Peter the Great's personality and character was reflected in his rule and the new direction he took the great nation.

The false Dmitrii’s gave Russia the chance to acquire a purity it had lost through corruption and intrigue.

Orthodox Christianity was present at the right time and place to become the religion of Kievan Russia and change its history.

As with any conflict, there is rarely any one action that causes the final blow in declaring war. This can be said about the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States.

Thomas Jefferson’s election to the office of presidency changed much about the American world.

The personal accounts of the Holocaust take us right into the concentration camps and show us the life of a prisoner. Primo Levi tells in his book, Survival in Auschwitz, of his own personal time in the camp as a young scientist who learned how to survive.

To understand Luther and the Protestant Reformation, one has to understand humanism. This Renaissance was a movement that would have man taking control of their own lives and souls: “man was now the creator of his own destiny.”

Ibn Battuta’s account of his travels to Mecca on pilgrimage is an extremely interesting read describing the Middle East during the European Middle Ages. These descriptions can be found in many European accounts, but this one is seen through the eyes of someone native to the land and the customs.

In the 1790s, America was still floundering, economically, to find its footing after pulling away from Britain. It would take individual determination and political maneuverings to get American economically stable and strong.

The Articles of Confederation were created out of fear and were a reflection of “the wariness by the states of a strong central government.”