"The invention of gunpowder was the single most destructive achievement in the history" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 50 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    achievement of my life

    • 365 Words
    • 2 Pages

    ACHIEVEMENT OF MY LIFE Every person have their own achievement. When looking back to my life‚ it is so hard to believed that I had achived something in young age. In my 20 yearsold now‚ there are many things that I have achieved and that make myself so proud for it. Maybe my achievement is a simple for people but not for me because without this achievement I will not become a better person like now. My achievement that I remember almost is I had perform my first umrah on April‚ 2011 at the holy

    Premium Hajj Muhammad Prophets of Islam

    • 365 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    democracy. Rhode Island can be considered the most American of all thirteen original colonies‚ because it supported separatist government‚ practiced religious tolerance‚ and had a democracy from the start. Rhode Island may never have came to be‚ if not for Roger Williams. After being exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ for endorsement of a separatist movement‚ It was he who relocated to present day Rhode Island. At that time‚ Massachusetts‚ was a colony ruled by Puritans. These people were

    Premium Massachusetts Thirteen Colonies Connecticut

    • 1433 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Single Parent Families

    • 2472 Words
    • 10 Pages

    12.1 Tea culture 13 Leisure 14 Gallery 15 See also 16 References 17 External links Identity[edit] There are 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China. In terms of numbers however‚ Han Chinese is by far the largest group.[3] Throughout history‚ many groups have merged into neighboring ethnicities or disappeared. At the same time‚ many within the Han identity have maintained distinct linguistic and regional cultural traditions. The term Zhonghua Minzu has been used to describe the notion

    Free China Song Dynasty Tang Dynasty

    • 2472 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    “During the time that Sophia was regent of Russia there were many positive achievements” To what extent do you agree with this statement? The statement that Sophia had many positive achievements as a Regent can be questioned. However I am going to discuss which of Sophia’s actions can be seen as achievements. Firstly‚ when Sophia first became Regent she made it seem as if she was actually running the country‚ for example she sat on a diamond encrusted throne and also she wore a crown of pearls

    Premium Russian Empire Russia Moscow

    • 801 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    sanitation and has had a very significant impact on the health of the overall world. Although the very first usage and production of soap was never officially documented‚ it is said to be possible that soap could have been discovered/used in as far back as early prehistoric times. Though the creation of soap is a very old process‚ typically in early civilizations‚ it was not widely used by the peoples of those specific times. Even in modern times the lack of soap has caused epidemics of small‚ and sometimes

    Premium Soap

    • 4160 Words
    • 17 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Single-Sex Education

    • 1653 Words
    • 7 Pages

    classes should be organized as single-sex classrooms because females perform better in this subject when in single sex classrooms leading to a stronger education system and less bias in the workplace. The idea of single sex schools overwhelms many people in today’s society‚ but the evidence of the need to enhance the education system can be found in a segment of this heavy idea. Margaret Spellings‚ Education Secretary‚ gave way for the voluntary decision of single-sex classrooms in 2006 providing

    Premium Education Gender High school

    • 1653 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    first airplane at the turn of the twentieth century. Mary Bellis described the years following the brothers’ discovery‚ during which various engineers furthered their invention to where it stands today‚ capable of intercontinental travel for commercial‚ transportation and militaristic use. The airplane’s introduction and advancement was first met with apathy‚ then with both praise and criticism from people of varying social classes ranging from the struggling immigrant to national leaders. Never before

    Premium Wright brothers Cargo

    • 2278 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT FOR CATHOLICS 1605 THROUGH TO 1620? This essay will discuss the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when a group of catholic noblemen plotted to blow up the English House of Parliament; the target of the plot was King James VI of Scotland and I of England. This essay will focus on how the event impacted Catholics and their treatment in society and law after the event. Primary sources including letters‚ Parliamentary documents and their insight into how the event

    Premium James I of England

    • 2227 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The achievements of the 1930s are often overshadowed by the loss and despair felt during the Great Depression and beginning of World War 2. It was a decade mired in loss‚ hopelessness‚ and destitution‚ but not all areas of life suffered from the temporary relapse the economy had fallen into. These ten momentous years were also a time of innovation and prosperity for the world of entertainment‚ and their influence can still be seen today. Where poverty and boredom were found‚ creativity and ingenuity

    Premium World War II Great Depression

    • 736 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    prototype in 1784. An early working model was built by a steam boat pioneer John Fitch. Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall. Born in the mining heartland of Cornwall‚ Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from a young age. The son of a mining captain‚ he performed poorly in school‚ but went on to be an early pioneer in steam-powered rail. His most significant contribution was to the development of the first high pressure

    Premium Steam locomotive Rail transport Steam engine

    • 9001 Words
    • 37 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Next