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The Crusades

2005). As tensions grew and fears increased, on the part of Christians, the Pope took action and in 1095 he essentially demanded...

Yates/Politics of Management

by this organization. Yates begins his text with an introductory chapter that concentrates on the role that business leaders pla...

Contract Of Indemnity And Object Of Indemnity: Explanation

in the event that such a large payoff constitutes significant monetary losses. The basis behind reinsurance is no different than ...

Van Gogh's Self Portrait (1889)

to replace the superstitious and less credible beliefs of the day. New thinking would also come about in terms of liberty and free...

The History Of The Spanish Language

for practical matters, in order to trade and communicate. This take u was a slow progression and started the influences of modern ...

Pygmalion's Liza Doolittle in the Context of Early Twentieth Century Britain

panacea when it came to womens rights. Liza was caught in this time period where she wanted to strike out on her own but was held ...

The National Rifle Association (NRA)

fact that guns are no longer popular, NRA continues to support shooting as a youth sport in America ("A Brief History of the NRA,"...

The Significance of the Voyage

phenomenon in ancient times. The Greeks would also emerge as a people that would begin to trade (Goeldner & Ritchie, 2003). One c...

Great Britain's Iraqi Migrants

has to consider the different experiences of Iraqi Kurds and other Iraqi migrants. Fatah (2002) for instance points out that there...

History of Al Qaeda

is not new, though the 9/11 attack suddenly made everyone aware of it (Flaherty, 2003, p. 30). Americans can be remarkably blind t...

Chinese Cinematic Art

Even today, if we look at the extent to which Chinese cultural ideology has made its way to the West via art and...

ESL Teaching's Negative Aspects in Puerto Rico

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Introduction Teaching English as a second language in Puerto Rico...

Brian DePalma's 'Carrie' A Cinematic Analysis

would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...

History and SWOT Analysis of Federal Express

adopt its global brand name of FedEx Corporation (FedEx, About, 2006). FedEx acquired many companies over the years, such as its...

We Were Soldiers/Historical Accuracy of Film

back first one North Vietnamese assault, then another, over a period of six days."i In writing about the film, co-author of We W...

History/Education & Educational Psychology

Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) with the first applied educational psychologist, as he attempted to put Rousseaus philosophy into ...

Human Nature and Karl Marx's 'The Communist Manifesto'

In five pages this paper examines historical materialism and alienation within the context of 'The Communist Manifesto' and argues...

Database Management and Use

the past has been a repository of past events, a record of organizational history in several areas. "But these days we expect mor...

Defining "Crusade" And "Jihad"

The concept of Jihad has long been at the forefront of controversy in its indignation toward government and strong-arm tactics. O...

'1791' and 'Amadeus'

post as court composer and imperial Kapellmeister). In the movie Salieris music is simpleminded - this could have never been the ...

British Pub and its History

In 9 pages this paper examines the British pub from an historical and developmental perspective. Eight sources are cited in the b...

Historical Themes in the Works of Charles Dickens

This paper evaluates a variety of works and how this author wrote in historical context. How Dickens wrote about education and ind...

Domestic Violence History

In five pages this paper examines domestic violence in a historical consideration that considers the infamous O.J. Simpson case wh...

Howell, New Jersey and Its Points of Interest

In five pages this paper examines historical sites and parks as they pertain to Howell, New Jersey, with its famous golf course al...

US Slavery History

time. Because of the need for manual laborers, the slave trade flourished in the south at that time. It was certainly not due to...

Mexican History During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

In five pages the historical events that had a significant impact upon Mexico during this time period and how their influence is s...

Spirituality and Religion in Dona Perfecta by Benito Perez Galdos

are far superior to all others. Reprogramming such ingrained concepts was not something that would ever be carried through in any...

Modernity and History

the modernist viewpoint, it is this worldview that spawned the Scientific Revolution and its energetic offspring, the Industrial R...

Piano Concerto Number Two by Rachmaninoff

At this point in his life, Rachmaninoff spent his summers with his fathers wealthy sister, Varvara Satins, and he composed a deal ...

Jews and Persecution Reasons

this premise had become a common notion and it persisted for centuries, something that would create more areas of persecution ("Pe...