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were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...
Abortion is a hotly contested controversy in the United States. There is a very long history of abortion. Ancient and medieval civ...
This research paper describes the perspective of ancient Egyptians regarding writing and magic. Four pages in length, four sources...
This paper describes an exhibit currently be shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibit features ancient...
This essay pertains to "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer, the ancient Greek poet and the worldview and cultural values that a...
of these concepts were a part of the Jewish faith. And, it was not only Judaism that was affected. Many other world religions woul...
This essay pertains to the characters of Gilgamesh and Achilles and how they each warrior-heroes representing their culture. The w...
The major challenge in constructing histories of Israel and Judah is the fact that they were individuals but they also had cities ...
This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...
Near-death experiences (NDE) have been reported since ancient times. Even Plato reported one. In recent decades, there have been t...
This essay contrasts and compares the way that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and Genesis describe the Flood. The writer argues that the ...
This research paper pertains to two ancient world leaders, Qin Shuhuangdi, First Emperor to China, and Ramses II, Pharaoh of Egypt...
This research paper presents a discussion that focuses on an ancient Greek amphora from the Attic period that depicts Herakles and...
This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...
This paper offers an evaluation of ancient Egyptian civilization and how it demonstrates the defining characteristics of civilizat...
(Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But it declined from the end of the Ming Dynasty until 1949, when the Chinese government "b...
and cunning. As Lysistrata so desperately asserts: "The nations fate is in our hands alone!" (Aristophanes, 1994). Lysist...
Crete ("Barbarians," 1999). The region was very peaceful. In fact, there has been only scant evidence of a military force ("Barbar...
made or coins minted (Ancient near eastern art). Because the figures on the plates are not labeled, they cannot be identified wit...
noted by the leadership of Menes, the first pharaoh, in which the communities of Egypt formed around the Nile delta and the Nile v...
exaggeration. Voltaire (1947) is in fact sarcastic and while the author is indirect in the way in which he writes, it seems that t...
the individual city-states again took control and then when the Amorites moved into Mesopotamia, around 1800 B.C., they created th...
It also suggests that people lived with the same lingering questions at the time as now. Some things never change, while other thi...
also stand in testament to the fact of the existence and power of a central government and a strong social stratification. The ru...
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...
of the civilizations are important. In fact, one source claims that the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Egyptians were consi...
by Homer, Vergil, by establishing Aeneas as a Trojan also justifies Romes invasion and conquest of Greece as retribution for the f...
around the living room, checking the place out. Then it moved to the kitchen, I followed. Its silky black body moved against my ...