WESTERN CIVILIZATION
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This essay is a response to Lawrence Birken's, "What is Western Civilization?" The History Teacher 25, no. 4 (1992): 451-461.
By K. O'Riley | Published 2/18/2007 | Read more »
Another important Greek element of the western civilization was the Greek Polis, or city-state. This city-state was a community of citizens in a city that governed themselves.
By Justin C | Published 5/27/2007 | Read more »
China has been undergoing a massive expansion as of late. For a country that boasts a cool billion plus in residents spread out amongst 2 provinces, China is quickly becoming the fastest growing nation in the world.
By David Pearson | Published 12/21/2006 | Read more »
This is a movie review of 2003's Daddy Daycare, starring Eddie Murphy. It is about the dumbing down of American society, and should be avoided by children at all costs.
By L. Shepherd | Published 10/25/2006 | Read more »
The ancient Hebrews shaped the very core of Western ideology and civilization. This essay discusses some of their intellectual innovations: concepts such as absolute morality, self-improvement, and the striving to comprehend the forces that shape one's existence.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 6/8/2007 | Read more »
Article looks at the fascinating ways in which the sugar industry helped to transform the history of society, capitalism, and culture and how it has left an indelible mark on the history of Western civilization.
By Victoria Maiden | Published 6/4/2007 | Read more »
What athletic activities were common in Minoan Crete, and how did this remarkable ancient civilization meet its end? This essay explores the sports of Crete's impressive culture as well as its ultimate decline.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 7/16/2007 | Read more »
An analysis of how the Persian War and the Battle of Marathon is significant to Western culture today.
By Brennan McKinney | Published 11/26/2008 | Read more »
Initially it may seem as though the Western executive is at distinct disadvantage doing business in China, but there is an up side. Western executives have unique advantages over their local Chinese, overseas Chinese, and Japanese counterparts.
By Stefan Verstappen | Published 2/12/2009 | Read more »
The fall of the Western Roman Empire opened room for the rise of several Germanic kingdoms: The Ostrogoths, The Visigoths, and the Franks. Of these Kingdoms, only the Frankish Kingdom proved long-lasting (Spielvogel 131).
By Celeste | Published 5/4/2007 | Read more »
A 1000 word review and analysis of Thomas Cahill's notable work, which examines the role the Irish played in preserving Western literature and culture after the fall of Rome.
By Colleen Kowalewski | Published 6/15/2006 | Read more »
The role of women is important and well respected in Egyptian civilization, perhaps more than Mesopotamian. The Epic of Gilgamesh and other documents recognize the importance women.
By Charlene Phillips | Published 11/15/2005 | Read more »
This article answers crtitics of the Islamic religion who feel it is a violent, hateful relgion. It speaks and responds to their misguided charges and encourages the reader to look to Islamic sources of doctrine to discover the truth.
By Farzin Mojtabai | Published 12/20/2006 | Read more »
Christian America believes that Wahhabi, Arab Islamic Terrorists flushed with Oil incomes, aim to establish "an Islamic Caliphate covering a region from Spain, across North Africa, through the Middle East and South Asia, all the way to Indonesia -and it wouldn't stop there.
By kalki GAUR | Published 3/8/2007 | Read more »
A quick overview of a few ways both Christianity and Islam affected the lifestyle of Europe.
By Adam Beukelman | Published 12/2/2008 | Read more »
Mainly scopes over the major achievements of Islamic societies that are used in our world today.
By Adam Beukelman | Published 12/8/2008 | Read more »
Zora Neale Hurston employs pre-existing Christian dichotomies to further sentiments and reactions in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
By Courtney L. Firman | Published 11/5/2006 | Read more »
Fanaticism is not extremism, but rather "excessive intolerance of opposing views." This essay discusses the ways in which fanaticism can be exhibited and how it threatens the survival of Western culture itself.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 7/9/2007 | Read more »
Western Art of today is often defined as Southwest Art, and is unlike the grit and guns of the artists who roamed the prairies, painted the wagon trains and perched, unseen, waiting to get the perfect sunrise through the dust of distant range riders.
By Billie-Seaon Ducote | Published 3/22/2008 | Read more »
This essay compares Anglo beliefs about the native Americans to the realities as illustrated by one tribe's experience with settlers.
