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The True Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness, the seminal masterpiece by Joseph Conrad, is a study in cruelty and the degeneration of man into beast as the t...

New Designs from Ancient Forms

Originally, there were fifty-eight columns: seventeen on the sides, eight at each end, and six in the inner row of each porch. Th...

A Review of David Christian's Article, 'Silk Roads or Steppe Roads? The Silk Roads in World History'

This paper discusses in 5 pages the notion that silk roads represent broad terms in world history not just in terms of civilizati...

Swahili and Islam

In five pages this paper considers the historical relationship between the Islamic religion and the east coast African civilizatio...

Numbers

In fourteen pages this paper discusses the development of numbers systems in the civilizations of Europe, China, Mesopotamia, Sout...

Five Decades of Western Civilization Photography and Its Impact

In six pages this paper assesses the impact of photography on Western civilization over the past 5 decades. Five sources are cite...

The Natural and the Artefactual by Keekok Lee

In five pages this essay examines this philosophical text in terms of how it portrays the correlation between the natural world an...

An Analysis of How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill

This paper discusses this famous work and draws parallels between it and the textbook Western civilization by Noble. This paper h...

Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization Characteristics

In five pages this research paper discusses the characteristics of ancient Tigris and Euphrates river valley civilization of the S...

Civilization and Progress

Olympic Games that the Greeks initiated. On the other hand, most of the Greek citizens were obliged to labor for the purpos...

Civilization and Religion of Islam

in war and conflict for generations. Islam is a unique and comprehensive ideology which serves as a guide for the worldly...

A Review of Harrison Bergeron

their identity. The bands make the citizens equal in physical strength and intelligent. They are, by all accounts, supposed to be ...

Opposites and Conflict in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

daughter, Miranda; his faithful fairy, Ariel; and his loyal Councilor (advisor), Gonzalo. But also living there is a lifelong nat...

Women of Ancient Greece and Rome

And, in terms of using their sexuality, "They do not share their couches with their husbands but with the other men who happen to ...

Mesopotamia and Egypt

depending on outside influences from other cultures. If there is migration from one culture to another, then the behaviours of bot...

Western Civilization Historical Periods

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

Overview of Major Events of Western Civilization

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

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...

Pivotal Historical Point of the 1789 French Revolution

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 ...

Ancient Egypt and Cultural Interaction

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

Western Civilization Architecture

The original castles prior to reflecting architectural influence lacked much style or finesse; in fact, they were relatively munda...

Upper and Lower Egypt in Ancient Times

king, Menes; from this point forward, thirty dynasties would continue this arrangement of unification. One of the critical factor...

Disagreeing with The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington

the overwhelming ethnic condemnation he puts forth in his book. According to Ajami, who openly spoke of his feelings in a 1993 is...

Ecological Theory of Feminism

the path has become terribly burdensome. If women are to shed their oppressed existence, then it must first be acknowledged that ...

Byzantium Emperor Justinian I

By 476, the fall of Rome left the eastern city the undisputed imperial capital. During the reign of Justinian (527-565) the Byzant...

Ancient Greeks on Rationality and Science

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

Rome's Engineering and Law Contributions to the West

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...

Civilization Impacts of the Nomads

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

Church and State in the Petrine Supremacy

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

Comparing Grecian vs, Chinese Cultures

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....