Tag: History
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Maritime Law History
Introduction to Maritime Law HistoryThe origins of maritime law go back to antiquity. Because no country has jurisdiction over the seas, it has been necessary for nations to reach agreements regarding ways of dealing with ships, crews, and cargoes when disputes arise. The earliest agreement…
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League of Nations History
League of Nations History The founding of the League of Nations in 1919 marked a radical departure from previous methods of diplomacy. Prior to August 1914, traditional diplomacy, or, as it was often called after the First World War, “Old Diplomacy,” was a system of intercourse between the governments of sovereign states. This system relied…
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League of Nations Failure
League of Nations Failure Even before its first meeting, the League of Nations suffered what some historians have characterized as a death blow: the U.S. rejection of the Treaty of Versailles and with it, the League of Nations. A variety of factors led to the U.S. Senate’s rejection of the treaty, among them Woodrow Wilson’s…
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Balkans
History of the Balkans The following commentary about Balkans in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): Area centred around the Balkan Peninsula, comprising Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, as well as smaller Greek and Serb states. The scene of intense […]
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Balkans
History of the Balkans The following commentary about Balkans in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): Area centred around the Balkan Peninsula, comprising Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, as well as smaller Greek and Serb states. The scene of intense […]
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Janissaries
Janissaries History Janissaries (corrupted from Turkish yeni chéri, new troops), an organized military force constituting until 1826 the standing army of the Ottoman empire. At the outset of her history, Turkey possessed no standing army. All Moslems capable of bearing arms served as a kind of volunteer yeomanry known as akinjis; they were summoned by…
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Janissaries
Janissaries History Janissaries (corrupted from Turkish yeni chéri, new troops), an organized military force constituting until 1826 the standing army of the Ottoman empire. At the outset of her history, Turkey possessed no standing army. All Moslems capable of bearing arms served as a kind of volunteer yeomanry known as akinjis; they were summoned by…
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José Manuel Balmaceda
José Manuel Balmaceda José Manuel Balmaceda (1838-1891), president of the republic of Chile, was born in Santiago in 1838. His parents were wealthy, and in his early days he was chiefly concerned in industrial and agricultural enterprise. In 1865 he was one of the representatives of the Chilean government at the general South American congress…
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Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada
Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada (1825-1889), president of Mexico, was born at Jalapa on the 25th of April 1825. He was educated as a lawyer and became a member of the supreme court. He became known as a liberal leader and a supporter of President Juarez. He was minister of foreign affairs…
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Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada
Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada (1825-1889), president of Mexico, was born at Jalapa on the 25th of April 1825. He was educated as a lawyer and became a member of the supreme court. He became known as a liberal leader and a supporter of President Juarez. He was minister of foreign affairs…
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Arab Boycott
An economic boycott of Israel proclaimed in December 1945 by the Arab League to hamper "Jewish industry in Palestine." The boycott came to include not only Israeli firms and products, but firms having economic ties with Israel. A so-called blacklist of such firms was prepared by the […]
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League of Nations Covenants
League of Nations Covenants The Covenant of the League, first signed by the 32 signatories of the Treaty of Versailles, and accepted and acted upon by the 48 States who in 1921 were members of the League. Article 1 of the Covenant consisted of the rules of membership. It stipulates that the original members of…
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Anthropology
Anthropology History Anthropology (Gr. ἄνθρωπος man, and λόγος, theory or science), the science which, in its strictest sense, has as its object the study of man as a unit in the animal kingdom. It is distinguished from ethnology, which is devoted to the study of man as a racial unit, and from ethnography, which deals…
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Reichstag
History of the Reichstag The following commentary about Reichstag in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): The German parliament. Its building in Berlin was a symbol of parliamentary government in Germany, so that its destruction by fire in 1933 was a major […]
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Reichstag
History of the Reichstag The following commentary about Reichstag in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): The German parliament. Its building in Berlin was a symbol of parliamentary government in Germany, so that its destruction by fire in 1933 was a major […]