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it was as a democracy that Athens "won and lost an empire...built the Parthenon" and produced "Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and...
c. 1386-1321 BCE (Lorenz). Akhenaten is renowned for the religious revolution he initiated during this reign, which attempted t...
Egyptians, whose fantastic death cult gave us some of the greatest monuments on earth. The Egyptians believed in an afterlife that...
these rulers. The huge labor force that was required to construct a pyramid was supervised by one man, the "overseer of all the k...
themselves but produce the food that Rome needed to survive. As a consequence of the scenario outlined above, agrarian laws...
and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...
grace precedes faith."7 Augustine argues that it is impossible "to believe without having heard," yet is also impossible for the i...
Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...
of specific interest, and which concern morality in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene ...
audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...
it. The man proceeded immediately to build an ark" (Noss, 38). Marietta Moskin agrees that many of the earliest Hebrew stories d...
In 6 pages this paper analyzes how women's roles in these works by Homer reflect the cultural perceptions of women in ancient Gree...
In three pages this essay contrasts and compares the similarities and differences that exist between these three ancient societies...
In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...
In five pages this essay argues that ancient principles were rejected by seventeenth and eighteenth century scientific breakthroug...
In five pages a comparative analysis of two sculptures from different cultures and time periods are examined with the ancient Gree...
Crucifixion as a means of execution served a number of purposes in the ancient world. This paper discusses the origin of the pract...
much as they are in todays society. Therefore, the philosophies and laws created chaos, but democracy was enjoyed as a fact of ex...
This research paper describes how the ancient Israeli prophets preserved the distinctive nature of Judaism during the people's per...
In eight pages this paper examines ancient sports in an historical overview that includes various types, Greek and Roman influence...
This research report examines LA in particular but does look at general changes.A great deal of information is included in this re...
events surrounding the Peloponessian War, but also the views of other cultures which sometimes conflicted with his own sensibiliti...
Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...
Regal and early republican periods are the focus of this paper consisting of four pages that examines how architecture and sociali...
In five pages the cause and effect of the ancient maxim 'sowing and reaping' are examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...
In five pages this paper considers whether Athenian democracy reflects the democracy concept including a case study from the perio...
In five pages the role of women in theater is the focus of this historical overview that dates back to ancient times. There are 5...
these ancient societies traded with other regions, but there were also differences in their economies were organized. Mesopotamia ...
references that appear when "temple-state" is the prompt refer to Mesopotamia, which may indicate that it was the civilization whe...
In four pages architectural development is discussed in relation to ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, Louis Kahn, and also addresses He...