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Spartan Civilization

Lakedaimon, a king himself, named his country after himself. The capital of that country he named after his wife. Lacedaemon, of...

Considering the Maya

plights of war ... as the common people devoted themselves to the cult of their rain gods and peacefully tilled their fields {milp...

Jared Diamond: “Collapse”

that Diamond discusses are the Anasazi and the Maya. "Anasazi" is the name given to various groups of Native Americans living in t...

Huxley and Conrad: Two Views of Civilization

changed dramatically. Huxley writes: "In place of the old pleasures demanding intelligence and personal initiative, we have vast o...

World History, Religions, Psychology

readers would be going backward and forward in terms of years. however, it is the concept and theme of civilizations that is prima...

A Look at Early Civilizations

put to death" (King 4). Here, it seems as if the terms stealing and kidnapping are interchangeable. That is, at the time, stealing...

Various Historical Discussions

A surplus of economic wealth that leads to a division of labor means that certain social classes typically perform different jobs ...

Civilizations and Conflicts

traditional rivalries between nation states, and the decline of the nation state from the conflicting pulls of tribalism and globa...

Three Historical Points

found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...

Counseling Ethnic Minorities

at once the most primitive and most efficient means of communication throughout time: the art of narration, or storytelling. Huma...

Medieval Times: The West and Islam

examination of this there is a letter written by Leo III to Umar II which states the following: "In brief you admit that we say th...

The Franks

of the empire; Christianity. In light of this it appears as though the Franks worked towards a relationship with the papal power...

Augustus, Alexander, Pericles and Western Civilization

excellent sense of humor" that made him popular with his troops (Syvertsen). His values and character, and his rapid conquest of m...

Freud And Malaparte

stronger than that instinct. He believed that if there were no checks and reins required by civilization that humans would just te...

Greek, Mycenaean and Minoan Civilization

was one of "battle and conquest" (Hooker, 1996). These people are the Mycenaeans; they are named after the "best-preserved of thei...

Classical civilizations

classes of citizens, permitted behaviors within marriage and so on. Ancient Egyptian civilization also demonstrated a soci...

The Importance of Astronomy and Galileo to Western Civilization

astronomers attempts to describe the motion of all heavenly bodies, including the earth. It was Galileos discoveries that are ofte...

The Impact of Geography on the Development of City-States in Mesopotamia and the Nile River Valley

Tigris and Euphrates are very different: the former is "rough and fast flowing" and difficult to navigate while the Euphrates can ...

Bisexuality, Homosexuality, and Infantilism According to Sigmund Freud

In ten pages this paper considers these concepts according to Freud's psychoanalysis as represented in Freud's account of Dora and...

Parallels Between the Roman Empire's Fall and the US from 1946 to 1970

This research paper consisting of four pages considers the parallels that exist between these two civilizations with politics, eco...

The Crusades

2005). As tensions grew and fears increased, on the part of Christians, the Pope took action and in 1095 he essentially demanded...

Medieval Civilization and Christianity

In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...

Character of Mersault in The Stranger by Albert Camus

This essay consisting of eight pages evaluates the ways in which this good man is destroyed by the civilization that refuses to ac...

Michael Foucault vs. Frantz Fanon on Minorities

French writers Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon are seminal philosophers in the empowerment of minority populations. This research...

Political Structures of Inca and Maya

the end" (Mosio 27). Indeed, the connection between political structure and the rest of lifes interaction is inseparable, for the...

Traffic Law and its Western Civilization History

In four pages this paper presents an historical overview of traffic law that traces its chariot origins to its present incarnation...

Future Shock by Alvin Toffler

In a paper containing five pages the continued relevance of Toffler's 1970 text is considered in terms of the changes civilization...

Barbarians and Civilization

In five pages J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians is considered in terms of civilization concepts as revealed by the charact...

Musical and Artistic Influences of African Americans

In five pages this research paper considers how music and artistic influences of African Americans have been significant since the...

Civilization of Ancient Cyprus

In ten pages the island of Cyprus is examined in terms of its ancient culture and civilization. Twelve sources are cited in the b...