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History of Western Civilization

the centralisation of political power as potent nation-states emerged throughout Western Europe. The Northern Renaissance was also...

Western Civilization Research Documents Summarized

on twelve clay tablets. The epic tale is of a Babylonian king, two-thirds god and one-third man. Another key character in the stor...

Brief Overview of 5 Monarchies of Western Civilization

territories" a process that wasnt stopped until the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 (Holy Roman Empire, 2005). As to the various empe...

Western Civilization and Buddhism's Influence

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

Augustus, Alexander, Pericles and Western Civilization

excellent sense of humor" that made him popular with his troops (Syvertsen). His values and character, and his rapid conquest of m...

The Importance of Astronomy and Galileo to Western Civilization

astronomers attempts to describe the motion of all heavenly bodies, including the earth. It was Galileos discoveries that are ofte...

The Greeks and Romans and the Creation of Western Civilization

the head of the Persian Gulf" (Poiycratis, 1991). But even Alexander couldnt stop history and another power was rising in the regi...

Canterbury Tales and The Song of Roland

should control the entire known world and so the theme of religion, and the power of religious men, was not questioned in The Song...

Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Their Lasting Contributions to Civilization

In ten pages this paper examines the ancient Greeks and Romans in terms of their enduring contributions to Western civilization ar...

Religious Practices of Egypt and Mesopotamia

for war, but success really depended on a favorable relationship with the gods. This helps explain the importance of the priestly ...

West's Rise

a sort of capitalistic juggernaut that rolled over countries that had less military capability with incredibly ease. This commer...

Middle Ages and the Rise of Western Universities

This research paper discusses the few Western universities that originated from this time period and their influence upon Western ...

Early America and the Oppression of Women

established that women were not always inherently oppressed around the world, a fair question arises: what is it about Western civ...

Mayan Art and Architecture

This research paper discusses art and architecture in the ancient Mayan civilization. Three pages in length, two sources are cited...

Renaissance Architecture

This research paper describes aspects of Renaissance architecture. Three pages in length, two sources are cited. ...

British Columbia's Modernist Architecture

direction this modern era should take: "While many of the citizens of Victoria cherished and identified with its picturesque archi...

Comparative Analysis of Rome and Greece with Four Ancient Civilizations (China, India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia)

region to another. The Mesopotamians produced The Epic of Gilgamesh entirely in cuneiform while the Egyptian hieroglyphics on pyr...

Civilization's Costs According to Sigmund Freud

In five pages Freud's views regarding civilization's costs as described in Civilization and Its Discontents are examined with topi...

Freedom and Civilization

and mans struggle for individuality. This is also a theme that many science fiction authors address. Does the future hold a world ...

Meso American Civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca

In six pages this essay contrasts and compares these early Meso American civilizations in terms of organizational, agricultural, r...

Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations

and cultural identities, which at the broadest level are civilization identities, are shaping the patterns of cohesion, disintegra...

Freud and Nietzsche on Making Decisions

In six pages Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents and Friedrich Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols are examined as they...

Women in Heart of Darkness

A 5 page analysis of Joseph Conrad's views on women and civilization. 1 source....

Influence of Roman Architecture on the West II

In five pages this paper discusses the Western social and cultural influences of Roman architecture in a comparison and contrast t...

Goals of the Crusades and Their Impact

For hundreds of years pilgrims from Western Europe had been journeying to the Holy Land, Palestine, where Jesus Christ had lived a...

Greece and Rome Civilization Development

This paper consists of five pages and examines the Western civilization contributions of Greek and Roman development. There are n...

Myths on Creation

In ten pages the various stories on creation such as Western, Aztec and Mayan, Greco Roman, China, Mesopotamia, and Egypt civiliza...

Pivotal Historical Point of the 1789 French Revolution

so deplorable a condition as it did in France under the reigns of the last three Bourbon kings, Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI ...

Church and State in the Petrine Supremacy

of power and influence as change came to the western civilization(s). Within each region discussed by Spielvogel we see differe...

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 ...