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Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were persons who changed black history forever. Their courage and love for their people transcended and surpassed their only boundary: America. Each one of them did what was possible for them at the time. However, what they achieved, . . . Read more
1. The extraordinary popularity of Zack Znyder’s recent film 300, the fast-moving, very faithful, though somewhat extended adaptation of the homonymous comic by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, has brought about the speedy translation of some recent studies on the famous Second Greco-Persian War. As has happened in recent years . . . Read more
Mountains, valleys, and water isolate Greece. Hundreds of islands are scattered along its coast. As a result of this type of geography, Greece could never become a large unified empire, so instead, small city-states were created. A city-state was known as a “polis”. A polis was made up of two . . . Read more
This paper is a question-and-answer discussion of some aspects of life in ancient Babylonia. (3+ pages; 4 sources; MLA citation style) Introduction This paper answers specific questions about the civilization of ancient Babylonia and is in a question-answer format. Answers to the Questions 1. Explain the importance of the topic . . . Read more
One of the latest findings in the archeological world was recently revealed to the public in March this year in the village of Kfar Kana, North of Israel. Several subterranean galleries, passageways and pits were discovered leading scholars to believe that they were used as hiding places during the first . . . Read more
More than 5,000 years ago, a glorious civilization called Mesopotamia arose in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This civilization took advantage of its countless benefits. If there were any obstacles, the Mesopotamians adapted. Soon, great cities emerged as a result of the discovery of farming, and there . . . Read more
Introduction – Who were they? When most people think of ancient civilizations they think of civilizations from thousands of years ago. However, not all ancient civilizations are in fact, that ancient. The Aztecs of America fell only just under 500 years ago, in 1524, to Spanish invaders. The Aztecs existed . . . Read more
The Aztec Nation A distant sound is heard. It sounds like a deep drum being hit with a heavy instrument. You hear it again and strain your eyes in the direction of the sound. All around you is a dense jungle. Snakes slither between your legs. You hear the sound . . . Read more
The ancient civilization of Rome was far superior to ancient China in many ways, government and leadership being the two most important ways. Rome’s government was more detailed and left no room for error. It was well thought out and the structure was very defined all though out Roman history, . . . Read more
The Mayan Empire was one of the most innovative and interesting civilizations. It was an ancient civilization that was one of the most advanced and innovative ones. They inhabited the Yucatan peninsula and the empire lasted for about 3500 years ending around the year 1500 AD. It is considered the . . . Read more
Persepolis was rediscovered in A.D 1620, after being hidden by its own ruins since 330 B.C. Many people came to visit Persepolis in the next centuries, but the excavation of the ruins did not begin until 1931 when the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago sponsored the excavation of . . . Read more
There are probably hundreds of myths and legends about Stonehenge. Various people have attributed the building of this great megalith to the Danes, Romans, Saxons, Greeks, Atlanteans, Egyptians, Phoenicians Celts, King Aurelius Ambrosius, Merlin, and even Aliens. One of the most popular beliefs was that Stonehenge was built by the . . . Read more
MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamia was the land of four primary civilizations: the Sumerian, the Akkadians, the Babylonian and the Assyrians. The Hebrews, like the Akkadians, belong to a group of people known as Semites and from there we can see the influence of Mesopotamian culture in some of the Hebrew traditions. During . . . Read more
When the United States was first starting off as a country, most of its inhabitants had immigrated from either Western or Northern Europe. As time passed, change was bound to come. Around 1880, immigrants began coming to the country from different areas including China, Japan, and Southern and Eastern Europe. . . . Read more
During the thirty years that preceded the Civil War, abolitionism was a major factor in electoral politics. Abolitionism refers to antislavery activism between the early 1830s when William Lloyd Garrison began publishing The Liberator and the Civil War. By the year 1834, there existed a weak framework of abolitionists, many . . . Read more
The classical Greek period of art is between 480 – 323 B.C. This era is believed to be the most influential time in the history of western art. It was during this period that artists sculpted statues of perfectly proportioned and flawless bodies. The faces on these figures displayed a . . . Read more
Pros and Cons of the Spartans PROS 1st- A positive aspect of the Spartan Code was the idea to train their young beginning at a young age, by giving power to the state to control the youth. This allowed many of the children to have an equal opportunity in the . . . Read more