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Michael Klare's Resource Wars and War Over Oil Reserves of the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and South China Sea

The "Carter Doctrine" was later used to justify U.S. intervention in Kuwait under the first Bush Administration as well as Libya a...

The Causes of the Persian Wars, 499-404 BCE

Ionian Greeks under Persian rule, with the other Greeks were free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or la...

Renault: "The Persian Boy"

man with a dreadful face. Its center was red and empty; blood streamed from it into his mouth and beard ... both shoulders dripped...

The Memoir of Author Nahid Rachlin

she was nine years old, her father went to bring her back home in a forceful manner (Bender). She was taken from the only mother s...

Exploring Textual Sources of “The Arabian Nights”

It appears to be based in part on Arabic, Persian and Indian folklore, and as a "unified collection, dates back at least one thous...

Life of a Roman Soldier: Persian Wars

a man with shield and spear and lance and ultimately all the metal protection they could possess. The cavalry was incredibly succe...

Western Asia and Eastern Mediterranean Changes

It was inhabited by the Canaanites, a Semitic people, whom the Greeks called Phoenicians because of the purple (phoinikies) dye th...

Religions in the Persian Empire 660 BC - 583 AD

Persian kings ... [and] became the official religion of the Achaemenid empire and flourished under its successors, the Parthian an...

Comparing the U.S. and Persia

worlds largest during that era. However, his soldierly applications were not this mans hallmark feature when it came to ruling Pe...

Historical Influences Upon the Culture of Iran

In ten pages the cultural development of Iran is examined in a historical overview that includes Western, Islamic, and Persian inf...

Government and Religion According to Voltaire, Rousseau, Pope, and Montesquieu

this emphasis on "relativity." In comparison, Alexander Pope (1688-1744), the British poet and philosopher described the universe...

Mesoamerica's Zapotec Culture and Persia's Sasanid Culture

In 7 pages the Mesoamerican Zapotecs are compared with the Persian Sasanids in terms of military policies, cultural and religious ...

Ancient Eastern Civilizations and Peoples' Differences

In three pages the differences between Persians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Akkadians, and Sumerians are examined. Three ...

Greeks and the Impact of the Persian Wars

In three pages this paper discusses how the Persian Wars affected 5th century B.C. ancient Greece with the reigns of Philip II and...

Overview of the Old Persian Script Writing System

In seven pages this paper discusses how the Old Persian script writing system originated and how it led to the development of othe...

Ancient Kingship in the Sasanid Empire

by C.E. Bosworth, offers a considerable insight into how the ancient Sasanid civilization of Persia (modern day Iran) perceived ki...

The Management of the BP Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Crisis

Louisiana, where the water was roughly 5,000 feet deep. At roughly 9.45 pm2 there was an explosion resulting from high pressure me...

Issues and Perspectives on the Deepwater Oilrig Explosion

impacted by it either directly or indirectly. These include the employees who rely on BP for the provision of jobs, and provide a ...

From the Invention of the Automobile to the Kent State Massacre

1. How did the mass production of the automobile affect...

The Deepwater Horizon Problem

and wetlands along the coasts. BPs first response to contain the oil spill was to dump about two million gallons of dispersants...

BP and the Gulf of Mexico

at which time the oil had been spilling for 50 days. He said that the federal government had taken aggressive actions but admitted...

The International Impacts of Narcoterrorism

This paper discusses the links between Mexican drug cartels like Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel to terrorist organizations like Col...

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife by John A. Nagl: An Analysis

The U.S. military involvements in the Vietnam War and the Gulf War are analyzed within the context of this book in 5 pages. The b...

The 1st and 2nd Gulf War - Have the Allies Committed Genocide?

not only at cases that have been subject to a great deal of debate, such as East Timor and Rwanda, but also at cases where there h...

Drill Baby, Drill...Still?

In the 2008 Presidential campaign, Sarah Palin flippantly outlined her proposal for getting...

ECOGENETICS TECHNOLOGY

and insects can have an impact on other areas and biosystems as well (Snoeren, De Jong, & Dicke, 2007). If insects destroy plantli...

BP’s Problem in 2010

been undertaking environmental strategies as part of their operations and the emerging BP set themselves a goal of being a leader ...

Analyzing the Middle East

of the Cabinet. This made the Knesset virtually powerless and insured strong, if autocratic, leadership. Fourth, the government in...

Three Decades of American Freshmen

In nineteen pages this paper examines the changing American freshman class in a literature overview that includes demographics, hi...

Overview of Work/Life Initiatives and Their Changes Over the Past Two Decades

In twenty one pages an overview of changing Work/Life programs over the past two decades is paresented. Thirty five sources are c...