World History Essays

Absolutism Test Study Guide Know: Study the vocabulary: absolutism Delve Right Thirty Years War republic mercantilism Peace of Suburbs Junkers Seven Years War Boyar Czar Edict of Antes The Restoration Habeas corpus absolute monarch Czar Treaty of Paris, 1763 Constitutional monarchy Revolution Latest, chest mom War of the Spanish Succession Peace of Westphalia Glorious Names […]

Bolivar had a plan to unite Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Columbia in 1822. However, due to geographical barriers such as mountains, the union broke apart in 1830. Bolivar had hoped that this union would be a feasible solution for all Latin American states. In Roll De Plat, Chile and Peru, Jose De San Martin […]

Mongolias population of 2.8 million is turning yearly by 1.5 per centum. One-third of Mongolians live in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Approximately one-fourth live in smaller metropoliss, particularly Darhan, Erdenet, and Choybalsan. The remainder of the population is spread throughout rural Mongolia. Most of these dwellers are mobile Herders. With rural conditions progressively rough, more people […]

What was the Mesopotamian view of the afterlife? Life and human fortune was very instable in Mesopotamians’ eyes. People just observed death and afterlife from a distance and some made them into a series of myths. For instance, “The Epic of Gilgamesh” expresses its idea on eventual death. No matter how hard Gilgamesh tries to […]

The sugar trade was driven by its easy accessibility of slaves, land, and the sugar itself. Due to these characteristics the sugar trade flourished greatly through much of the world. Slaves were a main reason for the increase in sugar crops. The trading of slaves was already increasing at the time and therefore made obtaining […]

World history is a branch of historical science that studies the history of the human world. World history studies and describes the process of development of human society as a whole, with characteristic patterns manifested in the history of all peoples. Terms/Ideas: Pastoralism: Branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock.  Patrilineal: System in […]

Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) Read the following excerpt from Martin Luther’s 95 Theses. use the excerpt to answer the following question: When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, “Repent” (Mt 4:171 he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance. This word cannot be understood as referring to […]

The teachings of Buddha emphasize that desire leads to suffering in life and that ending desire can eliminate this suffering. Enlightenment, which is attained through right conduct, meditation, and other practices, can liberate individuals from desire, suffering, and the cycle of rebirth. In relation to the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople had a population exceeding one million […]

The American Civil Right Movement Introduction In the United States, there existed some movements. The movement existed due to some of the situations occurring in the state. An example of such a movement include the Civil Rights Movements imposed on the US. The circumstance leading to the imposing of this movement was majorly the discrimination […]

I. In the introductory paragraph, it is highlighted that while Han China and Rome shared a common view on the significance of public works, with China inventing a flood prevention system and Rome constructing essential aqueducts, their views differed greatly on craft tools. The upper-class in Rome considered these tools to be beneath them, whereas […]

Classical Athens and the Han Dynasty in China were two of the most famous and successful early civilizations. Even though they were in different geographical regions and existed in different centuries, they were both able to make there civilizations relevant in different ways. The differences in these civilizations include size/population and geographically where the civilization […]

The Roman Empire and the Han dynasty entered a decline and collapse between 200 C.E. and 600 C.E. as a result of numerous internal and external conflicts. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty internally ruptured due to political ineffectiveness as a result of corrupted emperors and officials and externally disintegrated because of nomadic invasions […]

1 paragragh China experienced the fall, absence, and eventually the re-establishment of imperial authority while Confucianism prevailed through all levels of society from the period of 100-600 C. E. The history of China has often been a history of periods of political unity interrupted by periods of political division. During the classical period from 100 […]

During the Ancient times, China and India both had their own set of beliefs; Han Wudi excerised Confucianism in China and Ashoka promoted Buddhism in India but Han Wudi was not a lover of Confucian where Ashoka himself practiced Buddhism. However both ruled with a centralized bureaucracy and policed the provinces to maintain order and […]

From the achievements of Augustus, as he inscribed in the Res Gestae, the theme of redemption is predominant. As per the document, Augustus seemed especially proud when he did acts that saved his people, either from war, oppression and their social well being at large. He used his personal resources finance activities that benefitted the […]

Women in the Middle Ages In the middle ages, the typical woman would not have had the freedom to do what she wanted; she would have to obey the male members of her family. This included her husband, brothers, uncles and even her own sons (http://www. middle-ages. org. uk/). However, there were many women who […]

Saladin, the Islamic leader in the 12th century, successfully united the Muslim world against the aggressive European Crusaders’ armies. As the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, Saladin showcased his political skills and his actions were guided by his strong faith in Islam. He utilized his determination as motivation, while also balancing his ambitious desires with […]

Thomas Wolsey (1465-1530) was born in obscurity, the son of a butcher in Ipswich, a town in Suffolk. He was intelligent and ambitious enough to attend the University of Oxford. Wolsey and Henry VIII became close friends, or as close as one could be to a king. Both men were determined to leave their mark upon […]

The Holy Roman Empire was an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire, whose legal and political structure had deteriorated during the 5th and 6th centuries and had been replaced by independent kingdoms ruled by Germanic nobles. The Roman imperial office had been vacant after Romulus Augustulus was deposed in ad 476. But, during the […]

Muslim Interaction European crusades to the eastern Mediterranean from 1095-1291 CE were a series of violent encounters between Christians and Muslims over control of certain lands. These crusades had a number of consequences, but perhaps more than anything else they brought many more Europeans than ever before into close contact with Muslims. Through this, Europeans […]

The main reason for the establishment of the universities in Europe was a spontaneous and enthusiastic desire for knowledge. Centres of learning had grown up from the monastic and cathedral schools – formed what might be called the secondary school system of the early Middle Ages – and were mostly concerned with the study of […]

Feudalism declined directly after the medieval period however but it persisted even during the Renaissance. However, the form of feudalism that prevailed was significantly different from the system implement during the medieval period. During the Renaissance feudal lords became figure heads rather and vassals had effective control over their territories and relationship governed by regulatory […]