Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
The consequences of the Industrial Revolution were the formation of the working class, urbanization, cheaper products, increased environmental damage, among others. This process concentrated the...
The Mesopotamian civilization developed in the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and is considered the cradle of Western culture. From those peoples come astronomical calculations, writing, the first...
Arab culture involves traditions, language and customs of peoples who originate in the territories of the Middle East, North Africa and West Asia. Likewise, Arab culture is a...
The Incas were one of the most important civilizations in the world, as were the Aztecs and Mayans. Originally the Incas were a clan of the Quechua tribe, located in the Cusco region of Peru...
Carnival has its origins in antiquity with parties to the gods where a change in the social order was allowed. In this way, slaves and serfs took the place of the masters and the population...
The Hellenistic Culture or Hellenism was the result of the fusion of elements of Greek Hellenic culture with Western culture, standing out with original and striking elements, which characterized the...
The crisis of feudalism occurred in the last period of the Middle Ages, called the Low Middle Ages (XI and XV centuries). Some factors were necessary for feudalism to disappear by...
China is among the four oldest civilizations in the world, along with Egypt, India and Babylon. In a country with continental dimensions, writing alone is over 3,600 years old. THE...
Japan exhibits a multifaceted culture, with millenary traditions. Although it has roots in Chinese culture, the geographic distance allowed Japan to build a cultural model...
The independence of the Spanish colonies in America took place after almost 300 years of colonial rule and resulted in the formation of 18 new countries. Background The emancipation movements...
Sunnis and Shiites are two groups of Muslims who have political differences and for that reason have been in conflict for a long time. They are mostly located in Saudi Arabia...
The Greek Alphabet, an adaptation of the Phoenician alphabet, is a phonetic writing system made up of 24 letters that can represent vowels and consonants. It is only used in the Greek language, but...
On November 11, 1918, World War I came to an end. The German government signed the surrender, accepting all the impositions of the victors. Then the winners gathered...
The History and Origin of the Calendar begins with the need to organize time, record evolution, as well as celebrate on fixed dates. Experts believe that it originated...
The crusades were expeditions of a religious, economic and military nature that were formed in Europe, between the 11th and 13th centuries, against heretics and Muslims. Although it wasn't a...
The maritime expeditions carried out by Europeans between the 15th and 16th centuries are called Grandes Navegações. The pioneers in European maritime expansion were the Portuguese and the Spanish,...
Commedia Dell’arte was a popular strand of Renaissance theatre. It began in the 16th century with the advent of the Renaissance. Although it appeared in Italy, this model arrived later...
The High Middle Ages were the initial period of the Middle Ages, which extended from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 to the weakening of feudalism in the early 11th century. Age...
The Roman Republic was a period in the history of Roman civilization that lasted 500 years, from 509 BC. Ç. to 27 a. Ç. when it was governed by senators and magistrates. During this time, Rome organized...
The 1960s were characterized by the strengthening of leftist movements in Western countries, both politically and ideologically. At that time there is an unfolding of...
The feudal society is one that developed during the period of feudalism, a system that prevailed in Europe between the 10th and 15th centuries. Feudal society was essentially rural based on...
The peoples of Mesopotamia were constituted by two main groups, the Sumerians and the Akkadians about 3,000 years ago. Ç. However, the Mesopotamian civilization is also part of the...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) ended on November 8, 1991. Unable to keep up with Western technological advances and maintain a level of quality for...
The Medieval Church (or the Church in the Middle Ages) played an important role from the 5th to the 15th century. The influence of religion was immense not only on the spiritual plane (religious power) but also on the domain...
The Persians constituted one of the most important civilizations in antiquity. Persia was located mainly to the east of Mesopotamia, in the current territory occupied by Iran, which was...
The Greek Tragedy was one of the most staged theatrical (or dramatic) genres during Ancient Greece. It is considered the oldest theatrical genre, among which the Greek dramatists stand out:...
The suzerainty and vassalage relations, represented by the commitment of fidelity between nobles and which implied reciprocal rights and obligations, are those that occurred during the period of...
The causes that contributed to the outbreak of World War II were many. We can highlight the Great Depression, discontent with the Treaty of Versailles, fascist ideologies and...
Haiti's independence was proclaimed on January 1, 1804. Haiti was the first independent nation in the Caribbean, the first black republic in the world and the first country in the hemisphere...
The Forms of Government consist of the governance policy adopted in the organization of nations. This is a complex issue that changes over the years as States start to...
For study purposes, World War I (1914-1918) is divided into 3 phases: Movement War (1914) Position or Trench War (1915-1917) Movement/Phase War II...
The feudal economy, inserted in the context of feudalism, was an agrarian and subsistence economy based on land ownership (fiefdoms). Remember that feudalism was an economic organization,...
Spanish America or Hispanic America are the names given to countries in Latin America that were colonies of the Spanish empire. Currently, these countries are distributed in the...
Abolitionism is the movement that emerged at the end of the 18th century, in Europe, with the objective of putting an end to slavery. In Brazil, the ideal emerges with force in the second half of the 19th century and...
The decolonization of Africa took place during the 20th century when the populations of the occupied African territories managed to expel the European invader and thus gain independence. O...
The Taj Mahal is a sumptuous mausoleum located in India. The building was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and has also been listed as one of the seven wonders of the modern world since...
China, officially the People's Republic of China since 1949, is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. It is also the most populous country and is on its way to becoming the greatest power...
The Homeric Period corresponds to the second period of development of Greek civilization that occurred after the pre-Homeric period, between the years 1150 BC. Ç. to 800 BC Ç.. The name given to this...
Sumerians are the inhabitants or natural persons of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, where Iraq and Kuwait are currently located. For many years it was believed that it would have been the first...
The Chaldeans are one of the ancient peoples who conquered and inhabited the southern region of Mesopotamia known as Chaldea (present-day Iraq, Syria and Turkey). They are referred to in the Bible as the...
The Great Wall of China or Great Wall is a building that is 21,196 kilometers long. It is 8 meters high and 4 meters wide. It starts in Gansu province and ends...
The space race, started in 1957, was a technological competition, fought between the Soviet Union and the United States for the conquest of the Earth's orbit. The goal was to develop...
Christopher Columbus was a Genoese navigator and explorer. He was the first European to arrive in the lands of the American continent, called the New World, in 1492. Biography Portrait of Cristóvão...
Slave ship was the name by which the boat that transported blacks destined for slave labor on the American continent between the 16th and 19th centuries was known. The first shipment...
Anglicanism is a Protestant doctrine, a branch of Christianity, propelled by King Henry VIII, which emerged in England in 1534. The Reformation On the occasion of the Protestant Reformation - movement...
The Napoleonic Empire began on May 18, 1804 and ended on April 14, 1814. This form of government was instituted after the appointment of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French. In...
The Akkadians represent one of the ancient peoples who inhabited the Mesopotamian region. Note that several civilizations developed in the Fertile Crescent region, between the Tigris and...
Communism and Socialism are similar, but not synonymous. According to socialist theorists, to reach a communist society, it is necessary, first, to go through the stage of...
The Urban Renaissance represented one of the strands that formed the Renaissance movement, alongside the Cultural and Commercial Renaissance. Remember that the Italian Renaissance was a movement...
Capitalism and Socialism were two economic systems that disputed hegemony in the world throughout the 20th century. In this text, we will focus mainly on the differences between the two...