Opium China has a rich history, made great discoveries such as kites and gunpowder, and close to ending imperial China by 1793. The Britis...

Atomic Bomb One of the most destructive weapons to be created by mankind, the atomic bomb. It was created during World War II in the Manha...

King Henry VIII was the son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He was the second son in his family, and is older brother Arthur becam...

The Pendle Witch Trials started in the town, Pendle of Lancashire. There were two families that were involved in this witch trials, and they...

     In Islam there are five basic acts that are mandatory for believers. These are called the five pillars of faith and they are: The fait...

     In the Islamic faith knowledge plays an important role in worship. Knowledge is emphasized to understand this world and the divine. To ...

One of the main reformers of the Protestant Reformation was Martin Luther. He believed in interpreting the bible on your own and that you do...

Europeans held overseas expeditions in search of  new trade routes for spices and goods. I nstead Christopher Columbus ended up discovering ...

The origins of the Black Death can be tracked back to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia in the 1320s. The cause of this sudden explosion of the pl...

Hello, today I wanted to share share with you how corrupt our government system is. Today in our country individuals and companies have the ...

Feudalism means a type of government institutions that had been common during the period of warrior-landholders that resided in much of ...

(The Council Of Trent) In the 1530s Martin Luther's protests against the Catholic Church could no longer be taken as lightly as the...

The Crusades The First Crusades French warriors  made the bulk of the  numbers to this crusade. They came to the call of Urban, a Fre...

The Black Death (Medieval Pandemic) It started in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia in the 1320s and eventually because of the expansion of tr...

      Europe was originally ruled mainly by the religious authority. The pope was said to be a divine ruler selected by God. They were trust...

When most think of devastating pandemics, the first thing that comes to mind is the Black Plague, also known as the Bubonic Plague. Howeve...

The Renaissance, which marks the "rebirth" of civilization after the Middle Ages, symbolized an increased interest in Classical sc...

Prester John known as a mythical religious figure in Europe. The legend of Prester John was prominent from the 12th to the 17th century. H...

Anne Boleyn, one of King Henry VIII six wives, left behind a legacy that is still strong today. She was born in 1501 in England, and became...

Christine Bridger 12-9-15 HIST 100 Hunt Religious Beliefs Before learning about the different types of beliefs and the gods that certain peo...

Christine Bridger  12-9-15 HIST 100Hunt Art Art is confusing. Art is creative. Art is beautiful. It truly is a patient persons works. I have...

Christine Bridger  12-9-15 HIST 100 Hunt Technology Technology in the ancient world was and is truly amazing. Without the inventions that we...

Christine Bridger  12-9-15 HIST 100 Hunt Plague If the old world never came to the new world I 100% believe that there would not be as many ...

I had the amazing opportunity to view a Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia exhibit in San Francisco's Asian Art Museum. Quoting from the ...

Muhammad  is the founder of the Islam religion; born in 570, he lived a normal life.  As he grew up, he became known to be truthful, honest,...

In  the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Europe was hit with many disasters and  with the population rising, that meant that the number of...