The First World War is usually regarded as the commencement of the modern era. In reason of the War's implication in some of the most significant changes in culture, economy, and government throughout the world, it is considered as the launch of a whole new set of outlooks of the world. An i...

The voyages of historical European explorers in the early modern era between 1500 and 1800 resulted in short and long term consequences in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The diffusion of plants, food crops, human populations, disease pathogens, and animals changed the world's biolog...

Spain's political experience was one of the most interesting and extraordinary in the history of modern Europe. It encompassed Portugal, part of Italy, the Netherlands, and large parts of the New World. In the early years of the eighth and ninth centuries, Muslims controlled all of Spain with the e...

World War I was a war that broke out in August 1914 when peace was shattered throughout Europe after the death of Francis Ferdinand. The Great War lasted from 1914 to 1918. One side was the allies France, Britain, Russia, and the United States. On the other side were the central powers G...

World War I or "the Great War" as it became known, occurred due to many causes, some of which are still unknown. The obvious trigger was the assassination of the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on the twenty-eighth of June 1914. But a great port...

Fifteenth century improvements in the ability to wage war developed by leveraging gunpowder technology allowed western civilization to create the first truly global empires. As a result, between 1500 and 1800, these empires expanded their influence to about 35 percent of the world's surface.[1] Tho...

In August of 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. This is a clever rhyme that people use to remember when Columbus set off and discovered the New World. But what if he didn't get permission from Queen Isabella to go off into the unknown to do this? It might have been another hundred years b...

Ever since man abandoned the hunter-gatherer life and began to settle on the land, he has been constantly advancing and developing. Despite a brief lull during the Middle Ages, mankind has been steadily progressing in every aspect of human nature. From technological invention and social development,...

In a history class last year, I was made aware of a movement from some radical feminist groups that claimed the slaughter of innocent women in the 16th and 17th century witch trials as a parallel to the misogynistic persecution they perceive as an integral part of culture today. The use of the in...

"This land is mine, this land is free, I'll do what I want but i do irresponsibly It's evolution, baby!" Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam "Do the Evolution", from the album Yield "The Whole world will be different soon." Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam "Brain of J," from th...

Economy, Government, and Modern Europe In early modern day Europe the government was effected by many economic challenges, such as war, taxes, trade, and expansion. These are not all of the economic challenges. However these will be the ones I will be concentrating on. Some challenges t...

Nationalism, as used in modern discussions or nation's histories, is made up of political or social philosophy in which the welfare of the nation-state as an entity is considered paramount. Nationalism is a collective state of mind or group consciousness in which people believe their prima...

Uniting the People and Government By the end of World War II, the nations of Western Europe all faced the burdens of the post-war economies. If not destroyed, a nation was in chaos and needed dramatic reconstruction. This is where democratic societies stepped in; recreation of sturdy government w...

By the end of World War II, the nations of Western Europe all faced the burdens of the post-war economies. If not totally destroyed, a nation was in chaos and needed dramatic reconstruction. This is where democratic societies stepped in; the recreation of sturdy government was crucial to the revival...

FASCISM For many years a taboo subject for all but a small number of specialists primarily in the fields of history and political science, and treated as an aberration in discussions of 'Western Culture', fascism has returned with a vengeance. The resurgence of extreme right wing and neo-fascis...

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) once said, "Knowledge and human power are synonymous." Perhaps most definitive of the span of time from 1450-1600 is the shift of human power, and the most significant aspect of development the expansion of the collective knowledge of the common people. The ...

The Communist World and the Free World were two kinds of economic and political camps existing in 1985. At the center of these camps were two nations, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics who followed the principals of communism, and the United States of America with the belief in Capitalism and...

The Holocaust MisconceptionThe Holocaust is likely one of the most misunderstood historical events of modern times. There are those that underestimate the extent of world knowledge about the German atrocities. There are also those who are ignorant of the way i...

The Holocaust is likely one of the most misunderstood historical events of modern times. There are those that underestimate the extent of world knowledge about the German atrocities. There are also those whom are ignorant of the way in which the Jews reacted to their situation. The incredible ex...

" Breading Hate Opher Yunger Enc 1102 ...turning to that man on his right, he began to speak of the white devils...What had they made him (me) feel?...Elijah went on about the crimes of white people, to this endless chorus of 'Yes, that's right.' "The so-c...

Columbus' discovery of America and that of his travel to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two most unpleasant and significant events that have impacted modern civilization as we know it. By Columbus discovering America, he conquered, enslaved other cultures, destroyed lands, i...

The modern American economy traces its roots to the quest of European settlers for economic gain in the 16th & 17th centuries. The New World then progressed from a marginally successful colonial economy to a small, independent farming economy and, eventually, to a highly complex industrial economy. ...

Napoleon was one of the most influential men in the history of France - and in fact, the world. He had a brilliant mind, set on becoming a changing factor in France. He played an integral part of making France a stronger nation, such as ending the revolution and creating the Napoleonic code. Napoleo...

Review of The Black Death The Black Death discusses the causes and results of the plague that devastated medieval Europe. It focuses on the many effects it had on the culture of medieval Europe and the possibility that it expedited cultural change. I found that Robert S. Gottfried had tw...

RENAISSANCE The Renaissance was a period of European history that would change the world forever. It changed the way people saw art (and other things) and the way people acted. The Renaissance began in 14th-century Italy and spread to the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. In this per...