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fact that he was "the first king in history to sign a peace treaty with his enemies, the Hittites, ending long years of wars and h...

by a monarch entailed certain secular dangers, such as possibility that a king might become oppressive in his rule or lead the peo...

there lived another Orhan so much like me that he could pass for my twin, even my double" (Pamuk, 2006; 3). This image is presente...

mother, and until the age of 30 and possibly beyond were dedicated to their training and to their service to the state" ("The Cult...

be no real need to war because Egypt possessed what everyone needed. As such the political and intellectual perspectives turned in...

not possible to work backwards to reconstruct the Harappan faith from the Vedic (Hooker, 1999). The second period is that of the...

fool has a wondrous capability of truly providing many different elements of human nature to the audience. They can be ridiculous ...

"witnessed great political growth during the early years of the Late Classic period under the reigns of long-lived rulers" and the...

importantly, perhaps, the Code described what punishment would be used against someone who violated these laws: "The old saying an...

His leadership alliances undoubtedly contributed to Romes preeminent world status, but at a price. His autocratic rule encouraged...

on the planet. It had a number of dynasties and emperors in its long history, until the 20th century, when it became a Communist n...

boxes and finger harps. Intricate jewelry, ritual items, masks and bronze work of all kinds were its main trade. Business/...

woman who had just inserted a foul-smelling crocodile dung suppository. Other adventurous women seeking to avoid pregnancy in anc...

builders were not foreigners or slaves, but Egyptians who lived in villages constructed specifically for this workforce ("Introduc...

to punishment after death: Budge (1905) comments that many later religions derived their concept of a fiery, demonic hell from the...

the centuries has seen a rather constant existence, with Buddhism establishing itself as a primary staple of belief and stimulatin...

Is not (even the core of) the brick structure made of kiln-fired brick, and did not the Seven Sages themselves lay out its plans? ...

3. Tebenna etruscan - toga. The Tebenna was the forerunner of the toga. For the most part the tebenna was more of a cloak, of drap...

slowly and the next major developments moving towards the modern financial markets was the increased use of the corporate status,...

man with a dreadful face. Its center was red and empty; blood streamed from it into his mouth and beard ... both shoulders dripped...

Egyptians, whose fantastic death cult gave us some of the greatest monuments on earth. The Egyptians believed in an afterlife that...

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...

most convoluted example of relationships that get mixed up and end badly, only to have things reverse in a startling turn of event...

determined by birth were disposed of and ten trittyes (thirds) were created each called after called after local heroes (Leveque a...

children to term, nurse them, and are endowed with a combination of hormones that render them the desirable caretakers. While wom...

the Greeks, which makes it all the stranger that it is the Roman Empire that grew and prospered, and not the earlier one. Part of ...

In five pages this paper discusses how the ancient civilizations of Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia achieved cultural expansion thr...

nothing more than a ghost story to frighten a reader, it seems that there is a more powerful theme or message and that involves th...

plights of war ... as the common people devoted themselves to the cult of their rain gods and peacefully tilled their fields {milp...