Henry II of France

Have you ever been with someone and have them swear their love to you, only to have them leave you for another? Or love anyone so deeply just to be refused by them? Parker has a history of men, all were not emotionally involved with Parker but her interactions with people and challenges in life greatly influenced her writing. This poem could be read and applied to almost anyone in any situation but due to Parker for being well-known for her love poetry, this poem But Not Forgotten is a poem that…

crisis of the cold war, was caused by the ideological differences between the United States and the Soviet Union. After the defeat of Germany in 1945, the allies divided Germany into four zones, West Germany was controlled by Britain, America and France while…

Biography Edith Wharton was born in to a society of aristocrats who accurately represented “old” New York; her family was wealthy, intellectual, and rigidly conventional (Bruce). She was educated by tutors and governesses about proper manners, dress, and lifestyle. She was expected to excel in her aristocratic society and was not allowed to read literature—a rule that she broke frequently by obtaining classics from her father’s bookshelves. Her childhood ended with her father’s death in March…

Voltaire once said: “History is a lie that most people agree upon.” In order to understand history, historians use a method called “historical thinking.” Historians don’t just look at evidence and learn the facts. Rather, historical thinking is asking so what? Why are these pieces of information important? How can we take the past and relate it to our times? Part of historical thinking is learning about change. Studying early modern history and comparing and contrasting these events to our…

organization and non-Communist Jewish institutions in Soviet Russia. 1919 Pogroms in Hungary: c. 3,000 Jews killed. 1920 Adolf Hitler becomes Fuehrer, of the National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), later known as National Socialist. 1920 Henry Ford I begins a series of anti-Semitic articles based on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, in his Dearbon Independent. 1924 Economic restrictions on Jews in…

In World War II, America expanded military tactics and extremity of weapons that would change the world forever. As early as the beginning of the war, brilliant minds such as Albert Einstein advised President Truman on creating a nuclear bomb. (“Nuclear Bomb”) This bomb was meant to be the most powerful weapon ever used in military history. The Manhattan Project was the codename for America 's research in trying to create the world 's first atomic bomb. Once America succeeded in this discovery,…

are many pirates in the world throughout history and all of them are all famous for different things. Who are the most infamous pirates of the Caribbean? The top five most legendary pirates of the Caribbean are the, Sir Francis Drake, L'Olonnais, Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, because they stole, plundered, pirated, privateered, killed, discovered, and sailed the sea. What is a Pirate? A pirate is a person who attacks and robs ships at sea. There are many pirates in the world throughout…

Sheppard, risked much to bring evidence of the Congo atrocities to the outside world. Sailing into the middle of the story was a young Congo River steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad. And looming above them all, the duplicitous billionaire King Leopold II. With great power and compassion, King Leopold's Ghost will brand the tragedy of the Congo--too long forgotten--onto the conscience of the West. Early in the imperial colonial period slavery was the chief reason for exploiting central…

I. Before: Analysis of Roots Causes: The underlying causes that led up to the Holocaust were antisemitism, socio- economic conditions, Aryan-racism, scapegoating, imperialism and a power-grab. The first anti-semitic act, was after Jesus was put to death by the Roman authorities. However, the gospel accounts were interpreted as blaming all Jewish people for the crucifixion of Christ. After the crucifixion, Roman armies destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem. Jewish people were exiled. They were…

Revolution. The revolution was sparked by tensions between communists and anti-communists, as a response to supposed government corruption. Both sides recognized the poor conditions in Russia and decided to overthrow the given authority figure Tsar Nicholas (II). In 1916, three quarters of the Russian population were peasants who lived in poverty in small villages. Although conditions were not as they wished for, it was best for the growth of the Russian economy. “The justification of government…