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Three Historical Perspectives on Roman Imperialism

"extension of power by ones own group over others," is basic to human nature and "does not call for special explanation.iii One se...

Historical Development Of The American Higher Education

for a serviceman - or woman - who spent the last several years entrenched in blood and battle, however, were dead-end, blue-collar...

Historical Accuracy of Brian De Palma's Film The Untouchables

also gave rise to greater criminal activity. Coupled with the decree of prohibition on alcohol, many took advantage of this easy m...

Significant Historical Events Between the Years 1900 and 1939

air travel. It is such an important innovation of the time period that the state has the "First in Flight" designation on its lice...

Pivotal Historical Point of the 1789 French Revolution

so deplorable a condition as it did in France under the reigns of the last three Bourbon kings, Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI ...

The Clash Between Historical Preservation and Urban Sprawl

and agencies to create the rebirth of Newports quality of life, says Laura Long, economic development director for the city of New...

2 Historical Views of William the Conqueror

to subdue all invasions and rebellion and was very successful at achieving peace and stability in the regions he conquered (Willia...

Historical Impacts of the Disease Malaria

in World War II and those serving in the military in Vietnam. We have experienced this disease even more directly, however, right...

Sundiata Film Historical Analysis

returns. If this plotline sounds familiar to modern audiences, it should. Sundiata is often referred to as the Lion King. Disneys ...

Western Civilization Historical Periods

was an incredibly powerful and influential time in mankinds history and in the development of Western civilization. Prior to the R...

Historical Development of Prisons

accompanying technological advancement changed society to such an extent that people felt they had no guidelines for how to behave...

Historical Consideration of Dante’s Inferno

He was relatively well educated, in both Christian and classical literature (Books and Writers, 2008). In addition, it is perhaps ...

Three Historical Points

found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...

Japanese Historical Meiji Period

the other religions of the land. This, he believes, is a wise move, and it would seem to echo what was happening in England at the...

Various Historical Discussions

A surplus of economic wealth that leads to a division of labor means that certain social classes typically perform different jobs ...

Historical Anthropology Questions

A 9 page paper that answers three questions about historical anthropology. Topics include evolution of social cultural change, col...

U.S. Hazardous Waste Facilities and Historical, Archaeological, and Cultural Information

problem stems from the fact that polluted water flows directly into the Apalachicola Bay from other sources, rendering the bay def...

Walter Benjamin, Historical Materialism and "Hiroshima, Mon Amour"

because of his insistence on seeing everything from the Marxist perspective. But perhaps most important in a discussion of the fi...

Historical Causation Does Not Necessarily Apply to Classical Historiography

we will find one single causal factor underlying all of history. Munro makes the same argument: while there are a great many theo...

Historical Jesus And Christ Of Faith

one had to make a leap of faith because history was unimportant in the quest for Jesus (Geisler, 1999). Cain (1999) reports the ...

A Historical Overview of Philosophy

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

Historical and Legal Perspectives on Federal and State Citizen Equality in America

The concept of equality and how it has been reflected legally throughout American history is the focus of this sixteen page paper....

Historical Plausibility of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 5 pages this great American novel is analyzed in an historical overview of the relevant 19th century issues including children'...

Historical Influence of Walt Whitman

In eight pages this paper discusses the social and political influences Walt Whitman exerted through his poetry from an historical...

Historical English Plays and Marginalization

In five pages this paper considers marginalization as featured in English plays William Shakespeare's Othello and Aphra Behn's The...

Historical Overview of the New York City Public Transportation System

America was a bit behind. Paris had its omnibus in 1823 and London in 1829 (Ellis, 1997). New York states first railroad, the Moha...

A Historical World View of Female Genital Mutilation

an exclusively Islamic practice. FGM is a cross-cultural and cross-religious ritual and is in most cultures primarily a social pra...

Historical Overview of Racism in California/1850 to World War II

its sweatshops while the lush farmlands of California had vast farming and cattle empires that depended on equally vast numbers of...

Historical Overview of the Balkans

In five pages this paper examines the history and present discord in this region and argues that a U.S. presence there is necessar...

Telephone Invention and Its Historical Impact

In eight pages this paper explores the telephone's invention in a consideration of the changes that resulted and its global impact...