i’m about to start a 5-7 page research paper for my world history class about any significant historical events, people, ideological movements, etc., that take place anywhere between 1500-now and i’m not 100% sure about what to write. i was kinda interested in maybe writing about the french revolution but i’m sure there’s better stuff out there, i was also considering writing about marxism/class struggle or the russian revolution but idk if it’s a good idea to go full blown tankie LMAO but i might change my mind idk
so yeah just wondering if anyone can think of any fun topics to research and write about for my paper, any personal favorite pieces of history in that time frame, etc?
edit: i don’t have the time to respond to every comment but all these suggestions are amazing i’m definitely going to use one of these, thank you everyone!
Bengal famine, make sure to show some love to Churchill.
Plaza accord and the destruction of the Japanese economy, you should point out how the US is trying the same thing again with China.
1964 Brazilian dictatorship Assasination and torture of leftists organizers and journalists. 50 years later nobody faced any consequences.
If you want to go big Shaun on the Hiroshima bomb. Obviously 5 pages is not enough, but if you watch the video I think you can condense down the argument to a few bullet points along with using the same historical quotes as he did. I recommend you watch it anyway if you haven't already its a masterful presentation.
Sorry its 20th century biased.
One of my favorite would be Thomas Sankara, this is a decent number of interviews about him.