African:Zimbabwean History from Iron age to Scramble for Africa.How to answer O level Historyquestions and more
On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. This event became the matchstick that lit the bonfire: The world war one (1). In this post, i will show you how the Sarajevo assassination led to the outbreak of WW1.
The French Revolution has wider consequences for both France and Europe, and indeed, the world at large. Therefore there is need for thorough coverage of the major issues in this topic. In this chapter, a focused discussion of the causes of the revolution will be undertaken, while in the next chapter, the main focus will be the course of the revolution. On the causes, students are expected not only to identify the causes, but to analyze them by showing how each cause led to the French Revolution. A mere description of events should be avoided. In this chapter, therefore, the causes will be identified, and then each will be discussed in turn.
An analysis of the reasons why Islam appealed to Africans is expected, as is some understanding of the geographical, political, economic and cultural framework forming the necessary preconditions for Islam’s rapid expansion. The spread of Islam in several areas should be considered.
The main reasons for the emergence of the independent African church movement were linked with the style of management of mission controlled churches and with certain unpopular aspects of colonial rule in the late 19th and early 20th century
The best way to study the course of the French Revolution is to consider each revolutionary government as an entity. A wholesale coverage of the ten-year period, apart from confusing, might leave out some very important aspects of the period. Candidates are expected to undertake an in-depth study of each revolutionary government, analyzing the achievements and indeed the failures of each revolutionary government. The four revolutionary governments include the National Assembly (1789 – 1791), the Legislative Assembly (1791 – 1792), the National Convention (1792 – 1794) and finally the Directory (1795 – 1799).
The highlights of this period are the abolition of the monarchy, the execution of Louis XVI, the intensification of the war with the formation of the First Coalition and the 1793 constitution. Most of the period, however, is dominated by the Reign of Terror. This is an important part of the syllabus and candidates are expected to undertake an in depth study of it.
The immediate aftermaths of the fall of the Jacobins was that, the National Convention moved in to restore order. The Jacobins themselves had arisen out of the National Convection as members of the Montagnards. But they had extreme views and violent tactics to save the revolution. These tactics included terror, dictatorship and the use of the law of the maximum.
The view that agriculture was the mainstay of the economy of Great Zimbabwe does not carry momentum. While on one hand, Great Zimbabwe’s economy featured agriculture, that is, the growing of crops and rearing of livestock, on the other hand, it also was largely characterizing of trade, hunting, mining, iron smelting, tribute payment and raiding. […]
The position that the character of Louis XVI caused the French Revolution of 1789 does not hold much water. On one hand, Louis XVI was incompetent, weak-willed and arrogant thereby incapacitating him from addressing the plights of the Frenchmen. On the other hand, there was a plethora of other factors that contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution
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