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is uncertain as to when it did emerge exactly. Some say that it first came about in Mesopotamia (Rimmel, 2005). Others claim that ...

("Athena"). Clearly, the ancient Greek patriarchs considered Athenas virginity to be a salient and powerful factor in her mytholog...

by a monarch entailed certain secular dangers, such as possibility that a king might become oppressive in his rule or lead the peo...

Tigris and Euphrates are very different: the former is "rough and fast flowing" and difficult to navigate while the Euphrates can ...

fact that he was "the first king in history to sign a peace treaty with his enemies, the Hittites, ending long years of wars and h...

6,000 BCE as well as for textiles in 4,000 BCE in China and it is also recorded as being used as a medicine in China in 2727 (Narc...

working class (Brown). Modern playwrights have expanded the conception of tragedy to include all walks of people in all circumstan...

(Egyptian Temples, part I: Divine Kingship, 2007). "[I]t was vital and necessary to keep the gods satisfied and wanting to stay in...

began making pottery, there was "an influx of immigration from China, Manchuria, and Siberia" (Korean traditional pottery, 2002). ...

be no real need to war because Egypt possessed what everyone needed. As such the political and intellectual perspectives turned in...

not possible to work backwards to reconstruct the Harappan faith from the Vedic (Hooker, 1999). The second period is that of the...

Elements, to which he replied that there was no royal road to geometry. He is therefore younger than Platos circle, but older than...

does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you." As this suggests, only animals that chewed its cue and possessed ...

there lived another Orhan so much like me that he could pass for my twin, even my double" (Pamuk, 2006; 3). This image is presente...

mother, and until the age of 30 and possibly beyond were dedicated to their training and to their service to the state" ("The Cult...

In six pages this paper discusses how Abraham, Isaac and other biblical patriarchs were depicted in ancient art in a consideration...

In fourteen pages this paper discusses burial practices and cemetery design changes from the ancient era to the present day in a c...

In six pages this research paper focuses on Mexico's impressive ancient Mayan civilization. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

on the abundance of such a worthwhile precious metal. "Theres just no way to get around it. Silver in Mesopotamia functions like...

In nine pages this paper compares how the 'cradle of civilization' was represented by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotami...

that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually created. They became symbolic of a new era and of a new, more-aesthetically cons...

In comparison, Ethiopias krar music is played on a stringed instrument and carries overtones that are almost (but not quite) remin...

In ten pages the island of Cyprus is examined in terms of its ancient culture and civilization. Twelve sources are cited in the b...

In two pages the nearly 4,000 year old temples and other architectural structures that existed in ancient Egypt are discussed and ...

were ordered by the ancient pharaohs of Egypt as tombs for preserving their royal bodies. Pyramids were meant to be monuments to t...

the Pyramids (1997). The most controversial aspect of her work was the fact that someone believed she was integrating a Star of Da...

In fourteen pages these ancient cities are analyzes from architectural and artistic perspectives. Tens ources are cited in the bi...

In seven pages this virtually unchanged ancient Islamic architectural structure in Jerusalem is examined. Five sources are cited ...

In five pages the ancient feudal system of China is considered in an examination of Confucianism, Taoism, and legalism with variou...

In four pages this book that chronicles the development and history of Chinese art from the ancient period to the 20th century is ...