World History Essays

Japanese pre-war imperialistic activities from the late 1890s to 1945 were motivated by the ambition of expanding the boundaries of its outer territories for resources by colonizing neighboring countries: Taiwan (1895-1945), Korea (1910-1945), Micronesia (1914-1945), China (1931-1945), and southeast Asia (1942-1945) such as the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma and other areas. The aim of this […]

Angel Ganivet was an innovative writer and thinker who had a significant impact on his contemporaries and the development of the essay in Spain. Sadly, his suicide at the age of 32 cut short his potential. Despite his limited number of publications, Ganivet challenges established generic borders and experiments with traditional definitions. He blends the […]

One of the best tributes to the ancient world are the great pyramids of Egypt. Over 10,000 men worked on these projects and built them without modern building machinery. Without the help of modern civilization, these monuments would not exist today! A civilization is a highly organized social ladder. In ancient Egypt, the ladder reached […]

The Santa Fe Trail was beneficial to the growth of New Mexico. It was a highway that allowed passage between Missouri and Santa Fe. It was also used as a major passage way to get to other places like Los Angeles, Mexico city, and Camino Real. It allowed for trade to occur in Santa Fe. […]

Bentley first talked about cross-cultural interactions as a way to categorize the World’s history. He in addition wrote about the importance of understanding events from a global perspective, not just one country’s point of view. Because of these two fundamental elements to his argument, we can assess events differently than before hand, finding out ways […]

History- nationalism, imperialism, etc. Identify and Explain the historical connections between nationalism, the national state, industrialization, imperialism, and social Darwinism during the 19th and early 20th centuries. To what extent was World war 1 an outgrowth of nationalism, industrialism, and imperialism? K, here it is: you have to understand in Europe some countries were an […]

There was a great deal of Imperialism in the 19th century, led by mostly westerners from Europe. Imperialism is the act in which one nation extends its rule over another. Imperialism had a substantial effect on the 19th century throughout the entire world by bringing upon changes to many different countries, for better and for […]

Rudyard Kipling’s Kim has never lost its prestige as a piece of adventure fiction, but, in the rise of postcolonial studies has been the subject of more and more critical study. In the course of this essay I intend to show that Kipling with Kim does indeed justify the British Empire’s exploitation of India; not […]

Robinson Crusoe is a classical adventure with themes ranging from imperialism to providence but one of the key features of the novel is the cultural differences displayed throughout the tale. Crusoe embarks on a journey, which sees him confronted with contrasting cultures such as middle class England and indigenous tribes. These cultural clashes are evident […]

The colonisers included the vast majority of the major imperial powers of Europe – Britain, France, Russia and Germany.There are various motives for colonisation during this period and include not only the economic and political state of Europe, but also less documented reasons such as religious beliefs and feelings of social supremacy. We shall examine […]

Royal Dutch/Shell started exploring the huge Seamless gas field In the mid-sass, but finally walked away from it in 1998 after years of wrangling with Peer’s governments over the contract for the country’s biggest energy project. Other firms have stepped in. But now American environmentalists are making a final attempt to halt the $1. 5 […]

Introduction * To the British. as to people in the remainder of the universe. imperialism’s aureate age is now considered a discoloration on human history. an epoch of bondage and racism and the loot of native lands and peoples. The impression that imperialism is inherently evil. and that no imperium can be a good imperium. […]

The colonisation of India and the huge transportation of wealth that moved from the latter to Britain were critical to the success of the British Empire. In fact. the Viceroy of British India in 1894 called India “the pivot of our Empire …” I examine the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the subcontinent. Besides […]

Russia and Serbia (Russia joined in first after war started between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Russia was Serbia’s confederation. We can state Serbia triggered the concatenation reaction.) Germany and Austria-Hungary France and Russia Britain and France and Belgium Japan and Britain Imperialism Imperialism is when a state increases their power and wealth by conveying extra districts […]

Vietnamization and its Effects Vietnamization and it’s Lasting Effects on South Vietnam and it’s Fall Outline I.Background A.Introduction B.Vietnam — two separate countries 1.French Control 2.Viet Minh Revolt 3.Creation of North and South Vietnam C.America’s objectives in South Vietnam D.Vietnam’s armies II.Vietnamization A.Beginnings of Vietnamization B.Research of possible withdrawal C.Decision to withdraw 1.began in early […]

The imperialists’ adoption of the myth of Hercules and the many headed Hydra to their cause is problematic and flawed. Firstly, there is nothing Herculean about the imperialist agenda of expansion and economic exploitation. Secondly, far from being the devilish and much maligned mythic creature that is the Hydra, those represented by it are mostly […]

George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant is a highly regarded short story from the final days of British colonialism. This partly autobiographical tale recounts the challenges faced by a colonial officer in Burma, who is tasked with shooting an out-of-control elephant that has already taken the life of an Indian laborer. The story serves as a […]

During the 1800s and early 1900s, a wave of imperialism swept over Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The Western nations, pursuing new raw materials, established control, and became very powerful. The non-Western world obtained many benefits, such as industrialization and public education. While imperialism proved beneficial, it also resulted in warfare, racism, economic discrimination, […]

Throughout the history of the United States, her ideas of expansion were altered. According to certain views, expansionism did not change in the late nineteenth-century to the early twentieth-century while others viewed expansionism to have stayed the same. Foreign countries continued to broaden their horizons and colonize other places, and as the United States grew […]

Colonialism is the policy of domination pursued by the European powers starting in the fifteenth century and extending to the mid twentieth century. During this period European countries began to exert their control over large parts of the world. The Spanish and Portuguese founded colonies in what was to become known as Latin America. Britain […]

It is difficult to define Nationalism as either inherently destructive or expansionist. It depends on the type of Nationalism and the circumstances in which is arises and how people use or abuse it as an ideology. Heywood defines four main breeds of Nationalism; Liberal Nationalism, Conservative Nationalism, Expansionist Nationalism, Anti and post colonial Nationalism. One […]

The rights of Filipinos were violated during the Philippine-American war because America thought it was their “responsibility” to govern the Filipinos and be a nobler destiny. America took up the white man’s burden when it came to the Philippines. Instead of America allowing the Philippines to declare their independence the Filipinos go into another revolutionary […]