The Overland

empire against a naval empire. Rome came up with an unconventional but effective solution, they put soldiers on boats and boarded enemy ships instead of sinking them out right as was common at the time. Rome then won the first war and became both an overland and oversea empire as it gained its first…

Brendan Kane World History Mr. Cesare 4 April 2017 Stonehenge For Thousands of years, this monument in modern day Wiltshire, England has left people with a mystery. The large stone circle, called the Stonehenge, astonishes scientists with how such a large scale construction was able to be pulled off within the Neolithic Period and Bronze age. It is one of the seven wonders of the world, and nobody knows what the reason for building it was. After reviewing the…

Reading this book was an enriching experience. I had initially thought that the West was generally better than the East because westerners would have learned from prior experiences, such as the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the slavery. Prior to reading this book, I was infused with the idea that westward expansion was one of the greatest occurrences in America’s history. After finishing this book, however, I realized that although the West significantly contributed to America’s history,…

It was situated in southeastern Colorado Territory, in country integral to overland mail and emigrant routes. Conflict between Cheyenne, Arapaho, and other Natives in the region and Colorado settlers had been growing more and more violent over the decade leading up to the massacre. Though it is not known for sure, many speculate…

Anglo-French competition, captured Alexandria without difficulty, and invaded Cairo on July 25. Napoleon assessed Egypt as a source of raw materials and grain and France’s major control of Egypt and its trade with Europe could contest Britain’s “overland route to India.” (The French Invasion and Occupation, 1789-1801) The ambitious colonization, however, was shattered by the rebellions of the fearful occupants and the invasion by the combined Ottoman-British forces. Last French troops left Egypt…

murky water. Therefore, many wetland regions were drained and converted into farmland or residential land to bring about development near these “unwanted” areas. During the 1700's, wetlands were regarded as swampy lands that bred diseases, restricted overland travel, impeded the production of food and fiber, and generally wetlands were not useful for survival (Dahl & Allord, 1997). Therefore, these lands were drained and cleared to provide farming lands and quicker routes. This continued…

From 1800-1860, the market was described as a system in which “increasing the size of their shops and subsidizing tasks, master craftsmen were able to produce more, but they did so at the cost of severing themselves from the rituals and traditions of the artisan world.”(Rise). And, this separation became more than just separation from tradition as it became the crease that would eventually lead to war between the North and the South. Due to their increasing will to gain power of the economy, the…

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Throughout this dissertation the focus of the sources in on personal records or correspondence, there are other mentioned such as newspapers, however the personal records are the focus. The official records that are used cause some interesting methodological issues. Such records give an interesting insight into the inner workings of government and the personal feelings of the government officials. These valuable sources give historians a definitive perspective of the dangers of the Trail from a…

It is Paris, October 27, 1927 and the young industrialist, Albert Champion, has returned to his birth home to receive an award for his company's part in Charles Lindbergh's historic flight across the Atlantic. It is the roaring twenties and in his short life, Albert Champion has become an international celebrity. Albert is the former bicycle racing champion of France, who went to America and became the very successful spark plug industrialist of the new automobile age. This night as the…