… years of hostilities had been endured by the Vietnamese people, culminating in the midst of this conflict, the division of Vietnam into North and South as stated in the Geneva Accords. These now independent territories each had their own system of…

… dominant political regimes of the 20th century, not only because it unleashed World War II or instigated the holocaust but because of its impact on German society. From 1933 to 1935 the democratic structure of Germany was replaced with a completely…

… <Tab/>Sentiments such as this stated by Mao Zedong (leader of the Chinese Communists) were the philosophies of the Viet Minh belief system and the motivation for the Viet Minh's everlasting passion for independence. The Viet Minh, in…

… that he was one of the most popular playwrights of the Ancient Greece in 500B.C. He wrote a new style of comedies, and out of forty he has been said to have produced, eleven of them have stood the test of time. . These comedies expose Aristophanes'…

… horrendous because of the stalemate in the trenches, disease, rainy conditions and new weapons of war. The stalemate and the war of attrition took a heavy toll on the troops of the AIF. There was constant enemy fire and the constant attacks and…

… 1915 largely by the urging of Sir Winston Churchill who saw it as a way to end the stalemate on the western front. British strategists had also for many years believed that the best defense of Egypt and the Suez Canal was an attack on Turkey. If the…

… Pennsylvania. He is also known as a famous Quaker and for his Great Treaty wit hthe Delaware. What is known however, is often obscured by myth. For example, Penn did not name his colony after himself(as he feared would be assumed), but after his recently…

… we look at the specific features that they have; such things like the brick or stonework, the doors, windows and chimneys. We try to find out what sort of person lived there and in which century it was built in. A typical 18th Century house would…

… is not absolute, a land where you are no longer free to live your life by your own judgment, but rather are increasingly regulated and forbidden by the state. Imagine that you live in a country, in which you no longer have the right to control the…

… . Customarily, the purpose of conflict is to achieve this 'prevention of strife,' but to reach such a state of calm, often violence and brutality is employed. Politically orientated movements such as the Cultural Revolution in China, and the Killing…