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A History of Medications

medicinal purposes, but it is thought that its origin is tied to the caves of France dated to as early as 25,000 BCE ("History of ...

Book Review of Tom Standage’s A History of the World in 6 Glasses

served as a form of currency in these regions because it was used as wage compensation. A crucial point Standage made is that bee...

Herodotus Histories, Book 4, Chapters 176-183

as he refers to the way in which climate and geographical features serve to shape human behavior. For example, the Lotus Eaters ar...

Frances Fitzgerald's "America Revised: History Schoolbooks In The Twentieth Century"

multiculturalism and reconstruction to cloud the truth and cultivate biased perspectives has caused Americas history textbooks to ...

AMERICAN HISTORY: AN OVERVIEW

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

THE TALIBAN, ITS MEANING AND ITS HISTORY

Afghanistan, and why it has such a blind hatred toward America -- and all things Western. Though we cant really come up with a sol...

A HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY: ITS INFLUENCE ON POLITICS AND SOCIETY FROM 2000 BCE TO 1500 CE

This 5-page paper examines the history of the Catholic Church and Christianity until 1500 BCE, and examines its influence on gover...

The Recording Ban and Other Issues in Music History

advances in technology, new concerns arise. Again, the concept of downloading music has been discussed. But the issues that face t...

William Bradford: History of Plymouth Plantation

the light of the gospel in our honorable nation of England...what wars and oppositions ever since, Satan hath raised, maintained a...

Post 1900 History of the New York Yankees

the first time on April 22, 1903, losing to Washington (The Official Site of the New York Yankees, 2007). However, with a never s...

“Major Problems in California History”

effort in categorizing the tribes that populated the area and speculating as to their origin. He observed their subsistence patte...

Starbucks' History and Evolution

the end of 1987. * 1991 - Starbucks undertook a number of socially responsible projects including a CARE coffee sampler and becomi...

Early 20th Century History

important trade partners for the United States (The Social Studies Help Center, 2007). "From 1914 to 1916 trade with the Allies gr...

History of California: The Railroad

and political power people can possess, and many other grand images. But, at the same time he moves toward illustrating to the rea...

The History of Quadratic Equations

Quadratic Formula," 2007). It should be said that many believed that the Babylonians were more advanced than the Egyptians ("Highl...

The Significance of the Empire in History

something associated more with power and prestige than it is with the conquering of lands or people. He writes: "The original mean...

History of Occupational Therapy, 1910-1929

occurred at a meeting of hospital workers held in Boston, which occurred also in 1914. Barton contacted Dunton because he was int...

A History of Values and Attitudes in America

et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...

Perspective on History

out, "different perspectives of what happened create different histories" (Wilson 1). The example of the voyages of Christopher C...

Various History Questions

its attention. While prior centuries had proven slowly successful these times proved otherwise: "17th century England was troubled...

History and Positions of Wal-Mart and Target

Gibson - a barber from over at Berryville - started his stores with a simple philosophy: "Buy it low, stack it high, sell it cheap...

American History: 19th Century

the hopes of finding work (The United States Of America, Part Five, 2007). "As immigration exploded, urban populations surged from...

History Of Educational Psychology - Emergence Of Cognitive Psychology

Both Plato and Aristotle discussed learning and education, the need for different types of education, the effects of the arts on l...

Ronald Takaki's Reflections on A Different Mirror A History of Multicultural America

concept is that it was a term coined specifically in response to those great waves of immigrants arriving from Europe. Takaki is ...

Art, Philosophy, and History of the Renaissance

also equated with humanism, a movement that put man at the center of the universe, as opposed to God (Honderich 375). While the hu...

History and Future of Computer Networking

In eight pages the history of computer networking is discussed along with the importance of operating system choice, policy establ...

We All Got History by Nick Salvatore

In five pages this paper presents a summary and analysis of the memory books of Amos Webber as portrayed by historian Nick Salvato...

How Culture and History Influenced the Philosophical Perspectives of William James and Rene Descartes

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

American History and the Place of Anne Hutchinson

to be worse than eccentric. The early Puritans, as they called themselves, believed that the church should purge itself of any ri...

The History of Aircraft Carriers

This paper addresses the historical and strategic significance of naval aircraft carriers. This eleven page paper has nine source...