… world surrounding them. These medieval towns popped up all over medieval Europe in the sites of the old cities. Medieval towns had many more opportunities for the common people then feudal communities did. In the feudal world you could only be…

… human societies. In Europe's early society, many Europeans developed a heightened concern with the phenomenon/occurrence of witchcraft. This belief led to widespread persecutions in which thousands of Europeans, both women and men, were executed as…

… Switzerland of the Middle East, is today a country in name only. Its government controls little more than half of the nation's capital, Beirut. Its once-vibrant economy is a shambles. And its society is fragmented - so fragmented, some believe,…

… people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states…" These words, taken from the Declaration of Independence, exhibit a united and strong force from a people…

… of Baghdad in Operation Desert Storm and leave Iraqi Shi’ites and Kurds more or less alone to face the wrath of Saddam Hussein? Why did a coalition of over 30 nations find it was necessary to go to war to help Kuwait after it was invaded by Iraq?…

… didn’t show to many good results ,giving the states too much power and after all the pressure from king George to the 13 colonies ,finally people began reacting to all the abuses of the taxes and domain from the king and decided to declare the independen…

… novels are grounded in the author’s imagination. Novels make interesting reading but are not particularly useful in studying history.” After reading this quote, I thought deeply about was this person was trying to say. There are not many novels out there…

… in United States foreign policy, from isolationist to internationalists; thus we were drawn into two wars of containment and into world affairs. The Truman Doctrine led to a major change in U.S. foreign policy from its inception - aid to…

… alive in history; but whether it had merely survived out of the stern old wilderness, so long after the fall of the gigantic pines and oaks that originally overshadowed it, or whether, as there is fair authority for believing, it had sprung up under…

… also known as the Holocaust. At this time many Jews had been tortured and killed by the Nazis. A few years ago a man by the name of Maurice Papon had been trailed and arrested for being racist against Jews in France. He had tried to deport many Jews…