Get Essays On History

Home « Join Now! « Member Login « Questions « Support «

Enter Topic

» Get History Papers

Masaccio: The Holy Trinity

... a skeleton, which may represent Adam. The vanishing point is at the center of the masonry altar, because this is the eye level of the spectator, who looks up at the Trinity and down at the tomb. The vanishing point, five feet above the floor level, pulls both views together. By doing this, an illusion of an actual structure is created. The interior volume of this 'structure' is an tension of the space that the person looking at the work is standing in. The adjustment of the spectator to the pictured space is one of the first steps in the deve ...

Number of words: 944 | Number of pages: 4

Early National Literature

... themes of romance, virtue, vice, and seduction that pervaded popular novels in England and on the Continent. William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy (1789), an imitation of Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther, is regarded by some as the first American novel. Susanna Rowson's sentimental and didactic tale of seduction, Charlotte Temple, published (1791) in London as Charlotte: A Tale of Truth, was extremely popular. In contrast to the prevailing sentimental novel was Hugh Henry Brackenridge's massive Modern Chivalry (1792-181 ...

Number of words: 645 | Number of pages: 3

China Cities' Great Progress' In Manned Space Program By Daniel Southerland

... producing life-support systems and in solving the problems of controlling gas composition and pressure in the cabin and the level of heat and humidity," the report said. The report, published Sunday, said the Chinese have developed the largest centrifuge of its kind in Asia and Europe to simulate cabin conditions created by the launching of a spaceship. "The day when a Chinese goes roaming through space is not far off," the report said. On June 5 of this year, Sun Jiadong, vice minister of astronautics, told reporters that China would p ...

Number of words: 408 | Number of pages: 2

Explaining The Three Parts Of

... for eradicated. Jefferson grasped the concept that there should be a conversion to the previous conformity of government. Pronouncing that all of these rights shall be gratified into an unbiased society. Jefferson was denouncing the position of King George III, of Great Britain, throughout all of second component of the declaration. He fabricated a list of all incriminations against the king. Jefferson stated that the king never had the colonist’s well being at heart. He was out to soil their lives. Jefferson stated that King Geor ...

Number of words: 382 | Number of pages: 2

Rock Music

... of the 1950's, when Rock n' Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, music similar to jazz played by blacks. This kind of music started to attract white teenagers. Disc jockey Alan Freed was the one who introduced this music and later gave it the name of Rock n' Roll. Record companies distributed records played by whites but composed by blacks. Whites were frustrated because there weren't any white artists, and they didn't want the blacks to be the stars until Bill Haley appeared with his "Rock Around the Clock". In this decade, Elv ...

Number of words: 1153 | Number of pages: 5

Gold Strike, Relating To Cry,

... did say “All the gold mines in the Free State gold fields are going to embark on a strike.” The protest is against the gold mines because of the huge job losses in the last fifteen years. In 1987, gold, being the backbone of the economy, employed 530,000 miners. After the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa’s economy was open to foreign competition, and the gold industry had to be restructured. The gold price has been decreasing as well, and today only 200,000 miners are employed. This current event relates to Alan Paton’s, ...

Number of words: 338 | Number of pages: 2

Burial Practices Of The Ancien

... and Rome, parts of Homer's Odyssey are useful in the analysis of proper interment methods. One particular method used by the Egyptians was an intricate process known as mummification. It was undoubtedly a very involved process spanning seventy days in some cases. First, all the internal organs were removed with one exception, the heart. If the body was not already West of the Nile it was transported across it, but not before the drying process was initiated. Natron (a special salt) was extracted from the banks of the Nile and was pl ...

Number of words: 1468 | Number of pages: 6

The French And English Revolutions

... to make a big scene. This was also one of the causes of the French Revolution. Some believe that the MAIN reason for the Revolution was all based on, Louis, being too young and inexperienced to run an ENTIRE country by himself. He was only when he got married to Marie and he was only 20 when he officially became king of France. As the people of France grew more and more angry with Louis, it had started removing French Officials, such as, Tax collectors, and changing all of the kings appointed men to intendants. Pretty soon there were oa ...

Number of words: 496 | Number of pages: 2

How Were Women Treated In Juli

... would be "Little house on the Prairie". This topic is a very debatable one, and it is what I intend to discuss in this essay. I am also going to compare the women's role then, to the role of women in society these days as well as the role women play in Julius Caesar's time and compare that with how they were really treated in Rome at that point in history. In Julius Caesar, women are portrayed as less than equals. This is shown by how in the entire movie, you never saw a woman fighting with, or against the men. Neither were women shown very ...

Number of words: 527 | Number of pages: 2

The First Battle Of The Somme

... tore throughout the land. Since Belgium was backed up by the Allies and since Great Britain knew Germany planned on attacking Britain as well, Great Britain went ahead and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914 (“World” 1). On September 27, 1914, the Germans began entrenching themselves in strategic locations north of the Somme River in France under Thiepval Ridge (“Somme”). There they stayed for nearly two years awaiting the “Big Push,” as the Battle of the Somme was prematurely coined by the British (Macdonald 4). The Frenc ...

Number of words: 1645 | Number of pages: 6

The History Of The Soviet Union

... radical advances of western civilizations, Peter orders the modernization of the army, creation of a navy, encourages mercantilism and foreign trade, and gives women more rights. Nevertheless, the Empire remains stricken in poverty over slow reforms and the overbearing presence of feudalism. 1825-1861 The feudal system begins to fail when the goals and desires of the common peasant cannot be achieved through such an archaic doctrine. Various successive Czars attempt social reforms which do not leave an impact on the country's well-being. ...

Number of words: 1222 | Number of pages: 5

Schindler’s List

... Soon his wining and dining pays off, as he acquires a manufacturing plant that produces pots and pans for the Nazi Army. Oscar really didn’t have any clue what was going on as far as the situation with the Jews and the Nazi Army. Reality struck him when his workers were being taken away from his ghettos and placed in concentration camps. Jews, who worked for free were his main source of labor. Actually, what the Jews are getting in return is even more valuable than money. Freedom. He is freeing them from being destroyed. Once Schind ...

Number of words: 852 | Number of pages: 4

Pages: 1 ... 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 next »

Essay Categories

» Get History Papers