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Ancient Aztec Courtship and Marriage Ceremonies

said that because someone can invent it, that it does not necessarily mean that it should be invented. From all accounts the Aztec...

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 ...

Museums and How Ancient Artifacts Are Uncovered

been able to gather enough information so as to understand the complexities surrounding a collection of semi-preserved writing imp...

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 ...

The Cultural Heritage of the West and Its Ancient Roots

in the article "Key Iraqi weapons official held" in relation to topics studied in the roots of Western Culture deal primarily with...

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...

Ancient Greek Tyrants

2005). In the case of a dictator this individual ruler is elected, and a tyrant is not elected. "A tyrant is a person who came int...

Hesiod's Fable and Other Similar Works

Four political works in ancient history are examined. Athenian democracy is part of the inquiry but many issues pertinent to polit...

Judaism and Ancient Egyptian Religion

the soul: the Egyptians thought that the there were several "psychical elements" comprising existence, including the ka (Dyson). T...

The Evolution of Stoicism

This 5 page paper discusses the philosophical thinking known as Stoicism, and why it appealed to the ancient Romans and Greeks. Th...

Creative Dialogue on Cultural Discourse

In five pages a dialogue between an ancient Roman character and one from ancient Greece is developed with and exchange of cultural...

Babylon's Infamous Hanging GardensBabylon

that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually created. They became symbolic of a new era and of a new, more-aesthetically cons...

A Computer History

In ten pages an overview that takes a nontechnical approach to computer history from ancient abacus and punched cards from ENIAC t...

Overview of the Ancient Pyramids

In five pages this paper discusses the construction of the pyramids with actual time period writings contributing to the analytica...

History of Amateur Sports

In eight pages this paper examines ancient sports in an historical overview that includes various types, Greek and Roman influence...

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...

Ancient Rome and Law

developed. The next period of time was the Republic. This lasted between 509 -27 BC. This republic was formed after Tarquinius S...

Popular Religion Conceptually Defined

In five pages this paper conceptually defines what is meant by popular religion in an historical overview of ancient Greece and We...

Overview of the Ancient City Ephesus

In five pages this ancient Asia Minor commercial and cultural center is examined in an informational overview. Six sources are ci...

Rome's Legacy

terrified of the retribution that followed delinquent taxation, the Roman period was one that reflected a considerably negative le...

An Overview of Ancient Alexandria

economic metropolis, the remains of which are still evident to this day" (Nunes, 2001; alex1.html). Ancient Alexandria was appr...

Ancient Greece and Women's Roles

Artemis, and her hair was cut. For the next several months the bride was taught the domestic duties she would perform for the rest...

Past and Present Hercules

In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...

Ethiopian Romance by Heliodorus

in Charicleia, who is a long-lost princess of an Ethiopian queen, even though she appears to be white. Heliodorus relates that her...

Wig and its History

was some gap until the latter part of the Middle Ages. It was not until the sixteenth century that the wig became a generally ac...

Early History of Women's Subjugation

In three pages this paper presents a brief overview of women's subjugation from the ancient period until the 17th century. One so...

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Pagan and Jewish Women

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Pagan women with Jewish women in ancient Greek and Roman societies in terms of the...

Comparing the Empire of Ancient Rome with Ancient Greece

to Egypt would also pay homage to some Egyptian Gods such as Isis and Horus. In Britain and Gaul there is evidence of the Romans m...

Strong Women in Ancient Greek Theatre

the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...

The Gospel Of Thomas - The Controversy

make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter...