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Metropolitan Museum Of Art
1,316 words
During my trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
I observed many interesting paintings, sculptures,
and artifacts. The two exhibits I chose to do my
report on were Anonymous Official, from the
thirteenth dynasty in Egypt, (1783 B. C. ), and
Head from a Herm from the early Greek
civilization, (first quarter of the fifth
century). (The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide,
Howard, pg. 306) I chose these two particular
exhibits because of their faces. The way the human
face is portrayed is an excellen...
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Edward Gibbons Fall Of Rome
592 words
In Edward Gibbons, DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE he argues that the reason for Rome's fall
is because of Germanic invasions, a decline in
public morality, and the rise of Christianity.
With all of the above statements I would agree
that Edward Gibbons is correct. They all help in
the fall of the Roman empire. Where I think he did
go wrong was in neglecting to state the other
numerous reasons that help contribute to its fall.
Three of these other factors that I think are also
very importan...
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Tsarist Regime Alexander Ii
1,838 words
1. Catherine II (the Great). The successor of the
sickly Peter III, Catherine II was his wife until
his suspected murder and she took the throne in
1762. Although she made no great reforms in
Russian society, she gathered many friends by her
death in 1796. Catherine had to keep the nobility
pleased at all times because if she didnt she
could be dethroned easily. Because of this she
carried out very few social reforms. Russia
continued to follow an economic growth that Peter
that Great had starte...
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Congress Of Vienna King Of France
1,440 words
There were numerous events at the turn of the
nineteenth century. They can be best characterized
as the French Revolution, Napoleons reign, and the
Congress of Vienna. The French Revolution
consisted of the numerous revolts of the Third
Estate against the monarch, Louis XVI. Napoleons
reign consisted of numerous conquests, totaling in
most of Europe, and ending in a few tragic errors
and miscalculations on his part that would cause
him the throne. The Congress of Vienna was a
one-year convention...
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Aspects Of Life Knowledge And Understanding
862 words
The Republic by Plato Throughout history, Plato
has been conceived as one of the greatest
philosophers of all time. His many theories have
made us delve deep into our minds for new
knowledge and understanding. He is looked up to by
many all over the world in present day as well as
in history. However, not even Plato is perfect. It
is believed by many that there are faults with
some aspects of his society. Many believe that his
idea of a "utopian society" is far-fetched and
unattainable. Although...
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Feel That Machiavelli Loved Or Feared Prince
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The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is a
balancing act between what makes a prince good and
what can destroy a prince. Machiavelli believes
that there is a wrong as well as a right way to
rule a country. There are also some prime examples
of past rulers and nations and how their rule was
effected by the cause. Some of Machiavelli's
reasoning of cause and effect were somewhat bias.
His use of old regimes vary from the Holy Roman
Empires glory days to some of his present day
events. As I w...
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Science Fiction Rhode Island
1,814 words
A solution for a society facing critical times. -
Quite a few net diehards have been suffering from
insomnia - trying to figure out, whether psycho
history can be applied, as a science, on bushmen
in Africa? Another crisis. At times it seems as
problems, problems always face the poor
defenceless humans. How nice it would be, just to
push a bottom on a computer and be given the It
was for this purpose Isaac Asimow invented the
theory Often in the modern welfare state it seems
as our lifes progres...
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War With Spain People Of England
1,034 words
Were Queen Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great
effective rulers? Were their reigns characterized
as good or not so well? Disregarding the opinion
of those who reigned concurrently or historians
today, these two ruled their country in a time of
turmoil and uncertainty! The world and the people
within it were undergoing a major transition. New
lands were being discovered as well as major
role-playing continents and countries were
changing status. Some losing power while others
gained it. Queen Eli...
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One Hundred Years People Of Rome
1,328 words
... reason why is because the government was more
balanced and there was less of a need to gain the
Peoples favor. There were a few sought-after
positions like Consul, Tribune, and Aedile that
would cause the potential candidates to do
everything from bribing to buttering up the Romans
with expensive banquets and elaborate festivals to
garner votes. But when the Republic vanished,
those persons who wanted to be the supreme rulers
of Rome needed to show the people why they
deserved to be Imperato...
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Medieval Thinkers Believed Traditional Medieval Thinkers Machiavelli
677 words
In The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, Machiavelli
goes against the traditional mindset that a prince
derived his power from God. Machiavelli believed
that the rulers were given no divine right. He
said that a ruler achieved his power through hid
own efforts and skills. The traditional thinkers
believed that the ruler had to abide by Christian
morals like the virtues. On the other hand,
Machiavelli said that they did not have to abide
by these Christian standards. Machiavelli was in
contradiction...
