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of human beings is of far greater impact than the behavior of human beings as separate individuals. How humans act based on their...

state has cast religious zeal ... to the wind ... in that battle the Iranians have tilted toward Christian Armenia" (Kaplan, 1997,...

which is being stated can be immediately observed and seen to be valid. He also makes the point that for primitive peoples, to be ...

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

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

This paper examines the formation of the severely dysfunctional society in William Golding's classic novel. This five page paper ...

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

This essay is an outline for a proposed paper on warfare in pre-Islamic Arabia and late Antiquity. The outline includes causes, l...

In eight pages this paper discusses how Muslim cultures have contributed to the world in a consideration of geography, medicine, s...

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

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

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

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

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

In another aspect regarding agriculture we see that in the 10th century "a new collar was developed that distributed the weight ar...

Mexico and other areas of central America, demonstrates a number of similarities with Egyptian culture: the main architectural for...

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

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

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

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

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

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

this person was not to be disobeyed or even questioned, his rule was absolute; "the monarch ruled with absolute power" - power he ...

is thought to have healing properties and it is known to lower blood pressure for example. Yet, meditation stems from Buddhism (Vi...

world population was only about 425 million and most of those people lived in Asia (Roberts 279). Hence, Asia had quite a lot of p...

plagued by both flies and a sense of overwhelming guilt. The stage is dominated by a statue of Zeus, "god of flies and death," whi...

is still regarded as sacred ground. "The citys long journey across history started more than four millenia ago. Throughout the ag...

occurred throughout political history. Numerous American presidents have deceived their wives and, therefore, their country...

of envisioning and grasping the full significance of difficult passages. In his preface, Anderson outlines his general approach....

point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...