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Western Monasticism's Rise and Spread

In five pages this paper examines a period from the earliest days of Christianity to the Reformation period in a consideration of ...

Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer and Edward Rutherfurd's Russka Compared

In seven pages these texts are compared in an analysis of how nonindustrialized agrarian societies relate to the world differently...

Literary Considerations of Power Abuses

In this paper consisting of six pages the realistic depiction of abuses in regards to imperialism are in Voltaire's Candide, Remar...

A Comparison of Mary Shelley and Erich Remarque

This paper compares and contrasts Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Shelley's Frankenstein. This five page paper has ...

Contemporary Thinking and the Influence of Existentialism, Romanticism, and the Enlightenment

In five pages this report explores how the schools of philosophical thought that characterized the Enlightenment have influenced c...

Goals of the Crusades and Their Impact

For hundreds of years pilgrims from Western Europe had been journeying to the Holy Land, Palestine, where Jesus Christ had lived a...

Cherokee 'Trail of Tears' and Expansion of the West

It was then that a constant infiltration of European settlers were making their way onto the territory in their quest to move inla...

'Art raises its head when religions relax their hold' and the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

In twelve pages this report examines how according to Nietzsche, the destructiveness of Western religion can inhibit the creation ...

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...

Dann Sisters, the Western Shoshone and Native American Land Rights

In fifteen pages this paper discusses land ownership and property rights as it regards Native Americans in a consideration of the ...

Book Review of Joan D. Chittister's Heart of Flesh

In ten pages this paper reviews this text in its consideration of women's ostracism from Western theology and public policy with s...

Middle East Expansion

In eight pages this paper discusses necessary information Western businesses must examine if they are considering expansion to the...

Social Paradigm for Change Represented by the Scientific Revolution

1991). This invention meant that new ideas could be readily shared, and also, that it was much more difficult to the Church to c...

Western Civilization Evolution

progressed spiritually. Additionally, when comparing centuries, another thing to look at is the distribution of world power. In th...

Pythagoras and His Widespread Influence

In five pages this paper examines Pythagoras' widespread influence that includes the Western scientific concept, mysticism, number...

Today's Military Actions and Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front

The fact that indeed the boy will get used to being in mortal danger on a daily basis is troubling, but is that how life in war re...

Western Films and the Themes of Loss and Regret

on him by his situation, but belonging to him intimately and testifying to his completeness" (655). Also on the subject of Wester...

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...

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...

Life of Medieval Author Geoffrey Chaucer

In 5 pages this paper examines the 14th century life, career, and writings of Geoffrey Chaucer that culminated in The Canterbury T...

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 ...

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,...

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...

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...

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...