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  • Christianity Judaism and Islam

    Christianity Judaism and Islam

    Each of the three religions, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, preach tolerance toward other religions. However, these teachings are not always followed. Each is a peaceful religion, but each has fought wars in the name of their religion or their God. This is an interesting occurrence since each of the religions pray to the same God. The relationship between the three has been, at times, a strained one. There are several reasons for this. The Jewish

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Christianity, Islam, and Judaism: The Most Influential World Religions in History

    Christianity, Islam, and Judaism: The Most Influential World Religions in History

    Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are three of the most influential world religions in history. They are known as the Abrahamic Religions because they all recognize Abraham as their first prophet. They were all born in the Middle East and are inextricably connected to one another. Christianity was born from within the Jewish tradition, and Islam developed from both Christianity and Judaism. For centuries, Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel, is considered as a holy

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    Submitted: April 25, 2015 By: Sphynsie Deus
  • Christianity: A Threat to the Classical World

    Christianity: A Threat to the Classical World

    Christianity: A Threat to the Classical World The many transformations that the Classical world experienced during its transition into the early medieval period were due to a combination of many significant factors. The many problems that had been building over the course of time contributed to the demise of the Roman Empire and the Classical world. However, one important factor was a clear contributor to this transformation. Christianity’s new view of the Emperor, the pagan

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Christmas & Chanukah

    Christmas & Chanukah

    The differences between Christmas and Chanukah If anyone asks you what the difference is between Christmas and Chanukah, you will know what and how to answer! 1. Christmas is one day, same day every year, December 25. Jews also love December 25th. It's another paid day off work. We go to movies and out for Chinese food and Israeli dancing. Chanukah is 8 days. It starts the evening of the 24th of Kislev, whenever that

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Victor
  • Christmas in Spain

    Christmas in Spain

    In Spain it is a very festive time at Christmas. On Christmas Eve after Midnight Mass and Christmas Dinner, streets fill with dancers. There is a special Christmas dance called the Jota and the words and music have been handed down for hundreds of years. They dance to the sound of guitars and castanets. Children think of the Three Wise Man as the gift bearers. Tradition has it that they arrive on January 6th, the

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: July
  • Christmas Stockings

    Christmas Stockings

    The Christmas Stocking "The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there" There was a kindly nobleman whose wife had died of an illness leaving the nobleman and his three daughters in despair. After losing all his money in useless and bad inventions the family had to move into a peasant's cottage, where the daughters did their own cooking, sewing and cleaning. When it came time

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Christology

    Christology

    The Development of ChFinally, the ascension and session of Christ guarantees His rule over all things now until the time when the completion of His victory by the subjugation of His enemies is brought to a close. "For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet."[76] God has ordained that the earth be under man's dominion, and His Son took on human nature to accomplish what man could not.[77] At

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Vika
  • Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

    On October 12, 1492, two worlds unknown to each other met for the first time on a small island in the Caribbean Sea. While on a voyage for Spain in search of a direct sea route from Europe to Asia, Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered the Americas. However, in four separate voyages to the Caribbean from 1492 to 1504, he remained convinced that he had found the lands that Marco Polo reached in his overland travels

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • Christopher Columbus and Genocide

    Christopher Columbus and Genocide

    My fellow congressmen and senators, today we convene to discuss the repercussions of events that occurred nearly three-hundred years before our nation's birth; events that, had they not occurred, it is a certainty that the United States of America would not exist as it does today. The event I am speaking about of course is the world famous voyage of the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, and his subsequent discovery of the American continents. One thing

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Janna
  • Chronology of the Georgian - Ossetian Conflict

    Chronology of the Georgian - Ossetian Conflict

    Chronology of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict By Natia Chigvaria Foreword The work is aimed at presenting thematic and chronological process of the on-going Georgian-Ossetian conflict in Georgia. The first Georgian-Ossetian conflict dates back to 1918-1920. The conflict was initiated again in 1988 followed by armed conflict in 1992 and the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. The conflict resulted in big casualties on both sides, destroyed infrastructure and thousands of homeless people. History AThe Ossetian people are believed to

