Essay on Argument on Who Started The WW1 The blame of starting World War One is an issue that until today is still not resolved. Many historians as well as commissions tried to find the country or person responsible for the war but their findings are very different. This issue is unresolved because no one person, event or country is fully responsible for the outbreak of war; it was the actions and circumstances that existed before the war, between the countries that fought, that triggered the outset of World War One. Sidney Bradshaw Fay was one of the people who wrote about the guilty party of the First World War. Fay states that none of the European countries wanted war however in each of the countries, political and military leaders did certain things that lead to the declarations of war and the mobilization of troops.
On the other hand, the other countries weren’t able to succeed because they conquered by Europeans or their population died out from diseases or plagues (DOC 4, 5, 8). An additional document that would be used, would be a map of the different voyages and attacks Europe went on and did, this would help to see how they were able to succeed. Before Europe went on voyages at sea, China did, they had huge ships that were at the size of 400 ft. long, but they receded from this project and went on to another one. Admiral Zheng he was the main leader of the Chinese voyages that took place before the European explorations. These Chinese explorations were really helpful, but also really expensive because of the large timber ships that they built.
Jason Campanile 4/8/11 Hist 400w Analytical Book Review Book Review of Resisting McCarthyism: To Sign or Not to Sign California’s Loyalty Oath McCarthyism in America included an era of suspicion, distrust and betrayal. During no other time period in the 20th century has so many of the basic democratic values of America been under threat. Many Americans found no hope in trying to stand up to the scrutiny they were put under during this time. With their jobs and careers on the line, most succumbed to the paranoia that forced them to give up their basic constitutional rights. Very few stood up to the McCarthy era’s witch hunts.
Treason by the Book Essay History as a whole has this overwhelming sense of repeating itself no matter the errors or mistakes made in the past. The future is never certain and no world power is ever guaranteed their status among men. This very thing can be said about so many rulers and empires throughout the history of man and unfortunately the Chinese and their great Qing dynasty was no exception to this fact. However, there many characteristics that enable those empires to come to power and maintain it no matter the circumstances. Many of these characteristics include highly developed hierarchies, large or tactical standing armies, well established trade routes, and a commonly shared ideological view whether it be religious or just
Historical Recount of Marco Polo’s Travels Marco Polo(1254-1324) was an Italian merchant who travelled the world famous “Silk Road” and connected the European and Asian civilisations. (timeline) Marco Polo was born in Venice to the son of a rich family, who provided him with a good education, especially in language: Italian and French, literacy skills and arithmetics. In 1271, when Marco was seventeen, he joined his father, Nicolo Polo and uncle, Maffeo Polo on their second trip to the East. This time they changed the route and passed through Armenia, Persia, Afghanistan, the Pamier mountains and finally they reached the Gobi desert. After this long journey of three years, they arrived in China and met Kublai Khan.
The crossing of the desert alone was interesting as well, due to its proximity to a nuclear test site (which cannot be found on a map to disclose its existence). It saddened me to learn how unjust these people were treated and how opposite they were from the rest of the Chinese culture. Another group of people that seemed to remain unchanged since the time of Marco Polo are the Mongolians. Many housing structures once described by Marco still existed and were still used. Also, like any other self-sustaining community they used every part of the animal for such things as food, clothing,
Sinicization is one of the most common doubts by historians who study about Qing Dynasty. Question like ‘How did the Manchu who were outnumbered by Han Chinese people managed to conquered and succeeded in ruling China for so long?’ lead one to wonder whether one of the reason for their success is sinicization. This doubt about sinicization has brought two historians to debate and attack each other opinion publicly. According to historian Ping Ti Ho, sinicization is undoubtedly the key to the success of Qing Dynasty but historian Evelyn S.Rawski did not agree about sinicization and argues instead that Qing was quite a multiethnic empire. In Ping Ti Ho 1967 paper, he stated 5 reasons why Qing Dynasty is one of the most important dynasty.
The famous explorer Marco Polo was born in the year 1254 to a family of merchants. Even then, the city where he was born--Venice--was a center for commerce and trading in the Mediterranean region. Because Marco's family was wealthy, he received a good education, learning about classical authors, the theology of the Latin Church, and both French and Italian. He also developed an interest in history and geography that would stay with him for the rest of his life. When Marco was only six years old, his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo left for a journey to Cathay (China).
[citation needed] In the late Middle Ages, transcontinental trade over the land routes of the Silk Road declined as sea trade increased,. [3] In recent years, both the maritime and overland Silk Routes are again being used, often closely following the ancient routes. Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the great civilizations of China, India, Ancient Egypt, Persia, Arabia, and Ancient Rome, and in several respects helped lay the foundations for the modern world. Though silk was certainly the major trade item from China, many other goods were traded, and various technologies, religions and philosophies, as well as the bubonic plague (the "Black Death"), also traveled along the Silk Routes. Some of the other goods traded included luxuries such as silk, satin, hemp and other fine fabrics, musk, other perfumes, spices, medicines, jewels, glassware, and even rhubarb, as well as slaves.
There is nothing uniquely western about colonialism. For example many Indians believe that they should receive some form of payment from the British but before the British arrived India was conquered by a multitude of empires of countries such as the Persians, the Afghans, Alexander the great, the Mongols the Arabs and the Turks. So in order for the statement that they should receive some form of repayment is ludicrous as you would have to go back thousands of years in order to view all the oppressed and oppressive countries to try and make things “all square”. This simply is not possible. The west also had more hunger to colonise than the rest of the world.