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Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War and the Melian Debate

In five pages this paper discusses the issue of the weak being subjugated by the strong that is presented in this ancient historic...

Tuscany, Italy's Etruscan Civilization

of city-states. Perusia, Volsinnii, Caere, Veii, Tarquinii, and Clusium were important (Anonymous 110-113). At one time, t...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles and the Ancient Greek Gods

In three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...

Religious Statues of Ancient Times

god Ningirsu, and Umma, with its god Shara. And begins as follows: "The god Enlil, king of all lands, father of all gods, determi...

Divine Ruler and Ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty

under the Ptolemaic Dynasty that Alexandria truly became the cultural and economic center of the ancient world. Both Egyptian and ...

Contemporary Symbolic Logic History

Aristotelian philosophy is a good place to start. For Aristotle,...

Greeks and the Impact of the Persian Wars

In three pages this paper discusses how the Persian Wars affected 5th century B.C. ancient Greece with the reigns of Philip II and...

Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Crete

encouraged their initial growth and continued development overtime, which also served to contribute to their unique characters. I...

Gender Portrayals in Homer's 'The Iliad' and Sophocles' Antigone

of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...

Breast Cancer and Treatment Alterations Due to Attitudes, Theories, and Concepts

also states that the intervention did not work ands came to the conclusion there was not treatment (American Cancer Society, 2005)...

Lysistrata and Laughter According to Bergsonian Criteria

representation did not lack a more serious undercurrent, it was the manner in which it was approached that, according to Bergson, ...

Modern Dance 'Mother' Martha Graham

Greek legends and even Biblical themes. Her style was unique to say the least. Graham used her body in a...

A Case Study of UK Administrative Law

to jobs and industry. The Committee decides to approve Taxcos plans but they provide no reasons for their decision. The decisio...

Ancient Athens and Contemporary New York City

Most of us recognize that New York City serves as a symbol of all that is possible in the world today. It is also a city that repr...

Knowledge and Education According to the City States of Athens and Sparta and Philosophers Socrates and Plato

perception required for awareness is decidedly unique to human beings. Man looks upon his world as a direct reflection of him, hi...

Websites on Black History and Information Verification

Europe" (also by Rashidi) also identifies Moors as synonymous with black Africans and describes how Moorish soldiers cross over fr...

Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...

Pyramid Constructions and Mathematical Applications by the Ancient Egyptians

advanced understanding of the subject because their exploits in engineering, astronomy and administration would not have been poss...

Hawaiian Kingdom's Ali'i Ruling Class

foresight that brought all of the various Hawaiian Islands together. He was to be the last of the great Hawaiian rulers, for after...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Ancient Empires Collapse

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

The Position of Philosophy and Women in Ancient Greece

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

Prostitution and Pompeii

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

Popular Religion Conceptually Defined

In five pages this paper conceptually defines what is meant by popular religion in an historical overview of ancient Greece and We...

Book of Genesis, 'The Odyssey,' and Order versus Disorder

In 5 pages tis paper discusses the conflict of order vs. disorder as depicted in these ancient Hebrew and Greek texts. There are ...

Joy Imagery in the Poetry of John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

reinforce this impression, as do the alteration of four-stress lines and three-stress lines. We know without really analyzing it t...