… June in 1967 after three weeks of tension mainly between Israel and Egypt. Egypt had concentrated its armed forces in the Sinai peninsula, and Gamal Abdel-Nasser demanded that the UN Emergency Force evacuate the buffer zone which it provided between…

… land that we call China today has not always been a part of the traditional China. In fact, the China we know today is approximately twice the size of China under the Shang’s rule (the first known dynasty). They have since gradually filled it by…

… The purpose of this documentation is to have a more dispassionate and less jingoistic view of historical events. The hope is that these unbiased views will show people what really happened in the past. This is not what is always achieved. Some…

… Of Racism And Xenophobia. In the last period, Greece has been converted from a country of emigration to economically more developed countries, to acountry of importing immigrants. The collapse of the former "realexisting socialist" regimes,…

… the “espionage trial of the century”, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were accused, convicted, and executed on the basis that they passed the secrets of the Atomic Bomb to the Soviets (Okun pg5). Their execution took place on June 19, 1953 in…

… revolution in Britain had its advantages and disadvantages to its people. In the early 1700s, Britain was a land where people used man and animal power to mine, produce their crops, clear the land, and build their buildings and ships. The strong…

… source of income for the country is oil, the one object that had greatly influenced its history. Iran's present government is run as an Islamic Republic. A president, cabinet, …

… of the political, economic or cultural life of another country or region, was at its peak between 1850 and 1914. This was due to several different economic and political forces that enabled strong nations to control less developed and weaker nations.…

… a steady government and labor system. The economy of the Philippines was virtually destroyed as a result of WWII. Poverty and conflict strained the economic and industrial growth of the country. Several Presidents since WWII have made improvements,…

… expeditions from Europe to Palestine. The Crusades took place from 1096-1270. The Crusades occurred because the Christians wanted to recapture the Holly Land from the Muslims. Jews, Muslims, and Christians all took part in the Crusades. In the first…