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Ancient Kingship in the Sasanid Empire

by C.E. Bosworth, offers a considerable insight into how the ancient Sasanid civilization of Persia (modern day Iran) perceived ki...

The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare and Kingship

He plots to have the Bohemian king poisoned, but Polixenes manages to flee Sicilia unharmed and return to the safety of his homela...

Kingship in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Myths of Mesopotamia by Stephanie Dalley

In seven pages these works are contrasted and compared in terms of how kingship is presented in each. There are no other sources ...

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English

In five pages this paper examines how kingship is presented in The Ecclesiastical History of English by Bede. Two sources are cit...

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 ...

Kingship and Society in Sundiata

In three pages this African literary epic is examined in terms of its themes of kingship and society with topics including artisti...

The Leadership of Napoleon Analyzed

In six pages Napoleon's rule is compared to the kingship he replaced and there is also a discussion of Europe during the time of t...

Alexander the Great's Kingship

In six pages this research paper examines how the hellenistic world was forever changed by Alexander the Great's approach to kings...

Villains in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Richard III

sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...

Oedipus and Medea: Leadership and Kingship

watch these plays we see not only human frailty, but the workings of fate. Consider Oedipus: he killed his father and married his ...

Jesus as King in Matthew

the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...

Elephants, Rhinos, Kobs, Leopards And Buffalo: Communication In African Culture

of every family. For the most part the only way to relate this history from one generation to the next was through storytelling; ...

Dante's 9th Circle/A Contemporary Vision

household. As a teen, he became enthralled with Islam and converted. Lindh came to reject everything America stands for. By active...

Sutton Hoo and its Relationship to Literature

princes do not seem as relevant as the observation regarding Germany (Hills 741). Yet, while it is important to note that the buri...

Research Proposal: Airline Industry Profitability and Risk Management

A 73 page paper discussing risk management and its effects on profitability in the airline industry. The paper is a dissertation ...

Showalter, Culture and Literature

formalist-structuralist critics have evaded the issue of sexual identity entirely or dismissed it as irrelevant and subjective" (S...

Dystopian and Utopian Literature from 1500-2000

design a society that people might like. For example, in terms of sexual repression, Mores Utopia would allow people to see one an...

Children's Language Development

This paper reviews and offers conclusions on empirical literature that pertains to young children's language development. Seven pa...

Nature of Siva in Hindu Myth

This paper is in outline form and pertains to literature promoting understanding of the nature of the god Siva in Hinduism. ...

Firefighting and Labor

In a literature review consisting of twenty five pages this paper considers various labor issues concerning civilian fire casualti...

Society, Characters, and Crick Crack Monkey and Nectar in a Sieve

In two pages this paper examines the conflicts of minorities in society in a consideration of these two works of literature....

Children and the Psychosocial Effects of Television Violence

to real-world violence, and thereby less empathetic to the pain and suffering of others (Chidley 37). Observations of teenagers re...

Heart Disease and Saturated Fatty Acids

In five pages this literature review considers heart disease and saturates fats' role....

Medical Records Decentralization Literature Review

discusses yet another medical records software called NetVault, a software program that represents a radical departure from soluti...

History of Latin Literature

long possessed in the oral tradition. It was during the 19th century that it seems literature actually emerged in written form and...

The 20s and 30s and Literature

out at this particular time were truly offering up new visions, realistic visions, and modern visions of life. In looking at some...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Among African Americans

This 25 page paper provides an overview of the current literature regarding CVD in African American patients. Bibliography lists ...

American Ethnic Literature

do, and does if people are given the opportunity to study and read such work. While many could well associate Amy Tans work...

A Personal Statement of the Meaning of Literature

I can find myself truly empathizing with the individual. If the story is written from the third person perspective then it is like...

Autistic Children Interventions

autistic children (Sallows and Graupner, 2005). In Sallows and Graupner (2005), 48 percent of the group were enrolled and perfor...