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Parts Of The Body Political Community
1,570 words
Plato and John Rawls give to us an account of a
moral community in which they both presupposed
different views of the human person as order to
such community. In this paper, I will attempt to
examine what this moral political community is
according to Plato and John Rawls. My thesis will
support Plato's idea of moral political community
which is better than John Rawls because it
presents a community with order and a concern for
the well being of all not just one. According to
Plato in the words ...
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Pan Slavism Austro Hungarian
929 words
In the early nineteenth century, Slavic peoples
from multiple empires in eastern and southern
Europe began to pursue a movement to protect and
organize Slavic culture. In 1848, this movement
became more political. It gained a reputation and
an attempt was made to unify all Slavic peoples.
This movement became known as Pan-Slavism.
Pan-Slavism appealed to many Slavs who felt
nationalism towards their race. However among the
Slavs, there were many different opinions. Some
believed that there was a...
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Hindus And Muslims Military Leaders
1,133 words
After World War I, Japan began watching China with
interest. Japans military leaders hoped to gain
some of Chinas lands and resources if it should
become weak. Soon, problems overseas such as the
Great Depression and poor trade helped put that
plan into action. Other countries at the same time
were also experiencing the kinds of changes that
Japan was. Nationalism and imperialism were
becoming important ideas in the East. In the 1920
s, Japan began to industrialize and democracy was
put into pla...
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Good And Evil Good And Bad
1,394 words
The genealogical method is the basis of Friedrich
Nietzsche's work On the Genealogy of Morals.
Nietzsche's genealogy can be illustrated as a way
to investigate values. The investigation of
values, points out, how certain values were
originally initiated. Nietzsche's genealogy also
presents a critique, by Nietzsche himself, on
already established values. Nietzsche's genealogy
also creates a future in a revolutionary manner
values. In order to understand the Nietzsche's
genealogical method one mus...
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Man Made Destructive Power
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In about 450 B. C. , the city of Olympia -- where
the first Olympic games were held in 776 B. C. --
built a temple to honor the god Zeus. Many
considered the Doric-style temple too simple, so a
lavish 40 -foot statue of Zeus was commissioned
for the inside. Wealthy Greeks decided to move the
statue to a palace in Constantinople (present-day
Istanbul, Turkey). Their effort prolonged its
life, as fire later devastated the Olympia temple.
However, the new location couldn't keep Zeus
eternally safe:...
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Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il
1,448 words
Index Introduction The New Dynasty Dynasties in
Review The Three Kings 20 Conclusion 23
Bibliography 24 Introduction As we move into the
new millennium, more so than decades, quarter or
half centuries, we reflect back on the past. A
vast number of books and other publications have
come out which review certain areas of the past, a
Y 2 K in review. Of course, the term "Y 2 K"
immediately evokes the image of a world of
computer technology going haywire. The world has
had its share of tragedies and...
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Lack Of Trust Catholic Priests
1,275 words
Book V of The Republic finds Socrates explaining
the practical details necessary in the creation of
an ideal polis. He proposes a system for
population control and human eugenics based on a
lottery of sorts which will determine who will
mate with whom and when. The lottery is "rigged"
by the rulers in order that the best of the "herd"
will mate much more frequently than others.
However, only the rulers of this society will know
the lottery is rigged. This system will presumably
assure that child...
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Common Good One Man
1,170 words
... any innovation in the established physical or
academic curriculum. The conception of education
professed by those who say that they can put into
the mind knowledge that was not there
before-rather as if they could put sight into
blind eyes. The capacity for knowledge is innate
in each man's mind, and that the organ which he
learns is like an eye which cannot be turned from
darkness to light unless the whole body turned; in
the same way the mind as a whole must be turned
away from the world o...
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Tsarist Regime Alexander Ii
1,871 words
The successor of the sickly Peter III, Catherine
II was his wife until his suspected murder and she
took the throne in 1762. Although she made no
great reforms in Russian society, she gathered
many friends by her death in 1796. Catherine had
to keep the nobility pleased at all times because
if she didnt she could be dethroned easily.
Because of this she carried out very few social
reforms. Russia continued to follow an economic
growth that Peter that Great had started. She
tried to remove trade ...
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Queen Of England Nursery Rhymes
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Nursery Rhymes Through Out the Years. I would like
to start by saying that the Nursery Rhymes of
Great Britain and England in particular were long
standing English creations, that were written at
times when their was considerable peasant
dissatisfaction with the existing Royal Rule.
These sometimes soothing, sometimes perky little
rhymes had a truly far deeper meaning than their
catching verses suggest. Those of us who were
reared in the English language, were soothed to
sleep or entertained in ...
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