Geography Essay Examples

Louis XVI became King of France in 1774. In France, as in many other countries during the same period in history, the King was considered to be ‘God’s representative’ and to have total power over the rest of the country. According to certain surviving documents from that time, the King was considered to be a […]

Louis XIV, born in 1638 to Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, possessed the qualities of a great king. At just four years and eight months old, he became the third king of the Bourbon dynasty. As an absolute monarch, Louis XIV effectively rebuilt France’s political, social, economic, and cultural standing. His kingdom consisted of […]

The Ottoman Empire, or Turks, were the longest-lasting remnents of the Mongol Empire; the Spanish Empire re-asserted itself after the Muslim Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula and became a world power through the Age of Exploration. From 1450 to 1800, both the Ottoman and Spanish Empires experienced political expanision in the process of empire building, […]

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the Island of Corsica in 1769. It is for these two facts among many other coincidences during his life that so many people admired him. His admirers were both in France and abroad however, both had different reasons.I shall be assessing the various skills and achievements of Napoleon as both […]

CFSP: Northern and Eastern Dimension of the European Union Complexity of European Integration Paper, written by Emil Dimitrov Immatriculation Number 44999. I. Introduction The purpose of this written paper is to explore the relevance and complexity of studying European Integration, using secondary data research methods to support the thesis. European Integration is the result of […]

Both the Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide are recognized as major historical tragedies. The Holocaust entailed the organized extermination of millions of Jews and other minority groups during World War II, while the Rwandan Genocide involved the mass killing of 800,000 civilians in Rwanda. Media and events employ various approaches to raise awareness about global […]

The prices have gone really high ,so the poor got frustrated and grain prices were a lot higher which the people needed for a living. Soon, in 1815, Parlaiment passed a corn law to maintain high prices for demestice produced grain through import from foreign grain. The aristocrats had a lot of avantage during Metternich;s […]

Levski had two younger brothers, Hristo and Petar, and an older sister, Yana; another sister, Maria, died during childhood. Entrance to Levski’s native house in Karlovo. Built in the 18th century and reconstructed in 1933, it has been a museum since 1937. Fellow revolutionary Panayot Hitov later described the adult Levski as being of medium […]

The fall of the Western Roman Empire was imminent after Orestes expelled the Rome emperor in August 475. Orestes occupied the vacant office for a period of two months. During that period of leadership, he was able to raise his son, Romulus, to the throne. As Romulus had not attained the majority age so that […]

Louis Philippe aimed to create a liberal country by avoiding extreme policies, such as press censorship, that had been imposed by Charles X in France. He upheld the principles of the 1789 revolution, demonstrating his liberalism. However, despite ruling with justice, it was the people of France who ultimately caused his downfall. This was due […]

Introduction It can be refferd to as a period whereby European powers colonised, invaded, occupied and annexed African territories in a very rapid and unprecedented manner, even though there was little interest in Africa up to the 1870’s. In fact, up to 1880 Europeans ruled merely 10% of the African continent. Yet within 30 years, […]

June 2010 (3) Assess the impact of the Continental System on Europe after 1806. Timed practise essay CPE The Continental System, introduced by Napoleon via his Berlin, 1806, Milan, 1807 and Fontainebleau, 1810, Decrees; aimed at usurping Britain’s economic dominance and replacing her with France, on the whole had a detrimental effect upon the social, […]

The Indo-European language family includes about 150 languages and dialects spoken by about three billion people, including most of the major language families of Europe and western Asia. This hypothesis was first proposed by Sir William Jones, who noticed similarities between four of the oldest languages known in his time, Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit and […]

History teachers often use the acronym MANIA to describe the turbulent circumstances preceding the First World War. Each letter represents a distinct aspect that combined to create an unstable environment. This atmosphere allowed a minor incident to escalate into what became known as “the war to end all wars” or The Great War. The acronym […]

From the late medieval era to the enlightenment a series of plagues devastated European society, economy, and social/political structure. In the Middle Ages, the Black Plague (or Death) was a pandemic that killed nearly 2/3 of the population in Europe, and lead to the downfall of the feudal system. The groups that benefited the most […]

Who discovered America? When most people think about this, the first thing that comes to mind is Christopher Columbus. When Columbus returned from the Antilles in 1493, he was not the first European to have stepped foot on the New World. What if I were to say that the Vikings were the ones who actually […]

The Micmac First Nation called it Chebucto. Rudyard Kipling dubbed it “Warden of the Honour of the North”. In 1993 Harper’s Bazaar described it as “the very anatomy of a hip city”, and in 1917 over 2,000 people called it a final resting place. This is Halifax, Nova Scotia the Mi’kmaq ranged over most of […]

Georgia Totti O’Keeffe, a significant figure in American art, lived from 1887 to 1986. She was known for her notable works that included paintings of abstraction and depictions of flowers, rocks, shells, and landscapes. O’Keeffe studied watercolors extensively at prestigious institutions like the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League […]

The content of the HTML tag is “Gregg v.” Georgia’s Legal Brief discusses the topic of Gregg’s claim that the death penalty is cruel and breaches his constitutional rights, which are safeguarded by the Eighth Amendment. The Furman v. Georgia case in 1972 ruled that capital punishment cannot be imposed without justification in any state. […]

1. Andrew Jackson’s main rationale for the removal of the Indian tribes should be voluntary and if they did not want to leave in the lands acquired and governed by the United States, they must be directed by the laws existing in the state. The Treaty of New Echota negotiated between John Ridge (Cherokee leader) […]

While serving several sentences for rape, kidnapping, one count of first degree murder, and aggravated assault, Ehrlich Anthony Coker escaped from prison. Coker broke into Allen and Elnita Carver’s home near Waycross, Georgia, raped Elnita Carver and stole the family’s vehicle. Coker was convicted of rape, armed robbery, and the other offenses.He was sentenced to […]

The case Worcester v. Georgia (1832) was a basis for the discussion of the issue of states’ rights versus the federal government as played out in the administration of President Andrew Jackson and its battle with the Supreme Court. In addition to the constitutional issues involved, the momentum of the westward movement and popular support […]