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Ancient History of Mali

Mali trade centered not only around agricultural products, however, but also included ivory, and gold (Library of Congress Country...

Ancient Societies and Women in Sundiata and 'Beowulf'

himself was portrayed as the incarnate of evil, whose ravenous attacks on King Hrothgars subjects were nothing more than examples ...

Ibo Society and Lost Male Status Following the White Missionary Arrival

head position was responsible for "settling family disputes, and because he controlled the channel of communication with the all-i...

Positions of Women in Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations

exercise, even participating with men at times, indicating that there was not a great deal of difference in the way the men and wo...

Overview of Geotextiles

a tremendous change occurred throughout the industry to the point where market demand was so low, a different approach had to be t...

Yuan Tusng Chen's The Dragon's Village

be restored to its former glory and she wants the internal civil wars to end. It is because of this constant strife that Ling-ling...

Social Construct of Gender Identity and Illusion

Indeed, boys tend to like football and rough house almost from birth where girls seem to mature into beings who like to talk on th...

Overview of Pragmatism

Scientific reasoning or experimental reasoning is a branch of logic that follows along Deweys pragmatic combination of deduction a...

Evolution of Women's Roles in the Islamic Tradition

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

Media Coverage and the Consumption of Alcohol

alcohol as a positively valued activity (Snyder, et al, 2000). In other words, drinking, as it is portrayed in ads for wine, liquo...

Japanese and British Societies and Cultures

Time is also significant in respect to the use of time, measures of time, as well as time orientation (2001). There are difference...

Big Government Programs vs. Community Involvement

time, or on the other hand, the giant bureaucracy has more money, more programs and reaches more people on a widescale basis. What...

U.S. History, Quilting, and Quilts

turkey red) on the basis of permanence (Mainardi, 1982). They were creating fine works of art that would be marveled over and app...

Gender Effects of Memory for Objects That Are Gender Biased

commonly associated with one gender or the other. It can be hypothesized, in fact that:...

Ancient Greece and Roles for Women as Portrayed by Homer

and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...

The Netherlands and the Law's Role in the Development of Social Attitudes Regarding Euthanasia and Gay Rights

of that which we elect of have as law ... as ... writing some statute into a code book, having a court interpret a law, does not m...

Women's Role in the Epic of Gilgamesh

lost natural state, at which point Shamhat offers to take him to the city where the joys of "civilization shine in their resplende...

US Supreme Court and its Power

the government to an extent. They must abide by local and national laws. Yet, sometimes these laws are deemed unconstitutional by ...

Ophelia and Antigone

brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...

Health and Gender Inequality

2000). Even as recently as just a couple of decades ago, conditions such as cramps, pregnancy nausea and even labor pains were oft...

French Literary Relationships Between Males and Females

he is crippled. And while the situation becomes a centerpiece of his life in some respects, in another way he can forget about the...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Family and Marriage

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

Modern Society and Literature

written form of expression as opposed to the oral traditions seen in many illiterate cultures. Interestingly enough, our oral hist...

Women’s Refusal in Euripides’ Medea and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

to her on the basis of her sex. To further complicate her situation, she was an exile from her primitive Colchis homeland, forced...

The role of Mass Media

The media thrives on ratings, which is why there are so many scandals and issues involving controversial topics. People want to se...

Developments and Impact of Healthcare Technology

and innovation and the ability of different field to cross over, so that developments from one area may be applied to another and ...

Contemporary Muslim Women

womans role in relation to her society in somewhat different ways. The differences between the Shia and Sunni sects are particula...

Good Citizen Nora

and demure, that he will take care of her. But as the play goes on, it becomes clear that she is far stronger than he is. She has ...

Human Behavior, Hormones, and the Controversy over Biological Psychology and Environmental Influence

human embryos start out as females; they become males when (if) the Y chromosome, which is inherited from the father, is added (Vi...

Ethics, Society, and the Science of Genetic Testing/Screening and Counseling

including confirmation of a suspected medical diagnosis, as a predictor to an individuals susceptibility to a particular illness a...