Alexander the Great and Conquests
Alexander the Great and Conquests Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia born approximately on July 20th in 356 BC. His mother was Olympias, a young princess from Epirus. Alexander was a remarkable person who loved to recite Homeric poetry. At age fourteen his father sent him ....

An Overview of the Olympics
The Olympic Games are an international sports competition. In the Olympics, athletes play in many types of games. Some athletes compete in the Summer Olympics. Some compete in the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Games are very old and have a very interesting history.The first Olympic Games were held in....

An Overview of the Olympics
The Olympic Games are an international sports competition. In the Olympics, athletes play in many types of games. Some athletes compete in the Summer Olympics. Some compete in the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Games are very old and have a very interesting history. The first Olympic Games we....

Ancient philosophers: Aristotle, Socates, Plato
Humanism Throughout history, people can notice as the generations go on, ideas are improved based on those who proceeded. Those before us set the basis, while we take those ideas and change them to fit out society. In philosophy, you can see a noticeable trend which dates back to BCE. Philosophers....

Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice on March 4th, 1678. His father, Giovanni Battista, was a barber before becoming a professional violinist, taught him to play the violin and then went all over Venice playing the violin together. Vivaldi had a medical problem that he called the tightening of t....

Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice on March 4th, 1678. His father, Giovanni Battista, was a barber before becoming a professional violinist, taught him to play the violin and then went all over Venice playing the violin together. Vivaldi had a medical problem that he called the tightening of t....

BNA act of Canada
Confederation was accomplished when Queen Victoria gave royal assent to the British North America Act (BNA Act) on March 29, 1867. That act, which united the Province of Canada with the colonies of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, came into effect on July 1 that year. The act dissolved the Act of ....

Carter G. Woodson
"Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history." These are the words of Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, distinguished Black author, editor, publisher, and historian (December 1875 - April 1950). Carter G. ....

Charles Grandison Finney: A Brief Overview
Charles Finney: A Brief Overview The social flux of the early 19th century contributed to many of the successful religious movements of the time. Independent religious movements such as Mormonism, Millerism, and the Jehovahs Witnesses are just a small sample of the many trans-denominational mov....

China in Revolution - Battle for Survival 1911-1936
Movie: China in Revolution- Battle for Survival 1911-1936 This documentary dealt with the lives of the Chinese people during the turbulent years from the fall of the last emperor to the establishment of the world's largest communist state that it is today. This film focused on the growing dis....

conflict between 1952 and 1980 between President and Congress of the United States
In what ways, and for what reasons, did the President and Congress of the United States come into conflict between 1952 and 1980? The Father of the Constitution, James Madison, in defending the newly proposed Constitution in 1788, noted an underlying principle of competition and rivalry amo....

Confronting Mortality: A Small, Good Thing
In A Small, Good Thing, other characters descriptions and impressions first depict to a reader who each character is. The characters true personalities and whom Carver intends for them to represent are evident only once a reader analyzes Carvers use of religious imagery. Scotty helps influen....

Country-Western Music: Where Did it Come From?
How did country-western music become as we know it today? Did anyone or anything influence it? Country-western music was influenced by both the sounds and instruments of Irish music and other similar music types like Gospel and Blues. What is Irish music? When people think of Irish music, most ....

Dental History
In the beginning there were dinosaurs. Then came the people. For as long as people have had teeth, there has always been someone trying to fix them. Thus the dentist was born! Dentistry has a long and distinguished, not to mention interesting history. Anyone interested in dentistry should know a b....

Descartes and Rationalism
1.Introduction to Descartes and Rationalism Rene Descartes was born at La Haye, France, in 1596. He attended a Jesuit college and took a doctorate in low form the University of Poitiers in 1616. Two years later in 1618 he traveled to Holland, where he joined the army of Prince Maurice....

Era of Comics
"Era of Comics" Superman, Batman, Spiderman, The Hulk, comic book superheroes have thrilled and inspired generations of readers. While critics have dismissed them a....

Euthanasia: Homicide or Mercy Killing
Euthanasia: Homicide or Mercy Killing Imagine a person around the age of fifty is sick or has another reason that he or she just dont want to keep going on with their life. This person goes to a hospital asking for help to kill himself or herself. The doctors in this case refuse send them away....

FASB and IASB Joint project
FASB and IASB People have been keeping track of their money and recording details of transactions for thousands of years. Not until the 15th century, however, did accounting gain structure that is similar to what is in wide use today. Fra Luca Pacioli wrote books about a ....

Father of Accounting
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli was born around the year of 1445. He was born in Borgo Sansepolcro, Tuscany, located in the heart of Italy. He greatly attributed to the accounting system through all of his work which includes the double-entry accounting system, balance sheet, income statement, the....

Federalist Papers
The Federalist, known to us today as the Federalists papers is a series of 85 essays made in which to support the ratification of the United States constitution. The Federal Convention sent the Constitution to the Confederation Congress to get it ratified the end of September 1787. The Cons....

