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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...

Machiavelli and the Relationship Between Ruler and the Ruled

toy and so she takes him home. The child learns that he cannot get everything he wants and he is well taken care of as his mother ...

Similarities of Ancient Egypt and Early Mesopotamia in Terms of Rule and Structure

also stand in testament to the fact of the existence and power of a central government and a strong social stratification. The ru...

The Political Thought of Machiavelli

that what is done is not as important as the character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. At the same time, unlike a preach...

Reflections of Creon

For her part, Antigone - sister of Polyneices and daughter-in-law of Creon - chooses to ignore the self-importance of Creon and ad...

'Professions for Women' by Virginia Woolf

and they only aggravate the gender issue by putting blinders on people so as to avoid the truth. A relevant phrase in liter...

Human Perception, Hume, Descartes, and Berkeley

In five pages human perception and the theories connected with it are examined and then the perception theories of this trio of ph...

Education as Viewed by Alfred the Great

a merely incidental afterthought of a wise kings domestic policy, but rather it was central to his over purpose--"as much a part o...

Two Questions on Doing Business in Vietnam and Perceptions About Products Made in Vietnam Answered

Vietnams cultural practices and showing a willingness to conform to them will go a long way toward improved business associations ...

Leadership Elements in Machiavelli's The Prince

This paper examines the issue of rulers and leadership as seen in The Prince. This five page paper has no additional sources list...

Mass Media, Communication Messages, and Public Perception

with 125 morning daily newspapers and 2300 magazines, the print media are much more influential than the broadcast media in Japan,...

Leadership and Cultural Comparison of the Meiji Emperor, Empress Dowager Cixi, and King Chulalongkorn

In four pages this paper compares the culture and leadership styles of these rulers from Japan, China, and Thailand. Five sources...

The Life and Works of Lorenzo de Medici

This paper focuses on the artistic accomplishments and life of Lorenzo de Medici, ruler of Florence during the Renaissance period....

Cuba's Fidel Castro v. Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev

In six pages the different styles of leadership by these two Communist rulers are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited...

Forensics and the CSI Effect

Forensic sciences have been employed since ancient times. In the twenty-first century, however, forensic sciences began a rapid...

Ancient Egypt, Its History and People

did happen, as Hatshepsuts rule illustrates (Hillard and Wurtzel 25). A particularly interesting aspect of her rule is the way in ...

Early Perceptions of Mental Illness

that if mental illness was caused by a weakened or weakening of the mind, then the stable environment and care that was provided i...

Case Study of Regression Analysis Using Excel

R Square 0.146604 Adjusted R Square 0.134054 Standard Error 0.429149...

Divine Ruler and Ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty

under the Ptolemaic Dynasty that Alexandria truly became the cultural and economic center of the ancient world. Both Egyptian and ...

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

This book review is on Stacy Schiff's fascinating biography of Cleopatra, which relates the life narrative of a woman who was an i...

Artistic Representations of Rulers

In five pages this paper discusses how secular and sacred rulers have been artistically represented from this art history perspect...

The Utility of Machiavelli's The Prince

murder should be ignored, a modern ruler might consider keeping local laws, and living in the land that over which one rules. The ...

The Late President Lord Chiang (Chiang Kai-Shek)

path in life. His father had died when he was only five, in fact, and the Chinese military seemed to offer him the most immediate...

How Napoleon Both Continued And Broke From The Aims Of His Revolutionary Predecessors

quest to break the Austrian-Sardinian alliance where Napoleon decided the previous directions given to predecessor General Scherer...

The 1st and 2nd Gulf War - Have the Allies Committed Genocide?

not only at cases that have been subject to a great deal of debate, such as East Timor and Rwanda, but also at cases where there h...

Memory Errors Extend to Perception (Article Analysis)

be there-particularly if it is a significant event-but things change a little. The memory may play tricks. Distortions may occur. ...

Merger of Democracy and Imperialism According to Pericles

Athens up as the shining example of democracy saying: "Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institution of o...

European Perceptions and How They Have Evolved

but when they found it, they refused to allow any other religion to exist but their own. The new interpretation of religious free...

Amazing Organization That Was the Roman Empire

In five pages this paper discusses the organizational structure of the Roman Empire and how this enabled its rulers to achieve the...

Governance Views in William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Sophocles' Antigone

were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...