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  • A Dstopian Society Film Project

    A Dstopian Society Film Project

    A dystopian society is a futuristic place where people are tyrannized by a powerful government. You can say in the film V for Vendetta that there are many similarities that relate to literature based films to a dystopian type society. These similarities talk about the central government system, the suppression of the people, and the rebellion of the society. You can also see a hierarchal class system that groups people based on positions in the

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Steve
  • Ancient Greek Women

    Ancient Greek Women

    Ancient Greek Women By: Marck Simichin In ancient Greek society women lived hard lives on account of men's patriarch built communities. Women were treated as property. Until about a girl's teens she was "owned" by her father or lived with her family. Once the girl got married she was possessed by her husband along with all her belongings. An ancient Greece teenage girl would marry about a 30-year-old man that she probably never met before.

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    Essay Length: 742 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Ancient Rome

    Ancient Rome

    Rome, ancient Table of Contents How to Cite This Article Ancient Rome grew from a small prehistoric settlement on the Tiber River in Latium, in central Italy, into an empire that encompassed all of the Mediterranean world. The Romans developed a civilization that formed the basis for modern Western civilization. The history of Rome comprises three major epochs: the kingship, from the legendary foundation of Rome to 509 B.C.; the republic, from 509 B.C. to

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    Essay Length: 460 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Max
  • Society of Man: Natural and Positive Law

    Society of Man: Natural and Positive Law

    Running head: SOCIETY OF MAN: NATURAL AND POSITIVE LAW Society of Man: Natural and Positive Law Scott Thomason University of Phoenix Society of Man: Natural and Positive Law As people live together in organized groups, a sense of order is needed to allow the group to continue and grow. The ability for the society to establish order, a need for a solid foundation is required. The development for the formation of laws was the necessary

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Victor
  • Marriage and Divorce in Today’s Society

    Marriage and Divorce in Today’s Society

    Marriage and Divorce in Today’s Society A divorce case is contested if the parties cannot agree on every one of the issues involved in their particular situation. Common areas of disagreement include, but are not limited to: grounds for divorce, custody of the children, visitation rights, division of the assets of the marriage, child support, maintenance (alimony), payment of family debts, contribution toward educational expenses (college or parochial), payment of health insurance for the dependent

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    Essay Length: 423 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Steve
  • Woman in Society

    Woman in Society

    In a film, the way a certain character or a certain type of character is portrayed depends on the director, writer, or even the actor playing that character. However there are times when characters are portrayed a certain way because that is how society would general portray them. If you released a movie in the 1800s about a 19th century rich and powerful black man, the odds are the movie would not sell to well.

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    Essay Length: 2,175 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • Ancient Egyptian Agriculture

    Ancient Egyptian Agriculture

    Ancient Egyptian Agriculture There are many valid points to be made in Ancient Egyptian agriculture. Irrigation, ploughing and planting, harvesting, and of course, crops. These will be some of the subtopics I will be touching upon in this essay of ancient Egyptian agriculture. Irrigation When the Nile is overflowing, it floods the Delta and the lands called Libyan and Arabian, for a distance of a journey of two days from both banks in places, and

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Parthenon - an Ancient Greek Temple

    The Parthenon - an Ancient Greek Temple

    The Greeks had an eager individualistic strain that led them to high levels of creative thinking in art, science, and literature. They were by nature sensitive to beauty and made its creation and enjoyment an important and necessary part of their lives. The Parthenon is a beautiful monument noted for its perfect simplicity of design and the harmony of its proportions. 1 From the architecture, to the sculpture, to the history of this great monument

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    Essay Length: 793 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • Signs of Ancient Tsunami

    Signs of Ancient Tsunami

    Signs of Ancient Tsunami I chose this article because I thought it would be relevant do to the recent troubled weather. The setting for this article is Mahabalipuram, a port town located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. The article reports that researchers may have found ancient ruins left over from a Hindu temple between the 2nd Century B.C and the 1st Century A.D. After excavating the site archeologists have come to the

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    Essay Length: 270 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Max
  • Two Different Ancient Art Pieces - Ebih-11, the Superintended of Mari and a Standing Buddha

    Two Different Ancient Art Pieces - Ebih-11, the Superintended of Mari and a Standing Buddha

    Compare and Contrast I will compare and contrast two different ancient art pieces. The first piece is Ebih-11, the Superintended of Mari. This statuette is also a small alabaster statue. The Near Eastern date for this piece of art is 2400 BC circa. The second piece is a Standing Buddha. This mottled red sandstone sculpture is a medium sized. This South Asians date for this piece of art is 321-500 AD circa. The Ebih-11, the

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Vika
  • Ancient Mayan Writing

    Ancient Mayan Writing

    ANCIENT MAYAN WRITING Mayan writing is one of the most beautiful but highly complex and difficult scripts in the world. It is a system that uses pictographs and phonetic or syllabic elements. The Maya used this sophisticated style to carve symbols into stone. The most common place for writing was the perishable books they made from bark paper, coated with lime to make a fresh white surface. These books were screen-folded and bound with

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    Essay Length: 907 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: July
  • Comparing Ancient Egypt/america

    Comparing Ancient Egypt/america

    In comparing Ancient Egypt and modern day Americas, I found a few similarities and differences in their every day lifestyles. Things like religion, government, social class, writing, and their job specializations. It was surprising to me to find out that the ancient Egyptians way of leaving was somewhat like ours. Of course there are heavier differences, but still they were very modern for their times. Also I am in strong belief that we learned many

