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Italy Analysis: Foundation of Italy I am writing about Italy because it is the only country, outside of where I was born, the United States, and Costa Rica. I loved Costa Rica, but I have a spiritual connection to Italy, and Rome, in particular, (not just the Vatican). Italian Unification: In Europe, Italy was one of the last countries to unify into a single country.  Italy was finally unified in 1902 CE. The major players in Italian unification were Garibaldi, Sicily, Pie

Italy: The Medieval Era Town of Florence Florence is the home of Fiorentina, the Italian soccer team that typically is mid table or better. Florence is near the mountains and is important because of its outsized cultural and religious contributions to the world and especially Italian culture. The Medici’s sponsored major artists, including Leonardo De Vinci. Florence was the home of the Medici family and a cultural revolution that led to worldwide influence and later the cre

The Rise of the Roman Republic The Roman Republic began as a small town on a small hill next to the Tiber River in Italy; it grew to become one of the top five culturally impactful empires of all time. It is one of the top five most culturally impactful empires of all time because it had an significant influence on the modern Western world’s government system’s. Ancient Roman settlers founded the town on a small hill which was one of seven hills by a descendant of the Trojan

The Silk Road               The most important book in my library is The Silk Roads A New History of the World. I think it is an incredibly well researched, written organized book that is explained well enough that a high schooler who wanted to read it could read it. I would say it is one of the top 5 most important secondary and tertiary history books that I have ever read.   The book that I recommend the most, which is an important one and is my favorite, is The Silk Road:

A Beginner’s Guide to the Mongol Empire The Mongol Empire was the largest land territory empire of all time: it was larger than the Roman Empire, Persia, the USSR, and China. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan. The Mongol Empire was centered around the Silk Road.  The Mongol Empire was mainly based on horse archers, was founded by Genghis Khan, and finally, had moving horse archer cities. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan, a member of one of the poore

History of Pirates In one of my favorite video games, that I play, Civilization 7, the developers of the game just added a pirate leader and a pirate civilization, this made me more interested in pirates; something that I do not know much about. Pirates are cool, however I don’t know much about them, so I wanted to learn more. Most of what I know of pirates comes from The Pirates of the Caribbean movie. This book was meant to be something that I could do to learn more. Pira

Italy The Italian Renaissance was an interesting period that brought important inventions and reignited ancient ideas in the modern...

The Dark Age’s Part Four Europe’s dark ages were a pivotal point in European history. We do not know much about the dark ages, which...

The Dark Age’s Part Three Europe’s dark ages were a pivotal point in European history. We do not know much about the dark ages, which...

The Dark Age’s of Europe were a pivotal point of time in European history; however, we do not know much about the Dark Ages, which gives...

The Dark Ages of Europe were a critical time in European history. Between the Black Plague, the decline of Western civilization, and the...

The Dark Age’s of Europe were an critical time in European history. Between the Black Plague, the decline of western civilization and the...

I chose to learn more about an important ancient figure, Alexander the Great. Alex was a leader of one of the largest empires throughout history, which collapsed after his death. He was one of the greatest generals of all time, and he also possessed a talent for administration and logistics. Alexander inherited the Macedonian Empire from his father, Philip, who laid the groundwork for the Macedonian Empire; Alexander would not have succeeded without his father. He also led a

I chose to learn more about the ancient figure, Alexander the Great, whose empire was one of the largest in history, and collapsed after...

I decided to read about Henry the Fifth- because Henry the Fifth was well respected and one of the best warrior kings. I got the Henry...

Viking ships had two phases, one during the Western Roman Empire time period, and two between 700AD-1150AD. During the first phase the...

The Vikings were a culture of raiders, had internal debates and were defeated by the English. The Vikings had a special Norwegian...

The Bubonic Plague was the worst plague in history, it was also caused “The Black Plague”: it came from China, spread by fleas and was...

The Ancient Aztec empire’s was named after; Aztlan, or “White Land”. Aztec Religion was created by having over 200 gods based on Aztec...

The Ancient Inca’s were one of the biggest empires of the pre-colonial America’s. The Ancient Inca’s contributed to civilization through...