Period

The Ming and Qing dynasties are regarded as the most successful dynasties in the history of China. Before them, China was ruled by the Yuan dynasty governed by the Mongols (Nosotro). The Chinese perceived this to be a foreign domination of their country and the Mongols were therefore expelled from China in 1368 to pave…

            The intertestamental period refers to the period that elapsed between the last entries in the Old Testament and the era when the New Testament was written. This period was estimated in a rough four hundred years in between which took up the eras of the Malachi ministry, the last of the prophets who wrote…

Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polos life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco Polo was born in c.1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose account…

Pablo Picasso Ruiz’s art during the years 1904 to 1905 is known as The Rose Period. Contrary to its name, this period does not solely consist of rose or light pink colors, but also incorporates greens, blues, and reds. This collection of vibrant colors emerged after a phase in which Picasso chose a more subdued…

How effectively did Nicholas II deal with the problems facing Russia in the period 1894 – 1905? It is one of the ironies of Russian history that, at a time when the nation most needed a tsar of strength and imagination, it was a man of weakness and limited outlook who came to the throne….

The concept of the “Sensitive Period” originated from the research of Hugo De Vries, a Dutch botanist and geneticist who focused on animal development. De Vries discovered that various species have a heightened capacity to acquire certain skills during specific stages of their lives. One of his notable studies involved observing the lifecycle of the…

How Serious Was the Radical Threat Facing Pitt In The Period 1789-1801? The French revolution broke out in 1789, and while at first Britain was pleased and welcomed the changes that the revolution brought to France (i.e. the new constitutional monarchy mirrored Britain’s political system in many ways.) Pitt and his government began to become…

During the period of 1820-1861 the north and south debated on issues that dealt with slavery and unbalance power, in order to reduce sectional tension between these two states, the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were proposed. The North and South both had opposite opinions about slavery, The South favored slavery…

Polybius was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period born in Megalopolis, Arcadia (200-118 B. C). He was the son of Lycortas, also a Greek Politician who became the Cavalry commander of the Achaean league (a Hellenistic period of alliance between Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese). The Achaean league existed between…

Before, 1880 the black slave was part of the American culture. It continued to be part and parcel of life beyond the 19th century and into the 20th. However, the need for change became more apparent and the rise of black Civil Rights grew. Progress, at times rapidly advanced but was mainly slow and many…