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Just when did speculation of Shakespeare not being the author of his plays begin and by whom was it started? The speculation of Shakespeare’s authorship came about during the mid 19th century, as Shakespeare came to be known as the greatest playwright to ever exist. However, unease about Shakespeare's authorship started to spread due to the glaring disagreement between his mundane biography and his amazing reputation. People began…

The article “The Character of the British Columbia Frontier” by Barry M. Gough discusses the forces and institutions that influenced British Columbia to change from Ingenious land to a fur trade territory and then to a colony. Additionally, the character of the British Columbia Frontier was influenced by an imperial tide from 1846-1871 that caused a change in the character of human occupation and it brought new political and social institutions whose legacies can still be seen in present…

Before the First Crusades had started, the Byzantine Empire was having troubles protecting themselves from the Muslim Seljuk Turks. The Muslims were able to conquer some of the Byzantines land, as they were able to acquire Turkey and Armenia. As a result the Emperor Alexias went to ask Pope Urban the second for protection against the Muslims. Pope Urban looked at this as a way to gain land for the Christian faith and accepted, he gave a speech calling all Christians to join forces to claim…

“What’s the difference between here—America—and Vietnam?” I received this question every time someone found out that I was born and raised in Vietnam. Before I came to America, I lived in a Communist country that controlled almost every aspect of your life. I had to go to a state approved school—which my family had to pay for—that propagated a lot of media that shows America as an evil country. I grew up in an environment where your future occupation is usually the occupation of your father or…

Ottoman Turks’ first appearance The loom of the Ottoman came upon after the decline of the Seljurk Turks’s empire. The arrival of the first Ottomans, alias ghazis (Turkish warriors or raiders), to Anatolia (formerly called Asia Minor) was intended to evade the forces of Mongols. At first, the Turkish tribes were nomadic pastoralists but when the Seljuk Empire’s power was slowly falling apart, the Turks, under the rule of Osman, began occupying, invading other territories for power and wealth…

Chinese immigrants had always been unwelcome to Canada for more than 150 years. The first Chinese settlers came to Canada in 1858 to pan for gold in British Columbia. In 1885, as the flow of Chinese immigrants started increasing, the Canadian government started charging them a fee to live in Canada called head tax. The first anti-Chinese rule was a fifty dollar head tax on every Chinese person entering Canada. The conditions were far worse in China so people preferred to immigrate and pay the…

that were impatient to transfer their religion to other nations. The Islamic militaries were full of power an energy and took over North Africa and most of Spain. When the first crusade started, a request came from Pope Urban II to the Christian armies to go fight against the Muslim armies in the holy land, Jerusalem. When the first crusade captured…

Popular histories often marginalize First Nations women when discussing the fur trade. However, these women were quite significant and contributed a great deal to the vast and rapid development of colonial fur trading, playing a unique but important role in fur trade. Also, the fur trade itself changed the culture of First Nations women permanently and altered their role in their society. European fur traders first came to Canada early in the 16th century, and by the 19th century their…

we’ll start with the Winnebago Indians observing a French ship sailing towards them. “The ship came nearer and the Winnebago went to the edge of the lake with offerings of tobacco and white deerskins…After a while they discovered that they were without tools, so they taught the Indians how to use an ax and chop a tree down…Then the French taught the Indians how to use guns.” (Nicolet, Account of the First Contact of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)) This account…

noblemen and noble classes did not build their castles for luxury but more for defense (Biel). However this did not prove to be enough when the first crusade…