Ships have contributed to different cultures and economies since decades. They have helped with most transportation and frankly without them life would have been so much different. Ships are a big necessity in our lives, they help with plenty of things and they also help different cultures that also need anything. Ships are most effective and a beneficial transportation due to the fact that ships are used for lots of reasons. Life would have been difficult because ships are used to transport goods, such as gold and silver and this helps the world economically.
Ships were also used for war and daily life, without ships, combat would not be really the same. ...
In the seventeenth century, the political power of the Parliament in England, and the Monarchy in France increased greatly. These conditions were inspired by three major changes: the aftermath of the reformation, the need for an increased governmental financing, and the reorganizing of central governments. These three points were e...
Persian Gulf War-the Feat of the Western Countries On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. The order was given by Iraqi dictatorial president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait\'s oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer; it has about 10 p...
Indian Removal (Zinn Chapter 7) Once the white men decided that they wanted lands belonging to the Native Americans (Indians), the United States Government did everything in its power to help the white men acquire Indian land. The US Government did everything from turning a blind eye to passing legislature requiring the Indian...
Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1838-1917 Born in Konstanz, Baden. Count von Zeppelin joined the Army at 16 and earned his commission by the time he was 20. Five years later, as a military observer for the King of W'rttemburg, he traveled with the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was in that service that the young count had gone al...
Perhaps no other art form captures the spirit of the Early Medieval period better than the illuminated manuscripts the were created by the monks and religious scholars. Illuminated manuscripts are very important to us today because they can express the ideas and values of the Medieval society. The manuscript I chose was created in Norm...