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Musical Systems: Scales, Maqamat, and Ragas

This research paper offers a brief overview of scales, maqamat, and ragas, which derive from Western Arabic and Indian music respe...

Cultural Differences in an Acquisition

The writer looks at the problems faced by Indian firm Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL) when acquiring a western firm. The managem...

Misreading Scripture by Richards, O'Brien

This essay pertains to aspects of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien's text Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. The n...

Contemporary Reflections on Moral Objectivism and Moral Relativism

This paper considers the actions of the US military in regard to cultures that deviate from the Western ideas of right and wrong. ...

Periods in Music History and Timeline of Events

This paper is comprised of two sections. The first section is speed sheet, khmuschtl.xlsx, which describe each period in western m...

Construction and Engineering Genius of the American West's Hoover Dam

In ten pages this paper examines the western American contributions of the Hoover Dam in a consideration of its construction and e...

Credibility of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in Terms of the Black Experience

In 5 pages this paper argues that Douglass's literacy taints is portrayal of the black experience because of the Western ideology ...

Speech Patterns of Western Kentucky

In five pages this paper examines how affluence and race influences Western Kentucky's patterns of speech with William Labov's res...

Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at Patanjali's yoga sutras. Western interpretations of the sutras which often miss the ...

First Thessalonians 2:13-16

This paper pertains to 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 and focuses on issues associated with Western imperialism and attitudes, such as Or...

Directing Style of John Ford

This essay pertains to the directing style of John Ford. Classic Westerns such as "Stagecoach," "Liberty Valance," and "The Search...

Peace is Every Step by Hanh

bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...

El Llano en Llamas by Juan Rulfo

aspects of cultural discord, having so obviously addressed the inherent shortcomings associated with White Privilege. Indeed, it ...

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

In five pages this paper discusses the arguments presented by this evolutionary biologist regarding Western dominance of Europe at...

Integration of Alternative Medicine with Western Medicine

traditional medicine, alternative options incorporate drug therapy with several other modalities to improve overall health and wel...

Strengths and Limitations of Western Medicine

methods has caused a portion of the public to eschew the western approach to health care. As good as western medicine has p...

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

In eight pages this report examines the complexities of relationships and Western mythology within the context of the Pulitzer Pri...

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...

John Woo's Film The Killer

In five pages this paper reviews the 1989 film by director John Woo entitled The Killer and considers the influence of Western mav...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

High Medieval Period of Western Europe

In five pages this paper considers the High Medieval Period of Western Europe in an overview of various political and social chang...

Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris

So, if our stone age ancestors did not give up their hunter-gather lifestyle and invent agriculture in order to improve their life...

Western Classical Literature and Women

was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...

Iran's Islamic Revolution

In six pages this paper examines the Islamic revolution taking place in Iran in terms of its impact, its spread to Egypt, and the ...

The Greeks and Romans and the Creation of Western Civilization

the head of the Persian Gulf" (Poiycratis, 1991). But even Alexander couldnt stop history and another power was rising in the regi...

Transferable Lessons for Retailers Interested in the Asian Markets

into the market, despite the poor factors which were present and the potential profits which were available. The slow expansion in...

Canterbury Tales and The Song of Roland

should control the entire known world and so the theme of religion, and the power of religious men, was not questioned in The Song...

Industrialization, the Western Migration, and the Failure of Reconstruction

Klux Klan continued its reign of terror, and the rest of the country, wearied by four years of war and sick of the "seemingly endl...

Slavery as Impacted by Western Expansion

well, however. Some believed that the southern states were involved in a conspiracy to destroy northern liberty. By the ninetee...

Buddhism, Western Culture, Consumerism And Disharmony

notes how this continual desire to control keeps people anxious and powerless to their own misery, which is exactly why so many pe...