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piece. Rhyton were generally very ornate and are thought by most experts to have been mostly for ritual ceremonies, or perhaps u...

epic is a rendition of the ancient flood narrative that predates that of the biblical Noah. The Babylonian flood narrative pictu...

sense of comfort and knowingness when one is met with something that they can understand. Yet, when faced with the unfamiliar work...

In five pages this paper analyzes the state and social role of family as depicted in History of Rome by Livy. One source is liste...

of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...

In five pages Kemet's government, culture, society, female warriors, trade, and religion ar discussed in this informational overvi...

to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...

woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...

In 5 pages, this paper considers how the tragedy of Oedipus differs from the comedy Lysistrata. There are 3 additional sources in...

Early astronomy and some of the earliest astronomers' discoveries and thoughts are the subject of this paper consisting of seven p...

closely tied with politics, especially so in ancient times. In ancient times it was important that religion be followed, but at...

In 4 pages this paper discusses the leadership, politics, and ideologies that existed in Israel during the time period between the...

In five pages the depiction of divine nature in the Greek marble Girl with Doves and the German stained glass Six Scenes from a Tr...

In five pages this paper discusses the construction of the pyramids with actual time period writings contributing to the analytica...

In six pages this paper which is based upon supplied readings examines Cairo and Beirut in a consideration of how time erodes the ...

In five pages this paper discusses the Roman Empire's contributions that were considerable despite emperors' defective personaliti...

In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...

of the "old Roman people," as well as the reign of Augustus, "till growing sycophancy scared them away."4 Already hes suggesting t...

This essay consists of five pages and considers sculptures of Aphrodite of Knidos, Lady of Auzerra, and Queen Nerfertiti in terms ...

and isolation of contagious patients would save lives and slow the transmission of illness. Sterilization and disinfection of mi...

provides the details that are lacking in the classical accounts of the Celts. Cunliffe wrote "The Ancient Celts" with the f...

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

the following: In todays world, it seems that the people are turning a blind eye to what is really going on as it respects the top...

Mitchells translation, Mark Jarman argues that Gilgamesh enlightens the modern reader as to what the ancient Mesopotamians valued ...

the concepts of order and harmony rendered ancient Kemet a strong and prosperous society: very long-lived civilization; very prosp...

According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...

Crete ("Barbarians," 1999). The region was very peaceful. In fact, there has been only scant evidence of a military force ("Barbar...

(Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But it declined from the end of the Ming Dynasty until 1949, when the Chinese government "b...

under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...

of the Persian Empire" (Herodotus, 2006). Herodotus begins his story with "an account of the first western monarch to enter into c...