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History of the Hebrews

author points out, it would be impossible to spend as much time on each and every event and person mentioned in the Old Testament....

British Cinematic Development Until 1939

In ten pages this paper chronicles the history of British film from its 19th century origins until 1939. Six sources are listed i...

Italy, Germany, Reunification and Nationalism

the political community is. Nationalism has existed practically throughout the history of the world but it would eventually becom...

Analyzing A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes

fictional historical account, as the author uses a host of unusual situations and characters to dramatize historical interpretatio...

On Germany by Madame Germaine de Stael

writer/tutor reviews Staels text in chronological order, the student researching this topic may wish to contrast and compare the ...

Slavery and Cash Crops in Virginia’s History

the 16th century, tobacco was already considered something of great worth. One author, Thomas Hariot, back in 1590, wrote A Briefe...

Understanding Terrorism Based Upon The Terrorist Act of 9/11

Security Research, no date), a point duly clarified by International Terrorism and Security Research: "The strategy of ter...

Transitions During the Enlightenment Period

secular tone ("The Enlightenment," 2006). The eighteenth century would begin the Age of Reason where there was intellectual discov...

Globalization - Overview

that had been spurred by Genghis Khan in 1100 across Eurasia (Ferraro, 2006). The Ottoman Empire in the 1300s spanned "Europe, Nor...

Stuik’s “A Concise History of Mathematics”

and the development of the numbers such as three being the adding of the words for one and two being put together. When talking ...

Historical Connections Between Liverpool and Shanghai

This paper discusses the common historical aspects of these two very different and distant cities. The author examines how Ninete...

An Overview of U.S. Foreign Policy in the 20th Century

is economic. Military alliances have been exemplified in recent times as Britain had come to the aid of the United States after th...

Politics and Government of Argentina

rather appointed by the President or Governors and have to be confirmed by the Senate or the respective provincial legislature. Th...

Using Technology to Help Teach World History

This 5 page paper discusses ways to use the computer, Internet and other technology to teach world history. The writer argues that...

A Review of The Princess of Cleves

An 8 page essay reviewing the novel by Marie de La Fayette. This so called women's novel provides interesing insight into French h...

A Case for World History Textbook Inclusion of Nostradamus

In a paper consisting of 7 pages an argument supporting the inclusion of Nostradamus in textbooks on world history is made for his...

Computer Aided Graphic Design

foci) is constant. The parabola is a set of points in a plane that are equal distances from a given line (the directrix) and a gi...

Historical Perspective on Women's Workplace Fashion

the social elite where the yuppies of the 1980s went quite the opposite way, showing off their designer suits. Steindorf suggests ...

Mid 19th Century Japan

boom in both economic and political strength. As the twenty-first century began, Japan had new and stifling issues to deal with: ...

'Women and Economics A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution,' 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Charlotte Perkins Gilman

that females should function in subordinate and often demeaning roles in comparison with men (Readers Companion to American Histor...

History of New York Gangs

This research paper presents a brief overview of the history of New York gangs, beginning in the early nineteenth century, discuss...

Development of the Microscope

study of thin slices of cork and the "boxlike" structures that he observed through his microscope, which he termed "cells" ("Micro...

Capitalism and Europe in the 20th Century

barbarism. Capitalism was at the forefront of crisis during this catastrophic period. Of the primary players that subjecte...

Behaviorism

to demonstrate that negative exposure at an early age can determine the onset of phobias. Watson developed along this Behaviorist...

World History Changed by 3 Important Battles

documents of this particular battle in a less biased view than what he grew up with (LeBlanc, 2002). His book, The Tsars Last Arma...

Transformations of Hagia Sophia

second fire, it was reconstructed yet again by Justinian I (Justinian the Great) during the sixth century. Due in large part to J...

World Wide Web and its History

modern version of hypertext. It was Ted Nelsons ideas that inspired Timothy Berners-Lee. The World Wide Web began in March...

Tension Between Individual and Group in Sophocles’ Oedipus Trilogy

Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...

The History of the Financial Markets

slowly and the next major developments moving towards the modern financial markets was the increased use of the corporate status,...

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Cosmetic Surgery Addiction

physician Enrique Morselli back in 1891 as dysmorphophobia, BDD has been defined as "the fear of having a deformity" (Hunt, Thienh...