SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Cultural Diffusion from the Ancient World

Essays 811 - 840

Ancient Construction Form for Housing

Ancient people used a form of construction called cob construction. This paper examines the art and how it was useful to our ances...

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...

Venus de Milo's Sublime Sculpture

high point of sensuality and complexity of emotion; the expressions showed nuances of feeling. This period of sensuality saw the ...

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...

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 Roman Spectacle of Gladiator Competition

In six pages this paper discusses how ancient Roman politics were represented in the gladiator spectacles as they were staged to e...

Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Thucydides on Government, Human Development, and the Soul

In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...

Thomas Aquinas' Theology and Philosophy

Thomas Aquinas' distinctive theology and philosophy and how it differed from the ancient Greek thinkers are examined in seven page...

Ancient Rome and Divorce

In ten pages the various types of marriages and divorces that existed during the time of Ancient Rome are examined in terms of cha...

Herodotus on Living

In five pages this paper examines the Histories of Herodotus in a consideration of the ancient historian's views on fine living. ...

Pencil's Life Cycle

In ten pages a pencil's history is sketched in terms of its ancient origins and how it has evolved into the writing instruments of...

Old Testament, 'The Odyssey,' 'Epic of Gilgamesh' and Social Function in Literature

in mind we present an examination of Gilgamesh as he illustrates the struggle for social function, or mortality, despite the inter...

Explaining What Cannot Be Explained Through Mythology

In five pages this research paper examines the social function of mythology with the emphasis being on the myths of ancient Greece...

The Bible - Fact or Fiction?

This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...

Republic to Empire, Rome's Transition

This research paper analyzes the reasons behind the structural political shift in ancient Rome from republic to empire. The writer...

Twenty First Century and the Competitive Advantage Model of Michael Porter

In five pages this report examines 1990's The Competitive Advantage of Nations written by Harvard Business School Professor Michae...

Egyptian Afterlife Beliefs and Natural Forces

of the mortal life. Consequently there were elaborate worship rituals concerning death and the afterlife. Many of these rituals ...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Motifs of Sight, Blindness, Darkness, and Light

In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...

Polymerase Chain Reaction DNA Analysis and its Ancient DNA Study Implications

In five pages polymerase chain reaction utilization is the focus of this DNA research consideration in a technique application des...

Justice and Roman Law

In seven pages this paper examines law and justice from an ancient Roman perspectives. Six sources are listed in the bibliography...

Feminism and the Role of Clytemnestra

Agamemnon's actions led to his demise at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. While Aeschylus shows her as a strong woman who exac...

Epic of Gilgamesh and Philosophy

In six pages this report discusses how the beliefs and philosophies of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia are reflected in The Epi...

Greek Athletics and the Diadumenos of Polykleitos

In 6 pages this paper examines how important athletics were in ancient Greece in a sculptural consideration of the Polykleitos can...

Alcestis by Euripides

In five pages the political issue involving identification of gender roles is examined within the context of the play and a compar...

Socioeconomic System Origins

if one takes an honest look at what has occurred throughout political history. Aristotle considered the primary principles of pol...

Aztec Calendar or 'Sun Stone'

of the Aztecs (Nahuatl), it is called the tonalpohualli simply meaning the "day-count." The tonalpohualli and the xiuhpohualli c...

Ancient Greece to the New Testament and Dreams, Oracles, and Prophecy

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

Early History of Women's Subjugation

In three pages this paper presents a brief overview of women's subjugation from the ancient period until the 17th century. One so...

Hindu Religious Text Bhagavad Gita

In five pages this religious work is critically examined and considers how maintenance of the social status quo is a primary featu...

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....