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readers would be going backward and forward in terms of years. however, it is the concept and theme of civilizations that is prima...

past, we can use it to predict what our likely future is, and that should give anyone pause, for our past is not particularly whol...

put to death" (King 4). Here, it seems as if the terms stealing and kidnapping are interchangeable. That is, at the time, stealing...

found seems to be religious in intent, but no one is sure (Swanson, 1998). The civilization reached its height in about 2500 BC an...

Lakedaimon, a king himself, named his country after himself. The capital of that country he named after his wife. Lacedaemon, of...

that Diamond discusses are the Anasazi and the Maya. "Anasazi" is the name given to various groups of Native Americans living in t...

changed dramatically. Huxley writes: "In place of the old pleasures demanding intelligence and personal initiative, we have vast o...

fertile lands coupled with the ability to utilize the discovery or creation of irrigation. One author notes, "It was the two river...

and had to rely upon trade and barter to exchange goods, services, and currency. Trade was the only means by which poorer classes...

plights of war ... as the common people devoted themselves to the cult of their rain gods and peacefully tilled their fields {milp...

that they were very connected as well. It is also important to note that any works which have survived the ages do not even begin ...

In five pages this paper discusses how the ancient civilizations of Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia achieved cultural expansion thr...

Is not (even the core of) the brick structure made of kiln-fired brick, and did not the Seven Sages themselves lay out its plans? ...

This research paper discusses the figurines produced in ancient Mycenaean civilization and their possible uses, including the inte...

the head of the Persian Gulf" (Poiycratis, 1991). But even Alexander couldnt stop history and another power was rising in the regi...

should control the entire known world and so the theme of religion, and the power of religious men, was not questioned in The Song...

deal about the civilization that created it. This paper discusses three antiquities found at the Art Institute in Chicago, and wha...

In a paper of five pages, the writer focuses on the question of how much influence the Near East and Egypt had on the progress in ...

that were once great and in some cases spanned the globe no longer exist. The Roman Empire was feared throughout the known world o...

Toynebee (1935, p5) describes breakdowns in civilizations as failures of those civilizations to ascend from the stage of primitive...

west to spread democracy and aid in economic modernization are making the situation worse as these are related to the differences ...

established that women were not always inherently oppressed around the world, a fair question arises: what is it about Western civ...

This research contrasts and compares two art figures from ancient civilizations, which are part of the collection at the Metropoli...

The geographical aspect has been argued as one that is essential, as all civilizations may be located in a map (Braudel and Mayne,...

This research paper discusses art and architecture in the ancient Mayan civilization. Three pages in length, two sources are cited...

Abortion is a hotly contested controversy in the United States. There is a very long history of abortion. Ancient and medieval civ...

The treatments Breuer and Freud developed for treating hysteria had an impact on the development of psychoanalysis. This is discu...

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

This essay pertains to T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontent, as well as the influence t...

This paper contends that our country is losing footing in our struggle to achieve true equality. There is one source listed in th...