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American Impacts of the Inca and Maya Cultures

the reverence toward their higher being, as well as their basic concept of lifes political journey, spoke to the "humble attentive...

Guatemala's Mayan People

business conducted in Spanish and schools are based on Spanish as well as bilingual programs that are thought to be transitional...

Ethnobotany in Belize

patients with locally grown trees, roots, plants, and shrubs for more than 2,000 years with more than 950 species from which to dr...

Medea, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

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...

Strength of the Sasanian Empire

226 and defeated the armies of Islam by 651, establishing an empire that extended "from the Indus to the Nile, from Yemen to the C...

Was the Fall of the Roman Empire Inevitable?

Empire was in decline "from 180 CE onward" but that both society and the state continued to function well, in spite of military de...

History of the Middle East

poverty or sultanate splendor, depending on their class. Also, the Middle East is also seen in largely homogenous terns that belie...

Fall of the Roman Empire and Contributing Factors

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the Roman Empire's rise and fall are considered in a discussion of contributing factors, includin...

The Effect of the Second World War on European Empires

countries and stabilize Europe at the same time ("World" PG). Roosevelt got the United States into the picture as well and his goa...

Varied Works of Ancient Art. A Comparison

5 pages. 4 sources cited. This paper relates three significant works of ancient art through a comparison. This paper considers ...

Legitimacy of the Late Ottoman Empire

as consisting of acts of opposition to the faith-state (Karpat 844). On the other hand, the state could and "did change many concr...

Colonization's Development and its Legacy

to maintain Great Britain as a military power on an equal footing with the powers of the European mainland?the great continental p...

Feudalism, the Germanic Invasion, and Western Roman Empire's Fall

This paper examines how feudalism was affected by the Germanic invasion and how this culminated in the Western Roman Empire's coll...

Ancient Rome's Leadership Contributions

In five pages this paper discusses the Roman Empire's contributions that were considerable despite emperors' defective personaliti...

Comparison of the Romans and the Greeks

In six pages this paper discusses the similarities between the Greeks and the Romans in a consideration of how the Greek Empire wa...

Roman Empire's Freed Slaves

unfortunate. The interesting thing about Rome was that political clout was everything. Who one knew could either get one killed, o...

Roman Empire's Decline and Fall

the empire (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003). The cities became unsafe due to the vast crime and violence which overtook t...

'The Golden Age' of the Austrian Empire

relationship with both the government and the people was ordered and cordial. Everyone was aware of his or her place in society, a...

Western Roman Emperors and Power Disintegration

When discussing the fall of the Roman empire, what is actually being discussed is the fall of the "western" empire (including Ital...

Overview of the Holy Roman Empire

Empire was created out of the eastern half of Charlemagnes empire, (Anonymous, 2001). However, by 911, the eastern and western por...

The Fall of the Song Empire

them into thinking That this place is the other one we knew in times of peace. There is, at first blush, some validity to the as...

Livy's The Early History of Rome

Livy's early Roman historical text considers the Roman Empire's sociopolitical structure and the necessary cohesion provided by or...

Byzantium Empire's Fall

In seven pages this paper discusses the Palaiologoi in this consideration of the Byzantium Empire's last centuries and why under C...

Southern Great Britain and Henges

This paper discusses Great Britain's ancient monuments and what henges reveal about the Bronx Age in nine pages....

Comparative Analysis of Gilgamesh and Heracles

cultures. In addition, the kind of difficulties and trials faced by different ancient communities will also tend to be similar. On...

'Essay on Literature' or 'Wen Fu' by Lu Chi

In six pages this report examines this ancient Chinese literary essay....

Women in Ancient Greece by Sue Blundell

expected to appear in the public sphere, being confined to the household, Blundell notes that they do appear in the artwork and li...

Western Civilization Research Documents Summarized

on twelve clay tablets. The epic tale is of a Babylonian king, two-thirds god and one-third man. Another key character in the stor...

The Warfare of Ancient Times

he seized the element of surprise and mobilized his army to attack Kadesh" (Carney, 2006). There were many armies stationed near M...