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Robert McNamara and Sun Tzu

and dodged the most important matters, continually laying the blame for the killing of millions at the feet of others (Cockburn, 2...

“The Story of Mathematics”

killed in battle. Whatever the precise thing or event they represented in that hazy chapter of mans early history, one thing is c...

Mayan Art and Architecture

This research paper discusses art and architecture in the ancient Mayan civilization. Three pages in length, two sources are cited...

Ancient Japanese Architecture, an Overview

This research paper offers a brief overview of ancient Japanese architectural history. Three pages in length, three sources are ci...

Ancient Egypt, Belief in the Afterlife

of Osiris. Nevertheless, over time, entry to the afterlife was expanded and nobles were given permission from the pharaoh to make ...

Cellular Evolution and Aaron Goldman

to produce different needed effects in the process of cell growth and cell division; according to Goldman, this is an evolution of...

Egyptian Pyramids and Religion

This research paper presents an investigation of literature, which indicates the meaning and purpose that the pyramids served wit...

Ancient Greece and Homosexuality

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at homosexuality in the culture of ancient Greece. Nuanced insights into the topic are ...

Prochoice v. Prolife

Abortion is a hotly contested controversy in the United States. There is a very long history of abortion. Ancient and medieval civ...

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Magic

This research paper describes the perspective of ancient Egyptians regarding writing and magic. Four pages in length, four sources...

Lessons from Rome for Subsequent Empires

This research paper addresses lessons that the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750), the Holy Roman Empire (814-1806), and the Mongol Empir...

Origins of Mental Illnesses

Treatment included drilling holes in peoples heads to release the evil spirits (Stoker, 2010). Other treatments included exorcism,...

The Growing Interdependence of Public and Private Policing

when we think of policing we think of government paid employees that are paid to enforce the laws of the government entity. Publi...

Ismene as the Foil in Sophocles’ Tragedy Antigone

Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...

Northrup on History

This 4 page paper discusses David Northrup’s idea that history should be considered as comprising two periods, before and after ...

Various Historical Discussions

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

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

Kingship in Israel

by a monarch entailed certain secular dangers, such as possibility that a king might become oppressive in his rule or lead the peo...

Augustine’s Confessions

grace precedes faith."7 Augustine argues that it is impossible "to believe without having heard," yet is also impossible for the i...

Outline for Paper on Jackson’s “The Lottery”

Hutchinson never protests the against the injustice of human sacrifice, but rather that the selection her family was not fair. A....

Pyramid Building, Old and Middle Kingdom

these rulers. The huge labor force that was required to construct a pyramid was supervised by one man, the "overseer of all the k...

Agricultural Needs and Landlessness in Ancient Rome

themselves but produce the food that Rome needed to survive. As a consequence of the scenario outlined above, agrarian laws...

Mortal Women in the Iliad

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

Shamanism

a great array of dysfunctional lost souls in a European society. Without their culture, their history, their mystical beliefs, the...

Pharaoh Ramses II

fact that he was "the first king in history to sign a peace treaty with his enemies, the Hittites, ending long years of wars and h...

The Theology and Cosmology of Ancient Egypt

This paper examines the Ancient Egyptian culture and beliefs of and discusses how culture can change religious beliefs over time. ...

The Hellenistic Period

This paper explores the ways the ancient views of religion changed in response to the philosophical schools. There are three sour...

NDEs and Religious Ministers

Near-death experiences (NDE) have been reported since ancient times. Even Plato reported one. In recent decades, there have been t...

Attitudes towards Slavery in the Old Testament

This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...

Chapters from Two Apocalyptic Books

This essay focuses on Daniel 7 and 1 Enoch 46 and 48. The Book of Enoch is not part of the canon and, in fact, was lost for centur...