Company Raj and Their Domination
The essence of the British East India Company’s ruling tactic is hidden in the meaning of the word ‘Raj’, which is a short version from Raja that means ‘rule’.
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The Renaissance Cassone
Since the ancient Ryman times until the 19th century, cassone, also known as marriage chest, played a considerable role in the marriage ritual by reflecting power and wealth of brides family. Great artists painted cassoni by using different images showing myths as well as historical and religious events.
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Christopher Columbus Biography and History
The era of great geographical discoveries completely changed the European thoughts of the world. It contributed to the appearance of new continents, islands, and channels on the maps. It was the time when Christopher Columbus discovered America.
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Alexander the Great’s Conquests (334-323 BCE)
Alexander III took over the throne of Macedonia after the death of his father, King Philip II. Before his death, King Philip II had earlier conquered Greece, which was weak after the Peloponnesian War. After Alexander, the new king, had ensured that Greece was under his rule, he set out to conquer the Persian Empire.
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Changes in the Lives of Women in France over the Past 150 Years
Changes in the Lives of Women in France over the Past 150 Years Changes in the Lives of Women in France over the Past 150 Years The human civilization has come a remarkably long way since the 18th century.
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What Was the ‘Ubaid Culture’ and Why is it Important to Neolithic Archaeology in the UAE?
Until 1949, the work of archaeologists was focused on the Mesopotamian plain with its prehistoric remains being buried under a thick layer of alluvium. Historians claim that between 4500 and 4300 B.C., few Halafian settlements in Mesopotamian were abandoned; their pottery and tools were gradually substituted by the pottery of another culture called Ubaid.
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Life in England Under the Tutor Monarchs between1485-1600
More than during any period before or after, the Tudor government was centered on a monarch. At that time people in England had to live and worship according to beliefs of their rulers.
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Male Chauvinism in China before 1980s
Male chauvinism in China has been remaining the problem attracting the special attention since the time of Confucius till modern period. The Confucian philosophy has played the key role in China and remains there even in modern circumstances. Flowing from this point, social conditions changed its form according to political needs and regulations through the time and now reveal a range of problems related to the demographic situation and the status of a family as the unit of healthy and developing society.
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Origins of the Courtly Love Tradition
Courtly love is a medieval concept of love, according to which the relationship between the lover and his lady is similar to the relationship between a vassal and his lord. The concept has had a significant impact on the whole European culture until now. For the first time, the concept courtly love occurred in the end of the 11th century in the poetry of troubadours in the court of sovereign lords of Aquitaine and Provence.
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Florence Nightingale…To pledge or Not to Pledge?
The Nightingale Pledge is an adaptation of the Hippocratic Oath for nurses. Most of nursing school graduates have to take this pledge. The aim of this paper is to analyze historic role of the Nightingale Pledge, as well as its functions and purposes, ethical benefits and limitations.
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Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement
Summarizing the Problem of Martin Luther Kings fight for African-Americans Rights America is sometimes compared to a melting pot, where people of different ethnic origin and race can equally pursue their political, cultural and economic purposes.
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The African and African American Histories
The African and African-American histories are conjoined in the past years, before and during slavery.
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