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    Submitted: May 19, 2011 By: nianu
  • Church and State

    Church and State

    "In God We Trust" on the dollar bill, The Ten Commandments at a state court house. These are things over the past year that you might have heard in the news causing some controversy. As current events go on, the Separation of Church and State is being brought into light more and more every day. When the United States Constitution was founded in the 18th century, many liberties were given to its citizens. One of

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Cicero’s Speeches

    Cicero’s Speeches

    In Catilinam Paper Cicero, the masterful orator and lawyer, gave a tremendous speech against a wicked minded senator named Catiline who was planning to overthrow the government. Within the Temple of Jupiter, Cicero used many tactics to stir the senators such as reminding the senators of similar situations in the past; making them fear Catiline, connecting their situation to real life examples, and making it seem that his plans are known by everyone. With these

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Jon
  • Cinco De Mayo

    Cinco De Mayo

    "Mexicamos, Viva Mexico" is cried out by the Mexican president every 16th of September as done by Miguel Hidalgo in 1821, after the traditional bell ringing is finished the national anthem is sang. Similar to the 4th of July celebration with parties, fireworks, ceremonies, except they also get bullfights also. In search for independence a priest decided to take matters into his own hands and lead a revolution against the Spanish government, but he was

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Cinco De Mayo

    Cinco De Mayo

    Cinco de Mayo "After Mexico gained it's independence from Spain in 1821, it faced internal power struggles that left it in a volatile state of rebellion and instability for years." In 1846, the Mexican government, under the dictator Santa Anna, went to war with the United States. As an outcome of that war, Mexico lost a large amount of land--the land we now know as Texas. In 1854, Juan Alvarez and his troops led a

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    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Cinerary Urn - Art History

    Cinerary Urn - Art History

    My experience at the DIA led my eye to one piece in particular. It was a Cinerary Urn. What had caught my eye was the blue color with green tinting, and also the design of the urn and the characteristics that were incorporated into the design. It was in very good condition with only a few minor chips that I could see from the front. Only the rim on the top of the urn had

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Citizenship in America

    Citizenship in America

    Citizenship is the state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen. To be a citizen in America you have to be born in the United States. People out of the United States are considered immigrants. U.S. Citizens have a lot of rights, but some of those rights can be taken away. As a United States citizen I think we have a lot of rights. We have the right to vote at the age

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: regina
  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights

    The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution form what is known as the Bill of Rights. In essence it is a summary of the basic rights held by all U.S. citizens. However, Negro citizens during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950-70's felt this document and its mandate that guaranteed the civil rights and civil liberties of all people; were interpreted differently for people of color. The freedoms outlined in the Constitution were

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Janna
  • Civil Rights Act of Sex 1964

    Civil Rights Act of Sex 1964

    Civil Rights Act of Sex 1964 “Gender discrimination comes in a variety of forms and disguises,” states Levy (p. 115). Although, laws are in place to help advance the in equitability of women in the workforce, there remains a diplomatic urge for women to stand up for their rights. After decades of discrimination, women’s fortification falls under a number of equal rights laws. These laws include “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,

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    Submitted: March 9, 2017 By: ysleatherwood
  • Civil Rights Movement

    Civil Rights Movement

    Civil Rights Movement: 1890-1900 1890: The state of Mississippi adopts poll taxes and literacy tests to discourage black voters. 1895: Booker T. Washington delivers his Atlanta Exposition speech, which accepts segregation of the races. 1896: The Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson the separate but equal treatment of the races is constitutional. 1900-1910 1900-1915: Over one thousand blacks are lynched in the states of the former Confederacy. 1905: The Niagara Movement is founded by

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Anna
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    Americans have really always been independent group of people, from all the information I've gathered. It's just that we really don't seem to like to be told that. This is true now as it was in the past, or will be in the future. It all started in the early colonial period, specifically the 1700's, when we really felt ourselves as "Americans". Before that in the 1600's we were just settlers in the new America.

