Martin Luther King and Malcolm X: Comparing Their Impact
“If they had lived just five more years together, that’s all our families and this country would have needed.” - Yolanda King.
Did Britain Play a Role in Kennedy’s Management of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
“I have found it absolutely essential, in the interest of security and speed, to make my first decision on my own responsibility, but from now on I expect that we can and should be in the closest touch.” - Kennedy to Macmillan, 1962
Lenin vs Stalin: The Ruler that Did Most to Transform Russia, 1855-1953
This piece of work was an A Level Coursework which received a high A* grade. The essay looks at all the Russian rulers from 1855-1953, assessing which one was most important to the country’s development.
“The Gunpowder Empires”: Discerning the Myth
The “Gunpowder Empires” refers to the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughals Empires, as they were among the strongest, richest, and most able during the early modern period. This essay will attempt to demonstrate that while there were similarities, the three empires should be viewed as separate entities in their own right.
Is the ‘elite manipulation’ argument sufficient for explaining the success of the Pakistan movement in the 1940s?
The Pakistan Movement was a political campaign that aimed and succeeded in the creation of the Dominion of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority provinces of British India in 1947. This article examines how far “elite manipulation” played its part in Pakistan’s creation.
Did women actively contribute to the development of Islamic religious norms, or were they passive subjects of them?
“Girl Reciting the Qur’an” (or “Kuran Okuyan Kiz”), an 1880 painting by the Ottoman polymath Osman Hamdi Bey, whose works often showed women engaged in educational activities.
What can the 1857 Indian ‘Mutiny’ tell us about British attitudes to empire?
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, although ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India against the rule of the British East India Company, which function as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. This essay will examine what the events reflected about British attitudes towards Empire.
To what extent was caste an oppressive and racialised system?
Caste systems have become synonymous with Indian history, and it has been popularly promulgated that it began in ancient India with Brahma, the first god of the Hindu triumvirate. However, this article explores how the racial and oppressive aspects of the caste system began with the British Empire in India.