Essays on World History

Stonehenge isn’t just a stone circle. The ancient stones, weighing at an average of 25 tons each, travelled 240 km to Wiltshire from South Wales to form a massive stone monument. It is located north of Salisbury, England. Stonehenge was built roughly between 5,000 and…

Even if you don’t know much about ancient history and prehistoric monuments, you’ve probably heard of Stonehenge. The story of this incredible structure goes back more than 5000 years, and while it was certainly important to the people who built it, those architects would have…

Capitalism and socialism are the two most important systems that along modern history have had an effect on the social structures, economic methods and political position of many nations. Through period of the 18th 19th centuries that two systems of political economy occurred as the…

The Great Depression’s significance on Germany was the biggest crisis that has ever struck before. The political, social, and economic effects on Germany are unique and very life changing for Germany and its people. The effects of the Great Depression made a downward spiral of…

Mr. Anderson first learned about the Cold War when the Cuban Missile Crisis was happening. His dad was a veteran from World War Two, so his family was very aware about what was happening. He said, “it was a nervous time”. He still remembers the…

When you think of war, conflict and terrorism the army always come to my mind I think this is due to them having to deal with these issues on a daily basis once they are stationed in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict…

War is a state of armed conflict, characterized by violence, aggression, destruction and mortality. War also signifies the absence of peace. Throughout the years war was and still is applied. It may be a different type of war such as economic, political or religious, but…

The Rwandan genocide is one of the most shocking and remembered events in human history when approximately 800,000 people died. Their population in 1994 was composed of 7 million people with three ethnic groups; the Hutus with 85% occupying the majority of the population, the…

Trevor Noah is a well-known comedian from South Africa, he shares his story chronologically from his traumatic childhood. As Noah goes into detail from his childhood struggle in the New York Times Bestseller, “Born a Crime,” he goes into depth from the period of apartheid…

Genocide is an abhorrent crime that has been around since the beginning of time – but was only recognized as a crime under the law in 1946. Genocide is the intentional act of harming a person physically and mentally. However, not only is this physical…