Histories

Between the sixteenth and nineteenth century about ten and twelve million Africans were being enslaved and sent to the United States. History will remember this tragedy has the largest force human movement of a people. There were lots debate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 but it took The United States twenty-one years to finally agree that the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade needed…

Today, most people live in an equal world, where men and women of any race are treated mostly equally. Although not every single person is in this mindset, subconsciously placing themselves higher above their peers such as we did during the Atlantic Slave Trade. Now slavery has been around for centuries, with wars breaking out and soldiers being captured and put into slavery. Even people visiting Africa for slaves was common before people ventured to the new world, but what makes the Atlantic…

fierce, and unstoppable at the time. One example is, he was the only person to unify all 8 Islands, also he, was an effective leader because he was able to kill almost every ali’i. This is part of why Kamehameha was the greatest leader in Hawaiian history. He was an effective leader, because he was smart, and strong. First, why he was so smart, he noticed people in China and other countries liked sandalwood because, one reason, the smell. Yes, the smell of sandalwood was very good and people…

Constitutional History of Afghanistan (1923 – 2004): In today’s world every countries constitution is a result of an event, and mostly emerged from an independence, revolution, or a change in regime, Kuwait wrote its first constitution after its independence 1961, India’s constitution was created after its independence in 1947, and Thailand enacted a constitution in 1932 after toppling the absolute monarchy.In this regard Afghanistan is not an exception, looking at the history of…

Marcus Rediker takes us on a difficult journey of what it was like to travel the middle passage for a slave from 1700-1808 in his riveting book, The Slave Ship: A Human History. He focuses heavily on the calculated barbarity of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and how it gave birth to capitalism with the commodification of humans as goods to be bought and sold on the open market. Rediker gives us a unique and unexplored perspective of the slave trade to give us a sense of the violence that…

The history of Latin American art is far reaching from the period before colonization up to the present time. As there is only limited space at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this exhibition will only cover a portion of Latin American art history in one gallery. The theme of this exhibition will focus on Academic History painting from the nineteenth century with the title "Contradicting Political Messages from the Academies." The exhibition will cover the countries of Mexico, Brazil, and…

While completing my walkthroughs for CED 100, I discovered many things about education and teaching that helped me on finalizing my decision to teach Middle School History. After completing all four hours in lower elementary education, upper elementary education, middle school education, and high school education, I had a very good understanding of how classes were conducted and how students from different age groups react to different forms of teaching. My first encounter in a classroom, at…

Arab American History Arab Americans encompass people from 22 nations of North Africa and the Middle East. Southeastern Michigan accounts for one of the largest concentrations of Arabs outside the Middle East. It can be difficult to trace when some Arab Americans actually arrived in the US due to inaccuracy of census records as they do not have a classification for Arab heritage and people identify themselves differently (100 Questions and Answers About Arab Americans). Zammouri is known…

landing with a graceful finish. That is not only my hobby… But, it’s what I live for. Dance. This art can help embrace anyone's inner self yet, there is more to dance than what you may think. To back up this statement, I’ll be introducing you to the history, the different styles, and how it’s changed my life. Dance has grown a lot from when Catherine De Medici announced dance to King Henry III in 1581. If we were to look back before their time, Ancient Civilizations used it to dance before…

Throughout Japanese history, the police’s treatment towards that of Yakuza changed variously depending on the era. In Confessions of a Yakuza by Junichi Saga, you are treated to the story of a former yakuza boss and his life in the early 1900’s. Due to the nature of being a…