Austrian Empire

Before the English settlers and Powhatan Indians became enemies, the English started to explore during the 1500s-1600s. This essay is about why the Powhatan and the English became enemies and the reasons why they were. Both became enemies because of land conflict, the starving time, and the enslavement of the Powhatan. To begin with, one reason why the Powhatan and the English are enemies is because of land conflict. They made treaties with each other but the English took all of the…

‘The government and goldfields’ administration were more to blame for the Eureka Rebellion than the miners.’ To what extent do you agree? In 1854, the Eureka Rebellion occurred in Ballarat, and involved miners rebelling against the government and goldfields’ administration, for the purpose of better rights and freedoms. This was the climax of a long dispute between the two. The government and goldfields’ administration, to a significant extent, can be held more to blame for the Eureka Rebellion…

Much Ado About Nothing: Reflections and Comparisons to Elizabethan Theatre Production Messina of Silica, a city thrives in the history of ancient Rome, where mountains and breezes transform the land and shapes its people in its unique ways. This is where our story began, in a lustrous city where battle wary troops return from afar, a place of peace and tranquility. This is the setting for Shakespeare’s Play, Much Ado About Nothing. The class watched a scene from the first act of this play,…

Colonialism means control by one country over another area and its people. Western Kenya would be politically and economically exploited by Britain. In 1895, Britain colonized western Kenya. British would rule western Kenya would last until 1963. This exact scenario takes place in the book, Worries of the Heart by Kenda Mutongi. In the book, Mutongi talks about western Kenya’s history during the 20th century. One of the major themes that Mutongi discusses is colonialism. Mutongi discusses…

the entirety of the nineteenth century, the British Empire embarked upon many imperial wars under the pretense of spreading civilization and prosperity. Their imperial wars were launched everywhere across the world such as Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and even in Ireland. Their reasoning behind most of their military campaigns was to prevent barbarism and spread their righteous civilized manners to everywhere they go. The British Empire developed a viewpoint of superiority over…

According to worldometers.info, there were 2,042,947 books published in 2015 and that a new book is published about every twelve seconds. Bobbie Pyron and Linda Sue Park are two of these published authors. Bobbie Pyron, who also wrote ¨The dogs of winter¨ wrote an enchanting story for Scholastic called ¨Following Boo¨. ¨Following Boo¨ has a main character named Nathan who recently lost his grandfather. Nathan and his family take a summer camping trip and end up meeting a dog named Boo.Nathan´s…

Lastly, within both works, the struggle for a sense of cultural identity is also the struggle for oneself. In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Kundera utilizes the political setting of his work to evaluate the influence of cultural identity on his characters. When Tereza and Tomas return to a Czech spa after the Russian invasion, Tereza notes that its appearance is just as it was six years ago; however, in a show of passive resistance, Czech people remove street signs to disorient their…

The Sarcophagus with the Myth of Dionysos and Ariadne, 235 A.D. Marble., H. 0.98 m; W. 2.08 m; D. 0.62 m. Louvre Palace Museum, Paris, France. The Sarcophagus with the Myth of Dionysos and Ariadne is a Roman funerary sarcophagus made in 235 A.D. and found in a tomb in 1805, Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans near Bordeaux, France. The artist is unknown, yet it is known that the sarcophagus was made as a pair with The Sarcophagus with the Legend of Selene and Endymion (Louvre Palace Museum, n.d.). These two…

In Plutarch’s Lives, four men were introduced: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Coriolanus, and Caesar. However, out of these four, Numa proved to be a superior leader. Unlike the other three rulers, Numa Pompilius was a virtuous, moral, and humble man who led a life free of luxury. He was devoted to piety and philosophy and was a religious man who made worship of the gods his priority. The people also found him to be an excellent counselor and an honest judge who showed intelligence in his decisions…

A man by the name of Hannibal Barca, was a general for Carthage. He lived from 247 BC to 183 BC. He was known as Rome’s greatest enemy (Hoyos 1). He made his greatest impact during the Second Punic War against the Roman Empire. His animosity for the Romans was influenced by his father and his unique tactics used in the Second Punic War were innovative but they did not win him the war. Hannibal Barca’s hatred started when he born; he was born into a Roman-hating family. His father, Hamilicar…