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A History Of The Abacus

This paper addresses the historical significance and development of the abacus, an early counting machine and precursor to the cal...

History of the Philippines from Various Perspectives

referred to as the "ilustrados," which means the "enlightened ones" (Bunge PG). The ilustrados began to demand that native Filipin...

Colonial Resistance and Filipino History

This research paper details the Filipino natives resistance to Spanish occupation. This five page paper has one source listed in ...

Herodotus Histories, Book 4, Chapters 176-183

as he refers to the way in which climate and geographical features serve to shape human behavior. For example, the Lotus Eaters ar...

The Nude in Art History

also has fertility connotations ("The Nude...History"). However, in Greek art, the nude takes on a different function, as Greek ar...

History Of Leadership Models

considers the times, the Dark Ages, brutality was a common thing. The Hebrew leaders, Abraham, Joseph and Moses are well known to...

Hotel California and California History

in California. The song opens by picturing a "dark desert highway" and the "Warm smell of colitas" (Felder, et al). "Colitas" is...

A Comparative History of F.D. Roosevelt and Mackenzie King

an attorney ("William Lyon Mackenzie King," 2002). Roosevelt was also born to privilege. His family had been members of the aristo...

Leadership and Self-Deception

A 5 page book review on Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute, which is a brief but prof...

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...

African American: History and the Present

is the Present and Future Condition of the Negroes, from the book Democracy in America (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville. In this he...

Storytelling

upon is the storytellers role in conveying specific point by the end of the tale. This "moral of the story" is a pertinent focal ...

AMERICAN HISTORY: AN OVERVIEW

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

THE TALIBAN, ITS MEANING AND ITS HISTORY

Afghanistan, and why it has such a blind hatred toward America -- and all things Western. Though we cant really come up with a sol...

Frances Fitzgerald's "America Revised: History Schoolbooks In The Twentieth Century"

multiculturalism and reconstruction to cloud the truth and cultivate biased perspectives has caused Americas history textbooks to ...

Negligence Or Malpractice?

results from the diagnostic test; as such, the case definitely leans toward malpractice. Two glaring points that support this cha...

A HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY: ITS INFLUENCE ON POLITICS AND SOCIETY FROM 2000 BCE TO 1500 CE

This 5-page paper examines the history of the Catholic Church and Christianity until 1500 BCE, and examines its influence on gover...

The Recording Ban and Other Issues in Music History

advances in technology, new concerns arise. Again, the concept of downloading music has been discussed. But the issues that face t...

William Bradford: History of Plymouth Plantation

the light of the gospel in our honorable nation of England...what wars and oppositions ever since, Satan hath raised, maintained a...

Post 1900 History of the New York Yankees

the first time on April 22, 1903, losing to Washington (The Official Site of the New York Yankees, 2007). However, with a never s...

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...

3 History Lesson Plan on Slavery

Hawkins, a former slave, slaves constantly spoke of the possibility of escape among themselves. Hawkins writes that the yearning f...

Northrup on History

This 4 page paper discusses David Northrup’s idea that history should be considered as comprising two periods, before and after ...

Evolutionary History of the Tuatara

(Dino Die-Off, 2007, p. 11). These creatures of the night tend to live in seabird burrows like those of Fairy Prions because they...

Management and Leadership in American Business History

literally with nothing and achieve financial success and economic stability for his family. It also had its dark side, howe...

Soap Operas And Language

which is precisely why other more universal methods of visual and auditory stimuli are used in tandem. Soap operas are particular...

The History of Explosives and Explosions

propellant and it was used with early muzzle-type firearms" (Bellis, 2008). Black powder is a mechanical explosive, and its very m...

True History of the Kelly Gang

soul it would seem and clearly accustomed to oppression and anger. He represented the people, the Irish people and others who had ...

Jesus Of History, Jesus Of Faith

means of research" (Merrigan and Haers, 2000, p. 61). In other words, Meier was saying it is impossible for us, today, to obtain t...

Children And Obesity

for one full of simple sugars, worthless carbohydrates and empty calories, a cycle perpetuated by parents who fail to provide thei...