Essays on What Is History

Over the course of the continuous and evolutionary journey of life, history tends to change. There is no such term as objective history meaning that historians have reputations of interpreting past events differently. However, we have a natural habit of adjusting the truth to a…

Studying and sitting through classes can be boring at one point or another for everyone, but not many people consider how important the information may actually be. Many students get annoyed at teachers for pounding the facts into their heads, however those facts may be…

In 1857 a series of uprisings started throughout India which later grew into serious threat to British rule in India. At first there were just riots and civil disobedience spread all over the country but later it turned into a revolt against British crown known…

What happens when the new part appears in the existing edifice? How to complete wounded structure? How a new part influences not only a form, organization and structure, but also memory of an existing building? This essay is written from the position of doubt not…

Christopher Columbus: The Shaper of Global History Many people may ask, “What is Global History?” Two concepts that shape Global History and its importance are religion and trade. Through the ideas religion and trade, Global History can be characterized by one familiar figure: Christopher Columbus….

What is the history of the ‘Barong Tagalog’? As the Philippines’ national dress, the Barong Tagalog enjoys a distinction all its own. Its fine needlework or hand-painted designs in cool cotton or handwoven pina or jusi have given it a flair that has won international…

What exactly is History? The formal, and unquestionably most generic, definition from Merriam-Webster states that history is “the study of past events.” Although this definition may be the more popular and well known explanation, it’s definitely not the best. To properly define “history” we need…