History Essays and Term Papers

DEVELOPMENT: LAOS In South East Asia, in the centre of the Southeast Asian peninsula, lies the land-locked country Laos. The country that is now the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR, or Laos) has a slightly greater land area than Uganda and…

the conversion of the Section francaise de l’internationale ouvriere (SFIO) in to the PS in 1969. However it wasn’t until 1971 at the Epinay-sur-seine conference, when Francois Mitterrand emerged as leader that it began its transformation into France’s…

among the first groups of civilizations formed, and is today one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations. Egyptian civilization spread throughout the Nile River Valley, and people found that living there provided them with a safe environment.…

Rome, Compared With Those in Early Modern Europe. Throughout history, we have seen the rise and fall of incredible civilizations, societies and ideas. As the Romans prevailed over Europe for one thousand years (from roughly 500 BC to 500 AD),…

a long way since the CCP took over the Chinese government in 1949 and it will continue to expand it's freedom as we go into the 21st century. They were denied the right of freedom of speech and freedom of the press for all those years, that now the…

those of Ben Franklin and Johnathan Edwards The relationships that people have with others has a severe impact on that person’s life, albeit many are good, some, though, are bad. How we choose to form, maintain and use these relationships is up…

written by Anne Frank, is a more inside look on how it was like to go into hiding, during the evil reign of Adolf Hitler. “Schindler’s List,” a Steven Spielberg movie based on Thomas Keneally’s book and Jew’s interviews of that era, is about the holocau…

Elizabeth is a reflection of the character Gilgamesh in The Epic of Gilgamesh. At first glance they both appear to be perfect and immortal. It is not until we take a closer look do we see their flaws and imperfections. The appearances are important…

Aristotle describes virtue concerning actions and passions, and the choice of how we become our actions and passions is either of excess, defect, or intermediate. Excess and deficiency both forms of failure and the intermediate (mean) a form of…

and intelligence as they relate to happiness. Here, Aristotle distinguished two kinds of "virtue," or human excellence: moral and intellectual. Moral virtue is an expression of character, formed by habits reflecting repeated choices. It is a…