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'Origins of the Second World War' by A.J.P. Taylor

caused by rival ideologies of fascism and communism and liberalism, nor good great ideals vs. bad evil Hitler,nor any blueprint fo...

Post Second World War Cold War Rivalry Between the Soviet Union and the United States

the outcome of the conference. At the Teheran Conference Stalin was indifferent to the division of Germany into separate sections...

Athens and the Mitylenian Debate

In five pages this paper discusses the effects and involvement of Athens in the ancient Mitylenian debate with Thucydides' texts c...

Israelite Religion and Jerusalem's Role

This paper explores the holy connotation of the ancient Israeli city of Jerusalem in a consideration of its role in the religion o...

Ancient Greece to the New Testament and Dreams, Oracles, and Prophecy

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

Early Civilizations and Their Influence Upon Contemporary Society

In three pages this paper discusses how the empires of ancient Greece and Rome influenced contemporary society in a consideration ...

Religious Comparison Between the Book of Genesis and Epic of Gilgamesh

it. The man proceeded immediately to build an ark" (Noss, 38). Marietta Moskin agrees that many of the earliest Hebrew stories d...

History's Origin According to Ernst Breisach

events surrounding the Peloponessian War, but also the views of other cultures which sometimes conflicted with his own sensibiliti...

1922 Collection of the Treasures of Tutankhamun

early demise saw the tombs modification, and completion, to accommodate the pharaoh. The only part of the complex that contains wa...

The Tragic Hero in Carlito's Way and High Sierra

Carlito's Way and High Sierra both feature tragic, doomed anti-heroes and the path that led to their destruction. This research pa...

Mycenaean and Hittite Religious Cultures

In ten pages these two ancient cultures and their religious practices are contrasted and compared in terms of differences and simi...

Architecture of Ancient Egypt

In two pages the nearly 4,000 year old temples and other architectural structures that existed in ancient Egypt are discussed and ...

Defining Philosophy With the Help of Stephen Clark

In a paper consisting of five pages truth and reality are two of the components factored into a definition of philosophy as well a...

Women in Medea and Lysistrata

In four pages this research paper contrasts and compares the portrayal of women and their roles in ancient Greek society as repres...

Gilgamesh, Genesis: Comparing Floods

This essay contrasts and compares the way that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and Genesis describe the Flood. The writer argues that the ...

Comparing Annie Oakley and Oddysseus

Odysseus,/raider of cities gouged out your eye" (Homer 227). As Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, Odysseus makes a powerful god h...

Ancient Egypt, Belief in the Afterlife

of Osiris. Nevertheless, over time, entry to the afterlife was expanded and nobles were given permission from the pharaoh to make ...

State and Society Relationships in The History of Herodotus and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper compares these two works of ancient Greek literature in a consideration of relations between state and soc...

'Hero and Leander' by Christopher Marlowe

In five pages the influence Marlowe received from writers of ancient Greece and Rome are considered as reflected in this poetic ep...

Epic Hero Transformation in Greek Literature

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

There’s Something About Mary

fool has a wondrous capability of truly providing many different elements of human nature to the audience. They can be ridiculous ...

Wine and Civilization

This paper goes back to ancient times to examine wine as a commodity. There are two sources in the bibliography of this three page...

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...

Upper and Lower Egypt in Ancient Times

king, Menes; from this point forward, thirty dynasties would continue this arrangement of unification. One of the critical factor...

Ancient Literature and Companionship

of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...

The Life and Times of Empedocles

This paper examines the life and teachings of ancient Greek philosopher, scientist, poet, and physician, Empedocies. This three p...

Nineteenth Century and Greek Revival Architecture

"National Style" got its start - and finally ended during the latter part of the 19th century - in Philadelphia (Pollock, 2002)....

Hunger by Knut Hamsun, Antigone, and Stubbornness

pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...

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...

Babylonian Life

the garden he tends (Kowalski, 2004). This does appear to be quite generous. In todays day and age, the owner would get the profi...