North-West Frontier Province

States to unfairly dismantle the growing nation of Mexico. America was able to manipulate there resources in an effective manner that would prove too much for the Mexicans to handle. America’s view of moral conquering led it to become the powerful North American giant that it is. They do or will not feel guilty because they believe that’s how things were supposed to be. But then again this victorious war has brought so many positive contributions to America. Because of it many of us have the…

Diocletian split the army in two. One part was a stationary frontier militia who could stop minor invasions and slow down larger ones. The other, a mobile legion, which consisted mainly of cavalry that could rush to locations the frontier militia could not handle (Butler). Diocletian also split the control of each province between civil and military authorities. The previous fifty provinces were then split into 100. The provinces were also subdivided into 12 dioceses, each under a vicar…

has prompted significant changes at both the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, including the privatization of CN in 1995 and the streamlining of operations at CP. Both railways are important carriers of bulk commodities in North America. The development of steam-powered railways in the 19th century revolutionized transportation in Canada and was integral to the act of nation building. By 1844 the promotion of railways called "The Mania" was under way. The railway…

today still stand mainly from the dates of the Ming Dynasty. Almost all of the existing city and frontier walls of China, as well as the great majority of temples and palaces still standing in China today were built by the Mings (Lum 133).” One of the Emperors, Yung Lo, put his whole attention into the Great Wall. He thought that it should be used to its full potential. “Determined that the frontier should be made impregnable, he repaired and rebuilt the entire length of the Wall. He stationed…

“The Right Action is better than Knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”(Snell) This quote was spoken by the Great Charles I or as otherwise known as Charlemagne. Charlemagne was born in 742. His Father was Pepin the Short and his mother was Bertrada (Facts). Little is known about Charlemagne's childhood; in 754, however, he participated in the anointment of Pepin as king by Pope Stephen II. He was educated at the palace school primarily by Fulrad, the abbot of…

This pattern was changed by 1650 when the power of the old guard British royalist merchants was broken, and a new class of merchants wrested control of the Company. They followed the pattern set by the colonial mer- chants in American colonies and the West Indies, and sought to establish a network of colonies linking England, Africa and India in a complicated network of exchange relationships. The Mughal Empire declined in the first half of the eighteenth century. The political vacuum was…

In the 19th century, territorial expansion played an important role in the United States. The American people adopted an audacious attitude believing that they had a divine obligation to stretch their boundaries from the east coast to the west coast. In 1845 an editor and prominent democratic politician, John L. O’Sullivan, published an article on the annexation of Texas identifying the imperialistic endeavors of the U.S. with the phrase: Manifest Destiny. He stated, “Our manifest destiny is to…

This emperor was one the most remarkable and talented individual Rome has produced and he was one the central figures of the “5 Good Emperors.” Hadrian was born on January 24, 76 C.E. near Naples, Italy where Trajan was Emperor at the time. At the age of 10, Hadrian had traveled to Italica for the 1st time but didn’t stay for too long. During his years he was a military tribune with three different legions in consecutive years and at the age of 32 he was consulted. As an emperor Hadrian has come…

directions. “Chinese armies penetrated into southern Manchuria and Korea to the northeast and into south and southwest China and northern Vietnam. In these areas comraderies could be established over farming people. Only on the north and northwest was there an unstable frontier”(Fairbank, p-61). A nomadic group of people called Xiongu, had often raided the Chinese colonies on the northern border since the time of the first emperor. These people were the greatest threat to the Han Empire. Unlike…

role in the Roman economy because the slaves were of one who worked in the fields and as craftsmen. In the second century, Rome's supply of slaves and the war’s treasures came to a halt. As vandals took North Africa, its empire's trade disrupted by robbing the Mediterranean as…