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European History and Class Struggles

In five pages changing social class is examined from the time periods of the Scientific Revolution until the Enlightenment and fro...

Enlightenment and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

have consumed the island and its resources, it could pursue a useful policy for dealing with Irish children by butchering them and...

Western Civilization Historical Periods

was an incredibly powerful and influential time in mankinds history and in the development of Western civilization. Prior to the R...

Rousseau, Jefferson, Paine & The Enlightenment

the idea that the aristocracy was inherently better than other socioeconomic classes and, therefore, entitled by their superiority...

Buddhism and Its Teachings: Effective or Ineffective?

old age, death, and finally, a monk "who had given up everything he owned to seek an end to suffering" ("Following the Buddhas Foo...

The Relevance of Revolutions

happened to be the French Revolution. This ushered in a new period where democracy would create a brave new world. France would en...

Romantic and Enlightenment Views of Nature

would sweep away the superstitions of the past and replace them with the clear light of reason. Regardless of the discipline in wh...

Ideology, Politics, and Religious Leadership of Ancient Israel

In 4 pages this paper discusses the leadership, politics, and ideologies that existed in Israel during the time period between the...

Faith and Mysticism

The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...

1400 to 1700 Japanese Relations with the West

Shogun Yoshimitsu had developed trade relations with Ming China and indirectly acquired Western goods. However, the new government...

The Destruction of Native Culture in Australia

of large differences in terms of culture. The view was one of superiority, with the predominantly white immigrants perceiving them...

The Development of the Baby in the Womb

The germinal period, the embryonic period, and the fetal period are each explored in this paper. There are three sources listed in...

Case Study on Starbucks in the United Kingdom

who import form other countries may have a cost advantage. The good economic conditions may also be seen as encouraging of grow...

Portrayal of Women in Griselda by Boccaccio, Brothers Menaechmus by Plautus, and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Industrialism

In five pages this paper discusses farming sharecroppers and steel industry workers in a consideration of industrialism during thi...

1950s McCarthyism and 1960s' Civil Rights Movement

In four pages this essay discusses the McCarthyism period and the emergence of the civil rights movement thereafter....

Late Medieval Literature and Art and Human Body Rediscovery

his right hand in blessing toward the Virgin, who raises both palms in what is obviously intended to be surprise. The overall ef...

Gothic Cathedrals of 1100 to 1500 A.D.

a major representative example and therefore more widely reviewed. Following subsections discuss the changes in cathedral constru...

1990s' American Economy

of falling prices always followed these periods of inflation associated with war, so that price levels were quite stable (PG). How...

Romantic and Victorian Literature Contrasted

In five pages this essay contrasts these very different literary styles with the Romantic period's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' b...

Italy During the Renaissance Era and the Roles Played by Nonelites and Women

result, court mistresses commonly took on the role of both lover and confidant, creating a lineage through childbearing that suppo...

Western Monasticism's Rise and Spread

In five pages this paper examines a period from the earliest days of Christianity to the Reformation period in a consideration of ...

Defense of Socrates in Plato's Apology

(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...

A History of Jews in America

She corresponded with Grace Aguilar, a Jewish British theologian; Fanny Kemble, a British actress; Catherine Sedgwick, an American...

Place in Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather

In five pages the representation of place with regards to the time period's social hierarchy is discussed and includes an explorat...

Extinction of Dinosaurs and the Catastrophism Theory

In eight page this paper discusses the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods' extinction of dinosaurs in an assessment of the catastroph...

Dante's 'Inferno' Explanationa and Detailed Structural Analysis

In five pages a poetic explication of Dante's poem is presented in terms of explanation of betrayal as a more punishable sin than ...

Forms of Art Technology During the Renaissance

In seven pages this paper examines the technology that was developed to create the Renaissance period's sophisticated maiolica cer...

Overview of How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

In five pages this 1890 text is examined in terms of how the time period's events relate to its contents. Two sources are cited i...

History of Russia in a Combination of 4 Papers

kingdom, ruled by Vladimir, stretched all the way to the Black Sea (History, 2005). Yaroslav the Wise succeeded Vladimir, and und...