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Historical Achievements of Man and Edward Gibbon

Strategic bombing was an aspect of World War II, and people didnt think much about that aspect" (Feld 961b-feld.html). There is n...

Post 1945 Russian and Eastern European Security Affairs

In five pages this paper discusses the measures these regions took with regards to security following the Second World War until t...

Looking Back at the Culture of the 20th Century from the 22nd Century

This 8 page paper gives a cultural history of the 20th century from the perspective of someone living in the 22nd century. The wri...

Medieval History Bias

In a paper consisting of 8 page the influence of bias in Medieval history telling is considered along with the ways in which histo...

Russian Industrialization and Joseph Stalin

In six pages this paper examines how Stalin's ruthlessness was responsible for the 1930s' economic revival of the Soviet Union. F...

Russian Revolution and Bolshevik Role of Leon Trotsky

In 5 pages this paper discusses Trotsky's life, achievements, his revolutionary role, and why he was not Lenin's successor after h...

Politics, Health, Crime, and Code of Hammurabi

In six pages this research paper examines the Code of Hammurabi which is widely regarded as history's oldest legal code. Seven so...

Gay History

In five pages this paper considers the history of homosexuality in ancient Greece, Japan of the seventeenth century, England of th...

Russian Federation Trading of Chemical and Nuclear Weapons

In five pages this paper discusses how the new democratic Russia will address nuclear and chemical weapons issues in terms of poli...

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer

In fifteen pages Shirer's text is critiqued in terms of the way in which the author uses his own personal experiences along with v...

Cause and Effects of the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution

In five pages these revolutions are contrasted and compared in terms of their causes and the outcomes which resulted. There are 6...

Russian Author Alexander Pushkin's Life and Influence

the real qualities of the Russian language" (Pushkin, quoted in Lord, 43). Nonetheless, it is clear that the Russian style Pushki...

Family's Role in Nigerian, Russian, and Mexican Cultures

Family and its importance to these world cultures are examined in a paper consisting of five pages. Six sources are cited in the ...

U.S. Society and Race Relations

In five pages this paper examines 2 racism models and considers how race relations are featured in James W. Loewen's Lies My Teach...

Why Did the Roman Empire Fall?

life-span of cities and the formulation and decline of the empires and civilizations. The Romans themselves took many elements of...

Russian Elections and Sociocultural Influences

In seven pages Russia's 1995 parliamentary elections are examined in terms of how they were influenced by various cultural and soc...

Russian Ballet Music of Composer Peter Illich Tchaikovsky

In five pages this paper examines Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and 'Swan Lake in terms of the musical creation and performance. ...

Jean de Coras verses Gertrude B. Himmlefarb in The Return Of Martin Guerre and The New History and the Old: Critical Essays and Reappraisals

In this six paper paper the writer explores the book by Jean de Coras and updated by Nathalie Z. Davis. This exploration occurs a...

Wealthy Families in New York City History

The part played by New York's wealthiest families in the city's history is outlined and discussed. The writer describes how the Ro...

'Ultimate' Russian Poet Velimir Khlebnikov

of the century the first Russian Futurists, Matyushin, Guro, Kamnesky, the Burliuks, Kruchenykh, Mayakovsky, and Khlebnikov felt t...

History Topics

Standard Oil of California negotiated a contract with the King of Saudi Arabia that granted the company the exclusive concession t...

History of the Lake Metroparks in Northeastern Ohio

thus the Northeastern shore of Ohio (Hansen, 2007). In terms of its history, which is not as ancient as some may believe, Hansen (...

Women in Toltec and Aztec History

is also an element to the culture that believes in the forces that are both feminine and masculine, studying both in order to bett...

French and American Involvement in Vietnam

of Vietnam was born ("Earliest known history of Vietnam," 2007). In 1946, it was all agreed that Vietnam would be independent ("E...

Procopius/The Secret History

was a counselor to Belisarius and accompanied him on several of his campaigns and he may have been a prefect of Constantinople (Ha...

Furniture/Desk and Chair

For instance, in January of 1976, Herman Miller, Inc. began marketing the first "fully integrated ergonomic chair, The Ergon Chair...

The Flea in History

interestingly enough to mean "wingless siphon" (Kettle, 1995). The flea is a highly specialized creature and subsists by sucking ...

Walton: "Mississippi: An American Journey"

the American one" (Bernstein, 1996). Walton says that there is "something almost unspeakably primal and vicious about Mississippi...

Russian Organized Crime

to the Russian Mafia are members of an organization that has "hundreds of gangs" and its membership numbers in the thousands (Meye...

French Canadians at the End of the 19th Century

"the aspirations of the people themselves. The controlling idea of the French Canadian is to retain...