On October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to Asia and ran into a new country called the New World. Columbus brought over many different things to the New World. He brought smallpoxs and sugarcane. When he arrived there was another illness syphilis. Smallpox, sugarcane, and syphilis could the greatest impact of the Columbian Exchange. First, […]
Growing up in a big world not knowing how we have the things we do now and where they had come from or how was the environment before and after. As we look back, in the 15 and 16 century many explorers wanted to venture out in hopes to find wealth and undiscovered land, such […]
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The Columbian Exchange refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds. Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life. After Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas, the animal, plant, and bacterial life of these two worlds began to mix. By reuniting […]
The Europeans discovery of the Americas was the catalyst for global integration and the beginning of the Columbian Exchange between the old and new worlds. When the Europeans arrived in the western hemisphere they brought with them crops like wheat, rice, bananas, sugar, and wine grapes. Europeans also brought several different types of animals to […]
The Bosnian Genocide The term Genocide may just be another term in the dictionary but the weight of the meaning of the term is tremendous. The term ‘Genocide’ was first spotted in the book ‘Axis Rule’ authored by a Polish Lawyer named Raphael Lemkin in the year 1944. ‘Genos’ means ‘Race or tribe’ and ‘cide’ […]
In Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus, Art spends the entire novel explaining his father Vladek’s experience during the Holocaust. The novel itself was very eye opening and at times difficult to read due to its themes. Maus dealt with topics that revolved around genocide, discrimination, mental health, and family conflict. All these themes managed to […]
A genocide is the mass murder of a large group of people and or a specific ethnic group or nation. In 1994, April through July, a genocide took place in Rwanda. Roughly 800,000 Rwandan people were massacred in just 100 days. This devastating event sparked after the Rwandan President’s plane was taken down, killing President […]
Genocide, Racial Science, and Human Experimentation in the 19th and 20th Century Human beings inherit various genes from their predecessors, an occurrence that determines their physical and academic skills, health, among other traits. During the 19th and 20th century, medicine and biomedical research focused on human experimentation in an attempt to adjust the genetic qualities […]
Rwandan Genocide 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 […]
Fulvia, most commonly known as the wife of M. Antonius, is well-known among scholars and ancient writers, but is not known for having a respectable reputation. She has been considered a prominent political figure for her time. For a woman to assert herself into a man’s world was unconventional and shown in a negative light. […]
I chose to write about the Korean War for many reasons. First off war and the effect of the war has always interested me because every war affects still felt to this day. It is also intriguing because as I said earlier all wars have an effect but this war’s effect is still very prominent […]
Twenty-four centuries ago, Plato, one of history’s most famous philosophers, compared the life of individuals solely having opinions and no actual knowledge. In Allegory of the Cave, there are three prisoners tied to a rock that can only look at a stone wall. Behind them is a fire that casts shadows of figures moving onto […]
Throughout most of history humans have been controlled by absolute monarchies or regimes run by a single family. As well as given very few liberties and the ability to freely live their lives. It wasn’t until around the 1500’s that certain individuals began to freely think for themselves without the influence of their government and […]
Originating in France, the Rococo art movement was incorporated into Italy around the eighteenth century (Columbia Encyclopedia, Italian Art The Rococo Period). During this time, Italy experienced corrupt politics by aristocrats taking hegemonic control of politics and economics in order to maintain their position in society (Britannica, Italy – Reform and Enlightenment). Towards the latter […]
Traditional, political, and social theologies and ideals began to change during the Enlightenment movement. Men had always been the dominant race due to being educated, and being job working class citizens. Women were expected to take care of household responsibilities, child bear and finally be a mother. There were few women who were given the […]
Enlightenment era was when people started to use reason, or logical thinking, rationalism, and science to attack this power. The thinkers of the Enlightenment objected to the absolute power of the royal rulers and of the Roman Catholic church. Many enlightenment ideas deals with human freedom and individual rights. This article talks about the enlightenment […]
The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation was largely influenced by Abraham Lincoln’s negative opinion of slavery, however he was also under pressure from his peers and the slave owners of the United States as well. The President expressed his dislike for the concept of slavery in documents and speeches more than thirty years before the […]
The twentieth and twenty first centuries witnessed some of the most brutal losses of life in the form of mass killings, genocides, and wars. The number of events that would be classified as genocides or institutionally sanctioned mass murders is estimated at twelve. Other sources may list more or less of these events as some […]
Throughout history there have always been people who look, think, or act differently than the majority of others. When people feel threatened by the group of people who are different than them they become hateful and associate them as being others who do not deserve to be held up to the same standard as everyone […]
Genocide. A word that is defined as the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those included in a specific ethnic group or nation. It is a word that has developed into one of the most memorable, yet dangerous words within society. Many remember the causes and effects of genocides, especially the ones […]
At the time of Spanish colonization in the late 1700s, California was home to more than 300,000 Native Americans. There were more than 200 tribes. But, after the Mexican-American war in 1848, the state of California became a property of the US, gold was discovered near Sutter’s Mill in 1848 and created a new era […]
The small east African country of Rwanda is most commonly known for being the setting of one of the most brutal and efficient genocides in modern history. Traditional narratives of the Rwandan genocide, like those of most genocides and events of mass violence, depict the participants within the scope of their expected roles: men as […]
“Deeply regret advise you TITANIC sank this morning after collision with iceberg, resulting in serious loss of life. Full particulars later.” -J. Bruce Ismay, Director of the White Star Line The Titanic was a luxury cruise liner with a disastrous fate. It set sail on the 10th of April, 1912. No one could have predicted […]
Many character in Hiroshima has perseverance but, Father Kleinsorge was the one that was different from the rest. The character’s full name is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge, or also known as Father Kleinsorge. Father Kleinsorge is from Hiroshima, a historical non fiction novel written by John Hersey. Father Kleinsorge is a german priest living in Hiroshima. […]
In this cross-sectional study, we showed that cholesterol has a significant positive association with glaucoma. The data showed participants with cholesterol intake ?‰? 252 have risk 3 times higher than low intake cholesterol to have glaucoma (OR: 3.117; p=0.007). Glaucoma is an insidious eye disease and about half of open angle glaucoma cases are undetected […]
One of the greatest ever civilizations in history is often recognized to be the Roman empire. They where highly skilled society that included a range of categories from war, art, architecture, and philosophy. A civilization that lasted for 1,500 years they had a very huge influence that will shape future civilizations to come. My paper […]
In ancient Rome, gladiators were not only skillful but also substandard fighters who were known as expensive investments and fought to the death for the entertainment of their spectators. Gladiators, throughout the entire empire, fought their matches in arenas against their opponents either man or some type of animal in combat. For the Romans in […]
Titanic the movie, was a film produced in 1997, based on the true story of the British liner that sank in the Atlantic Ocean on April 12th, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during its voyage to come across to America and the great city of New York. Titanic in Greek mythology means gigantic and […]
Titanic, was a film produced in 1997, based on the true story of the British luxury steamship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean on Apri15th, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during its voyage from Southampton, England to New York. Titanic is the most watched movie of all time and second in popularity across the […]
Has the worldview of the role of women in gender identified sports changed very much from that of the ancient Romans? Look at the role of women in Boxing, Wrestling and Bodybuilding. These women athletes are still treated as second-class citizens. The worldview of women sports figures has not come very far compared to the […]
