New Zealand is a country in Oceania, to the east of Australia. The Maori were the indigenous settlers of New Zealand. The Maori settlers got to Polynesia between 1200 and…
What is the French Revolution? The French revolution of 1789 was arguably the most significant happening in 18th-century European history. The impacts of the revolt, which started from France, spread…
The year 1648 had significant legacies on the modern international system with the birth of a new state system. The Thirty Years’ War 1618-1648 ended with the Treaty of Westphalia…
World War I broke out in 1914. It started in Europe and later spread to the whole world. The First World War was one of the most destructive wars to…
What is Mercantilism? Economic theory is a set of thoughts, beliefs, traditions, or laws that are employed in the study of economic phenomena and solving economic problems. Economic theory is…
Who was Al-Kanemi? Muhammed Al-Kanemi was a Muslim scholar, a warrior, and religious and secular leader who transformed the political arrangement of the Kanem –Borno Empire in the 19th century.…
Greek City-State: Boundary Unlike the international system of the Chou dynasty which developed in isolation, the Greek city-state system was an international system whose boundary traversed the Greek peninsula, though…
The international system of the Chou dynasty was arguably the first international system to exist in history. Unlike the followed international systems that existed after this Chinese system, it had…
History as a Discipline History is simply the study of the past to know the present and determine the future. It is an unending dialogue in human society. The essence…
The international system is the collection of independent political units that interact based on some levels of frequency and regularized and formalized rules. That is, to examine an international system…
Olofin Orubu is the new name of the then Orubu settlement. Orubu was one of the old settlements (under Igangan-Ijesha) that existed many centuries ago. Very close to Ajumobi, a…
Introduction The 1804 Jihad, Holy War, in the northern part of Nigeria resulted in the creation of the Sokoto Caliphate which became a very significant development in the history of…
What is Arochukwu? The word 'Arochukwu' brings confusion, not in its real meaning, but in the context in which it was being used. Arochukwu has geographical, ethnic, and religious meanings.…
Corona Virus Pandemic (Covid-19), after the Spanish flu of 1918, Hongkong flu, and Asian flu of 1957, is the fourth pandemic influenza to have ravaged the world. Covid-19 It originated…
Conceptual Clarifications An alliance, according to Wiktionary, is the state of being allied; a union or connection of interest between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and…