European History Essays and Term Papers

one? Was the downfall of such a once great state actually pre-determined by a culmination of factors? Or was the sole cause of the demise of Austria-Hungary simply a war too great for the empire to sustain (that of the first world war)? These are…

reunification: Causes and consequences. By: Laurence O'Neill In November 1989 the citizens of East and West Germany began tearing down the most significant testament to imposed division of the modern age: the Berlin Wall. The wall was a mechanism…

of a country is affected and influenced by how the people of that country live. This paper will prove that The French Revolution greatly influenced 19th Century French Romanticism. First, the cultural values of the revolution will be identified. …

and the bishop of Ely to go to war with France to claim his right to the French throne. They are motivated to urge the king to go to war because he can get the needed money from France to run England, instead of taxing the church. The Archbishop…

a time of great learning throughout Europe during the eighteenth century. Although the period is significant for scientific and other scholastic advancements, it is most important because it allowed for the opening of great minds--such as that of…

as we know them. Bathing was a very important in Italy, as there were over 900 baths by 300 AD. The baths were huge buildings built by emperors or by the public. On the inside, they looked luxurious. An average bathhouse would have mirrors on the…

could it have survived?' The Weimar Republic was established in 1918 after Germany was defeated in WW1. The Republic faced many problems from its beginning to its end. In this chapter, I intend to argue that the Weimar Republic was doomed from…

farm city grew into a vast empire. But what were the roman territories conquered by Rome were they didn't speak Latin called? They were called provinces. The relationship between these provinces is very strong. Rome had to treat the provinces like…

they were rich or poor. The family was, in a sense, a miniature version of the empire. The same values that were expected of people in society were expected and taught at home, within the family. The paterfamilias was the emperor of his household,…

1922 have gone through much change and continuity. Most of the Policies and attitudes the British Government either had or did not have at the time caused much conflict within Ireland and its citizens and against England. The Primary cause of this…