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Life of Empress Wu

the cosmos and it was thought that human life also required such a balance.6 There was no strong indication in Chinese society, as...

First World War Battles Fought Beyond the European Continent

name suggests--would affect the entire world. II. World War One World War I begins when the Archduke Ferdinand, who is heir ...

Islamic World, the West, and the Relevance of Medieval History

is based solely upon the influence of culture. Louis Rene Beres 2001 article entitled Terrorism and the Global Clash of Civilizat...

Battle Royal in Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

and is confused by his grandfathers sudden rejection of this template of behavior as "treachery." The grandfather says to live wit...

Historical Relationship Between Spain and Islam

This influence occurred even in the face of the ideological and geographical separation that existed between Christians and Muslim...

July 1 to July 3 1863 Battle of Gettysburg

Couch defiantly pledged, "In no case must the enemy be allowed to cross the Susquehanna" (Brubaker, 2003, p. 74). Lees Lt. Gen. R...

Kennesaw Mountain Battle During the Civil War

slaves to keep crops coming in. The North was very reliant on the Souths products and it was also more the hub of government, Brit...

Arena Chapel of Padua, Life of Christ and Giotto di Bondone's Fresco

(McGeary 152). Giotto replaced golden backdrops with hills, meadows and houses, which were familiar to his fourteenth century view...

Medieval Drama and Its Messages

fall of the Roman Empire, organization on some central theme appears to be the only similarity between Roman guilds and those that...

Events Associated with the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg

In five pages this important Civil War battle is described in an overview of events. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

476 to 1400 AD Middle Ages and its Significance

on the basis of religious affiliation that extended beyond the restrictive parameters of the aristocracy. Bartlett (2001) wrote, ...

Blackpool's Architecture, Land Use, Industry, and Growth

the medieval period, Blackpool consisted of a "few coastal farmsteads within Layton-with-Warbreck" (Blackpool Council, 2005) and s...

Medieval Culture and its History

theorists have pointed to cultural relativism as a central premise in defining how collective or aggregate experiences and history...

World War II's D Day and the Role of the U.S.

involved European forces. At the same time, this is an American story. It would involve Americans. McManus (2004) claims that the ...

Three Medieval Theologians on Knowledge and Love

if Charity is "something created in the soul" (Aquinas 17). Without background knowledge on this debate, his points become somewha...

Spirituality and 4 Periods of History

In four pages this paper considers spirituality during early Christian, Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation, and in the contempo...

Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and Order

of Law, the Squire, the Merchant and only then the Wife of Bath. After the Summoners Tale, the "b" group again diverges and offers...

Algeria and French Colonialism

constant and effective contrast made between Eliane, who represents the beauty of the country as seen by its colonizers, and Camil...

Medieval War Tool the Trebuchet

the beam, its attachment point along the beam and the distance of that attachment point from the ground, the weight and position o...

Harley-Davidson's Financial Comeback

so in the 1960s and 1970s that the common saying about Harley-Davidson motorcycles was that a five-mile trip consisted of riding f...

Peasant Clothing of the Middle Ages

author notes that "A cloak or cape worn...provided warmth" (Encarta, 2005). In addition, men would often wear very simple pants th...

English Medieval Castle History and Development

the first use of gunpowder, creating greater capabilities in weaponry and therefore greater need for external defense from within ...

Analysis of Youth Medieval Play

embodiment of youthful confidence. He is a young man full of vigor, and, therefore, feels invisible. Furthermore, he is full of h...

Prostitution in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Europe was influenced by the views of the early Christian church" (Magistra Rosemounde of Mercia, 2006). In many ways it was, at t...

Kasserine Pass - American View

his arrival in North Africa, British General Harold R.L.G. Alexander described the Americans as "ignorant, ill-trained and rather ...

Pressfield: “Gates of Fire”

"device" through which he tells not only the story of the battle, but the story of Spartan life as well. Pressfield structures the...

Allegory and Exemplum in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...

The Second Battle of Falluhjah

alongside, those Marines of course, was the US Army. The Battle of Fallujah offers many lessons for us all. The efforts at...

Women as Battlers of Change Since the U.S. Civil War

love that was considered scandalous at the time.1 Woodhull boldly declared in a lecture she delivered in 1871, "I have an inalien...

Dante the Sociologist.

the founders of modern sociology; his interests were wide ranging, including the sociology of politics and the sociology of religi...