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Archaeology and History of Stonehenge

Stonehenge's history and archaeology are examined in 5 pages....

The Error of Reconstruction by Kenneth Stampp and Revisionist History

Chapter One "What was real and fundamental was the idealism and the nobility of the two contending forces: the Yankees struggli...

Colonial Rule by the Portuguese and Spanish

In twelve pages this research paper discusses the territories ruled by the colonial governments of Portugal and Spain. Six source...

Cortez' Lover Dona Marina

In five pages the woman who was both interpreter and lover of Cortez is examined in terms of her varying interpretations that incl...

Studying History and the Importance of Nation States According to Von Ranke

This paper discusses von Ranke's views on studying world history and the global importance of nation states in a paper consisting ...

Ernest Hemingway's 'Death in the Afternoon'

The relationship between ancient sacrifice and bullfighting in Spain is examined in this analysis of 'Death in the Afternoon' by E...

Paraplegia

when the disease is treated and cured, the paralysis can disappear; however, nerve damage in the paraplegic is typically unable to...

Sixteenth Century Spain

the entire imperial system was based on (Payne 2002). It was also the social norm to accept the aristocracy as leaders (Payne 2002...

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

the Holy Roman Emperor from 1519-1558. He was born to King Philip I of Castile in February 1500 and although he was born in Ghent,...

Venezuela Independence and the Ideals of Francisco de Miranda

Both the similarities and the differences in conditions in the new United States and in Venezuela fascinated Miranda. He notes in...

How Contemporaries Depicted Hernan Cortes and Christopher Columbus

The first impression that we get is that Cortes is a determined and logical man. He attempts this journey, and has to overcome...

Africa's Cinematic History

Africa had been claimed by one European nation or another. The nations claiming Africa were Belgium, France, Germany, Great Bri...

Goya/Executions of the Third of May, 1808

people who were followers of the European Enlightenment who supported the idea of a more "liberal, constitutional government."v Go...

History of Public Administration

served in the Revolutionary War and employed them in civil service positions in the government (Highlights in the History of Publi...

David Weber/Barbaros

A 3 page book review on David Weber's text Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment. This comprehensive t...

The United Nations: History.

the purpose of establishing ways to settle crises peacefully, prevent wars and codify "rules of warfare" ("History of the United N...

Aztec Conquest by Spain

goes without saying that many thousands of peoples lives were spared once the Aztec nation was forced to discontinue this ceremony...

Spanish Connection Between George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway

much of his writings, including The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Orwell, a self-described socialist, was al...

Holland, Surrounding Countries, and Seventeenth Century Art

land and the pastimes of the Dutch people who were an increasingly prosperous merchant middle class" (Anonymous Dutch Baroque Peri...

London's Early History

for his death (Wells, 1931, 469). In effect, Caesar was consumed with one goal: to satisfy the desires and urges of Caesar. Well...

Muslims Christians and Jews at Al Andalus

The Iberian Peninsula, that region of the world we now call Spain and Portugal, fell under Islamic rule in 711 AD. While Islamic ...

Spanish America

milestones in the history of Europe. The Portuguese, Spanish and French explorers who set out to see what lay beyond the horizon c...

Examining the Position of the PIGS Countries with Comparison to Previous Financial Crises

the financial crisis is far from over. In order to consider the crisis the current crisis can be considered and then compared to c...

American Landscaping

the Old World origins of their culture - but they were attracted to the nature of the New World" (Introduction to the History of G...

History

simple event people can become confused about a truth based on the fact that everyones "vantage point" or perspective is different...

Paint and Art

one author that Hubert is "Credited with inventing oil painting" and "was so idolizes for his discovery that his right arm was pre...

History of Juvenile Boot Camps

2007).by the year of 1996 there were ten states that had juvenile boot camps (Schnurer; Lyons, 2007). The states were "Alabama, Ca...

The History of Basketball

It was in 1892 that the rules were first developed (Bellis, 2007). At first the ball that was used was a soccer ball and it was es...

Settlements in North America: Spain, France, England and Holland

Spain in the mid-1500s, privately owned French ships - pirates in the eyes of the Spanish - attacked Spanish ships and ports in th...

History of Des Moines, Iowa

It was during this year that "John Dougherty, an Indian Agent at Fort Leavenworth, Ks, recommended that a military post be establi...