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Jack the Ripper and His Impact on History

mostly prostitutes - were savagely murdered and mutilated by an unknown assailant, but after November 1888, the slayings stopped a...

The History of the Financial Markets

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

What Herodotus' The Histories Teaches Us About Government

chosen, and the people give over their will, that is good too (Herodotus 185). It suggests that others can have democracy, but the...

Music History, Classical Era to the 20th Century

as an example of perfection ("Romantic"). The sociopolitical upheavals of the late eighteenth century created "new social order an...

Containment in US History

United States, or it was believed to be a threat, and there was a great deal of effort aimed at keeping the United States society ...

Post-WWII Canada/2 books

baby-boomers from their beginning, at wars end, to the end of the sixties" (Owram xii). His then states that his discussion also i...

The Nature of War: The Iliad, Herodotus’ Histories, and Thucydides Peloponnesian War

ultimately started the war, Priam, his father and the king of Troy, and Hector, the other son of Priam. While there are other impo...

The History of Algebra

was a book entitled al-Kitab al-muhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wal-muqabala which translates as Compendium on calculation by completio...

The History of the New York Fire Department

Part I). They were put into place to further regulate any homes which would be newly erected in and around the city (Young Chapter...

History of Wedding Dresses

weddings resembled pagan festivals and most of then involved the celebration of spring (important planting season for these agricu...

The History of Microsoft

Harvard, and Allen enrolled at University of Washington, only to drop out and work at Honeywell (Lesinski, 2006). It was 19...

History of the WWW

He then invents the mouse and goes on to coin the word Hypertext (2000). It was also during the 1960s that the Internet would be ...

Muslim History: Damascus and Cairo

and the Christian Jerusalem comprised the major powers within Syria at the time.3 In relationship to Cairo, several years ...

Economic Interdependence in American History

The Revolutionary War itself, in fact, came with significant expense. The fledgling nation was immediately saddled with tremendou...

Observations in History, Nationalism, and Military Strategy and Technology

measuring stick against which all the answers to all the questions could be compared to see if they measured up. Not only was sci...

The Relevance of the History of Philosophy

they at least try not to have affairs. They give to charity, pay attention to raising their young, and also model a good example f...

History and Market Position of Southwest Airlines

Worth Regional Airport Board files a suit against Southwest to stop them from operating out of Love Field, which was the downtown ...

A History and Sociological Overview of Prostitution

society. Therefore, it was imperative to the churchs position of power to eradicate this opposition. The early church did not, how...

Gardens of Versailles Art History Examination

itself" (Covington, 2001, p. 90). The gardens mirrored the "air of grandeur" that French royalty itself sought to embody (De Nolh...

Post Second World War and Global History

that the Russians "made very serious mistakes" (Booth 37). In an attempt to avert a secret attack, President Kennedy ordered Prem...

Politics and Women Throughout History

that is only one aspect of politics. Again, women had smaller roles. Jeanette Rankin of Montana was elected to office in 1917, and...

History of the Italian Carnival During the Renaissance

the meal. The number of guests allowed to attend certain weddings and funerals was also closely regulated. Why and for how long ...

Link Between Death Theme in His Poems and the Personal History of John Keats

and his first brush with death came at the age of eight, when his father, a livery-stableman by trade, died of a fractured skull a...

History of Tourette's Syndrome and its Treatment

disruptive to a persons way of life (What is Tourette Syndrome? 2002, See also Tourettes Syndrome, 2002). The typical TS...

Theater History

and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...

Real Analysis Conceptual History

traditional mathematical definition of space so that it could be utilized to compare figures (2002). Stahl (1999) provid...

Calculus' History

pass another mid point, and so on into infinity (OConnor and Robertson, 1996). The argument looks at this as proving that motion m...

Chapters Two and Three of Vietnam A History by Stanley Karnov

2. Vietnam wants Western influence ousted a. Trade with Europe proves pointless by end of seventeenth century b. Dutch, English, F...

History of the European Unification

and on since the Roman Empire. The reasons for unification seemed to have stemmed mainly from the contention that at least three ...

History and Financial Position of Merck

this once giant drug company is definitely suffering a mid-life crisis. Background Merck, which is headquartered in Whiteho...