Essays on History

Trying to understand the Hammurabi code has been with no doubt one of the most important events that has changed the world. The Hammurabi code consists of an unequal society producing unequal laws, where women and men are no longer equal, where there are now…

I have had a passion for history ever since I can remember. Growing up I would read whatever history book I could get my hands on, and after I finished all the ones within my reach I would read them over again. One of my…

The modern perspectives were all formed over time. These perspectives were fully developed by some of the most renowned psychologist of the 20th century. Because of the eight modern perspectives, therefore, these should be used to accommodate to people with depression, since this mental disorder…

The Lorax is like the Easter island story because in both scenarios the civilization ran out of the natural resources because both groups were negligent with the the amount of resources they had and did not think about the creating more of their resources. Also,…

The great general Napoleon himself repeatedly declared that Caesar was the greatest general of all time, and he isn’t alone in this assumption. A great case can be made for the dictator for life of rome but more points towards him just being one of…

Khaled Hosseini’s novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” presents a heart-rending, powerful story told through the perspectives of two young women who were both, both, were raised in Afghanistan, and were brought together in the midst of war. Throughout the novel, the reader is taken through…

Almost 500 years ago, Spain began to conquest for wealth and riches in Mesoamerica. When arrived he ordered that his ships be burned, and so there could be no return. Cortez set out to win control of Central America, but soon it became obvious that…

Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum have compiled evidence to support their thesis that the Salem Witch Trials are hardly a sporadic event, but instead was an intensified verion of the struggle of the early settlers to acclimate themselves to the new way of life in…

The patient monitoring equipment industry first emerged and developed in the United States due to several reasons reflecting the determinants. The most important are the demand conditions, factor creation and related and supporting industries. The most advanced medical research led by the United States is…

In chapter 6 of Making of the Fittest, the author, Sean Carroll goes in depth about evolution and why it repeats itself. Chance, selection and time are the main pattern of evolution. Mutations occur by chance because it is random, and selection is reliable for…