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A Short History of Progress - Or Lack Thereof

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...

A Look at Early Civilizations

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

Three Historical Points

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

Heroism and Primitivism in Character Studies of Gilgamesh and Enkidu

combat and claiming the right to sleep with any woman before her marriage" (Sparknotes). While Gilgamesh is handsome if not beauti...

Religious Experience of the French Revolution

to further examine the statement, however, we must also look at the conditions experienced by the people, experiences which would ...

Thomas L. Friedman and Samuel P. Huntington on Globalization

is not just our "pop" culture that has caused so much influence. Aside from the political force of the United States, we note th...

Eastern and Western Civilization and Nationalism

been far behind on the nationalist bandwagon, however. Since the collapse of the former U.S.S.R., in particular, nationalism has ...

Therapeutic Approaches and Criminal Behavior Theory

to legitimate opportunities for attaining material goals" (Anonymous, 2002), as well as have no other availability to acquire thes...

Theory of Sigmund Freud

analysis and treatment of the "transference neurosis" is thus often described as the essence of psychoanalytic therapy" (Davis, 20...

Freedom and Culture

so evident in official circles before. Individuals adopted rules and standards of behavior designed to serve "appearances." Youn...

Rewrting Western Civilization and Artistic Liberty of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' and 'Das Liebeskonzil'

construct of war from one in which emotions such as love have the power to overwhelm the realities of death and dying which surrou...

The Medicine of the Ancient Greeks

to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...

A World Societies History

been treated little better than animals. Islam at least accorded that women may be redeemed and attain a heavenly reward, although...

Protestantism, Enlightenment, and Scientific Revolution Movements

the United States of America was entrenched in the idea of religious freedom. There were conflicts present between the Catholic ...

Overview of Major Events of Western Civilization

of nobles, officials, merchants and peasants alike. Even more importantly Henry the Great cared about his people and his country....

Western Civilizations's Pivotal Event

to a calling more suited to their socioeconomic status. In other words, if one were poor, one would be placed on the vocational tr...

Forecasting for a Fast Food Outlet

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

Wuthering Heights: Civilization and Anarchy

man of the house. Catherines father took Heathcliff in and ultimately one could argue he had lofty ideals, ideals that were closer...

Water and Its Importance Throughout Civilization

Goudsblom, 2002). While many see that water is something very necessary and desirable, water poses problems as well. For example, ...

A Refutation of Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations

There are many theories that attempt to explain the violence that seems to be such an inherent...

Wine and Civilization

This paper goes back to ancient times to examine wine as a commodity. There are two sources in the bibliography of this three page...

Trans Civilization and Trans Ecological Routes Article by David Christian

In two pages this Journal of World History article is discussed in terms of its emphasis that the silk road trade routes of Africa...

Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy and Roman Civilization

This paper addresses Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy in terms of how ambition affected society during the Roman Empire. This fiv...

Clash of Civilizations by Huntington

ethnic cleansing" (Huntington, 1998, p.35). To this author, the world is changing and the fact that terrorism has risen is simply ...

Western Civilization and the Roman Empire's Collapse

and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...

Western Civilization and the Architectural Contributions of Rome

and designs as well. Until they had developed concrete most of the architecture was constructed with traditional models that used ...

Western Civilization and Islamic Culture Integration

Indeed, Muhammad prescribed a life full of "lofty ethical ideals and peaceful coexistence" (Bruning 56) that non-believers of Isla...

Huntington, Clash of Civilizations

of centuries," and therefore, "far more fundamental than differences among political ideologies and political regimes" (Huntington...

Epidemics and Civilization

course, pregnancy is not contagious and while there may be something occurring in large numbers it is not the same thing as focusi...

Civilization of Mesoamerica and the Sacred Mountain's Role

was considered a good location from which the people could watch for the enemy. Warfare was a very big part of Mesoamerican civili...