Modern history

The Perspectives on Modern World History: The Rwandan Genocide edited by Alexander Cruden gives insight to the elaborate plot that became known as the Rwandan Genocide. It gives historical background knowledge, the precursor to how it began the world’s responses and the aftermath. It takes the reader through the years leading up to the Genocide and everything that followed. It describes the fact that rebellion had once received support from France, and also how the UN really couldn’t do anything…

How did revolution and resistance reshape the Middle East during this time period? Chapter 18 of Gelvin’s book The Modern Middle East: A History discusses the resistance and revolutions that emerged in the Middle East during the contemporary era. He, also, discusses the impacts these revolutions have had in the Middle East. Gelvin focus is on the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1789, and the subsequent effects of the revolution in the Middle East. This paper will discuss the how the revolutions in…

Modern life can be described to originate from the process of modernity. In its broader aspect, modernity arises as a topic in both humanities and natural sciences. Modern era, as well as some socio-cultural norms and practices that took place during early Renaissance, are some of the ideas surrounding modernity. The term defines a generation with its unique technological innovation, political structures, and socioeconomics. The society advances in knowledge to surpass its predecessors.…

Throughout history, a variety of foods have allowed the modern world to gain a historical understanding on the big history and world history of our modern world. The Sichuan cuisine originating from China is a great example showing the impact of food culture and identity in our current society. The Sichuan pepper, is called huajiao in Chinese, meaning flower pepper, and the Sichuan cuisine is undisputedly the most popular cuisine known to China to this current date. Through evaluating the big…

Individuals have negatively affected modern day history. Although there are many people like Gandhi who are portrayed as positive people for helping those in need; several people negatively influenced modern day history. Nehru, a man who brutally opposed freedom of speech, ruined India's economy and almost destroyed their foreign policy foundations not only negatively affected history but, also pierced his people with fear. Certain individuals have scarred human history with their monstrosities:…

The nature of authority went through a gradual transformation from the beginnings of Western civilization to the early modern period. These changes occurred through many centuries of European history in how authority was exercised, its centralization, and the way that people would not tolerate tyrannical authority, and these are manifested through several specific instances. History is often said to repeat itself, and as members of society it’s important to reflect on the plasticity of authority…

progress is slow and is not noticeable to the naked eye, but even going as far back as a few decades we can see that many aspects of our civilization have changed throughout the course of history. The spark of a single movement on a timeline can change the time it takes to tell the story. The story of the modern west begins in my eyes during the Renaissance era closer to the…

before. While some didn’t agree with printing in English, the printers found it a profitable market. This is detailed in A History of The…

and Linda Black. McDougal Littell Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2003. Print. The Textbook by Roger B. Beck and Linda Black, describes how China became more modern after the death of Mao and Zhao had past away. This is also about the time that the communist party had taken over China and started to arrest people from the Cultural Revolution. Roger B Beck, and Linda Black are both writers of the “Modern World History Patterns of Interaction”…

Medieval History in the Modern Mind: Norse Mythology Popular culture is filled with representations of “Medieval culture,” from Robin Hood to Joan of Arc, from King Arthur to Norse mythology. There seems to be a prevalent negative connotation associated with this time, a conceptualization which is epitomized in a label often pinned to the Medieval period, “Dark Ages,” and which manifests itself through the idea of the “Modern Foundation Myth.” While “successful” time periods of the modern age…