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    Posted: 21-Jul-2005 at 04:42

Hi!

For my Modern History course, I am required to conduct an individual history essay on a topic of my choice and write a 2000 word essay. However, I am struggling to find a topic which is unique without being too obscure and is also able to invite a historical arguement. I have a few ideas but am not pleased with any. Any suggestions are welcome. Thankyou.

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Rome is always a favourite topic. Try Trajan's war against Dacia, or the Second Punic War between Hannibal and the Roman Republic.
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listerine (ick!):

Assuming that modern history is anything after about 1500, how about:

(1)  An examination of the decline of Spain as the first world "hegemon" (1600 to 1650), maybe comparing it to the decline of Great Britain (1900 to 1950).   Administrative overload, strategic problems, royal (national) indebtedness, decline of trade primacy, etc.

(2)  In the Far East, Britain made its first bilateral treaty with Japan in 1902.  The Royal Navy could then be more concentrated nearer home to counter the German naval buildup.  Japan and Britain had some mutual interests at the time, and this connection also allowed Japan to flex her muscle and begin to expand to Korea, (and later Manchuria and China)......Examine this as a cause for the Pacific war, 1941-1945.  As an Aussie, that might be interesting to you.
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English civil war.
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I had these topics come into mind:

1. The influence of Muslim empires on European military history.
2. Comparison between the French and American revolutions
3. European trade establishment in the Indian ocean region.
4. Eastern Europe.

Good luck!


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 -- "The development of concentration camps!" -- 

The first known camps were used by the Spanish on Cuba in 1895. After that, the Brittish took over the idea nad used the camps in the Bur war (how do you spell it?) then the Germans in their African colonies. It will go all the way to the 1980's with the Soviet camps, if you can acctually call them concentration camps, is another matter.
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Is Science a religion?

Is Marxism still valid?

Is the study of History valid?

The development of European democratic representational government over European Absolutist Monarchies.

Is Capitalism valid?

Was the Napoleon the first modern dictator?

Is there still imperialism?

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errr...left turn at vinland?
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Early modern (1500-1800)
- The conquest of Songhai by Morocco (see my article in Africa, etc. section)
- The fall of Navarre - a true Machiavellan story (see the last part of my article in Medieval Europe)
- The transition between dynastical empires to nation states in the 18th century

Late Modern (1800-today)
- Socialist revolutions in Europe in the aftermath of WW-I (it's a badly known topic but half Europe was shaken by socialists revolutions soon after the Soviets took power in Russia)
- Switzerland in WW-II
- Latin America in the XX century: from neo-colonial backyard for the USA to battlefield in the Cold War to maybe a completely new period of greater self-government now?
- The Palestinian issue: Colonial Palestine, Zionism, Israel, the issue of refugees, the wars, implications in all the region.
- The European Union at the crossroads: confederation or mere free trade zone. Implications in world politics.
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Russia in late 19th century... (losing of slavery and that kinds of things)
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Originally posted by Kalevipoeg

in the Bur war (how do you spell it?)

Boer war

Eh hee, Estonians and their passion against the Venelased...
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First Greek ever i have seen speaking Estonian.. even if it is a word..

You kind of like the history, have been here?? Saaremaa.. hopeless.


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~You could explore the southern secession (were they right to do so) and the Union reaction.

~Evaluating Napoleon's character always churns out a couple thousand words.  Was he a glorious leader or a murderous tyrant?

~Comparisons work well for essays.  Maybe something like "Ivan IV or Peter the Great" (comparing their reforms).  Tons of things to compare, you'd only have to choose what you're comfortable with.   Politically, it's fairly easy to compare various WWII governments.

 
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Originally posted by rider

First Greek ever i have seen speaking Estonian.. even if it is a word..

You kind of like the history, have been here?? Saaremaa.. hopeless.

You sound like someone from Hiiumaa
Been there, only 15 days ago. Saaremmaas, tegelikult.
Ja ei tea ainult ks sna. Proovin ppeta rohkem...
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2000 words is not that much to work with.  How about the American Civil Rights movement in the 1960s more specifically Brown vs Board of Education.  How about Hong Kong being leased to the British for a hundred years in 1897?  
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Well, ill try.

And if you are trying to say: At Saaremaa, then you should in Est: Saaremaal.
And one in the next sentence should be in declension or in another Tense. The rightest form of the sentence should be:
Ja ei tea ainult hte sna. Proovin, peta rohkem.

And that is if i understood the meaning of the sentence correctly.
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So, back to the subject.
You could write about the fall of the Soviet Union. That's gonna be quite controversial an essay.
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Or Revolution in Turkey.
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Originally posted by etane

2000 words is not that much to work with.  How about the American Civil Rights movement in the 1960s more specifically Brown vs Board of Education.  How about Hong Kong being leased to the British for a hundred years in 1897?  

I believe "Brown vs Board of Education" happen in the 1950s--specifically 1954.  Still, a good idea.

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errr...left turn at vinland?
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