… a period of European history, considered by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. Many dramatic changes happend during the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a period of new inventions and beliefs. The Renaissance was drastically…

… was a period of European history, considered by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. Many dramatic changes happened during the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a period of new inventions and beliefs. The Renaissance was…

… 18th, 1960, the 8th Olympic Winter Games opened in Squaw Valley, California, the first Olympics to be held in North America since 1932. In addition to some 1,000 athletes and several thousands spectators, the opening ceremonies were watched by several…

… of the 18 documents, collectively called The Extermination of the Jews, were not in any way new stories to me. In fact I came into this book with the same attitude that I usually do when faced with Holocaust stories, that of "Yes it was horrible,…

… the European power wanted World War I, but they feared Germany. Germany was newly unified, and was beating the European powers in population and Industry. France wanted to recover the Alsace-Lorraine. Britain was a country used to being on the ocean,…

… empire on earth, crumbled before the world's astonished eyes. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. The West took this as testimony for the superiority of democracy over totalitarianism, of…

… government did not assert much power, but as time went on, the government’s power outweighed the democratic ideals of the people. The government did this by acquiring features generally attributed to a totalitarian dictatorship. One such incident…

… points in the Federalist Paper No. 10. First, Madison stated that one of the main advantages of a well constructed union would be its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. He believed that the American Constitution would set up a…

… on the ratification of the United States Constitution with those of the Federalists, there is the relationship that represents their views upon principles, problems and solutions, which really looks at which side best reflects or departs from the…

… was fought because of the change from Arab to Turkish control over Jerusalem. This change had an effect on the people that were allowed to live there, and the beliefs that they could have. Since the city was important to Christians, Jews, and…