Essays on History

There have been different views about the role of humanitarian action in the process of peace building and the role it plays in prolonging conflicts. Consequently, this section will examine how humanitarian action affects the regions affected by civil war negatively in terms of how it causes more harm than...

The experiences of Jewish women in the Holocaust has, for a long time, been overlookeddeserted [A1] for a gender-neutral narrative or male-dominated expression of the Jewish genocide imposed on the Jewish population. Many scholars have been skeptical over a gendered study on the Holocaust – this skepticism has, however, been...

The European Union (EU) is seen to be one of the most successful political and economic unions in history. Since the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1951 by the EU’s six founding countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherlands) which created the European Coal and Steel Community,...

The Bauhaus was one of the most influential art schools in the 20th century especially due to a teaching approach that shaped the understanding of the relationship between art and society as well as technology. According to Wick and Grawe (2000, p. 11), the Bauhaus changed the course of the...

The article describes a debate between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault. The subject of the debate was on human nature and was hosted by Fons Elders, a Dutch philosopher. The two were trying to answer the question of whether human nature exists independent of our external influences and experiences. In...

Georgia-Abkhaz Conflict Georgia is a nation found at the intersection between Asian and Europe which was formerly a member of the Soviet Union with its capital at Tbilisi. The official languages are Georgian and Abkhaz. On the other end, the republic of Abkhazia, a de facto state, is located in the...

Document A: John Betjeman, in Architectural Review, 1933. Document B: Edward Thomas, from Poems, 1917. Adlestrop. Introduction In 1914, there was a demolition of a monumental part of railway infrastructure in London. Such act marked a new era of practice and research. Various buildings were demolished along the North London railway station. For...

discussion of the historical development and neurological implications of trance music. The report will explored the growth of the subject through history and its use by different cultural groups throughout time to its adoption in the contemporary music scene. The article will utilise s two primary research methodologies for data collection...

China's Increasing Engagement with the Middle East China has had its foreign strategy centered on strengthening economic cooperation with developed countries such as Europe and America and improving relations with her neighbors. However, Middle East has been on the periphery. Over the years, the country has struggled to create diplomatic relations...

A Comparison between the Early African American Slaves Narratives and the Later One, Fredrick Douglass Abstract The main objective of this research is to investigate and compare how the lives of three African Americans in the eighteenth and the nineteenth century were impacted by religion and literacy. The three narratives analysed include...

The rise of the Arab spring has been attributed to a number of factors, most of which are related to the nature of governance, economic status, and lack of sufficient opportunities for employment. This dissertation seeks to investigate external factors which were responsible for instigating the revolts and sustaining them....

In the 20th century, South Africa was under the rule of white minority who introduced the apartheid rule. This was a form of colonial rule that separated access of social amenities through a separate system based on race. Africans were not allowed to go to certain areas, use certain bus...