… Sublette led the first wagons along a trail to the Rocky Mountains. For the next few decades, many emigrants to the west traveled this same trail, which came to be called The Oregon Trail. It was called White-Topped Wagon Road by the Native Americans.…

… great achievements in life to strive towards everlasting freedom from the world in which we are entrapped. Francis Parkman, the author of The Oregon Trail, takes the reader along on a grueling journey westward through the new found prairies and…

… maintain independence from colonial rule, during the 1950’sand 1960’s, it became apparent that there was a need for a stronger, more unified entity that could represent their interest in the political arena. They needed a body that could combine the…

… hundreds of years finding its base in religion and superstition which at the time were as far fetched as the other. Aristotle is one of the oldest referances we have In his books On the Heavens, and Physics, Aristotle put forward his notion of an ordere…

… War came an end, a big question still hung over the future of Europe. It was to be a question that caused a massive polarisation between two super powers; two super-powers that at any moment through the last fifty years of the twentieth century could…

… the Ottomans had reached the zenith of its power. The lands under Ottoman rule stretched from the heart of Central Europe to the deserts of Arabia. In nearly every respect, the Ottoman Empire was strong and well-organized. As such, it comes…

… Dale Carnegie provided a way for people to motivate themselves and enter the work force after the Great Depression. As an enlightened individual and business man of the time, Mr. Carnegie created a book that, "touched a nerve and filled a human need…

… greatest accomplishments by mankind, in my opinion. Among the great peaceful endeavors of mankind that have contributed significantly to progress in the world, the construction of the Canal stands as an awe-inspiring achievement. The idea of a path…

… the pantheon because I’ve seen pictures and I am also very fascinated by all the Roman monuments. I looked all around the internet and libraries. The Pantheon was very hard to find information about. It was very challenging but I found enough informa…

… Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Upon evaluating Pericles' funeral oration and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, the reader is able to clearly notice the parallels between the two speeches. Although there is a significant length difference the content of…