Leopold von Ranke

Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz wrote one of the most influential works of military philosophy called On War. Clausewitz’s family was in the middle class but in 1827 King Friedrich Wilhelm III confirmed the family’s nobility. Clausewitz was in the Prussian army and first starting fighting when he was thirteen. Prussia ended up withdrawing from the French Revolution which left Clausewitz bored. Because Clausewitz was bored, he picked up an interest for art, science, and education which had…

The Curious Little Bone Hunter Ernst Stromer was a determined man. He visited the Bahariya Oasis to look for mammal fossils with his pal Richard Markgraf, but he found some other intriguing fossils that captivated him for the rest of his life. Between 1940 and 1944, Stromer identified the bones of Aegyptosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and the largest known carnivorous dinosaur, Spinosaurus. He also found 42 other types of dinosaurs, fish, crocodiles, and turtles. Ernst Stromer discoveries were…

small dispute between two countries but soon spread through the entirety of Europe. The expansion was largely due to alliances made prior to the war. These alliances were made due to fear, revenge, common enemies, and a desire for protection. Otto von Bismarck of Germany formed numerous alliances during his time as chancellor of Prussia and then later Germany. Bismarck’s alliances included The Three Emperors League, which was instituted in 1873 then…

The rocket was invented during the 1200s by the Chinese Mongols. These individuals built small rockets originally for fire works. Over the next 700 years however, the rocket evolved. People began to make bigger and stronger rockets, where they were beginning to be used in warfare, causing the invention to take a turn for the worse. However, in the late 1900s, NASA began an operation trying to land men on the moon before the Soviets did using the rocket. This task at hand had never been achieved…

Born in April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl, the fourth of six children in Braunau am Inn, Austria, near the Austro-German border. In his home, Hitler lived in an abusive childhood, regularly beaten by his violent father who was a strict Austrian customs official. While his father was brutish, constantly mistreating his wife, Klara Polzl and his children, Hitler's mother was very submissive, kind, and worried for Hitler's safety against his father, she had a…

ever-increasing capital which is no longer content with exploiting the home market...”(Document 9). Namely, when countries imperialize other countries, a new market of trade opens up for the both countries which is very beneficial to the economy. Prince Leopold, the heir to the throne of Belgium and future king stated “...Since history teaches that colonies are useful, that they play a great part…

One of the great questions of history is: How was the Nazi party allowed to come to power? It is important to note that the National Socialists did not win power through a coup or by forcibly taking over but in fact were democratically elected into power by the German people. This means that normal people allowed one of the most evil regimes in history to take total control over their entire lives. It makes one have to ask: How did the Nazis convince the German people to accept them and their…

Renowned computer scientists and historians alike have hailed Alan Turing as the “father of the modern computer.” This is no small claim if one considers the tremendous impact computers have on humanity. Innovations like the internet and email have massive effects on everyday life in the modern world, from every call made from a cell phone, to every pixel of data seen on a high-definition television screen, computation of one kind or another is involved in some way. There are countless worthy…

in their societies. These changes most often dealt with instituting governments that fit the needs and interests of the people they governed. Napoleon Bonaparte of France and Otto von Bismarck of Germany were two significant leaders of change during the Age of Revolution. Although both Napoleon Bonaparte and Otto von Bismarck had similar militaristic policies of expansion and used nationalism to unite the people, they differed in the amount of political power they both vested. Whereas…

In addition, both political practices promote the idea of limited regulation, as it hinders individuals from obtaining monetary success. During the emergence of neoliberalism, influential liberals such as Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises took the ideas of classical liberalism as a way to further express neoliberalism. In Hayek's Road to Serfdom, he proclaimed that centralized planning, also referred to as government intervention, is coercive power that limited the individual of…