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Anna
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    The American Civil War was a major war that took place (1861-1865) between the United States Northern part and Southern part. The Northern part was called The Union. The Union was ran by Abraham Lincoln. The Southern part was called the Confederacy. The Confederacy was ran by Thomas Jefferson. In the following essay we will discuss the Civil War. Slavery lay at the root of the Civil War. The Republican Party dedicated itself to their

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Monika
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    The Union break-up between 1860-1861 had many reasons and causes for its happenings. A country cannot run without looking at both sides of a problem and, at certain times, choosing a side. Abraham Lincoln was a president that did not like to stand firmly on an issue that was very sensitive. The U.S. spent a great deal of time on the issue of slavery and how to deal with it. The Dred Scott Decision was

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Civil War Questions

    Civil War Questions

    Q1. Societies strict rules about who is allowed to move up in the ranks of the army seriously impaired their being many qualified leaders. The nobles that were leading the army were not always the most qualified for the job. They did not base moving up in the ranks by skill or intelligence, which probably caused a lot of armies to miss out on some great leaders. One example of a leader who could have

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Civilization: China’s Han Dynasty

    Civilization: China’s Han Dynasty

    Cook Tyler Cook Civilization: China’s Han Dynasty August 27,2012 Civilizations are an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. Most civilizations are usually urbanized or hierarchal. Many countries inside the seven continents have history of different civilizations for centuries. Particularly, one of the world’s most known civilizations is China’s “Han Dynasty” of 206 BCE–220 CE. The Han Dynasty was founded by the rebel

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    Submitted: July 1, 2014 By: tcook21
  • Clash

    Clash

    "Nation states will remain the most powerful actors in world affairs" , but because of the fact that no polarisation of ideologies is existing anymore and consequently the ideology as the basis of identification has disappeared, Huntington expects that people will search for their identity in their culture. Therefore he suggests to exchange the paradigm of the Cold War for a paradigm of civilizations to explain international relationships. To elucidate his thesis Huntington formulates an

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Anna
  • Clash of Civilisation

    Clash of Civilisation

    POLITICS is entering a new phase, and intellectuals have not hesitated to proliferate visions of what it will be—the end of history, the return of traditional rivalries between nation states, and the decline of the nation state from the conflicting pulls of tribalism and globalism, among others. Each of these visions catches aspects of the emerging reality. Yet they all miss a crucial, indeed a central, aspect of what global politics is likely to be

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    Submitted: June 13, 2010 By: Top
  • Classic Greece

    Classic Greece

    Classic Greece There were several forces that allowed for the different deolpment of the polis during Classic Greece. While each polis was different from each other, they were still apart of Greece. During the 5th century BC, Greece was dominated by two main powers: democratic Athens and the military oligarchy of Sparta The polis of Sparta was founded by the Dorians who occupied by the Peloponneus. In the eighth century, the Spartans conquered nearby regions

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: regina
  • Classical Music

    Classical Music

    The classical music period coincided with a revolution in thought called the age of enlightenment, which focused on the search for intellectual freedom. Unlike the preceding Baroque music which emphasized textural intricacy, classical music is characterized by it's near obsession with structural balance and clarity, however many other elements were integral to forming the musical foundations for the Classical period. The music of this era began with a pre-classical, somewhat transitional music style called Rococo

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Bred
  • Classical Social Theory

    Classical Social Theory

    Classical Social Theory Karl Marx 12/06/2006 I have chosen to write my essay on Karl Marx because his theory is very interesting. Karl Marx strove to put into sensible effect the humanitarian concept of Feuerbach. In doing so, he, along with close friend Friedrich Engels, founded a new economic movement called Socialism. According to Marx, the supreme end of man is an immature and material one, and consists in happiness. This material happiness must be

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Classical Vs. Hellenistic Periods

    Classical Vs. Hellenistic Periods

    During the span of the Classical and Hellenistic periods in Ancient Greece, many changes occurred that differentiated one from the other. There were many facets of society that were affected as a result from the Classical period leading to the Hellenistic period. The Classical period was a time of intellectual growth and stimulus. The desire to learn brought about the need for a group of teachers to impart worldly wisdom unto their students. This new

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Venidikt
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