Essays on World History

History Quebec was controlled by the Algonquian, Inuit and Iroquois nations until Europe began to send explorers there in the early 17th century. Living nomadic lives that depended on hunting and fishing the Algonquian were at home in the rugged terrain in which they lived…

Many people are quick to hypothesize the initial colonization of America, but few are able to justify as to who, when, where, how, and why the Americas were colonized. The Solutrean hypothesis justifies the migration of humans from central Asia to America because of the…

What is History? Historians use different historical approaches such as Marxism, the Annales School and Quantitative History as intellectual frameworks of their work by gathering sources, including primary and secondary sources, that span from written documents physical artifacts, art, advertising, film, propaganda from a time…

The history of the ancient Indian Political Thought is of great significance and of practical utility for a clear understanding of the Political wisdom of our own ancestors. Kautilya (370-283 BCE), also known as Chanakya or Vishnugupta, Dramila (among many other names) was the great…

With the vast amount of issues that arose after the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, the need to create a new Constitution—one that served to preserve the Union and revised problematic aspects of the old government—became Congress’s number one priority. In the…

Salt has been around forever. It can be so tiny, yet still play a big part in explaining the history of the world. Salt has been used for many things throughout time. It was used to help care for Egyptian mummies, and make sure that…

In 321 BCE, banished general Chandragupta Maurya, under direct support of the virtuoso of Chanakya, established the Maurya empire in the wake of toppling the authoritative lord Dhana Nanda. This past life was known as the Golden Age of India, during which Hinduism and Buddhism…

Not many Americans know of the small Caucasus Mountains country of Georgia (Leonidovich), and if one was to talk about Georgia the listener’s response may be along the lines of, “Oh, Georgia, do you mean the state?” No, not the American state of peaches and…

Vermont has developed tremendously since it became a state in the 1700’s. Since then, several political, agricultural, and economic advancements have been made. I will be discussing how Vermont got where it is today and the key historical developments. Furthermore, I will be discussing the…

North of the Benin River–hidden through the gloomy mangrove trees–sits the oldest and most developed state in West Africa, Benin City. Founded by the Edo people, Benin conducts with a megastructure never seen anywhere else in the world. This assembled structure expanded the territories of…