World History

What are the qualifications? Is the Illuminati a cult? Does it really make people rich and famous? Illuminati is a conspiracy theory today because not much is known about it today. The Illuminati was founded on May 1, 1776, as the Order of the Illuminati, or the Bavarian Illuminati. Originally, the group began with five…

Fascism is a form of counter-revolutionary politics that first arose in the early part of the twentieth-century in Europe. It was a response to the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system of government the advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the…

D-Day is the most well-known, gruesome day in the history of WWII.Out of the five landings, the landing on Omaha Beach was,by far, the worst for the U.S. and The Allies.Paratroopers who had landed the night before came up behind the Germans and aided the U.S. and The Allies.Eventually they pushed through and invaded Hitlers…

  The sad fact is that many races are discriminated against. Discrimination is defined as the act of perceiving and making evident the distinctions between two different groups of people. There have been many groups that have been very discriminating, but the one that sticks out like a diamond in coal is the Ku Klux…

Pantheon, temple dedicated to all the gods. The Pantheon of Rome is the best-preserved major edifice of ancient Rome and one of the most significant buildings in architectural history. In shape it is an immense cylinder concealing eight piers, topped with a dome and fronted by a rectangular colonnaded porch. The great vaulted dome is…

Throughout world history, the Roman and Byzantine Empire had several political and cultural changes. Although there many drastic transformations, some political and cultural aspects remained the same. Both empires took time around 200 C.E to 1000 C.E. The fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Byzantine Empire were major events that occured…

The Maya were once considered one of the greatest civilizations in North America, and possibly the world. They built many pyramids and temples to honor their gods and to preserve their religion. Their lives revolved around their king and sacrifice of his blood. The cultural achievements of the Maya along with the educational achievements came…

Claudius was found hiding behind some balcony curtains by soldiers in the palace after the murder of Caligula by the Praetorian Guard. Instead of seizing and killing him, as Claudius was almost sure they would do, they raised him up on their shoulders and made him emperor! Many writers have depicted Claudius as kind of…

The National Socialist German Workers’ Party almost died one morning in 1919. It numbered only a few dozen grumblers’ it had no organization and no political ideas. But many among the middle class admired the Nazis’ muscular opposition to the Social Democrats. And the Nazis themes of patriotism and militarism drew highly emotional responses from…

Exactly one month later the Legal Bulletin of the Reich No. 17 stated that articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 and 153 were no longer valid. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the right to assemble were now restricted. Weeks went by and these articles were still not reinstated. Little did the…