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Middle East Imperialism

non Egyptians, known as the Semitic Kings, named Hyksos, meaning princes of the foreign lands (Thornton, 2003). They had come down...

Historical Revisionist Oliver Stone's Films Born on the Fourth of July and Platoon

come to overestimate his own value as a singular entity amidst an enormous universe. There is no doubt that Stones intention when...

Implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

of the marketplace by big business (Bittlingmayer, 2002). Catanzaro (2000) accuses President Richard Nixon of using antitrust law ...

Plessy v. Ferguson

there were public restrooms and water fountains with black and white designations. The law included prejudicial aspects. Also, as ...

Henry James's 19th Century Critique of John S. Sargent's 'Lady with the Rose' Painting

lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...

New Zealand and Giftedness

student population by virtue of their special abilities. This reason, in and of itself, has enabled New Zealand to better underst...

20th Century British India

but it pays to note also that other things would occur to render the necessity of government help. As a result, it is found that o...

Exegesis of the Twenty Fourth Book of Matthew, Lines 43 through 51

seen in both 1 Thess. 5:2 and Rev. 3:3; 16:15. The point of this passage is to communicate that the time of the parousia cannot be...

Bellini, Durer, and Ribera and an Art History Examination

clearly painted religious ideals of the time. It was also a time of romantic ideals as well, and the wondrous images and colors, a...

Slavery and Human Progress by David Brion Davis

Davis clearly outlines the many ways in which slavery was a truly ancient institution in which the "Arabs and their Muslim allies ...

The Dioxins as Lingering Agent Orange Problems

evidence". Agent orange has gained the most notoriety in its use as a defoliant in the Vietnam War. It has been the...

Divorce and Judaism

of sorts so that a divorce could not be granted simply and carelessly. "If there was a certificate, there should also be grounds f...

The Economic Nightmare of Argentina

bone and are not likely to be reversed in the near future. The business environment of Argentina has been hit particularly ...

History and Citizen Kane

flashbacks in the movie) (Street 48). Through these interviews, the audience learns that Kane inherited a fortune at a young age, ...

A Governmental Policy on Energy Overview

it. Today, there is a fashionable and optimistic belief that humans can "reap natures bounty" (Linden, 1993,p.56) in a controlled ...

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

the worst storm to batter England in recorded history in late November through early December, 1703 (De Wire 34). One DeFoe schola...

Analyzing the Catholic Baptism Sacrament

Incarnation of Christ, the material universe is sacred".3 Essentially, it is through the sacraments that the world of God and the...

History and Current Situation of Domestic Violence

What is Domestic Violence? Domestic violence, or battering as it is sometimes called, is "a pattern of behavior used to establish ...

A Comparison of Various Feminist Movements

forth but this time it was with broader generational appeal; it was more interesting and expressed female sexual desire for the f...

Carrying out the Holocaust

2002). One of these main "coordinators" was a man named Adolf Eichmann, who escaped to Argentina after the war (The Holocaust, 20...

The Hebrew Bible by Jon Levenson

biblical theology," is central to Levensons position on Old Testament theology. This essay drew immediate attention. Barr (1996) r...

Filmmaker D.W. Griffith's Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation

because of the Civil War, and many of whom were still alive when the film was produced" (The Birth of a Nation PG). The director ...

Historical Themes in the Works of Charles Dickens

This paper evaluates a variety of works and how this author wrote in historical context. How Dickens wrote about education and ind...

Hispanics, High Dropout Rates, and Influential Factors

In eight pages Hispanics are examined within the context of their high rates of dropping out of high school with sociocultural and...

Sexuality in Roxana by Daniel Defoe

Roxana herself has done," presenting us with a story that is informing the reader about realities as they concern many conditions,...

Annotated Bibliography and Research on John Cheever

relates the personal events that have influenced an individuals. One important point in considering this comparison, though, is t...

An 'Othello' Sociological Analysis

In this instance, racism is a problem, and it is today. Yet, in looking back through history, one sees that racism was much more p...

The Impact of World War I on Australian Art and Artists

to the gracious host to the worldwide event known as the 2000 Summer Olypmics. Art, Wartime and the land "Down Under"...

The World War II German Achievements of Admiral Karl Donitz

In six pages the German U-boat leader that eventually replaced Adolf Hitler as head of state is discussed not only in an historica...

To Be A Slave In Brazil, 1550-1888 by Katia M. De Queiros Mattoso

In five pages the slave trade and the foundation of cultural and historical racial prejudice it cemented are examined within the c...