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The Duo of Khrushchev and Gorbachev
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| The Duo of Khrushchev and Gorbachev
The Stalinist regime of communist Russia may be considered the country’s most defining moment. Russia turned into a str... |
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A History of Human Art and Body Painting
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| If the impulse to create art is a defining sign of humanity, the body may well have been the first canvas. Alongside paintings on cave walls visited by early people over 30,00... |
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“A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY”
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The Japanese bombs that sunk the U.S.S. West Virginia, U.S.S. Arizona, and pushed America into WWII also radically changed the lives of Japanese Americans living in the Pu... |
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"A crime without a name"
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| "A crime without a name"
Winston Churchill, Raphael Lemkin and the
World War II origins of the word "genocide"
On August 24, 1941, only two months after Germ... |
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"Dark Ages" vs. "Middle Ages"
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| "Dark Ages" vs. "Middle Ages"
After the fall of Rome in 476 AD, the subsequent 1000 years made up a period of time called the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages are often r... |
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"Easter 1916"
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| "Easter 1916"
The 1916 Easter Rebellion spoke to the heart of Irish nationalism and emerged to dominate nationalist accounts of the origin and evolution of the Irish Stat... |
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"Education and the American Dream"
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| The “American dream” was a term coined by James Truslow Adams in his book, “The Epics of America.” It has become a familiar slogan, but each individual’s perception of this a... |
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"Nu, Cadavre Exquius"
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| Nu, Cadavre Exquis is a Surrealist drawing dated 1926-1927. The piece is the result of the close collaboration between four artists: Yves Tanguy, Joan Miró, Max Mor... |
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"Ozymandias"
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| Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" portrays a traveler's experience in the desert and his encounter with a fallen statue of an Egyptian pharaoh Ozymandias, also known as... |
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"That others may live"
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| “That Others May Live,” is the motto of an Air Force Special Operations team whose primary mission is to recover personnel. Search and rescue is a fundamental military operat... |
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"The American West: Racial Turmoil"
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| “The American West: Racial Turmoil”
The Legacy of Conquest is an exceptionally written book about the West. This book does not sugar coat anything about how the west was. I... |
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"The Diana Phenmenon"
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| The Diana Phenomenon
The sudden death of Diana Princess of Wales at the end of August 1997 sparked off a massive display of emotion in the world, especially in Britain. The... |
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"The Diana Phenomonen"
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| The Diana Phenomenon
The sudden death of Diana Princess of Wales at the end of August 1997 sparked off a massive display of emotion in the world, especially in Britain. The... |
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"The Holocaust"
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”We are the children of the holocaust. We are both Germans and Jews. We are the children of the victims. We are the children of the oppressors. We starte... |
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"Venus" of Willendorf
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| The most famous early image of a human, a woman, is the so-called "Venus" of Willendorf, is a 11.1 cm (4 3/8 inches) high statuette of a female figure, discovered at a Paleo... |
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&Quot;The Other&Quot; Perspective
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| Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a fictional book of an interpretation of the African Igbo tribe. Achebe’s intent seemed not to point fingers at the “bad guy”, but ... |
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, Christopher Columbus
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| On October 12, 1492, two worlds unknown to each other met for the first time on a small island in the Caribbean Sea. While on a voyage for Spain in search of a direct sea rout... |
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10 Years After The Reovlution
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| The so-called
"Velvet revolution " ended the communist control of
Czechoslovakia in late 1989. On November 17 the formal
government allowed a demonstration, where people
c... |
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1300 A.D.
