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Overview, Ancient Greek Amphora

This research paper presents a discussion that focuses on an ancient Greek amphora from the Attic period that depicts Herakles and...

An Overview of the Civilization of Ancient Egypt

the ancient Egyptian pharaohs and the sphinx, a two-hundred and forty foot long statue with the body of a lion and a head of a man...

Western Civilization and Its Ancient Influences

be the hub of all cultures and each harbored great concentrations of people. As people and cultures evolved they radiated from th...

The Cultural Heritage of the West and Its Ancient Roots

in the article "Key Iraqi weapons official held" in relation to topics studied in the roots of Western Culture deal primarily with...

Museums and How Ancient Artifacts Are Uncovered

been able to gather enough information so as to understand the complexities surrounding a collection of semi-preserved writing imp...

Ethiopian Romance by Heliodorus

in Charicleia, who is a long-lost princess of an Ethiopian queen, even though she appears to be white. Heliodorus relates that her...

Livy's History of Rome/Heroes & Villains

king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Pharr/Losing Face, Status Politics in Japan

cultural heritage of Confucianism (Pharr xiii). In Confucianism, supreme emphasis is placed on maintaining harmony, which is seen ...

An Overview of Ancient Alexandria

economic metropolis, the remains of which are still evident to this day" (Nunes, 2001; alex1.html). Ancient Alexandria was appr...

Art of Ancient Greek Civilization

It is for this reason that Greek art conveyed abstract ideas such as "beautiful" concepts of the human body through a dichotomous ...

Creative Dialogue on Cultural Discourse

In five pages a dialogue between an ancient Roman character and one from ancient Greece is developed with and exchange of cultural...

The Evolution of Stoicism

This 5 page paper discusses the philosophical thinking known as Stoicism, and why it appealed to the ancient Romans and Greeks. Th...

Overview of the Ancient City Ephesus

In five pages this ancient Asia Minor commercial and cultural center is examined in an informational overview. Six sources are ci...

An Overview of Ancient Egypt

In ten pages this ancient civilization is examined in terms of the significance of agriculture, the Nile River, and farmers' taxes...

Overview of the Ancient Pyramids

In five pages this paper discusses the construction of the pyramids with actual time period writings contributing to the analytica...

Popular Religion Conceptually Defined

In five pages this paper conceptually defines what is meant by popular religion in an historical overview of ancient Greece and We...

Theater Women and Their History

In five pages the role of women in theater is the focus of this historical overview that dates back to ancient times. There are 5...

History of Amateur Sports

In eight pages this paper examines ancient sports in an historical overview that includes various types, Greek and Roman influence...

Ancient Rome and Law

developed. The next period of time was the Republic. This lasted between 509 -27 BC. This republic was formed after Tarquinius S...

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Pagan and Jewish Women

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Pagan women with Jewish women in ancient Greek and Roman societies in terms of the...

A Computer History

In ten pages an overview that takes a nontechnical approach to computer history from ancient abacus and punched cards from ENIAC t...

Ancient Egypt and the Pyramids

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

Ancient Greek Tyrants

2005). In the case of a dictator this individual ruler is elected, and a tyrant is not elected. "A tyrant is a person who came int...

Religions of Ancient Egypt

noted by the leadership of Menes, the first pharaoh, in which the communities of Egypt formed around the Nile delta and the Nile v...

Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, and Women's Roles

time expresses: "Rank creates its rules: A woman is asked about her husband, A man is asked about his rank" (Callender 12). By fa...

Hawaiian Kingdom's Ali'i Ruling Class

foresight that brought all of the various Hawaiian Islands together. He was to be the last of the great Hawaiian rulers, for after...

Overview of the Isis Religious Cult

of course, was according to legend. However, the legends gained such popularity that in time many came to worship Isis, alone. Tem...

Babylon's Infamous Hanging GardensBabylon

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