Category: Discovery

Wegener’s hypothesis, known as the theory of continental drift, was based on a wide range of data from geological expeditions worldwide. He was intrigued by the division of the American continents and worked to explain their non-standard shape. In addition, Wegener studied animal and plant fossils on the coastlines of Africa and South America. This…

In 1948, William Albright, who is one of the popular archaeologists claimed that the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was one of the chief breakthroughs in the 20th century (Berg, 2009). The scrolls were found in a cave in the neighborhood of Khirbet Qumran. There were a number of artifacts in the cave, which…

The era of great geographic discoveries is well-known and well-remembered for the supposed progress that it provided for Europe. However, up until recently, the massive harm caused to indigenous people, who have been severely affected by the thoughtless actions and violence of colonizers, has been neglected. Although economically, expansion into other parts of the world…

Table of Contents European World Powers’ Motivation to Explore the Americas Economic Effects of Exploration Effects of Exploration on Native Americans Transmitting Old World Diseases References The Columbian exchange allowed peoples from the Old World to get to know tobacco and a host of other outlandish goods, plants, and animals. The development of America also…

How the Native Texans impacted the Europeans and later Americans who came into the region? The native Texans mostly influenced both the Americans and the Europeans who came to spread Christianity and to seek for land. However, the importance of the Texan residents to the two groups differed considerably as explained hereafter. When the Americans…

Table of Contents Abstract Introduction People’s movement into the dreamland Discovery of Gold and its impact References Abstract People migrate from one end to the other with varied motives. The discovery of gold in California led to massive migration of people to the country. The desire for wealth turned people to monsters who could slaughter…

The work of Handsome Lake How America was discovered is a fiction that bears more ideological and precaution character for a reader. The story of a white preacher who once met the Creator telling him about a country where people would be cruel and corrupt because of money greed and amorality is a sort of…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a renowned professor of psychology and the author of the book “Flow and Psychology of Discovery and Invention” and is the latest book by the professor. In this book, creativity is closely examined by the author and clearly brought out in the chapters though some people believe that Mihaly has relied too…

Numerous technologies and innovations that appeared in Europe could not but have an impact on other parts of the world. However, anyone who looked at the world in the first centuries would see that modern science most likely originated not in Europe but in the Islamic world. Therefore, it is especially interesting to observe how…

Over the years, the doctrine of discovery has been used to confiscate the lands of indigenous people and transfer them to dominating or colonizing nations. The internationally recognized principle of “terra nullius” provides that land belongs to no one and could be acquired through occupation. It also incorporates the Regalian Doctrine, which provides that private…