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Western Roman Emperors and Power Disintegration

When discussing the fall of the Roman empire, what is actually being discussed is the fall of the "western" empire (including Ital...

Literacy and Religion

their function was only to labour. As Wood (2002) points out, historians tend to measure levels of literacy by the percentage of a...

Mid Twentieth Century Missile Gap Between the United States and the Soviet Union

matters worse, just one month later still, in November 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik II (October 1957, 2002). Alth...

18th Century Muslim Reform Movements

Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...

Copernicus and Astronomical Theories

constructions called the eccentric, the epicycle and the equant. In the eccentric, the Earth is placed just outside of the center ...

Seventeenth Century Spain's Decline

a modest decline from such a high could be defined as decline (Luck, 2002). Furthermore, it is the nature of Empires to rise and ...

Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century America Expansion and Migration

The best intentions often brought about an entirely different outcome; while explorers made sure to draw up at least an idea of wh...

Sixteenth Century Abandoned Wife Bertrande de Rols

precludes any acknowledgement of anyone outside of the upper classes of any society, however. The "common people" receive little ...

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...

Paris and London: Late 19th Century Urban Planning

cramped conditions had lead to many social ills. The changes were not made over night, but the aspects of change can be seen in th...

England of the Eighteenth Century, Crime, and Punishment

felony, the law implies that it shall be punished with death, viz., by hanging as well as forfeiture: unless the offender prays th...

The Performance of the Economy in Brazil during the 2008/9 Global Recession and Impact on the Retail Industry

improvement, and as such it is likely to be an increasing market, and it appears that there is a recovery underway in 2010, the IM...

Explaining and Comparing Three Approaches to Leadership

have some commonalities are the transformational leadership model, the team leadership model and leader member exchange theory. By...

McDonalds as a Negotiator

world, and as such it has been a specific targets; it was specifically targeted with the documentary called "supersize me", which ...

Commonalities in the Occurance of Financial Crises

where there is a belief that the opposite will happen and that the values will fall then there will be an increase in supply and a...

Female Artists of the 19th Century

was considered to be an essential component of every young artist training. Some critics at that time actually argued that no grea...

A History of the US' Federal Reserve System

since the late 19th century (Federal Reserve System of Minneapolis, 1988). During the Banking Panic of 1907 (the fourth in 34 year...

An Interview of a Couple Who Met in the Marine Corps

straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...

Revolution Concept of Jacques Ellul

In five pages this paper examines Jacques Ellul's concept of revolution within the context of European history from the sixteenth ...

Biological Evolution and Cultural Evolution Compared and Contrasted

In five pages the ways in which the human population has been shaped by evolution is examined in a coparative analysis of genetic ...

Evolution, Genetics, and Twins Study And Evolution: Using Twins to Study Heritability of Traits in Humans

In ten pages this paper examines how the inheritability of certain characteristics can be researched by studying dizygotic and mon...

Gay History

In five pages this paper considers the history of homosexuality in ancient Greece, Japan of the seventeenth century, England of th...

18th Century Painter Francisco de Goya and His Influence

In fifteen pages this paper explores how Goya's 18th century paintings influenced 19th century Impressionists and 20th century Exp...

"Vertumnus And Pomona" By Boucher

a conceptually untapped avenue that became a large part of the artists legacy. Appreciation of nude art grew right along with the...

E. Patricia Tsurumi's "Factory Girls" - Social And Historic Conditions Of Women In Japan And The United States

been done. From the early modern age, Japan has maintained a strong sense of uniformity when it has come to the cultural foundati...

World History and Ethnic Group Persecution

The main reason why the Huguenots were unpopular with the majority in France during the time period was because they were not of t...

Yellow Wallpaper & Female Marginalization

century and also well into the twentieth, what historian Barbara Welter refers to as the "Cult of True Womanhood" characterized ho...

Peace, Power, Leadership, Vladimir Lenin and Mohandas K. Gandhi

In five pages this paper discusses the obvious differences but also notes surprising similarities between these 20th century leade...

Historical Significance of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad II

In five pages the twentieth century relevance of Heart of Darkness is considered in this historical perspective of Joseph Conrad's...

John Stephens' Incidents of Travel in Yucatan

This 19th century text is analyzed in ten pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....