Statement of the Issue The Crimean Peninsula is located between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, facing the Black Sea. Tension on the peninsula intensified when Russia federation sent armed forces upon it to “stabilise conflicts” during the 2014 Ukraine Revolution, and, by March 2015, annexed…
Essays on History
Since the 1940s Russia’s been in the spotlight when it comes to a global power house in the 20th century. From the Cold War era, when Russia threatened western countries with nuclear war, to the Cuban Missile Crisis which was the closest any country was…
During the most peaceful time period in recent history one country fights to demolish what the world’s nations have fought so hard to build and maintain, a harmonious peaceful world. The Russian Federation is attempting to re-acquire it’s previous Soviet Era role of strength and…
The conflict in Donbas, since 2014, and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine have resulted in the deaths of more than thirteen thousand people, most of them members of the Ukrainian troops and separatist fighters (“Death Toll Up To 13,000 In Ukraine Conflict, Says UN Rights Office”)….
The 2016 US election, which saw businessman and television personality Donald Trump become President of the United States in preference to the politically established Democrat Hillary Clinton, shocked America. Consequently, this result invoked the question of whether American citizens trust politicians, or whether their trust…
The in-class film, “Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples’ Temple”, clearly illustrated that what was going on both historically and culturally in the 1970s influenced the rise and popularity of cults such as Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family (late 60s), and Peoples’ Temple. The…
To protest I feel is to make an action or statement objecting towards someone or something which is considered out of line or is unfair. Article 19 of our human rights clearly tells us that we have the right to ‘freedom of opinion and expression’…
Introduction “Freedom Walkers” by Russell Freedman published and was originally published on September 30, 2006. Freedom Walkers is about how on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white man. Her…
The United States of America (US), viewed by many as the land of opportunity, has for a number of years, used the power of the US dollar to control and manipulate other countries. The dollar is the dominant instrument used in global trade for the…
According to Brett Bowden, civilization is understood as an advanced state of a human society containing highly developed forms of government, culture, industry, and common social norms. Ancient civilizations such as ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt had many factors that influenced them to develop to…
Mesopotamia was among the earth’s first regions where people started to live in cities and build governments. To the first Invention of agriculture (about 10,000 BC), people no longer had to spend their rest of the time to food hunting-gathering and had freedom to pursue…
Media, through its channels holds a certain power that can be used in various ways by its handlers; in a time where desperation takes its toll on people, media can serve as an agent of entertainment and can give relief to its subjects, whereas it…
IIn society, as an African American woman, I face numerous obstacles along the way. I learned about a lot of things that seem unequal in a lot of places. It shows that things shouldn’t be a certain way, that everyone should be treated equally instead…
On September 19, 1796 George Washington decided not to publicly deliver his famous farewell address to the nation but, instead choose to have it published in the Philadelphia “Daily American Advertiser”. Washington’s speech comes after he decided to step down from his presidency after his second…
Up until about 1871, all the Indians wanted to live was a life of freedom. During this time, the Indians desired most of all to keep the reigns on their culture and land. But of course, this was conflicting with most white Americans. Unfortunately, most…
