The writer is a veteran historian and scholar.
Moral values originate to fulfill the demands of different classes of a society. Lie and truth are two important values which contradict each other....
In history individuals have played a vital role for change and on account of their contribution become heroes. However, the nature and...
There are different categories of imperialism which emerged, according to the need of the time. In the first category was commercial imperialism,...
Every society has its own peculiar sweet tooth and sweets have become an important ingredient of our food a well. There are different sweets like...
Every society has marginalised groups of people, who are separated from the mainstream and whose social and cultural contribution is not recognised...
Every nation has a past. It is the task of historians to reconstruct it on the basis of documents, folklore, monuments, and archaeological evidence...
History-writing is changing and its scope expanding. A group of historians have shifted their attention from political history to the history of...
The defeat and victory of a nation is a common factor in the annals of history. Whenever the historians of a nation narrate victories, there is...
In his maiden speech in parliament after he was elected president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela vehemently pronounced that he did not harbour...
Whenever our intellectuals compare the East with the West, they tend to admire and idealise the Western civilisation, with its developments in...
What happened in the past cannot be altered but it can be interpreted from time to time on the basis of political, social and ideological...
Throughout history, it was customary for ruling dynasties to build palaces, fortresses, temples and public buildings to display their power and...
The history of the Roman Empire fascinates European nations. Many of them tend to admire those emperors and generals who defeated the so-called...
Generally, historians recognised the contribution of elite classes such as royal dynasties, the aristocracy and feudal lords but ignored the role of...
Historians generally do write political, social and economic narratives but ignore the role of decisions that are taken on the basis of emotions and...
When the Iranian faction gained influence during the Abbasid period, they restored ancient Persian court ceremonies that were part of the Abbasid...
In the democratic age, the space for people’s protest and resistance is very wide. Therefore, people adopt different means to have their demands...
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is remembered as an educationist and religious scholar who took a keen interest in the social and political affairs of his time....
The concept of a welfare state is the product of the modern age. Its historical roots can be found in the Industrial Revolution, which produced a...
There are two forms of history writing that can help us understand a nation and its character. The first is dominated by the interests of the ruling...
The history of any society doesn’t remain static, but changes as a result of internal and external pressures. When a nation is invaded by foreign...
Anthropologists have two different approaches to define civilisation. One approach argues that civilisation passed through an evolutionary process...
There are many factors for the rise and fall of nations. One of them is change of environment. When historians and scientists turn their attention...
European society emerged from the darkness of the Middle Ages and transformed on a fresh basis after the Renaissance and the Reformation, which...
The art of rhetoric requires complete command over the use of language, and techniques to make speeches more appealing by quoting suitable verses...
There are many examples in history of individuals and groups who assassinate their enemies and opponents on the basis of religious hatred or to...
While historians do tend to write political, social and economic narratives, they often ignore the role of those decisions that are taken on the...
The process of writing history by reflecting on political, social and economic factors has gone through different stages. In the first phase, it...
Asia and Europe are fundamentally different from each other in social, cultural and historical terms. Differences in the climate and environment of...
The people of Athens experienced different political systems over time. They saw Athens being ruled under a monarchy, an oligarchy, a democracy, and...
War remains a regular feature of world history. Nations and tribes used to fight wars against each other to occupy land or plunder hard-earned...
In history writing, documents are the basic source that provide material on the past and contribute in constructing political, social and economic...
Libraries, diaries and letters are some of the basic tools that can help us understand the ideas and perceptions of philosophers, literary writers...
Historical evidence suggests that if a country’s population increases beyond the limits of its resources, it deeply influences its social,...
Although everybody knows that death is inevitable, nobody is ready to recognise this fact and continue to desire to live for as long as possible....
Various European powers constructed the image of non-European nations on the basis of three elements: rational, religious and civilisational...
The Enlightenment emerged in 18th century Europe and played an important role in changing the nature of its political, social and religious...
In the 15th century when the movement of the Renaissance emerged in Italy, scholars who were its forerunners were termed humanists. Their main...
In his monumental work, ‘A Study of history’, British historian Arnold J Toynbee surveyed 23 civilisations. Some of these civilisations...
When Spengler was writing his book the ‘Decline of the West’, published in 1918, he had plenty of material at his disposal. Archaeologists had...
Oswald Spengler, a German historian, was working as a teacher at a school when the idea to write a book on the rise and fall of civilisations...
The history of the Roman Empire tends to fascinate European nations. They highly admire emperors and generals who defeated the so-called barbarian...
Generally, when historians analyse the process of decline of any society, it is necessary to compare it with the period of its rise, maturity and...
When a society undergoes a process of decline, the first sign of its weakness is the breakdown of political stability that culminates in disorder...
Historians tend to measure the strength and significance of a nation on the basis of its conquest; military victories; and the number of people it...
When a society – after it successfully fulfils its political, social and economic objectives – gradually begins to witness a period of decline,...
History provides a detailed record of the rise and fall of civilisations and nations. When readers goes through the story of the rise of a nation or...
There was a time when ancient civilisations either disappeared or were buried along with their grandeur and achievements. Credit ought to be given...
Throughout history, the concept of work has changed according to the structuring and restructuring of society. In the earliest period of human...
Before the unification of China, it territories were divided into a number of large and small states. The ruling dynasties of these states were...
