Thutmose II

Everyday, Ko leaves the house taking his fishing boat and comes back at midnight with plenty of fish that could feed the town for a week. But, one day, Ko came so early rushing into the house burning the Japanese flag. The flag was so valuable to me that I pushed him so he doesn’t burn the flag, but it was too late. I asked him angrily, “Why did you burn it, did you lose your mind?” he looked at me back yelling “Don’t you understand, Pearl Harbor attacked”. At that moment I didn’t know what…

Countries throughout the centuries have changed the way they form and grow. The countries, China, Japan, and India grew and formed through Imperialism and Decolonization. As time moved forward the countries gained there own way through the changes. From centuries through history there are many times that show Imperialism and the changes that would grow and build each country. The topic of this paper is; compare and contrast the responses of Japan, China, and India to Western Imperialism.…

The Magnanimousness Of Superheroes The motive for most superheroes that drives them to help others, is to achieve total peace to be able to live in a world where it does not require their existence. However, in a world of evil, superheroes are a necessity to maintain peace. Therefore, superheroes are required to do everything in their power to sustain humanity. Personally, I felt that at times I was compelled to become the superhero in dire circumstances. Once, I was put into a situation in…

Sowing Crisis explains how the Cold war and policies taken by the U.S. have spilled over into today and how it has affected modern U.S. relations with the Middle East. Rashid Khalidi feels that wartime and postwar moves in North Africa and Iran, as well as U.S. air bases in Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, and Turkey, marked the beginning of “an American role as the major Middle Eastern Power, a reality that was masked for a time by the power and proximity to the region of the USSR (Page 9).”…

The Bombers and the Bombed by Richard Overy, is a recap of the allies to attempt to attack the axis powers and to cripple their logistic and economic divisions The book goes on to tell the different ways the British went on to set out their goals of stopping and crushing the Nazi power. He goes on to use primary sources from different places as reports by different agencies and firsthand account of pilots and civilians. Using different reports from different agencies shows us the actual results…

any time. In addition to this, they were also allowed to own private property. This system was different than the Soviet Union’s economic system, which was based on public ownership of property and the non-consumption of individual goods at any time. ii. The second reason why Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union collapsed was because of the changes that Gorbachev had made. Gorbachev thought that the only way the Soviet Union could be fixed was if certain changes were made and these changes…

Usually, it is not until many years later that specific actions and events in history become essential and highly influential pieces of the larger picture. Then it is possible to evaluate the causes of these crucial moments. It is the same with World War II. Looking back generally, it is easy to pinpoint key moments as Hitler initially swept through Europe with little resistance from European powers Britain and France. Similarly, it is possible to identify an increase in Japanese aggression as…

The Inevitability of War on Humans Many people, countries, and nations claim to wish for world peace, but have they really done anything in order to achieve that wish? All throughout history war has gone on. Overtime, technology has improved making war even more lethal. Although everyone knows that war only leads to debt, death, and disaster, people still support war efforts and want to rise to power over other countries and nations. People feel that in order to be powerful, they must destroy…

The Dream “We American Negros should know…until Africa is free, the descendants of Africa the world over cannot escape their chains… the NAACP should therefore put in the forefront of its program the freedom of Africa in work and wage, education and health, and the complete abolition of the colonial system” W.E.B Du Bois, a prominent Civil rights advocacy figure in the NAACP said this after returning to the United States after the fifth Pan-African Congress conference. The Great Migration…

Violence and exploitation mar colonial history as empirical powers justified their use as an inherent aspect of colonization. Foreign powers used brute force as a means to maintain and expand control over their realm. King Leopold II of Belgium wanted to expand his own power and secure resources by having Belgium become an empire nation like other European countries. To recognize this goal Leopold created the Congo Free State (CFS) in what is presently the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While…