Vassal

His son and successor Solomon is most noted for advancing David’s kingdom and for building the First Temple. In fact, according to Abba Eban (1999), author of over half a dozen historical reference books on Jewish history as well as the PBS television series “Civilization and the Jews,” “Solomon’s Temple was the crowning glory of a building program that rivaled those of the Pharaohs” (p. 50). Archaeologists claim to have found remnants of Solomon’s Temple as well in the form of a tablet dated…

Moral ambiguity, a phrase often used to describe the character of Caliban from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, meaning that he is neither good nor bad when it comes to ethical decision making. This essay aims to show that Calibans’ moral ambiguity may be a result of Shakespeare using him as a representative of the injured party of colonialism, indicating that he is a victim of the era and does not fully comprehend the western clarification of moral decision making. The Renaissance began with…

Racism is a broad topic, that umbrellas more complex interactions in a given society of race-based worldview with stereotyping, prejudices, and discrimination. Racism when slavery was present had a different effect on the people back then. Black African Americans felt as if the only way to gain their right was to hold their ground and let no one break you. Most of the time it resulted in violence, but coming from the White counterparts being angry at black African Americans standing up for what…

In this essay I will discuss what the economic theorist, political theorist and social scientist Karl Marx (and to a minor degree Friedrich Engels) outline and explain in the Communist Manifesto in regards to the Bourgeoisie being responsible for the creation of their own grave-diggers and the pattern of class struggle that Marx sees developing under the Capitalist system. I will do this by first looking at how Marx views history previous to Modern Bourgeois society and the development of the…

Culture Lifestyle in General Vikings were a group of people that raided and conquered many places in the European world. For the most part the Vikings were living in Scandinavia in places such as Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. This group of people hunted for their food, and lived off the land. This is different from other parts of the world that had great civilizations, which tended to grow the vegetables, raise the cattle and pigs, and overall were able to survive without having to go into the…

External Invasions: Cholas and Mongols – tunnels, first Indian dynasty to conquer SE Asia, Cholas coming to area with an idea that they might be able to control the area, Phlembang (capital) overthrows the Cholas and kicks them out, Cholas helped to break down the Srivajayan empire, Mongols made it to Nanchao, 1292 - Mongols fleet from China to Java and attacked Java, Mongols never conquered SE Asia SRIVAJAYA – 9th century – MARITIME STATE - No major agriculture area - Cholas came out in the…

A bold statement, to say the least. Since Duterte’s rise to power in May, 2016 as the 16th President of the Philippines, as what is described as a “landslide” victory with over 16 million votes (around 39% of total votes cast, more than 6 million votes ahead of his closest rival), both his actions and words has brought the Republic of the Philippines to the spotlight numerous times (Cruz, 2016). From comparing himself to Hitler, to cursing Obama “putangina” (literally means whore-mother,…

strain of Marxism-Leninism, focused on state terror and industrial growth. However, as is clear in the quotation, the heart of Soviet power that Stalin clung to was based solely on fear and aggression. Eastern European governments remained practical vassals to the Soviets for years under Stalin, but his successors backed off. This…

William the Conqueror’s Feudalistic Effects: British Literature Being a bastard son of a ruler normally meant one would never amount to much of anything, though, William the Conqueror broke this societal view. William the Conqueror achieved high prestige through the Norman Invasion: implementation of new rules, social class structure, and language; through the large influence of feudalism, William the Conqueror brought new ideas, muses, and inspirations to literature by authors such as Geoffrey…

Why did the Franks lose the Battle of Hattin? The Battle of Hattin occurred on July 4, 1187. The Battle was between the Ayyubid Dynasty led by Sultan Saladin that was determined to retake the Holy lands in the name of Sunni Islam and Frankish Crusaders led by recently crowned King Guy of Lusignan that were attempting to defend the Principality of Galilee. The battle occurred after Saladin’s army crossed into Galilee and besieged the city of Tiberias on July 2 1187, the Franks marched to…