By Leah Christian | Published 3/6/2007 | Read more »
An overview of three legal codes in early Western civilization, including the Code of Hammurabi, the Justinian Code, and the Burgundian Code.
By N.K. | Published 3/30/2006 | Read more »
Take an in-depth look at the main characters of "The Searchers" and "Unforgiven". A thorough analysis of both characters finds that although they may both be Western heroes they have little else in common…so much for the stereotypical "Old West".
By Victoria Wright | Published 3/13/2006 | Read more »
The Austrian success in the siege of Vienna in 1683 not only saved Western Civilization as we know it, but gave us the croissant.
By The Historian | Published 2/1/2008 | Read more »
The Romans established values and influences during early Western Civilization, many of which are still used in modern times. In today's society we use some of these values and influences without realizing where they came from.
By Chris Toms | Published 12/31/2007 | Read more »
"Alternative Visions" offered an alternative to Western capitalism for those worried about losing their cultural identity in the 19th century...
By The Historian | Published 12/21/2007 | Read more »
"From the lost continent of Western Pennsylvania beamed daily to the civilized nations of the Galaxy"
By R.B. | Published 3/12/2008 | Read more »
Who says learning about world history has to be dull and uninspiring? This fourth version of Sid Meier's popular empire-building is not only fun and addictive, but it also "stealth-teaches" players about many aspects of, well, civilization.
By Alex Diaz-Granados | Published 9/29/2007 | Read more »
It must be the end of western civilization as we know it or something. After a 20+ long year separation, American rock band Van Halen is reuniting with ex-original vocalist David Lee Roth.
By Ryan Sheeler | Published 9/2/2007 | Read more »
Atheism is older than Christianity. The first explicit atheists in Western civilization can be found among the ancient Greeks. Mr. Stolyarov briefly describes two early atheists.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 6/11/2008 | Read more »
TV miniseries made Westerns fashionable again in 1989.
By David Goodloe | Published 1/21/2009 | Read more »
Costa Maya is located in the Western Caribbean, and it is the perfect vacation spot.
By Kip Willington | Published 11/14/2008 | Read more »
There is a period of time in history, a transitional phase, that is neglected by histoians for the most part, generally because it is bracketed by two historical events of ponderous importance -- the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Dark Ages.
By saul relative | Published 3/17/2008 | Read more »
Former story analyst for Miramax Films, Michael Tierno, has built the bridge from the foundation of Aristotle's classic Poetics to the modern cinema in Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters.
By Heady Brew | Published 3/24/2008 | Read more »
Studying both the "drifter" character and the town he enters will show the ideological differences between Western films of America and Italy.
By Bryan Mead | Published 5/14/2007 | Read more »
The 18th-century Enlightenment was the single most important intellectual development in human history; it made possible the comfortable, prosperous, stable, and relatively free Western civilization that we enjoy today.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 4/5/2007 | Read more »
...today Western civilization finds itself wedged between two very popular yet distinctive forms of humanism, Christian humanism and secular humanism.
By Frederick de Leon | Published 5/17/2007 | Read more »
During the time of Western Expansionism, frontier ideals, pioneering traditions, and agrarian living all promote a new set of traditions, beliefs, and ideals. These traditions form a new cultural and national identity, known as "American."
By E. Jayne Forish | Published 4/11/2007 | Read more »
Archeologists from around the globe have been inspecting the earliest known mortal gunshot wound in the Western Hemisphere, which dates to over 500 years old, or roughly the days of Christopher Columbus.
By Matthew McKinney | Published 6/26/2007 | Read more »
"Out-of-body-experiences (OBE)," is a Western term for "when the spirit travels beyond the physical body for a short time, and then returns" (Psychic Voyages 7), but such experiences have been described by many different cultures throughout history.
By Chrystal Doucette | Published 11/2/2005 | Read more »
Disscuses the making of fewer western movies. Highlights the make-up of westerns and compares to today's offerings.
By Thomas Majewski | Published 8/15/2006 | Read more »
The end of civilization won't mean that we are whisked away in sailing starships by aliens. The end of civilization will mean the end of what it means to be human.
By Brant McLaughlin | Published 4/23/2007 | Read more »
In recent years, Western Civilization has become increasingly obsessed with dead celebrities. Now there are many websites that fuel that guilty pleasure. Welcome to the cult of dead celebrity.
