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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...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

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

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...

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 ...

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...

Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia.

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

Antigone/The Female Role in Society

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

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)....

Plato/Apology of Socrates

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

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...

Rise of Civilization Questions

"unique Temple City" was the religious center of the "first great prehistoric civilization" (Eichman). Taramsa Hill : This site ...

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...

'The Battle of Frogs and Mice' An Ancient Greek Poetic Analysis

until a water snake slithered by. Panicked and briefly forgetting about the traveler on his back, Puff-jaw dove, which threw the ...

Temples and Religious Ritual in Ancient Egypt

(Egyptian Temples, part I: Divine Kingship, 2007). "[I]t was vital and necessary to keep the gods satisfied and wanting to stay in...

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 ...

Ancient Korean Pottery

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

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...

The Mystery of Melchizedek

King of Salem (ancient Jerusalem) befriended Abraham and his men after their victory over those kings that had taken Sodom and Gom...

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 World Letters

wife, and particularly Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. Our beautiful city is named after her, and Melitta wants to honor her and as...

Fustel de Coulanges' The Ancient City

of this section. He looks at marriage practices, such as how the "As a daughter, she took part in the religious acts of her father...

Egyptians, Mayans, Incas, and Extraterrestrials

from other planets where intricately linked with humans, involving themselves in the lives and development of human beings in Sout...

Ancient Greek Literature and Gender Distinctions

out what women were like because of the way in which history is written. Dependent on what is studied, it seems that some texts l...

Revenge in Medea by Euripides

by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...

Dying and Death Readings

he defends himself well, Socrates is still found guilty and stoically accepts his fate, indicating that since only the gods are aw...

Dante's Hell and Characters

to house arrogant souls who are guilt of other things as well. While Aeneas may not be guilty of betrayal or other crimes, he may ...

Cultural Values in History

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

The Nile River of Ancient Egypt

the dead return to their own unique world of the dead, being reborn in a sense (Phippen, 2006). The sun was also part...

Jean Paul Sartre's 'The Flies' and Aeschylus's 'Oresteia'

Electra, another daughter, lives on with her mother, but despises her for her awful deed. Orestes returns and is goaded by Electra...