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Impracticality of Direct Democracy

in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...

Renaissance Europe, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Ideological Similarities and Differences Between Them

emotional aspects and familial storylines which had not been present in any great extent in either the Egyptian or the Mesopotamia...

Ancient Greek Philosophy, Buddhism, and Vedanta Hinduism

(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...

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...

Roman Architecture and the Continental Building

are just a few of its ornamental features (Gilmore Associates, 2004). The overall style of the Continental is Art Deco. The Art ...

Gilgamesh and Kurtz in Heart of Darkness

merely oppressed and used the natives. Kurtz is a man who is very diverse and very intelligent. He is a powerful speaker, a poet, ...

Ancient Athens and Contemporary New York City

Most of us recognize that New York City serves as a symbol of all that is possible in the world today. It is also a city that repr...

Life in the Roman Empire

It also suggests that people lived with the same lingering questions at the time as now. Some things never change, while other thi...

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...

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...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

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

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...

Yoruba and Christian Religious Sacrifices

In eight pages this paper compares and contrasts sacrifice in Christianity and in the ancient Yoruba religion. Eight sources are ...

Medea and Antigone

In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...

Comparison of 'Aeneid' by Virgil and 'The Iliad' by Homer

are not primarily about war. The love element is significantly greater. In exploring Virgils Aeneid, it is perhaps the metamorpho...

Empire and the City State in the Ancient World

Ancient City-States and empires before 350 B.C. are compared and contrasted win this paper, which gives pros and cons and speculat...

Past and Present Hercules

In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...

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...

Comparative Analysis of 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how heroes are defined in these ancient epics. There are no other sources listed....

Ancient Societies' Marital Customs

This paper contrasts and compares the marital customs and women's roles in various ancient societies in 5 pages. Five sources are...

Social Status of Women in the Ancient Societies of Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia

Emperor Valentinian issued a written order to Pope Damasus I requiring the Christian missionaries to cease calling at the homes of...

Ancient Greece and Medieval Societies Compared

In five pages Ancient Greek society is compared with the Medieval society represented in the epic 'Beowulf' in terms of citizen ex...

Ancient Greek Literature Compared with the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

Coleridge and Byron, Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Darkness

personification of Death and Nightmare Life-in-Death; the sailors all dying and then their corpses reanimating, all of these image...

Comparative Analysis of Ancient Art Woman or Goddess with Snakes and Eannatum, Prince of Lagash

This report contrasts and compares the art from the ancient Minoan culture and Sumer in five pages. Six sources are cited in the ...

Ancient Writings Like Epic of Gilgamesh and Ideology

purposes of taming Enkidu, the wild man (Radcliffe, 2001). Enkidu is important to the story as he exemplifies the average man in s...

Egyptian Religion and Ancient Hebrew Religion Compared

(Ancient Egyptian Religion, 2003). In terms of origin tales, the Egyptians had several ideas about how the world began (...

Comparing Evil in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Paradise Lost

structures, with Colridge following an old sailor with a ship that has gone off course, and Milton depicts war between heave and h...

Ancient Poems and Love Songs of Egypt and China Compared on Love and Sex Attitudes

war songs, marriage songs and love songs among many more. Throughout the ages, the poems came to known as not merely an example of...