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Two Ancient Sculptures Compared

"unibrow" today--and wide, blue eyes. One is almost reminded of the wide eyed paintings of the 1960s when viewing this ancient pie...

KKK's History

blacks" (Trelease 625). Another author indicates similar perspectives stating, "White superiority was the philosophy of the Klan, ...

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

writers could persuade the majority of the population to support the Revolution. While critics believe that many historians treat ...

Overview of Contemporary Judaism

The Jews wait for God to send the Messiah who will save them. This is the primary point of divergence between Christians and Jews...

'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer Compared

could live. It was on the broad shoulders of this classical hero upon which the security of society rested. While the hero walke...

Standardized Testing and its History

tests were originally developed because they allowed administrators to measure students results against a national profile (Maki,...

Character of Jo in Charles Dickens' Bleak House

after several of the detectives he knew from the local department. Dickens routinely, then, chooses those who are the most...

Overview of Reflexology

massage is depicted on a wall painting in a tomb in Saqqara, Egypt which dates back to 2330 B.C. In Greece until about AD 200, Del...

U.S. Fitness Programs for Children

are startling in terms of the how young his subjects are and the simple fact that many of the health problems could be alleviated ...

Rastafarianism, Santeria, and Islam

islands as slaves (Crawford, 2001). It was created from necessity for the slaves to continue practicing their native religion with...

Experience and Ideas According to John Locke

(Locke: The Origin of Ideas, 2003). Locke, unlike many of his peers, denied that certain knowledge was innate for human...

Ancient Rome and Sales Contracts

Whatever their form, however, they fall into one very specific category of law. Drake (1904) provides clarification of this categ...

Societal Marketing and Green Marketing

of long-term health (Bernadette and DSilva, 2002). The Ricoh Group commented that such a strong movement towards green procuremen...

Overview of Ethics

such as telling someone they look good when asked, even if they dont believe that person looks good. Of course, these are relat...

Western Concepts on Imagination and Its Origins

of poetry, since it is the expression of imagination that allows for emotional comprehension. Introduction Imagination i...

'Well Being' Etymology

English period (Etymonline.com, 2003). It derived from the Old English word "wel," which shares the same Germanic source as the Ol...

Europe During the 19th Century and National Consciousness

its own flavor, identity and special talents. Additionally, leaders want their members to adhere to the rules of the government, a...

An Examination of Violence Statistics

were robbed in the workplace. Between 1994 and 1996 violent victimizations in the workplace decreased by 21 percent, paralleling a...

Political Power and How It Originated

a social contract. In other words, how is it that man is born free but must obey the law? Locke was by no means a theorist who tho...

Crimes Committed by Computers

The Comprehensive Crime Control Act was created as a means by which to provide Secret Service with legal influence over both compu...

All About Monsters

"The iron-braced door turned on its hinge when his hands touched it. Then his rage boiled over, he ripped open the mouth of the bu...

History of Humanism

many years, but started to become less open during the dark ages. It was at this time that the Christian church took control. The ...

Origin and Tenets of the Catholic Religion

Peter now confessed? Remove it, and nothing can supply its place; the whole of Christianity crumbles into ruin" (Wylie, 1888, p. P...

Mass Consumerism's Origin and its Impact

this in more detail the role of consumerism and the way it fits in with mass culture can be used to determine what mass consumeris...

Hospital Setting and Administration of Medication in a Consideration of Competence Building Through Reflection, Experience, and Training

is overwhelmingly female, though nursing also is experiencing a gender shift as more men come to the profession than at any time i...

Mohammed, Charlemagne and the Origins of Europe by Richard Hodges and David Whitehouse

Islam total control of the Mediterranean, so that -- as one Arab writer of the time put it -- the Christians could no longer "floa...

World Trade Organization and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Origins and Objectives

initially established as a customs union that possessed free trade among the Member States, has also been instrumental in levying ...

Economy and Trade of Southeast Asia

and information which found their way from east to west and vice versa: the early spread of Buddhism, for example, was a result of...

Charles Darwin's Origin of Species

of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure. He then moves on...

Christianity Expansion

points of doctrine, particularly in regards to controversy over whether Judaic custom was still applicable to Christians. Missiona...