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: July
  • Attitudes of War in Ancient Civilizations

    Attitudes of War in Ancient Civilizations

    Chapter Eight War and Society reveals the attitudes about war in both ancient Rome and China. These attitudes prove that in these cases perhaps it is safe to say that wars are not inevitable or natural but were caused by warlike societies and social situations. After reading bits and pieces of both the ancient Roman and Chinese history, one can only gain a greater perspective on how these attitudes derived. In 391 nomads called the

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Top
  • The Effect of the Internet on Modern Society

    The Effect of the Internet on Modern Society

    ddaddfsgaThe Effect of the Internet on Modern Society In this day and age, the Internet is the new resource tool for the masses. It has changed the way we live in society and the way people interact with each other. As more and more people log on the Internet, it has undoubtedly changed the way people think and feel about each other and the world around us. When we begin to look at the ways

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: July
  • Advertising and Its Appeal to Society

    Advertising and Its Appeal to Society

    Advertising and its Appeal to Society Today we live in a society that is being dominated and confounded by commercials and ads. A new age, which could be referred to as the advertising age where commercials and ads tell us what is a necessity and what isn’t. Howard Luck Gossage in his book Is There Any Hope for Advertising? Stated that there are ads and commercials everywhere around us in which there is no escape.

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Anna
  • Compare the Ways in Which Religion Shaped the Development of Colonial Society in the Chesapeake and New England Areas

    Compare the Ways in Which Religion Shaped the Development of Colonial Society in the Chesapeake and New England Areas

    Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society in the Chesapeake and New England areas. Although religion affected the settlement it affected the settlement of the New England and the Chesapeake areas the most. The effects of Religion in these areas were not always the same, not always good, and not always on the same scale. Religion played the biggest role in New England, and not always for the best. Seeking

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Top
  • Cliques/groups, Scapegoats, and Exclusion: The High Society of New York in The Age of Innocence

    Cliques/groups, Scapegoats, and Exclusion: The High Society of New York in The Age of Innocence

    In the current time, there are all kinds of groups/cliques. There are: the jocks, the nerds, and the goths in high school, and the upper class, the middle class, and the poor in society. Each of these groups has their own set of customs/rules that are followed. None of these rules are written. They are just understood. If an outsider comes to a clique and doesn’t follow their rules, the group excludes them. If a

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Ancient China Geography

    Ancient China Geography

    Ancient China Geography How did the geographical features affect Ancient China's culture? It affected Ancient China's culture because geography made many in some of China's parts of land. One way China's culture got affected was through the Silk Road. Now days there are plains, boats, and cars to transport stuff from one place to another, but back in Ancient China they used the Silk Road. The Silk Road made good and bad changes, a bad

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    Essay Length: 261 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Steve
  • The Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire Rome became the most powerful empire of the Mediterranean for numerous reasons. The most significant advantage was the location where Rome resides. The location allowed them to become involved in the trade around the sea and build a stable economy, as well as succeed at agriculture and farming. Another reason for their success was the government system which started out as a democracy. Unfortunately, democracy didn't last and therefore this same factor

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mike
  • Roles of Computer in the Society

    Roles of Computer in the Society

    At the beginning The Internet began to evolve when packet-switching networks came into operation in the 1960s. When transmitted, data is broken up into small packets, sent to its destination and then reassembled. In this way a single signal can be sent to multiple users. Packets can be compressed for speed and encrypted for security. ARPANET moves it forward Early packet-switching networks were set up in Europe. In 1968, a similar system was developed

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Edward
  • The Impact of Cell Phones on Society

    The Impact of Cell Phones on Society

    The Impact of Cell Phones on Society February 24, 2008 The Impact of Cell Phones on Society No technological advancement since the introduction of electricity has had a greater impact on society than the cell phone. While cell phone service is not available everywhere cell phones are used for everything from talking to watching television. Melissa Minetola states: By the end of 2006, nearly 2.7 billion people around the world subscribed to cell phone services

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Jon
  • Bedouin Society

    Bedouin Society

    Introduction The Bedouins, a nomadic people of the Middle East, are an indigenous people just as any other indigenous people around the world, striving for economical, political, and cultural autonomy. Even living in the harsh environment that the Middle East is, with the political and religious clashes between countries and even the deadly environment, which the Middle East is known for, the Bedouin people still continue to live with so much diversity surrounding them. Unfortunately

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • It Is Necessary to Be Dishonest in Today's Society?

    It Is Necessary to Be Dishonest in Today's Society?

    It is necessary to be dishonest in today’s society? “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”. This expression can show very well the ideology of the general culture where we live today. As a result, unethical activities become acceptable when it is convenient, so, the dishonesty is not enough punish. However, we could reduce it, if we react on time. To begin, the society looks always for the perfection: at home, at school, at work,

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Janna
  • The National Multiple Sclerosis Society in Singapore

    The National Multiple Sclerosis Society in Singapore

    Introduction: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society In Singapore The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a non- profit organization that supports MS related research and provides programs for people with MS and their families. Multiple Sclerosis is an auto- immune disease. It is a chronic and often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system. The mission statement of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. The funds that

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Prerequisites of Society

    Prerequisites of Society

    A society is a grouping of individuals which is characterized by common interests and has distinctive culture and institutions. There are nine prerequisites, or necessary components that a society needs to survive. They are a need to reproduce, role assignment, communication, a belief in something (such as money or science), a set of goals, regulation of means, control of affective expression, socialization, and effective control of disruptive behavior by force. These nine prerequisites are essential

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Victor

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