American Empire

Would World War 1 have broken out if the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand wasn't assassinated? In short, yes, there had already been extremely high tensions around the world. Every country had an enemy and some sort of makeshift alliance with other countries. The assassination of the Archduke only added more wood to the already burning fire that was the outbreak of, “The War To End All Wars”, that was World War 1. The reason…

A day before the Pearl Harbor attack FDR which was the president sent a letter for peace to the Empire of Japan. It was too late for that because since November 26th, of 1941, Japans navy left home port and headed to Hawaii. It was already planned out and there was no peace made. The event that dragged the United States into World War 2 is the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, of 1941. It’s brings sad memories and it was something that the U.S was expecting at that time. The attack was made…

and Caesar is because they are both popular and you can really see how much changed from when Caesar helped expand the roman empire to when Abraham became president. I also know more about Abraham Lincoln than the other options. Julius Caesar was a Roman Politician (July 12 or 13, 100 BC, Rome – March 15, 44 BC, Rome) who helped greatly with the rise of the Roman Empire. His Parents were Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia Cotta. Gaius Governed the province of Asia. The family came from Alba…

well as financial reasons, whereas Colonialism still includes invasion. Colonialism and Imperialism both dictate the political and economic advantage over a land and the indigenous populations they control. The meaning of imperialism is to create an empire, by conquering the other state's lands and therefore increasing its own dominance. Colonialism can completely change the existing social structure, physical structure and economics of an area; it is not unusual that the characteristics of the…

1.5 million Armenians were killed from 1915 to 1918. Before the genocide, there were nearly 2 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire; after the genocide there were only around 500,000 Armenians left. There were three stages of the Turkish Government's plan to obliterate the Armenian people. The first stage occurred April 24, 1915, and the plan was to arrest and eventually murder…

With in many stories and myths from all around the world there has been a discovery that many of these stories and myths have common patterns. This was discovered in the twentieth century by an American researcher, Joseph Campbell. Campbell noticed that the hero’s and heroines from different time periods, in the myths and stories, all had a similar journey. The similar journey was eventually called “a hero’s journey.” This journey is a circular pattern that contains twelve stages but have been…

Peru has an ancient past and is known as the homeland for Andean cultures and civilizations such as the Incas. The Incan empire is a centuries old civilization that was conquered by the Spanish in 1533. Prior…

Ancient Greece, successful unique city states emerged like Athens and Sparta. Some of these city states, most notably of which is Athens, encouraged democracy. There was disunity among these city states until the Persians initiated war. The Persian Empire was one of the greatest of ancient times and was expanding rapidly. It was the Spartans and Athenians united that the Persians were able to defeat the Persian forces. It was their finest hour when they were able to set aside difference and…

through the expansion of British Empire abroad, as well as other forms of encounters between British colonisers or conquerors and its vassal states. There has always, however, been a double aspect to such expansions. This gives clear attention to liberalism 's ability to negotiate difference in a context of empire and to inspire the audiences through the analysis of imperial rule. There are a series of arguments concerning the liberal critics of the British Empire. At a practical level,…

The conflict in Rome was between Christians and early Roman Empire, similarly, in nowadays America, there is an ongoing issue between Islam and the United States in terms of overall situations. For example, Islam in the United States now is having similar experience with Christianity in Roman Empire before the emperor Constantine in ancient Rome. In the following essay, I will explain how the overall situation of Christianity in Roman Empire before Constantine concerns with the situation between…