Why the Book of Hindu Vedas and others considered mythology?
Case study - 5 pages - Ancient history
Indeed, it is still a powerful paradigm in mind, even the Hindus themselves, the Vedas and Puranas contain only the epics and mythology. Take for instance the book Bhagavadgita. Bhagavad-gita contains spiritual discourse given by Sri Krishna to Arjuna before the war Bharata Yudha, which...
Aryan invasion theory by Max Muller is a conspiracy
Case study - 6 pages - Ancient history
Almost all ancient cultures that have been found to be always close to the river valley. Man at that time considered the water is the only source of life. By being near the water, they can survive, and the river is a suitable place for it. This happened not without reason. Areas close to the...
Account for the successes and failures of Mao Zedong's regime from 1949-1975
Case study - 3 pages - Ancient history
In 1949 when Mao Zedong rose to power as both Chairman of the ruling Communist Party and Chairman leader of China, he faced the “superhuman” (Lowe) task of controlling and organizing a country of more than 600 million people. The past half-century had left China weak and divided; this...
The success and failure of Alexander III's rule
Case study - 2 pages - Ancient history
Alexander III, seen by many as a reactionary Tzar, ruled Russia from 1881-1894. Alexander was opposed to the stance his father Alexander II had taken in his approach to ruling Russia. Therefore he sought to undo the majority of his father's reforms. When Alexander III was put into power his first...
American geography and society
Case study - 18 pages - Medieval history
The country is called the United States because it is made of 50 states, that come together to form one country. [USA = 13 colonies dans leur coin à la base, et pour convaincre les gens, ils ont employés un singulier, comme pour dire : c'est un seul pays] [50 states : France and departments....
Can the onset of the fall of fertility in Europe be related to the economic and social circumstances of the individual countries at the time?
Case study - 10 pages - Modern history
Understanding the onset of the fall of fertility in Europe requires understanding of changes in mortality as it is understood that "the beginning of mortality decline generally precedes that of fertility". The 'demographic transition' saw the average number of births per women fall from...
What are the reasons for the growth in the world's major urban centres in the twentieth century? Are the reasons for the growth similar to those that explained urban growth in the developed countries?
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
While the origins of cities go back to over five thousand years, urbanization; the process of population concentration into urban areas is a recent phenomenon dating back to the 18th Century when cities began growing in the now developed world. As Davis puts it, “before 1850 no society could...
What happened to the social state in Eastern Europe after 1990?
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
After the breakdown of the Soviet Union, each Eastern European and former Soviet country faced many challenges and one of them was how to cope with the welfare state under a different political organization. Now that the Soviet rule was gone, what was the road to be taken? Should the State...
In what ways and why was Britain's industrialization experience unusual?
Case study - 5 pages - Modern history
The British Industrial Revolution is a highly debated historical event. The discussion is vigorous, especially when it comes to the origins of the Industrial Revolution. Perhaps the most common questions in this respect are: “Why was England First?”, “What was so special about...
What has the so-called death of distance meant for the economic prospects of cities and nations?
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
In the 19th and 20th centuries, cities were able to attract people and develop primarily because of the lower cost of transportation for goods, people and knowledge that they provided. Distance is costly; search costs for the market and for suppliers, management costs, shipping costs, and...
Television as a potential media tool
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Current media analysis is highly focused on the perceived failings of television. The medium has been charged with being overly commercial, catering to the interests of political and governmental elite and facilitating the softening of the news by prioritizing stories with high dramatic or...
What and who are the "spin doctors", in media terms?
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The current democratic political landscape is characterized by continuous shifts in power between politics and the media and dependant on the increasingly malleable opinions of the general public, spin doctors provide politicians with a means to somewhat control the perceptions of the populous...
The invasion of Alsace Lorraine by the German Empire (1870-1918)
Case study - 4 pages - Ancient history
The regions of Alsace-Lorraine shaped the relationship between France and Germany ever since its integration in the German Empire in the wake of the Franco-Prussian war of 1871, and until its recovery by the Third Republic of France in 1918. During this period from 1871 to 1918, both sides argued...
Switzerland during the Second World War, a worldwide economical and financial co-operation
Case study - 13 pages - Medieval history
In 1939, there were 363 banks in Switzerland, with a total result of 17.7 billion Swiss francs. To this we had to add 20 billion Swiss francs that were not included in the bank's balance sheets. There were seven major banks, which represented one-fourth of Swiss banks financial results: Société...
London Gateway
Case study - 14 pages - Medieval history
Historically, most of the goods consumed in the UK were manufactured in the UK. Distribution centres were created in the Midlands, where land and labor costs were low, to serve stores in the whole country. There was no road congestion, fuel was cheap and the environmental impact of transport was...
