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Civilization and Progress

Olympic Games that the Greeks initiated. On the other hand, most of the Greek citizens were obliged to labor for the purpos...

A Review of Harrison Bergeron

their identity. The bands make the citizens equal in physical strength and intelligent. They are, by all accounts, supposed to be ...

Western Civilization of the Future

countrys blossoming authority. The two incidents that prompted such a drastic stance toward foreign policy dealt with Russi...

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...

Agriculture and Mesopotamia

fertile lands coupled with the ability to utilize the discovery or creation of irrigation. One author notes, "It was the two river...

DHL Overview

last names - in 1969 as a service shuttling shipping documents between San Francisco and Honolulu (History, n.d.). This was well ...

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...

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 Short History of Progress - Or Lack Thereof

past, we can use it to predict what our likely future is, and that should give anyone pause, for our past is not particularly whol...

Five Decades of Western Civilization Photography and Its Impact

In six pages this paper assesses the impact of photography on Western civilization over the past 5 decades. Five sources are cite...

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...

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 ...

Mesopotamian Society and The Epic of Gilgamesh

Is not (even the core of) the brick structure made of kiln-fired brick, and did not the Seven Sages themselves lay out its plans? ...

An Analysis of How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill

This paper discusses this famous work and draws parallels between it and the textbook Western civilization by Noble. This paper h...

Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization Characteristics

In five pages this research paper discusses the characteristics of ancient Tigris and Euphrates river valley civilization of the S...

Ancient Civilizations and the Significance of Writing

In five pages this paper discusses how the ancient civilizations of Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia achieved cultural expansion thr...

Spread of Christianity and Development of Trade/Capitalism as Two Significant Contributions of the Middle Ages ‘Gothic World’ to the Phenomenon of Civilization

and had to rely upon trade and barter to exchange goods, services, and currency. Trade was the only means by which poorer classes...

Egyptian Literature, Indus Valley, and Feudalism

that they were very connected as well. It is also important to note that any works which have survived the ages do not even begin ...

Civilization and Savagery in the Works of Mary Rowlandson and James Fenimore Cooper

the Indians are capable of kindness?a sign of civilized behavior?but, rather sees it as a kindness that comes directly from God. T...

Different Historical Periods and Philosophical Perspectives

In thirteen pages philosophy throughout history is the focus of this paper that assesses the views of Ancient Egypt, Hebrews, Indi...

Greece and Rome Civilization Development

This paper consists of five pages and examines the Western civilization contributions of Greek and Roman development. There are n...

Metaphysical Civilization And Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud

In fifteen pages this essay examines Freud's work in a basic overview and then offers a comparison between the society Freud was w...

Human Civilization and Geology's Influence

that results in California becoming an island. Nevertheless, the evidence that this has happened repeatedly across time is irrefut...

Civilization Development and Geography

In five pages this paper examines civilization development and destruction through geomorphological and geographic events. Three ...

T.S. Eliot, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Modernism

In 7 pages the evolution of modernism is chronicled in an analysis of 'On the Genealogy of Morals' by Nietzsche; 'Civilization and...

James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man According to Sigmund Freud

In 5 pages this paper utilizes Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud in an interpretation of James Joyce's novel about...

An Overview of Ancient Egypt

In ten pages this ancient civilization is examined in terms of the significance of agriculture, the Nile River, and farmers' taxes...