Conquests Research Papers Samples For Students

Abstract

The rise of Mongolia King named Genghis Khan remains one of the most dramatic happenings of the 11th Century. Documented history indicates that Khan was the founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire for 21 years until 1227. Most of the documented works about the Mongol ruler came from the voluminous script titled, “The secret history of the Mongols”. The source strays into describing the early life of Khan, adventures that facilitates his rise into power, and finally the aftermath of his leadership. Scholars from different cultural backgrounds have spent considerable time trying to establish facts about this unparalleled ...

The spread of Islam began when Prophet Muhammad received the revelation for the Almighty Allah in heaven. This is estimated to be between the years 570 AD to 630 AD. He was by then a mature man of about 40 years. His teaching began in Arabia. It is also within this time that Islam as a religion began to take shape. The first section of Muslims was the Muslim ummah who mainly inhabited Arabia. During this initial stages of Islam, its spread was mainly facilitated by kingdom conquests facilitated Umayyad Caliphas and Rashidun. This paper will discuss the expansion of early ...

Abstract

In this essay, a description of how the vernacular language had its origin in the different countries and developed throughout History is made. It is also explored the way it spread to various areas of written works and everyday situations, gradually becoming the languages that one knows nowadays as the main languages of some countries of Europe.
Keywords: vernacular, language, origin, development, literary, England, Germany, France, Roman, empire, spread, Latin.

With the Roman state powerful growth, Latin was quickly spread all throughout the Mediterranean area and became the dominant language. Being a living language, the evolution of Latin continued, being ...

Analysis of the Historical Characteristics of Islam before 1500 C.E.

Islam is the second largest religion in the world. As of 2000, the number of Muslims in the world was estimated to be more than 1.2 billion people or 22% of the world’s population (Strayer, 2011). Islam is gaining more adherents and spreading to various parts of the world that were hitherto considered as being exclusive to certain religions. In the United States for instance, there are more than 1,200 mosques in which more than 8 million American Muslims worship (Strayer, 2011). With such a strong presence in the world it is important to review the historical characteristics of ...

Theoretical Explanations of Two Prominent Pre-Industrial Civilizations: The Mayan Civilization and the Roman Empire from the Lens of Joseph Tainter and Arnold Toynbee

Introduction

Civilizations have characterized much of human history and have laid the groundwork for several innovations on human organization. As humans have learned to congregate in societies, they have developed their respective ways of living based on their understanding on the natural and social environment enveloping them within a given geographical area. Human organization inevitably comes into play, in which positions of authority are recognized and tasked to maintain and improve the political, economic and religious affairs of ...

Introduction

History is an important aspect for any one’s life as history matters a lot. In the past, many conquerors and kings marked their names due to their achievements, power, bravery, and glory. As a result, it is important to uncover the history and learn more about people such as Alexander III of Macedonia referred to as “Alexander the great” known as the most genius and intellectual military leader. Alexander takes the credit of conquering various territories that extend from Greece to Egypt. In addition to that, being a king of Macedonia he also conquered the entire from Balkans to modern day ...

Religious Studies

The Roman Catholic Church gained power and authority in the 6th century with a watchful management that lasted all through the 9th century . However, the invasion of the Barbarian has tore apart the Roman Empire, and also split through entire Europe. These circumstances have boosted the church to attain its greater attitude. Moreover, the whole Western Europe as well as preservation of values of Western Civilization is obliged to its existence to the rise of the Church. However, if it were not meant for the alliance of the churches with the royalty of the barbarian that pave the way to ...

SAUDI ARABIA

In western Asia the largest Arab state is the kingdom of Saudi Arabia or as it is known in less official terms Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia covers the largest territory in the Arab peninsula. The country is about 2150000 square kilometers or 830000 square miles in area. This makes it one of the largest Arab nations not only in the Arab peninsula but also in the entire world coming second to only Algeria. The country has a population of three million with 90% composing of Arabs and 10% composing of afroo-asians.in the 1930s the population of the country was primarily ...

For Spain, the voyages of Christopher Columbus and his successors were positive in the sense that they opened up a New World and gave that country the largest empire in the world, but they were a disaster for the Native Americans. Within 100 years, the Native population of the islands Columbus visited had been reduced to zero because of warfare, disease and slave labor. This also occurred in Mexico and Peru after they were conquered by Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro in the 1520s and 1530s, to the point where the indigenous population fell 80-90% within a century. No one had really ...

Netherlands Immigration

The historical background of a country plays an integral role in shaping the government’s activities in a country and the culture of the people. Netherlands as a country is not an exception in respect to this phenomenon. In fact, Netherlands is acknowledged in history as the first country to have a parliament through an election process. Apart from being associated with other affiliations, Netherlands is one of the founding member states of the European Union, World Trade Organization and the NATO. The headquarters of various Organizations such as Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and international courts such as the International Court of Justice, ...