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Executing the Condemned by Cruxifixion

Crucifixion as a means of execution served a number of purposes in the ancient world. This paper discusses the origin of the pract...

Faith or Reason in Belief in God

In five pages a dialogue between two people is explored with one who argues that a person believing in God must possess good reaso...

The Early Music Revival A History by Harry Haskell

with significant insight to the concepts about which he wrote; without such influence, it is likely that the writers intensity tow...

Golf's History and Evolution

ignored this and similar laws, and early in the 16th century James IV, king of Scotland, took up the game of golf. His granddaught...

Overview of the Christian Sacraments and How They Originated

In twenty two pages this paper defines sacrament in this overview of the origins of the Christian Sacraments and considers theolog...

New York's Bread Making History

In five pages this paper discusses NY's bread making history from its origins to its commercial development. Five sources are cit...

Beliefs of Apocalyptic Religious Groups

In a paper consisting of seven pages the origins and beliefs of apocalyptic religious cults are explored including the example of ...

History of the Huns

In five pages this paper examines the Huns in terms of history and origin. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Policy of the United States Military from Nixon to Clinton

In seven pages this paper refers to The Logic of World Power An Inquiry Into the Origins, Currents, and Contradiction of World P...

Dell Computer's Corporate History

Dell had reached the opportunity to go public, which occurred in 1988. It was during that year that Dell had as many as six hundr...

Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women

essentially problems that make sexual intercourse either difficult or impossible, and can be primary (determined if intercourse ha...

NHL History

1934 but they also just played one season. Despite that, Montreal Maroons had to shuttle down in 1938 because the Canadians got al...

Christianity As Viewed by Friedrich Nietzsche

created by weak and resentful individuals who encouraged such behavior as gentleness and kindness because the behavior served thei...

Overview of the Gnostic Gospels

In five pages this paper examines the Gnostic Gospels in terms of origin, Christianity differences, and the 1945 Nag Hammadi Libra...

Overview of the Roman Games

violent spectacles that the Romans loved (Roman Fun and Games, 2003). Gladiators were slaves and were made to fight one another, ...

David Hume and How Morality Originated

deeper and ask just what the nature of these impressions are, and how they operate (PG). The impression may after all arise from...

Women, Minority Women, and Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution

weak are all gone)" (Darwin, 1968, pp. 116, 129; Christian, 2003). Herbert Spencer coined the phrase "survival of the fittest" to ...

Ancient History of Mali

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

Theories on Motivation and Management

variation in task complexity and the relationships between workers and managers in each. An example of a high task - low relation...

Sir Tom Farmer and UK's Kwik Fit Company

to succeed. Finally, most entrepreneurs are more interested in the start-up and early cycles of a business. Once a business beco...

Overview of Community Police Academies

strategies (2000). By and large, this has been a grass roots effort. However, not too long ago, the President committed approxima...

NJ Railroads' and How They Originated

did have ties to the railroad industry ("NJ Governors," 2003). South Orange is another example of a long-established suburb whos...

Overview of Contemporary Judaism

The Jews wait for God to send the Messiah who will save them. This is the primary point of divergence between Christians and Jews...

'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer Compared

could live. It was on the broad shoulders of this classical hero upon which the security of society rested. While the hero walke...

Character of Jo in Charles Dickens' Bleak House

after several of the detectives he knew from the local department. Dickens routinely, then, chooses those who are the most...

Overview of Reflexology

massage is depicted on a wall painting in a tomb in Saqqara, Egypt which dates back to 2330 B.C. In Greece until about AD 200, Del...

Slavery in America

Although Reconstruction began during the war, the time period traditionally associated with it is 1862-1877. The political, socia...

Examining Business Ethics

favorable opinion and thereby preserve the market capitalization available to them through stock market activity. Positive ...

Standardized Testing and its History

tests were originally developed because they allowed administrators to measure students results against a national profile (Maki,...

Brazil's Landless Workers Movement Overview

rural poverty to urban poverty (Plummer and Ranum, 2002). Between 25 and 50 percent of every citys population live in shantytowns ...