Tylar Davidson for History 340 with Dr. Harney The Tale of the Heike is a piece of popular Japanese literature that examines the feud that occurred between… Read more “History Versus Taira no Kiyomori”

Tylar Orion Davidson for History 340 with Dr. Harney The establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1600 brought peace and prosperity to a Japan that had been… Read more “The Samurai and Their Changing Social Roles During the Tokugawa Shogunate”

Tylar Orion Davidson for History 110 with Dr. Harney The political ideology that has exerted the most effect upon the bureaucracy of China is Confucianism. It was… Read more “Confucianism and its effects on the Chinese Bureaucracy”

Tylar Orion Davidson for History 364 with Dr. Strauch Warfare in the eighteenth century was defined by its order and discipline. Men would form columns of varying… Read more “The Life and Military Career of Major General James Wolfe”

Tylar Orion Davidson for History 110 with Dr. Harney             European interest in Africa began in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, when Portuguese and Spanish… Read more “European Imperialism in Africa during the Nineteenth Century”

Tylar Orion Davidson for History 340 with Dr. Harney The collapse of the samurai class was drawn out over the entirety of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868). The… Read more “The Inevitable Downfall of the Samurai Class”