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various gods (Demand, 2000). The greatest contribution to the development of true civilization, however, occurred around 3100 BCE,...

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

King of Salem (ancient Jerusalem) befriended Abraham and his men after their victory over those kings that had taken Sodom and Gom...

6,000 BCE as well as for textiles in 4,000 BCE in China and it is also recorded as being used as a medicine in China in 2727 (Narc...

working class (Brown). Modern playwrights have expanded the conception of tragedy to include all walks of people in all circumstan...

fully clothed to completely nude was a symbol in and of itself: Aphrodite had begun a journey exemplifying female physical beauty,...

to house arrogant souls who are guilt of other things as well. While Aeneas may not be guilty of betrayal or other crimes, he may ...

of this section. He looks at marriage practices, such as how the "As a daughter, she took part in the religious acts of her father...

of herself and reassure her that all will be will. You know what her days are like: as the wife of a noble (how silly that sound...

wife, and particularly Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. Our beautiful city is named after her, and Melitta wants to honor her and as...

out what women were like because of the way in which history is written. Dependent on what is studied, it seems that some texts l...

by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...

from other planets where intricately linked with humans, involving themselves in the lives and development of human beings in Sout...

he defends himself well, Socrates is still found guilty and stoically accepts his fate, indicating that since only the gods are aw...

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

system in ancient Greece wherein a woman had a protector (kyrios) or one who watched over them. This was either a brother or their...

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

civilization and therefore conclusions about Roman civilization as a whole are pertinent to the topic under investigation. Therefo...

king of Egypt was unwilling to commit military to defend northern Syria" (The Gathering Storm, 2005). Perhaps because of their res...

According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...

of the Fifth Dynasty, Userkhaf (2465-2458 BC) "initiated reforms that weakened the Pharaoh and central government. After his reign...

This is the beginning of his journey in terms of the importance of vows and oaths. Gawain will do as he is told...

translating some early Babylonian text, one male scholar notes that women in this society were "allowed" to hold and manage their ...

the theory of survival of the fittest (AllPsych, 2003). Basing his thoughts on Darwin, Galton, in 1869, argued "that intellectual ...

the dead return to their own unique world of the dead, being reborn in a sense (Phippen, 2006). The sun was also part...

Electra, another daughter, lives on with her mother, but despises her for her awful deed. Orestes returns and is goaded by Electra...

the concepts of order and harmony rendered ancient Kemet a strong and prosperous society: very long-lived civilization; very prosp...

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

2005). In the case of a dictator this individual ruler is elected, and a tyrant is not elected. "A tyrant is a person who came int...

Crete ("Barbarians," 1999). The region was very peaceful. In fact, there has been only scant evidence of a military force ("Barbar...