The Mali Empire was a great empire known for its wealth, religious influence and power in West Africa. The 1235 Common Era was founded by King Sundiata Keita. It began with the merger of smaller Malinnike Kingdoms in Ghana and the Upper Niger River regions. The Ancient Empire, Mali has a great historical significance. In the next essay, I’ll be discussing its educational, economic, and social contributions towards human history. Mansa Musa und King Sundiata, the most successful and well known leaders of Mali’s empire, remain. They were well-known as having developed and maintained strong political systems through which Mali’s independent regions could govern themselves. Mansa Musa led the Western…

Imagine your 16-year-old life learning war tactics and then being elevated to the throne at 20. Finally, at 23 you will have your own dominant force which is the greatest in history. Alexander the Great was born at Pella, Greece in 356 B.C.E. He was Phillip II, Olympias’s son. They lived in Macedonia and Greece. Phillip Freeman mentions important elements in Macedonia’s landscape in his novel, “Alexander The Great”. According to him, “viewed above, the Macedonian land is a great box tipping into Aegean Sea.” To its west, north, and south are tall mountains that have been submerged by rivers in plains …”. Alexander was a fast-growing teenager in his…

According to me, the Ottoman victory on Constantinople was the greatest event in human history. The Ottoman empire lasted over 600 years. It was more than the combined Mughal and Ming Empires. Although the Ming dynasty’s peasant revolution was unique in its type, the Ottoman Empire also was founded by a tribal leader who was raised in chaos and constant war. For many reasons, the fall of Constantinople is significant. The Europeans suffered a major psychological blow. It was clear that even the most well-defended walls could be smashed. It was the decisive blow to the Byzantine empire and sent ripples through Eurasia. The Islamic people held Constantinople in their…

Both gunpowder-empires and maritime nations were extremely important in the years 1450-1800. Both were at one point successful world powers achieving many personal improvements/benefits. Two empires that were built on different principles, such as the Ottomans or Spanish, are examples of how empires thrive over time. When the Ottomans gained control over Europe, the Spanish began to conquer the New World. Each empire employed different strategies that helped them become successful. The Ottoman Empire, for instance, promoted religious tolerance. This was not the case with the Spanish empire. However, they had some similarities. Both empires used their military to expand their power and rule. The methods used by the Ottoman…

UN agency called some 19th-century industrialists ‘captains’. They overlap with the ‘robber barons. These include individuals such as J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon and Henry Ford. In American history, business titans and industry titans enjoyed more wealth than today’s top technology innovators and visionaries. The inflation-adjusted wealth of America’s most prominent figures dominated the Gilded Age, which lasted from 1870 to 1900. John D. Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt were wealthy individuals. They would have been measured in the hundreds to billions of dollars today, far more than Elon Musk, Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest individual as of 2019. The financial…

Table of Contents This is an introduction. Talking Works cited: This is an introduction. Arthurian Legend is a collection of stories in many languages that recount the adventures of King Arthur of Britain, his Kingdom, and his circle of knights. The legend has been shared over many centuries. It is still very popular today and has been adapted into numerous films. Given the wide variety of films available to tell the Legend of King Arthur’s story, there will be many different versions. It is imperative to analyze the different depictions and interpretations of medieval tales due to the fact that films are more influential than books. The Excalibur film’s first…

From 1785 to 1829, American colonial expansion helped Native Americans adapt. They had to endure the lack in beliefs and property. The whites did all they could to make the Native Americans better. The Western Expansion of centuries ago was responsible for most of their problems with teething. The Appalachian Mountains, which were largely owned by no one in 1790, saw a huge increase in population. The United States Military defeated Indian land. For example, General Anthony Wayne managed the United States Military which defeated many Native Americans clans. The Treaty of Greenville was created in 1794 by each clan’s leader. It was as if the Native Americans had given…