Tag: History1
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The Enigmatic Neanderthal
The changing face of human evolution In the last few decades, we have seen a huge amount of migration throughout the world as individuals look to take up opportunities to be closer to families or look for new career prospects. The cost of travel has seen the major tourist destinations of the world become bulging…
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The Messinian Salinity Crisis
The event that changed our oceans The Mediterranean Sea and its surrounds are a fascinating part of the world. Not only for their place in human civilization and its development but also for the continued use as a transport route, holiday destination, seafood resource and its economic contribution to those countries that share its shoreline.…
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Why Create an Empire?
A path to economic growth ‘Take up the White Man’s burden, send forth the best ye breedGo send your sons to exile, to serve your captives’ needTo wait in heavy harness, on fluttered folk and wildYour new-caught, sullen peoples, half devil and half child.’ Rudyard Kipling. Why would a nation state want to invest its…
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European Entry in to the Middle East
A short essay on the factors that led it By the turn of the 19th century, the Ottoman empire was already facing a decline through growing nationalism and loss of territories, as well as other factors. To add further pressure to the empire, the growing imperial aspirations of other European states was increasing as they…
Warren Coppard 