… Jews were killed and murdered in what historians have called "The Holocaust." The word 'holocaust' is a conflagration, a great raging fire that consumes in it's path all that lives. In the years between 1933 and 1945, the Jews of Europe were marked…

… which began in Italy in 1300s, was one of the largest periods of growth and development in Western Europe. The increase in trade caused a abundance in wealth that resulted in the focusing of the arts. Such things as literature, paintings, sculptures…

… military, economically sound, and organized government are enough to prove this. Britain at this time was one of the central powers. Britain’s little mistakes led to its downfall. However, it was not very wise due to the great amount of ignorance…

… Africa from 1869 to 1912 were strategic and defensive. While other motives did exist, such as to colonize, to search for new markets and materials, to attain revenge and world prestige, to convert natives to Christianity, and to spread the English style…

… the nineteenth century, Britain had a huge empire, extending to many different regions of the globe. Before 1869, Britain only controlled a small amount of land in Africa. The British concentrated on imperialism in other, more profitable places around…

… one may think of leaving it and living at Brook Farm. Brook Farm is a type of communal living cooperative based on Fourier. Capitalism in the mid-19th century inspired some business owners to make the workers work 19 hour days. The Brook Farm…

… States was a normal business though out the country at one time. It was said “Separate but equal” according to Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896). Roughly legalizing segregation of blacks and whites in all parts of the country. Separate was factual, but…

… who “woke up”. His full name was Siddhartha Gautama of the Sakyas. His greatness was apparent when he was born around 563 B.C. in Nepal. The world was illuminated with light, the handicapped gained their physical abilities back, and only Mara, the…

… Theravada and Vajrayana Before we compare and contrast these two different sects of the same religion, we probably need to define the why first. There appears to quite a few different splinters of Buddhism, however they seem to all have the…

… and the closely related doctrine of rebirth, are perhaps the best known, and often the least understood, of Buddhist doctrines. The matter is complicated by the fact that the other Indian religious traditions of Hinduism and Jainism have their own…