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Ancient Greek Philosophy, Buddhism, and Vedanta Hinduism

(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...

Ancient Athens and Democracy

became the law of the land (Rempel). While such a system may seem chaotic, and perhaps even very close to...

Enkidu and Gilgamesh's Friendship

woman), the two became inseparable friends/lovers. From that point forth, Gilgamesh never abused his power again. In te...

Ancient Greek and Roman Cultures

from each other...There are also a number of similarities that are evident with these two cultures as well" (Greek and Roman Art)....

Rosamond Lehmann, Virginia Woolf and Early Twentieth Century Women's Limitations and Challenges

is basically no place for an intellectual woman within the university environment. On a visit to a university, Woolf is told she i...

Ancient Rome and Sales Contracts

Whatever their form, however, they fall into one very specific category of law. Drake (1904) provides clarification of this categ...

Ancient Aztec Courtship and Marriage Ceremonies

said that because someone can invent it, that it does not necessarily mean that it should be invented. From all accounts the Aztec...

Afghanistan and Women's Education

ethnicities. This is reflected in its make-up today. In the seventh century, however, the Muslim influence would contribute heav...

Ancient Rome and the Law on Contract of Sale

in fact, can indeed comprise a valid contract of sale. Contracts of sale can also be either absolute or conditional. Whatever th...

Politics and Women's Leadership Roles

general. Why might the latter matter? It is easier for those with more means to vote. People who do not vote notoriously do not ...

Women's Perspectives on Africa's Postcolonial State and Nationalism

efforts were not in vain, inasmuch as they "helped awaken others that followed her and forced them to mount offensives against the...

Ancient Philosophers on Democracy

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

Judaism and Zoroastrianism's Influence

of these concepts were a part of the Jewish faith. And, it was not only Judaism that was affected. Many other world religions woul...

Impracticality of Direct Democracy

in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...

Ancient Egypt's Sarcophagus Art

rule of the emperors" that "Roman sarcophagi became elaborate, with mythological scenes carved on the sides and statues of the dec...

Women's Equality

take on most of the responsibilities for child care and housework. The traditional female categories are still being claimed by wo...

Greek Culture and 'The Iliad' by Homer

occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...

Renaissance Europe, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Ideological Similarities and Differences Between Them

emotional aspects and familial storylines which had not been present in any great extent in either the Egyptian or the Mesopotamia...

Women's Courtship and Nonverbal Communications

words, when flirting, the female of the species utilize many of the same techniques. Flipping of the hair is one signal, while ask...

3 Generations of a Black Woman's Family and the Transmission of Personal Identity and Strength

out. My grandmother had little education in the formal sense yet she had overwhelming common sense. She learned to appreciate th...

Women's Conventional Definitions Perpetuated by the Contemporary Media

of society; that women are given the wrong perception of how they are supposed to look, act and feel; and that the infiltration of...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Family and Marriage

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

Historical Impacts of the Disease Malaria

in World War II and those serving in the military in Vietnam. We have experienced this disease even more directly, however, right...

Western and Non Western Art of Ancient Times

powerful texture. The cloth that apparently is draped around the woman seems quite tight, and beautifully well distributed. It app...

Myth, Fact, and Early Christianity

sacrificed consorts who was killed by the Father Zeus after the fertility rite that coupled him with his Mother (Graves 89). Also ...

The Ancient Art of Rome, Greece, and Egypt

history. The Greeks were the first to truly follow Egypt in presenting art and representations of symbolic figures in art histor...

Ancient History's Contemporary Social Influence

writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...

Western Civilization and its Greek Influence

the sciences we note that many civilizations prior to the Greeks had their own form of science but most of that science was based ...

Mesoamerican Civilizations and Writing's Role

of the history attached to the pictures. It is often argued that these murals were merely implemented to add to the oral tradition...

British Museum Sesostris III Statue

to change, a significant development given the importance of funerary ritual and art in later stages of the cultures evolution. ...