Balkans

Mongol Empire was the greatest empire ever. Its region reached out from the Yellow Sea in eastern Asia to the outskirts of eastern Europe. At different times it included China, Korea, Mongolia, Persia (now Iran), Turkestan, and Armenia. It additionally included parts of Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, and Russia. The Mongols, who inevitably got to be known as the Tatars, were the most barbaric victors of history. Be that as it may, this incredible realm helped build contacts between people groups…

World War I, also called the Great War, was an international conflict between the Allies (Russia, Britain, France, and later the United States) against the Central Power (Germany, Austria – Hungary, and later the Ottoman Empire). Second, the League of Nations was established to make sure a war like that would never happen again. Third, the war caused the Bolshevik Revolution to happen in Russia. World War I was one of the most brutal wars in Human history. Many people died and there was a lot…

Sam Harris and His Rational Point of View In his book Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris pulls no punches on the subject of atheism, which according to Harris, is “Simply an admission of the obvious.” (Harris 51) He provides many compelling arguments that may make even the most devout of Christians to rethink their beliefs. Stated very basically, Christianity is an antiquated system of beliefs and morals that hinders our progress in the sciences, offers no moral advice that average human…

Rather than setting him as a minor character that is destined to be a part of the background, Ondaatje describes his journey, his struggle as he enters Canada as an immigrant. “Nicholas was twenty five years old when war in the Balkans began … They let him through. He was in Upper America.” (pg 45) Ondaatje describes Temelcoff’s past to give the reader an immigrant’s perspective of their struggles, something that is not possible during the novel’s time period. Most of the Macedonian…

Victor Zalsavsky was born on September 26, 1937 in what was Leningrad, Russia at the time, but is now St. Petersburg. His occupation was a Professor of Political Sociology Theorist. He taught political sociology at various institutions throughout his long academic career such as LUISS (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli), Leningrad State University, Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Canada, University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford. He had…

Keishera Aldonza Culture Partners: The Interview with the Albanian I first met Enea almost by accident. It was the night of the first fire alarm at Roberts Hall. The steam pipes had burst and the basement became overwhelmed with steam, forcing Enea upstairs and into my common area. He was alone and I felt particularly sociable that night. He introduced himself as Alec, which I learned later was his “Americanized” name, and I introduced myself and my friends. Our friendship stuck and he even…

From 1750 CE until the present day (2015), Eastern Europe underwent numerous changes and few continuities. Some of the changes: the mini-ice age, rise of communism, spread of the potato, decline of serfdom, an ideological desire for militarism, nationalism, alliances, and imperialism, and new weapons/warfare create new avenues for political, economic, social, and intellectual reform. While the reliance on agriculture and ever-lasting ethnic conflict remained largely consistent throughout the…

When it comes to historical events, the happiest are remembered and celebrated while the worst are often forgotten and ignored. The events that have shaped society have not been the pleasant ones but they are the painful, horrendous, and bloody disasters. One such disaster was the exploitation of the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium in the late 1800s and 1900s. In colonial Africa, the people of the Congo were subjected to personal greed, terror, and a few acts of heroism from specific…

The Renaissance is considered "the rebirth" or the early modern period, which was an era in European history immediately following the Middle Ages. Generally, the Renaissance spanned from the 14th to the 16th centuries, spreading across Europe from its birthplace in Italy. It is often considered a time of enlightenment: where the world became a new place, and many new improved ideas and beliefs formed. During this time, scholars began to look to the ideals of the ancient philosophers of the…

to be successful. Also nationalism made people think that war was a good idea because it would not only show power and allow a country to gain power. Also, many ethnic groups wanted to become their own nation, for example slavic minorities in the Balkans. Another way nationalism helped cause the war was issues within a nation. Some leaders would use war to distract the citizens from any problems they might be having in their own country. The final cause of the war was the only immediate cause,…