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Nicholas experienced despite being raised in a palace a happy upbringing in the Romanov household. Educated by several tutors, Nicholas studied languages, history, sciences, horsemanship, shooting, and dancing. What he was not schooled in, unfortunately for Russia, was how to function as a monarch. Czar Alexander III, healthy and robust at six-foot-four, planned to rule for decades. At the age of nineteen, Nicholas joined an exclusive regiment of the Russian Army and also served in the horse…

Within the confines of history, much has been debated upon the different themes are rhetorical strategies utilized by Julius Caesar and Vergil in their writings: De Bello Gallico and The Aeneid. In their writings, they each encompass their views on controversial and debatable topics that are still discussed today. Both authors represent their ideals and goals within their books, and it is important for them to get their point across to complete their own agenda by which their books were written…

(a) ECO-CRITICISM Eco-criticism originated in a bio-social context of unrestrained capitalism, excessive exploitation of nature and worrying shapes of environmental hazards. It sees how a ‘literary text’ contributes into the ‘construction’ of nature and the politics of development (Nayar, 241). Eco-criticism focuses on the link between literature and nature. Raymond Williams in his ‘The Country and the City’(1973) elegantly argued how English Literature contributed to specific notions of nature…

D-day was a war that impacted the world in the 40’s changing lives and how the society ran. For Seventy-one years veterans and the world still feel the effects of D-day and remember the events that occurred on June 6th 1944. So many lives were lost, but so many things have changed since in the world. On June 6th 1944 is the first day America joined the war in Germany and landed on the beaches of Normandy. The western allies were finally ready for their decision to invade Western Europe “about…

Let the Paranormal Be the New Color in Our Life The paranormal have become a hot topic among people, among the young and heated debates are right on their way. Those paranormal things such subjects as alternative medicine; conspiracy theories; ghosts, the undead, and the paranormal, UFO’s and alien abductions; urban legends; and psychic abilities. However, those paranormal are no any scientific merit to prove it is true, but it is the key to open human’s new sense, and let human to image it and…

Emperors of the Roman World In 27 BC, the Roman Senate granted Octavian the title “Augustus”, meaning “the illustrious one” and was referred to as “Imperator” by Roman soldiers. To be called such by the people was significant because history tells us of great men, but never of Rome’s kings. That is simply because Rome never had a king, instead they were ruled by Emperors. Since the first emperor, Rome has experienced being ruled by a variety of emperors; the good, the bad, and the evilest of…

In his autobiography Doing Battle Paul Fussell writes of his personal experiences which also tie in to several themes touched upon by social historians such as George Roeder in The Censored War. Roeder documents how the participation and suffering of African-American soldiers was censored carefully so as not to offend racists. While photographs showing dead American soldiers were a propaganda staple (as long as not too gruesome and not showing faces of the corpses), photos of black American…

While the majority of the people living here are Christian, Hessen is diverse in its ethnic makeup. Sitting on the Rhine and Main Rivers in the south, and the Elb and Wiser rivers to the north, Hessen has been a hub for travel. Prior to the construction of the Autobahn, Hessen has been at a cross roads for travel and trade. Resulting from its prime location on the Main…

As a quintessential example of peace settlement, Treaty of Versailles has been widely regarded as the last page of World War One, following the armistice, formally marking the conclusion of war status between Germany and the Allied and Associated Powers (Brezina, 2006). However, the Treaty has only enjoyed limited success and was, paradoxically, accused of laying the cornerstone for its predecessor, the following World War Two (Keynes, 1920; Schuker, 1992; Taylor, 1991). The cardinal objective…

The expansion and evolution of the Roman Empire occurred over hundreds of years. The Roman Empire expanded to its height in the second century C.E. stretching three thousand miles from Britain to Egypt, with a border nearly six thousand miles long. This evolution brought with it adverse changes which greatly impacted the strength of the Roman Empire. The deterioration of the army greatly contributed to the demise of the Roman Empire. Many things can be attributed to the military’s crucial role…