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It is for this reason that Greek art conveyed abstract ideas such as "beautiful" concepts of the human body through a dichotomous ...

was considered a good location from which the people could watch for the enemy. Warfare was a very big part of Mesoamerican civili...

from the Olmec cradle could have entered its grave. But the Mesoamerican ethos survived. It contracted, and then began to spread a...

that of his fathers and yet, he knew how to take advantage of the elevations and his engineers made the walls steeper, so that ove...

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

was the reaction of Europeans to many aspects of Eastern culture when they first encountered it. However, Parrinder indicates that...

the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...

this person was not to be disobeyed or even questioned, his rule was absolute; "the monarch ruled with absolute power" - power he ...

the land granted to the Native Americans offers a microcosmic consideration of the settlement of the American west and a possible ...

There are many theories that attempt to explain the violence that seems to be such an inherent...

This essay is an outline for a proposed paper on warfare in pre-Islamic Arabia and late Antiquity. The outline includes causes, l...

was 38.2 pregnancies per 1,000 women between the ages of 18 and 17 years. This is not evenly spread, with some areas having much h...

world population was only about 425 million and most of those people lived in Asia (Roberts 279). Hence, Asia had quite a lot of p...

cultural heritage of Confucianism (Pharr xiii). In Confucianism, supreme emphasis is placed on maintaining harmony, which is seen ...

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

In eight pages this paper discusses how Muslim cultures have contributed to the world in a consideration of geography, medicine, s...

In two pages the five aggregates are interpreted and applied to the Buddhist daily life, with this representing the 3rd in a four ...

In nine pages a comparative analysis of Native American and Buddhist beliefs considers their similarities and differences. Six so...

In eleven pages the Buddhist and Bahai religions are contrasted and compared with the commonality represented by Christianity also...

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the purpose and meaning of Freud's text are discussed. There is 1 bibliographic source cited....

In one page this research paper defines the Zen Buddhist concept satori as heightened enlightenment comprehension. One source is ...

the process of development as long as there is a need to learn how best to meet the needs of the individual. There are two aspect...

In three pages the differences between Persians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Akkadians, and Sumerians are examined. Three ...

In five pages these religions are examined in terms of their similar goals to provide mankind with an ultimate sense of purpose. ...

This paper contrasts and compares the Mencius and Buddhist concepts of war, violence, and use of military force. Four sources are...

In five pages the beliefs of an afterlife as espoused by Buddhist and Jewish religions are discussed. There are ten bibliographic...

In six pages this paper examines the philosophical similarities and differences between Suzuki Roshi's and Immanuel Kant's theorie...

This paper consists of nine pages and compares and contrasts the Zen philosophies of D.T. Suzuki and Hu Shih. Seven sources are c...

In nine pages this paper examines and compares the architectural styles of these three world religions. Nine sources are cited in...

There is little evidence today that these civilizations even existed and many people still find it hard to believe the evidence th...