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
In Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis, Joseph describes to us a dinner where Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton sat down to talk about the United States' legislative body. In Jefferson's mind, this meeting was to prevent the paralysis of the legislative body. A new national c....

Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya 1746-1828 Francisco Goya, considered to be "the Father of Modern Art," began his painting career just after the late Baroque period. In expressing his thoughts and feelings frankly, as he did, he became the pioneer of new artistic tendencies which were to come to fruition in t....

Frederick Douglas
A Literacy Icon Intestinal fortitude and sheer determination is what drove one of the worlds greatest literary minds. A gifted man whose works for too long has been forgotten by history. Frederick Douglasss life is that of true grit and determination. It is also one of many obstacles that ....

Frederick Douglass: The Father of The Civil Rights Movement
Research Paper- Frederick Douglass, "The Father of the Civil Rights Movement" The little boy was awakened by aroused voices. One was angry and shouting; the other voice, a woman's, was pleading. Peeking through a crack in the wooden boards, the now awakened boy beheld his Aunt Hester stripped nake....

Galileo, much more than an inventor
Galileo was the guy who invented the telescope. This is what most people say when they think about Galileo. However, Galileo did not invent the telescope, he only made improvements to it, to make important discoveries about astronomy; which helped to prove that the sun was the center of the univ....

George Washington
Father of his Country. The hallowed phrase expresses everything that was unique about President Washington. For all other Presidents - even Thomas Jefferson - the office was the climax of their lives, their greatest opportunity for fame. Washington alone was greater than his post. He had to make dec....

Gospel Music
Slavery was an important issue facing Churches, as slaves were allowed to meet for Christian services. Some Christian ministers, such as J. D. Long, wrote against slavery. Rural slaves used to stay after the regular worship services, in churches or in plantation praise houses, for singing an....

Henri Fayol : Father Of Business Management
Management has a rich past. Moses was consulted by Jethro, his father-in-law, about the merits of organizing people. Confucius of China advocated leadership should be conferred upon those possessing proven abilities. Aristotle of Greece exhibited tremendous wisdom regarding the de....

Herodotus, The Father of History
Herodotus, The Father of History Herodotus was born in 484 B.C. and died in 425 BC. He was born Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey) and lived the early part of his life there up to about age 27. At about 457 B.C. he is believed to have been exiled from Halicarnassus for conspiring against Persian....

Imhotep
Imhotep: The Worlds First Known Genius Imhotep was a royal advisor, architect, priest, astrologist, sculptor, poet, sage, engineer, city planner and physician, among many other talents. This paper examines Imhotep's contributions to the development of Ancient Egypt in the fields of architecture, m....

Influnce on christianity in europe
Christianity may not have been what it is today without people of high authority that believed in the Christian faith. Of the many influences there are contributing to the evolution of Christianity three man of command are prominent in the expansion of the Christian doctrine in Europe. Flavius V....

ku klux klan
Prejudice comes in many forms. Two such forms of extreme prejudice are the Salem witch-hunts and the Ku Klux Klan. In the colonial time, from 1700 to 1775, the Salem witch-hunts took place. The KKK originated after the civil war and is still going on today. These two groups based their prejudice on ....

Legacy of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He bought Louisiana from France and sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition. He can be seen on the front side of a nickel and his famous home Monticello on the backside. Throughout his life, he achieved several things and is considered ....

Leisure History
Leisure is something in our society that has been around for many years now. It will always and continue to be one of the biggest things that individuals must include in their daily lives. Although it might vary from one person to the next, it is something that everyone must have. There are multi....

Like You, I Too, Am a Revolutionary - Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate is a 1993 production situated in Havana, Cuba in 1979. Diego is an inexperienced, and at times, ignorant Communist militant who despite wanting to be a writer, studies political science as a sign of appreciation for the revolution. On the other hand, Diego is an intel....

Mahatma Gandhis impact on Mass Communication in India
In the contemporary media world, where the 'advertorials' probably bear more importance than the 'editorials', I believe it should be interesting to know how the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, contributed to the fields of journalism and mass communication. An effective communicator, Gandhi....

Medicines and Treatments Provided by the Roman Army
Credit for great medical discoveries which led to the increase in life expectancy and survival rates among the brave soldiers in Ancient Rome can be given to historians and philosophers who went to great lengths to learn and record their remedies. Centuries ago, in a time of plague and bloodshed, ....

Memories of a sissy
We live in a world full of diversity and variety. Even in one small country like Kyrgyzstan we can vividly see this diversity, there are people of different ethnicities, social backgrounds, countries of origin, sexual identification etc. Our society lives in a relative peace with such different peop....

Pea Soup : Gregor Mendel and the Pea Experiment
People have known for centuries that children very closely resemble their parental units. However, it wasnt until the middle of the nineteenth century that one ambiguous monk dared to reason the observations and discover something remarkable. Often known as the Father of Genetics,�....

