… At first thousands, then hundreds of thousands of slaves, mostly from Africa, were being transported from various parts of the world. There were even traces of slavery in some African kingdoms. Slavery became a way for wealthy landowners to own larger…

… with contentment. A happy person is one who leads a life in which they are content with their actions. However, the Aristotelian conception of happiness, or of eudaemonia, is a compound, made of matter and spirit, of sense and intelligence,…

… overthrow of government by using the force of violence. Hitler attempted a putsch in Munich, 1923. I believe that Hitler chose to carry out the putsch in Munich because it was in Bavaria. The people in Bavaria were most likely to think like Hitler as…

… and war, from the Vikings to the Roman empire, and from the Nazis campaign of anti-semitism to Osama’s fight to destroy America. But there has been no battle, no crusade of war that has ever been more destructive then the horrific bombings of Hiroshima…

… this Essay I will point out the different causes that led up to the American Revolution. The main three reasons are Political, Economic and Social Causes. In my opinion of the American Revolution the Political reason was the most important,…

… constitution, Thomas Jefferson was quite possibly the most pronounced and respected Democratic-Republican. His strict opposition of an overly industrious America, coupled with his fear of a tyrannical government, illustrated Jefferson’s purely Republica…

… differences. Although, there are many differences, war is war. War is inhumane, killing people for reasons unknown to many or even for no real reason at all. War is glorified and it should not be. There are many down sides to war, many horrible…

… election of 1836 is often overlooked in the matter of importance of United States elections. Common opinion is that it was an insignificant election that was a runaway by the Democrats because the Whigs could not agree on a candidate. However,…

… in Chandrapore, India. It’s during the end of two centuries of British colonization, and cultural tensions between the Indians and local British are high. The British think of the Indians as inferior, and the Indians see the British as ignorant and oppre…

… turn to the heyday of the ancient capital (well, my thoughts do anyway). Heian-kyo, now known as Kyoto, was the capital of Japan and the imperial residence from 794 until 1868. For most of that period, the Emperor was just a puppet figurehead and…