European History

Howard Zinn’s book was more reasonable, due to the fact that it gives information about the bad things that happened to the United States. His story explains what Christopher Columbus has done. Columbus wanted the Arawaks to be his slaves because of how built they are, they cut themselves for ignorance, and Columbus notice that their weapons were not made of iron. The book by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen explains of how great the United States is, but do not know what kind of violence that…

History is always being created, but never changed or altered. Although something may have happened yesterday, today, it is now considered historic. The irony here is that whether it happened a few hours ago, yesterday, last week, or many years ago, it is still considered historic because it is now in the past. As stated by Dr. Drake in many lectures, “history does not necessarily repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” From 1865 to the 2000s, different areas of history have a stronger rhyming scheme…

The world wouldn’t be where it is today without the revolutions that took place. The French Revolution which completely broke down the monarchy and attempted to change their ways of society, allowed revolutions to begin to symbolize a radical change of the past. Not all, but most revolts were violent and caused a total transformation whether or not they were victorious. There is no doubt of the importance of revolutions and it is evident there will be many more to come, as the saying goes “Not…

to social history, Southern Historians have long focused on military history as another top method to study the South. The history of the Civil War has long interested Southerners across since it has impacted the South as it is known even today. However, similar to how Stewart brought social and environmental history together, military and environmental history can be used in unison to better tell the history of the war. In The Blue, The Gray, and the Green: Toward an Environmental History of…

Historical/ Biographical analysis is the most effective method that may be employed to examine Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg’s play, On the Waterfront, in order to reveal what influenced the authors to create their art. The application of this method reveals several connections between reality and the play. The play’s plot follows the real-life story of the corruption on the New York Harbor, famously reported on by Malcolm Johnson. Characters in the play were also inspired by real people. The…

History is a mirror that reflects the future, and by examining it we understand what is yet to come. In all aspects of life the past impacts the present and the future; with restorative justice this is no different. In recent times restorative justice has emerged in various semblances, with different names, and in many countries (Daly, 2002). The genesis of Restorative Justice can be traced to agrarian society, and the thrust towards its serves as a resurrection of historically prevalent…

History is the actions that have been created in the past by people. We have learned that people can continue to do the right thing because of history. The quote from Aldous Huxley stating “that men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history” does not prove this. I disagree with this quote because we have created a better society by learning from the past. If we did not learn anything, we would have never gotten to where we are now.…

Informative Exercise: Sample Outline Format Topic: Ancient artifacts that disregard the current view of time General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform about different artifacts Central Idea Statement/Thesis: Ancient technology, figurines, and imbedded materials can make us rethink our perception of the human time line and discover more about long gone civilizations. Introduction I. We know how our timeline as humans go, cavemen, farmers, castles, military industrial complex and…

He was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifthcentury BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities, as outlined in his introduction to his work. He also has been called the father of the…

Abstract The European Union of today is the result of a process that began over half a century ago with the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community. From that time, a durable peace has existed in the European continent for about 70 years. As we can see from the remarkable successes of the process of European integration today is significantly affected by the legislative procedures that apply to different policy fields. In fact, there were some thorny issues and crises took place with…