s World History Topics – Page 2

Congo and Africa’s World War

The history of Congo is central to the history of central Africa, and the Congo Wars embroiled neighboring countries like Uganda and

In a lot of ways, WWII was about resources, especially food. The expansionist aggression of both Germany and Japan was in a lot of ways about

Charles Hapsburg was the Holy Roman Emperor, but he was also the King of Spain. And the King of Germany. And the King of Italy and the Lord of the

Prior to the Protestant Reformation, pretty much everyone in Europe was a Roman Catholic. Not to get all "great man," but Martin Luther changed all

Traditionally, Akbar I is considered the emperor that made the Mughal Empire great, and Aurangzeb gets the blame for running the whole thing into the

Islam has always been tied to political movements. Mohammed was not only a religious leader, he led an empire. So how did this lead to modern

How many people can reasonably live on the Earth? Thomas Malthus got it totally wrong in the 19th century, but for some reason, he keeps coming up

Prior to the invention of steam-powered railroads, pretty much all locomotion had been muscle-powered. You either walked where you wanted to go or

Here's voices from the countries that were colonized to give us a sense of how conquered people saw their conquerors and gives an insight into what