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been far behind on the nationalist bandwagon, however. Since the collapse of the former U.S.S.R., in particular, nationalism has ...

is less than advantageous for the individual. In better understanding this element, or connection, we present the following excerp...

way, no fast food restaurants and no local Wal-Mart supplying Coleman stoves sleeping bags. Those first adventuresome souls to tr...

lays dead. No individual has truly come to help him save for one youth, Wiglaf. In these particular lines we note the following: "...

as the first culture in the New World to keep historical records in written form from 50 BC until the Spanish conquest in the 1500...

(Burns, 1969, p. 566). This worldview came to full flower in the eighteenth century with the philosophical movement known as the E...

of nobles, officials, merchants and peasants alike. Even more importantly Henry the Great cared about his people and his country....

to a calling more suited to their socioeconomic status. In other words, if one were poor, one would be placed on the vocational tr...

fictional historical account, as the author uses a host of unusual situations and characters to dramatize historical interpretatio...

was an incredibly powerful and influential time in mankinds history and in the development of Western civilization. Prior to the R...

force in this particular body of the state. The army did not only serve as our armies do today, but also as simple police forces t...

If they did leave the confines of the house, they were required to be escorted by male slaves or by male members of the household....

store by astronomy, for example, and little by astrology, which is seen as having no scientific rationale and is therefore dismiss...

in the country at the time were pretty much in the minority. During the 19th century, illiteracy was far more common than it is to...

of power and influence as change came to the western civilization(s). Within each region discussed by Spielvogel we see differe...

and gathering has long been "an integral part of the ecosystem" (Hoffman, 1996, p. PG) for thousands of years - are wholly incapab...

particular motif is also seen in biblical passages that indicate Yahwehs strength: "Was it not you who split Rahab in half, who pi...

history. The Greeks were the first to truly follow Egypt in presenting art and representations of symbolic figures in art histor...

science fiction, the reality is that the problem of labeling and drugging children in the world is growing. Of course, Freud wrote...

of the history attached to the pictures. It is often argued that these murals were merely implemented to add to the oral tradition...

the sciences we note that many civilizations prior to the Greeks had their own form of science but most of that science was based ...

in government policy-making, for example....

who is as strong as Gilgamesh (Sandars, 1987). In order for Enkidu to be a civilizing force on Gilgamesh, he must first be initi...

so deplorable a condition as it did in France under the reigns of the last three Bourbon kings, Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI ...

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

only did the Egyptians influence other cultures, they were also influenced by other cultures. One of the most positive in...

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

The treatments Breuer and Freud developed for treating hysteria had an impact on the development of psychoanalysis. This is discu...

Abortion is a hotly contested controversy in the United States. There is a very long history of abortion. Ancient and medieval civ...

The geographical aspect has been argued as one that is essential, as all civilizations may be located in a map (Braudel and Mayne,...