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| 1300 AD
There really was not much of a personal hygiene in the 1300s. People would bath and stuff in any body of water available to them such as ponds, rivers, or streams.... |
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13th warrior
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| Based on the movie “The 13th Warrior” life in Europe during the medieval period seemed to be very barbaric and all about who is the most powerful. Men would crave for battle... |
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1500
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| Midevil Civilazation
By: Joe
E-mail: Ashley@polselli.com
The greater part of medieval civilization was a time of simplicity and little cultural development. Feudalism... |
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16th Century Voyages
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| Voyages of Discovery
The initial voyages that took place in the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century are the most important events to understanding the modern ... |
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1774
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| 1776
The movie 1776 displayed in great detail the fear and frustrations are founding fathers endured to implement our freedom from England’s tyrannical rule. Ratification o... |
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17th centry teater
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| The 17th Century gave life to an array of cultural and educational advances. This was known as the renaissance. Renaissance, a word meaning rebirth of knowledge and culture,... |
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1837 Rebellion
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| The Rebellion of 1837 was a battle between the habitants of Upper and Lower Canada and the Canadian government. More importantly it was a battle for righteousness between the... |
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1890's Cuban Revolution
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| The makeup of Cuba in the late nineteenth century is much the same as it is today. Nearly 66% of the population are white and of Spanish descent. About 22% are of mixed racial... |
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1898 Cuban Revolution
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| The makeup of Cuba in the late
nineteenth century is much the same as it is today. Nearly
66% of the population are white and of Spanish descent.
About 22% are of mixed rac... |
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1898 Cuban Revolution
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| 1890\'s Cuban Revolution
The makeup of Cuba in the late nineteenth century is
much the same as it is today. Nearly 66% of the population
are white and of Spanish desce... |
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18th century
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| The Eighteenth Century
During the 18th century, Louis XV became the King of France at age 5. A new
style, Rococo, was introduced which created a more slender and de... |
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18th Century European Enlightenment
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| The Enlightenment is a name given by historians to an
intellectual movement that was predominant in the Western world during
the 18th century. Strongly influenced b... |
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18th prime minister
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| 18th Prime Minister of Canada
“I am a Conservative, but one does not need to wear a label to believe that governments should balance budgets; that industry, being the motor... |
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1900-1945 history
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| Canada has been shaped by the historical influences of World War 1, The Roaring 20’s & Dirty 30’s and World Was 2; setting the basis for the society for which we live in today... |
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1919 World Series
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| From the beginning of time, greed and money has motivated man above all else. It seems
that in the day that we live in, there is corruption and foul-play everywhere. I someti... |
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1929 Stock Market Crash
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| In early 1928 the Dow Jones Average went from a low of 191 early in the year, to a high of 300 in December of 1928 and peaked at 381 in September of 1929. (1929…) It was anti... |
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1930's
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| During the 1930's American citizens witnessed a
breakdown of the Democratic and free enterprise
way of life. The government saw that the
free enterprise system wa... |
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1936 Nazi Olympics
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| The 1936 Olympics have become a mere footnote in history, remembered mostly for the heroics of Jesse Owens. The events that followed in Germany, namely the Holocaust and Worl... |
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1947 Indian War
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| India- Pakistan:
False Optimism and Foreign Fueling
Marsha Patel
G-Block
March 28, 2008
India became independent in 1947 amidst the trauma of partition. T... |
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1954
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| In the year 1954, the United States was changing rapidly. President Eisenhower, a Republican, was in the midst of his first term. Eisenhower had just announced to the world th... |
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1954
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| in the year 1954, the United States was changing rapidly. President Eisenhower, a Republican, was in the midst of his first term. Eisenhower had just announced to the world th... |
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1956
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| A Year in Time 1956
THE FIFTIES: A period of time between 1948 and 1964. The fifties are more a state of mind than an actual span o... |
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1956: Counter-revolution In Hungary.
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| 1956: Counter-revolution in Hungary.
Following the death of Josef Stalin in 1953, the harsh policies he implemented in not only the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but... |
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1960
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| Popular culture did more harm than good in the 1960's because John F. Kennedy became president of the United States. Aged 43 at the time of his election in 1960, he was also... |
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1960
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| “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner tells the story of an unconventional spinster ; Emily Grierson and her eccentric relationships with her father, lover, and the town of J... |
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1960s
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| MLK: Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael are two Civil Rights activists
That will resort is some type of violence if they don’t get their way.
) JFK: Then we need to try... |
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1965
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| In 1965, there were many beneficial and disrupting events that reshaped the world and its culture. During this time, racial hate crimes were peaking in the sixties; space pro... |
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1980 US Hockey Team
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| “Do you believe in Miracles” were the words of Al Michaels as the 1980 US Hockey team defeated the unbeatable Soviet Union. The US was a bunch of Amateur hockey player wit... |
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