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A Description of World Civilizations from Ancient Times to 1500

well as carried new innovative things from other societies and so served to pass ideas along from village to village. Back then t...

Ancient World and Art

called herself the Goddess (1989). In ancient Egypt it seemed as if dynastic power had passed through females even when the Pharao...

Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome and Women

who played an important role in how Greek and Roman society viewed women. The paper then discusses various mythological works and ...

Men and Women of Ancient Greece

For entertainment, men tended to engage in a variety of activities, mostly involving drinking, wrestling, horseback riding, and ga...

Women in Athens During the Fifth Century

dilemma for his children, Orestes and Electra, who have to choose between not avenging their father and murdering their mother (18...

Theater Women and Their History

In five pages the role of women in theater is the focus of this historical overview that dates back to ancient times. There are 5...

Society of Ancient Greece and Women

This paper examines how women in Ancient Greek society were portrayed in a comparative analysis of the plays Lysistrata by Aristop...

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...

Ancient World Letters

wife, and particularly Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. Our beautiful city is named after her, and Melitta wants to honor her and as...

Empire and the City State in the Ancient World

Ancient City-States and empires before 350 B.C. are compared and contrasted win this paper, which gives pros and cons and speculat...

Disillusioned Characters in Brave New World

this brave and controlled new world. Happiness is a mass illusion in this new world order, and as is the case with most widesprea...

The Age of Aquarius, Ancient Worlds and Worship

is presented, a thesis that posits that religion exists in a cycle of change that, over time, shifts in its fundamental ideals and...

Rebekah and Nausicaa in the Bible and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...

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...

Ancient Greek Women and the Effects of Medicine, Law, and Architecture

of Greek culture to glean hints as to how a woman interacted in this male-dominated world....

Positions of Women in Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations

exercise, even participating with men at times, indicating that there was not a great deal of difference in the way the men and wo...

Nubia's Ancient World Significance

of the Nubian culture and writing system until 300 A.D. Overall, the Nubian region and people were responsible for much of the eco...

Ancient Societies and Women in Sundiata and 'Beowulf'

himself was portrayed as the incarnate of evil, whose ravenous attacks on King Hrothgars subjects were nothing more than examples ...

Feminism and the Role of Clytemnestra

Agamemnon's actions led to his demise at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. While Aeschylus shows her as a strong woman who exac...

Beowulf and Ancient Greek, Roman, and World Societies

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts these various peoples who lived in different societies during different time perio...

Antigone/The Female Role in Society

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

Women's Role in the Epic of Gilgamesh

lost natural state, at which point Shamhat offers to take him to the city where the joys of "civilization shine in their resplende...

Individual Rights v. States Rights

This research paper investigates literature that examines the inherent tension between the rights of individuals and states rights...

Civil Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Administrations of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon

which Brown was grounded rested "solely on the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution" (1977, p. 306). Warren also points out t...

Workplace and Gay Rights Issues

(Religious Intolerance, 2004). Pressure from lobbyists has prompted this decision but it appears to be a growing trend in the mar...

The Value of Women's Studies

women as opposed to men. Women it seems are on the whole more interested in legislation involving the family and such issues as e...

Business Plan for Krista's Clothing

video rental stores. Conventional wisdom says that in starting a new business, it is necessary to find something new that has at ...

People's Republic of China and 'Survival Rights'

'Survival Rights' and what they mean in terms of human rights in the People's Republic of China are discussed in a report consisti...

Article Analysis: Women and Power

the same qualities that society considers intrinsic to, and acceptable in, women. This goes back to something that Freedman says ...

Civil Rights Act of 1991

charges of intentional discrimination.4 Furthermore, the 1991 Act broadened the language of the 1866 Civil Rights Act and extended...