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Development of Religion in Ancient Egypt

Most scholars believe that animal worship is the oldest form of Egyptian religion (Egyptian religion, 2005). "Early predynastic tr...

Comparative Analysis of Prometheus Bound and Medea

the gods may not necessarily determine all aspects of humanity, that which has been labeled as free will may not be free after all...

Cultural Development Of Vietnamese Women

majority of them helpless to a life of nothing other than self-sacrifice for their homes and families. For Vietnamese women...

Women In Chinese Culture: Historical Analysis

inasmuch as they were "fortunate to live at a time characterized by open-mindedness and liberal ideas" (Jianying, 2001). This exa...

Heroism in the Epic of Gilgamesh

boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...

Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia.

various gods (Demand, 2000). The greatest contribution to the development of true civilization, however, occurred around 3100 BCE,...

The History of Government in Italy

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

The History and Impacts of Coal

impacts of coal, however, have been positive. Indeed, the thesis can be presented that coal has impacted human culture in a diver...

Cherokee Art

pottery is, in fact, one of the most simplistic Cherokee art forms but yet it is one of the most utilitarian. Cherokee craftsmans...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

Emecheta/2nd Class Citizen

brother. As with all female orphans, she becomes a "servant" in her uncles household (Emecheta, 1983, p. 17). Her uncles family co...

Cultural Practices Reflecting the Unity Between the Spritual and Material World Among the Indigenenous Cultures of Africa and the Americas

however, a rich oral tradition. Many who study this oral tradition, unfortunately, tend to lump all of these cultures stories und...

Ancient History to the 21st Century

time period, from around 3100-2686 BC the Egyptians had their "Early Egyptian dynastic period, with a succession of kings that str...

“The Story of Mathematics”

killed in battle. Whatever the precise thing or event they represented in that hazy chapter of mans early history, one thing is c...

Robert McNamara and Sun Tzu

and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...

Ancient Astronomy

at the sky, the sun is viewed but so are a myriad of planets, and this has been something quite intriguing to scientists and ordin...

Contemporary Drama/2 New Plays & Aristotle

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

Rome & Greece: Good, Dutiful Citizens Versus Athletic Ability, Philosophical Issues And Physical Beauty

fully clothed to completely nude was a symbol in and of itself: Aphrodite had begun a journey exemplifying female physical beauty,...

Women, Judaism And Anti-Semitism

and reconcile them to the view of what is right would have provided for a more equalizing relationship where Jewry was concerned. ...

The History of Marijuana; Legal Status and Usage

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...

Ancient Korean Pottery

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

Management - Glass Ceiling - Managing Oneself

reported that among Fortune 500 companies, women hold 16 percent of corporate officer jobs and 15 percent of Board seats. Among th...

A Short History of Perfume

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

Power Structure Issues in Ancient Greece

157). Nizynska (2001) writes about Greek mythology as follows: "...both Ovid and Herbert wrote under repressive regimes, and both ...

Topology of Rione Trevi

The most prominent of the features in the area is Quirinal Hill; one of the Seven Hills of Rome. This is an areas that has...

Euclid of Alexandria; The Elements

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

Leviticus and Christianity

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

Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk

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...

A Comparison of Sparta and Totalitarian Systems

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

Ideologies of Machiavelli, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle on Democratic Rule

of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...