Introduction The Chinese culture is among the oldest and most influential on the development of humanity. In the context of this essay, the ancient era of this civilization covers the period between ca. 1760 B.C.E. and 220 C.E., which marks the Han dynasty’s fall (Magli, 2020). Some researchers emphasize that...
The Egyptian Middle Kingdom and Mesopotamian period of the Babylonian Empire occurred at roughly the same time and revealed that the two geographically close lands had differences in their national structure, governance, and values. Various internal events, wars, and rulers’ personalities influenced these civilizations’ development and established new generations’ values...
In 1929, the worst downturn in American economic history began. The stock market crash led to unemployment, business closings, and an excessive supply of products. President Hoover’s inability to solve this crisis raises the question of whether the Great Depression could have been averted. The first area the government could...
Introduction It is impossible to underestimate the significance of the Enlightenment Era for all the spheres of human life. Its effects on them were conditional upon the drastic change in people’s perceptions resulting from the intellectual and scientific progress of humanity. These improvements indicated not only the change in the...
Introduction The founder of mixed martial arts philosophy, Bruce Lee, was born on November 27, 1940, in the Chinese Hospital of San Francisco under the name Lee Jun-fan. The legendary martial artist, actor, and director was the fourth child of a famous Chinese opera singer Lee Hoi-Chuen and his wife,...
Introduction All societies need to review their progress periodically to establish their achievements, activities, and evolution. The periodical inventories are instrumental in ensuring the people understand their action failures and success and the impact on their political and socio-economic progress (Rodgers, 2019). A review of the past movements and major...
Introduction China has experienced rapid economic growth over the past five decades to become the world’s second-largest economy. According to Tan, the rapid growth that the country has witnessed is partly attributed to the socio-cultural beliefs and practices that inform work ethos and human relationships (4). The culture in China...
Conflicts between the Mexicans and the Apaches occurred as early as the 17th century when the first Spanish settlers colonized territory associated with Native Americans in the American Southwest. Unable to resist Spanish military technology, many Apaches often fled under unfavorable conditions. However, some remained and raided the Spanish settlements...
Mass rapes committed by the Soviet Army were excessively spread in the Axis countries during World War II. After nearly fifty years of silence, the memory of women’s experiences of war sexual violence committed by the Allied armies in Germany surfaced in the 1990s (Mark 2005; McPherson 2019). In 1945...
Personal experiences are bound to have a permanent effect on an individual’s life. Results of these unique undertakings can either be good or bad. Making life-changing choices is not an easy task, and people only get these chances once. Values that people hold are most of the time due to...
The Roman Empire is the brightest example of a civilization’s lifespan from rising to the edge and the complete decline. During a millennium, ancient Rome grew from an Italian town to the most powerful European area and then experienced the weakening of its military, social, political, and economic forces. This...