How tactics and logistics contributed to the victory of the British in the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
This paper will discuss how British tactics and logistics contributed to their success in the Waikato campaign of the New Zealand Wars in 1863-64. Geoffrey Parker, in his book ‘The Cambridge History of Warfare' explains his five fundamental principles of western warfare. These are: a...
1870-1914: Global economy, nationalism and the First World War
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Though Professor Davies was essentially right in his description of a prosperous late 19th century in the wake of the Industrial Revolution which brought major industrial and scientific discoveries, the outbreak of the War in 1914 was not regarded as a surprise. The German state has often been...
How the tsarist autocracy managed to survive the 1905 Revolution?
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
The aspiration for freedom of Russian society dominated the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century until the fall of Tsarist autocracy in the wake of the 1917 revolution. The latter gave birth to a new literature with different interpretations on the question...
Being expatriate in Sweden
Practical guide - 19 pages - Medieval history
Demographic figures: Area: 449,964 km- slightly larger than California Population: 9,276,509 citizens 12% of the population are immigrants The Swedish state religion is Protestant Lutheran. Although Swedes don't go to church, a great deal of morals and ethics still have its platform based...
Bermuda Triangle
Presentation - 13 pages - World geography
-Three sided area in the Atlantic Ocean. -Bermuda -Miami -Puerto Rico -The compass points to true north rather than magnetic north -On December 5, 1945, the disappearance of Flight 19. -Five Navy bombers mysteriously vanished while on a routine training mission. -A rescue plane was sent to search...
Underwater Roman archaeology: Shipwrecks, shrines and submerged sites
Essay - 10 pages - Modern history
The practice of underwater archaeology provides archaeologists with new methods of exploring archaeological sites, utilizing new technologies such as SCUBA, Remote Operated Vehicles, and multibeam three-dimensional scanners. The information to be gleaned from submerged sites can provide valuable...
Comparison of the organization of the different territorial and local authorities in France and England
Internship report - 8 pages - Medieval history
Planning system in France and England shares many common points; there are different local authorities and territorial collectivity in each country, private and public sector plays an important role in the land-use planning… but there are also lots of differences; policy is not the same in...
The Tunisian Republic
Presentation - 11 pages - Medieval history
After finishing studies, new graduates seek employment. Once you enter the professional world, they undergo routine work processes. Some of them are creative. But their creativity is lost because of work processes. In fact, each company has its production line and a strategic plan that does not...
History of Britain before Shakespeare
Internship report - 7 pages - Modern history
Before 450 AD: Celtic Originally the populations of England were mixed, partly Neolithic and Celtic, Celts of Britonnic variety (the Britons), hence the first name of the island, Britannia when it was conquered by the Romans who only were stopped by the Scots up north. Between 450 and 650 AD:...
Science and Universities at the XI-XIVth centuries
Thesis - 5 pages - Medieval history
Science is opposite to dogma. Dogma is imposed a truth whereas Science is trying to understand phenomenon, and is open to criticism and correction. Scientific results are always comparing to the reality. This definition can be applied today but also back in the XII century. Science in the history...
The legacy of Pol Pot in Cambodia's history
Thesis - 5 pages - Modern history
Due to the social differences, economic depression and military decline in Cambodia during the mid 1900s, Pol Pot along with his communist political party, the Khmer Rouge, were able to take power and force their ideals on the people of Cambodia through forced labor, genocide, and torture until...
Report: Purification of Contaminated Soil
Essay - 6 pages - Geography
The contaminated soil was cleaned, and the two contaminants were isolated from the soil. Blue vitriol and ethanol were separated based on their physical and chemical properties. In order to separate these components, procedures including centrifugation, filtration, and evaporation of solute were...
The New Global Disorder ?
Essay - 3 pages - Medieval history
The New Global Disorder ? With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR, the advent of a « new global order » (G.H. Bush in 1990) was scheduled. But for a few years, the planet seems to be in a messy disorder : the political crisis (most of all in Middle-East), the dissemination of...
Document on The New Deal of FDR
Course material - 2 pages - Modern history
This document is giving you the main explanations and definitions on the New Deal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to tackle the American problem of the Great Depression which was caused by the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and of speculation. It will talk about the emergency measures that he took to put...
Earthquakes and how to build to counter their effects
Thesis - 5 pages - Geography
Earthquakes can cause a great amount of damage to cities and towns which find themselves in the path of an earthquake. Despite this, towns and cities are still built near fault lines where earthquakes are a common occurrence. To combat the earthquakes which attempt to turn these structures into...
