Essays and Research Papers on Other Ancient Civ.

3 pages in length. The writer discusses animal herding, village creation, farming and overpopulation due to better fed inhabitants as they relate to early agriculture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper considers the different types of body modification including scarification, cranial modification, tooth modification and a range of piercing, which are seen in Mesoamerica. These may start with the Olmecs but were also carried forward and developed by other civilisations such as the Maya, Aztec, Teotihuacán and Toltec. Examining these different ...

9 pages in length. The writer discusses ways of collecting and creating food with regard to these three cultures. No bibliography.

A 3 page paper which examines whether or not it was greatly beneficial to nations to be a part of the great Egyptian empire. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the teachings of the historical Jesus. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the contributions made to western civilization by the Emperor Augustus, Pericles, and Alexander the Great. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the conflict, historical and modern, between Muslims and Christians. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines whether it was internal or external conflict that caused the greatest problems in ancient Mesopotamia. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page summary and discussion of the Venus of Willendorf. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page discussion of the governmental structure and rulers of these cultures. The author emphasizes the span of time covered by each and observes that the rulers were at the head of a strongly stratified system. This arrangement allowed these leaders to achieve great cultural accomplishments. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper examines the Neolithic Revolution. Attention is paid to the development of pottery. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at the shift to institutionalised social inequality in prehistory and the way this occurred along with the changes that were associated with it; including increasingly complex social systems, population density and access to resources and the different styles of leadership. The bibliography cites 19 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the Medieval civilizations in the west and in Islam, with an analysis concerning bow they perceived themselves and the “other” between 650 and 1450. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

7 pages in length. Cultural behavior represents the most identifying characteristics with regard to determining why certain populations perform certain activities in relation to their overall survival. That early societies had little choice but to adopt a life of foraging because of their inherent proximity to available foods coupled with the limited - and ...

This 5 page paper considerers the development of language in the forms known today and if they have been advantageous in furthering the understanding of the world. This is considered by looking back to the development of language and the way it correlates with an increased understanding of the world to assess the link between ...

This paper considers the Greek and Roman civilizations in relation to the concept of "classical" as denoting authoritative or standard criteria, and looks at the positive and negative elements of both cultures. There are three sources listed in the bibliography.

6 pages in length. While at first glance it may appear as though Akhenaten took his father's teachings and built upon them so as to enrich the lives of his people, he actually distorted the fundamental value of what Amenhotep III had taught him by altering the foundation of Egyptian piety with an unexpected ...

5 pages in length. The Incan legacy illustrates a people whose ingenuity granted them the capacity to bridge a number of gaps between need and function, not the least of which includes agricultural irrigation and a rudimentary system of record keeping. Indeed, the Incans were a thriving people whose self-sufficiency and dutiful religiosity ...

A 3 page paper which examines why agriculture was the most significant contribution, made in Mesopotamia, to civilization. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 6 page paper examines three civilizations and compares and contrasts them. This paper looks at the contributions of the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Romans. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In five pages this paper examines how the spread of Christianity and development of trade/capitalism during the so-called ‘Gothic world’ led to the civilization that followed during the Renaissance and modern periods. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 13 page paper which answers 4 different topics as they relate to conditions such as fame, success, and failure. No sources cited.

This 3 page paper explores some of the causes of the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian Wars during the period 499-404BCE. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the actions and decisions of Cleopatra, and why she behaved as she did. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper examines two of the civilizations described in Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse,” why they fell, and what they might have done differently. Bibliography lists 2 sources.