Introduction From the second half of the 19th century to the start of World War I in 1914, there was a time of increased imperialistic growth known as the New Imperialism. Along with the former colonial powers of western Europe, such as Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States, there was a renewed effort to increase territorial control. The first period of European imperialism was brought to an end by the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and the fall of the Sp

Introduction Around the sixth century A.D., the Maya civilization, which was based in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala, reached its zenith. Large plains with few hills or mountains and a usually low shoreline make up the majority of the peninsula. The many tribes that lived in this region are collectively referred to as "Maya" in current usage. They did not refer to themselves as "Maya," and neither did they have a political or cultural identity. Preclassic peri

Introduction Social Darwinism refers to several ideas and societal practises that attempt to apply biological notions of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics, and politics, and which were predominantly developed by researchers in Western Europe and North America in the 1870s. Natural selection refers to how plants and animals change over time in nature as new species emerge from random mutations at the moment of reproduction and compete with o