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Ancient Greek Politician Pericles

him names and just generally egging Pericles on. Pericles said nothing as this man followed him all around town until, upon reachi...

Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization Descendents

from the Olmec cradle could have entered its grave. But the Mesoamerican ethos survived. It contracted, and then began to spread a...

Ancient Art and Pattern

of pattern and design. Just as modernity favors certain fabric, colors and patterns, the people of an earlier era wanted to beauti...

Greek God Apollo's Influence on Ancient Greece

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...

Heroism in the Ancient World: Gilgamesh and Achilles

This essay pertains to the characters of Gilgamesh and Achilles and how they each warrior-heroes representing their culture. The w...

Ancient Jewish Leaders

The major challenge in constructing histories of Israel and Judah is the fact that they were individuals but they also had cities ...

Fairness in Ancient Historiography

of the "old Roman people," as well as the reign of Augustus, "till growing sycophancy scared them away."4 Already hes suggesting t...

Sterilization Methods, Ancient to Modern

and isolation of contagious patients would save lives and slow the transmission of illness. Sterilization and disinfection of mi...

War in Ancient Times

During the first several centuries, war was a constant state of being in different parts of the world. This essay focused on war i...

Surveillance Panopticon Issues

The essay discussed three distinct topics. The first topic discussed Foucault’s report on the Panopticon, a surveillance machine u...

The Concept of Kings in Ancient Mesopotamia

were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...

Slavery: From Ancient Times to the Modern Day

the following: In todays world, it seems that the people are turning a blind eye to what is really going on as it respects the top...

Is China Socialist?

in the nineteenth century, with the term emerging from its use to criticise the capitalist system in Europe, with the ownership of...

Women in Ancient Literature and Now

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

Urban Land Supply; Drivers and Constraints in Beijing

rights can new be sold, treated in much the same way as leasehold property in non communist countries. This change in land...

“The Ancient Celts”

provides the details that are lacking in the classical accounts of the Celts. Cunliffe wrote "The Ancient Celts" with the f...

China; Economic Issues

growth may have taken place too fast, with an inability of the government to control growth. However with the controls on the exch...

Gilgamesh/An Ancient Man for All Seasons

Mitchells translation, Mark Jarman argues that Gilgamesh enlightens the modern reader as to what the ancient Mesopotamians valued ...

Beowulf & Odysseus/Ancient Heroes

peers by acclamation rather than divine right. The thane is spoke of as a "giver of treasure in gladness" (Beowulf 46). In other w...

The Great Ziggurat: The Ancient Ziggurat

image of solidity (Amazingart.com). Another author indicates the following in terms of its construction and design: "This ziggura...

Herodotus and Ancient Leaders

of the Persian Empire" (Herodotus, 2006). Herodotus begins his story with "an account of the first western monarch to enter into c...

Beowulf and Ancient Greek, Roman, and World Societies

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts these various peoples who lived in different societies during different time perio...

The Ancient Greek Plays 'Oedipus' and 'Lysistrata'

In 5 pages, this paper considers how the tragedy of Oedipus differs from the comedy Lysistrata. There are 3 additional sources in...

Ancient Society of Sumer, Kingship's Role, and Epic of Gilgamesh

of the people of Sumer" (Greer 17), as represented by King Gilgamesh of Uruk. It is also an excellent historical tool which can b...

Ancient Rome and Family

In five pages this paper analyzes the state and social role of family as depicted in History of Rome by Livy. One source is liste...

Kemet or Pharonic Egypt During Ancient Times

In five pages Kemet's government, culture, society, female warriors, trade, and religion ar discussed in this informational overvi...

Ancient Legal Codes

woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...

Astronomy in Ancient Times

Early astronomy and some of the earliest astronomers' discoveries and thoughts are the subject of this paper consisting of seven p...

Ancient Rome and Sports

also the most violent, podium walls had to be erected to protect the audience from possible injury (Futrell, 1997). Because these...

Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome

In three pages three student posed questions pertaining to mythical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are answered in a heroic co...