Pediatric Nursing
Why is pediatric nursing such a popular career choice? Some may choose it because of their desire to work with kids. Others might just adore the profession itself. Jarvis once said, "... The character of the nurse is as important as the knowledge they possess." Then some may pick this....

Philosophy of Art and Beauty
Within the aesthetic contemplations of both Augustine and Schopenhauer, the concept of detachment, or denial of the outside world is addressed. In comparing and contrasting these two views, we see that both philosophers have conceptualized and brought heavy importance to beauty through detachment. ....

Power of the Pen (Revolutionary Writers)
The power of the pen is undeniable; the power to influence people's actions through writing requires a dedication and passion for a cause. Throughout history, one can see in many occasions how a writer not only got his message across to the public, but also made the public realize their ignora....

Rediscoveries - The Renaissance period
The Renaissance period was a very interesting one you could say, it had many ways of which it changed and caused our world to be the way it is today. If not for this particular time frame, there would have been very little doubt towards the Christian Religion, as well as, the liking of a new found ....

Should Judges be Elected or Appointed?
The question of electing judges or appointing judges has had a long bumpy road in Illinois history. Over the last Twenty years the voters of the state of Illinois have been asked several times to vote on the constitutional proposal changing the judicial selection process. And the debate is not ....

Sir Frederick Grant Banting
Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, MD, FRSC (November 14, 1891 February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discovers of insulin. Banting was born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. After studying medicine at the University of Toronto and gr....

Steve Waugh
Steve Rodger Waugh is the ultimate cricketer of the world. At the age of 20 he was facing ashes defeats one after another and losing all of his cricketing confidence. Then he helped win a World Cup and made 393 runs before losing his wicket in England in 1989 .Upon his recall to test cricket, he min....

survey of indian agriculture
Survey of Indian Agriculture Rishabh Singhania Western International University Capstone-485 Mr. Pawan Solanki 16th, October 2007 Acknowledgement In writing this report, my ideas has been shaped by....

The Breakfast Club
In the video the Breakfast Club, Emilio Estevez plays the role of Andrew Clark, a Jock who is being pressured by his father to win at all cost and to be the best at every sport he is involved in. For this is same reason is why his character would be described as Identity Achievement. One example o....

the history of accounting
Accounting is defined as the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm. The birth of accounting dates back to as far as the earliest days of human agriculture and civilization, preferably to the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. The method of accounting was needed when a....

The History of Greek Theater
Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE, with the Sopocles, thegreat writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life weredepicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action wascourageo....

The Internet
The Internet The Internet is one of the most ingenious and fascinating inventions of the past century. It made communication truly global in the sense that people from across the world could talk and exchange messages easily and in hardly any time at all and at any time of day. Now our entire l....

The TURE Mormon Religion (LDS)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, true? Not true? Christians? Not Christians? These are some of the questions people ask about the Mormon church.How did the Mormon church start? Joseph Smith Jr. was born in 1805 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith. He had....

Theoretical Position Paper
The immense knowledge of psychological examination, including Jung's analytical psychology, Adler's self psychology, Freud's psychoanalysis, and James's analogy concerning "stream of thought"; is that awareness can be explained more clearly. Though, there remains a gap between the conventi....

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson wished to be remembered for three achievements in his public life. He had served as governor of Virginia, as U.S. minister to France, as secretary of state under George Washington, as vice-president in the administration of John Adams, and as president of the United States from 1801....

To what extent is Gandhi the father of the nation?
To what extent is Gandhi the father of the nation? Gandhi was truly the father of the nation. When he returned to India after his success in South Africa, he saw that his people were being oppressed by British rule. At first he fought for his nations home rule, but later he pushed for indep....

To what extent is the Renaissance truly a departure from the past?
The Middle Ages was a time when the Church dominated the social, political, and economic aspects of everyday life. The daily lives of the people were heavily influenced by religious duties and survival. Most suffered from poverty and fell victim to the feudal system. The Great Schism, Hundred Ye....

Traditional Societies as Closely Coupled Networks
Traditional Societies that live in foreign countries as closely coupled networks Why closely coupled? It is been pretty long ago since Uighurs came to Kyrgyzstan and settled down here. Even though they absorbed some of the norms in this society and now became different from Uighurs in China ....

Unknown Freud
The fact that so many people associate Freud with Psychology does not always mean that he was the founder of psychology? Or anything near that in fact. In this critic, Crews reviewed Freud and Psychoanalysis without actually being polemical, but comes up with different theories and facts that m....

Vicksburg
The Civil War split our nation, Americans fighting Americans, brother against brother. The war lasted four long years, a key battle fought westward was the turning point in the war: the Battle of Vicksburg. Between Cairo, Illinois, and the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River twists and winds fo....

William Tyndale: Bible Translator and Martyr
Throughout time, people have stood up for what they believe is right. Everyone from Moses to Mahatma Gandhi share a common characteristic: they all stood up for what they believed was right. So as was the case with William Tyndale. He thought that everyone, no matter what race or culture you wer....

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