonia, was undeniably a highly authoritative and influential leader. With unparalleled control over his armed forces and a solid economic foundation, he effectively conquered a considerable part of the world. His leadership approach consisted of instilling fear, and he achieved victories through sheer strength. However, when objectively evaluating exceptional…