By Lindsey Russell | Published 3/13/2007 | Read more »
Mr. Stolyarov contends that the greatest threat to Western civilization and quality of life throughout the world today is the "environmentalism" of those who would seek to limit and halt technological progress.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 5/3/2007 | Read more »
The last thing you want to do is delay your goal because you took Western Civilization instead of U.S. History.
By D. M. | Published 6/25/2007 | Read more »
This paper discusses the civilizations of the Middle East and how they laid the cornerstones of Western culture.
By Kay Brooks | Published 5/23/2007 | Read more »
The book (and movie) Fight Club may just seem to be about men physically fighting each other. However, it actually goes in depth on perceived problems with American (and Western) society and culture- consumerism, trying to find God, the role of the male sex and much more.
By Jake Emen | Published 6/26/2007 | Read more »
All Quiet on the Western Front transpires in the trenches of the Nazi Western Front, which is protected by the young German soldiers of World War I. Paul Baumer, the narrator, enters the war under pressure to enlist.
By Michael Dark | Published 5/7/2007 | Read more »
Thai fish sauce, readily available at Thai and oriental markets can be used in the everyday American Kitchen. Not just for Thai food.
By Lex Loeb | Published 1/2/2009 | Read more »
The period from 1870-1914 is generally referred to as the age of imperialism, a period when the nations of Western Europe embarked upon a race for overseas empires that held profound implications for the entire world.
By Kathleen O'Halleran | Published 10/8/2007 | Read more »
Bassam Tibi, a liberal Moslem from Lebanon who lives in Germany, said that Islamic civilization was undergoing a disconnection with the modern world in his first published book, The Crisis of Modern Islam (1989).
By Ismatillah A. Nu'ad | Published 10/29/2008 | Read more »
A history of the Spartan civilization and how their military made them powerful. Also, an overview of the training of a Spartan soldier.
By Travis | Published 4/17/2008 | Read more »
The National Academy of Sciences and the Horizon Project are predicting that in the year 2012, solar storms will destroy civilization as we know it.
By Deborah Aldridge | Published 1/12/2009 | Read more »
The background behind the Ten Commandments and the foundation for western civilization's laws.
By Emily Byrne | Published 2/13/2009 | Read more »
The Byzantine Empire, a Hellenized offshoot of the Roman Empire, lasted for one thousand years while Western Europe struggled to recover from the Dark Ages. Here are the most important moments of Byzantine history.
By Richard Carriero | Published 7/27/2007 | Read more »
China is successfully getting the world embedded in mercantilist system of development by being such a large player with a strategic long term vision. This allows Western world to economically outmaneuver China instead of being sidelined by it.
By Pavel Podolyak | Published 5/19/2009 | Read more »
An analysis of 'civilization' down through the centuries.
By Paul Rance | Published 2/25/2009 | Read more »
Historical evidence has proved beyond doubt that Indian civilization was highly developed and technically more advanced than its counterparts in every corner of the world.
By ©Kamaal Nishant© | Published 2/24/2009 | Read more »
The justification for this ascension of Luther as the single most influential person in the western world over the past millennium rests less upon what is known than what shall forever remain speculation.
By Timothy Sexton | Published 1/21/2009 | Read more »
A look at several rising European Anti-immigration movements and the impact on the future.
By Christin Shullo | Published 4/8/2008 | Read more »
Check out the sites that bring the past into the present.
By Christine Senter | Published 11/7/2006 | Read more »
The 21st century is quickly shaping up to be a collision between Western-style liberal democratic capitalism and Islam's right-wing. What should we think of this duel we find ourselves forced into, how do we recognize it, and how do we react to it?
By Mike Larsen | Published 1/8/2007 | Read more »
This document study discusses the events leading up to the siging of the Magna Carta and its lasting effects in western history.
By Matthew Paulson | Published 10/30/2006 | Read more »
This essay offers a characterization of a personality diametrically opposed to the fanatic: the rational argumentator. The rational argumentator adopts a manner of argument and a basic mentality that can defeat fanaticism and save Western culture from a downfall.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 7/9/2007 | Read more »
Many consider genre a limitation, but it's not - it's a liberation.
By Will Wright | Published 2/14/2007 | Read more »
More than any other battle, Tours decided the subsequent course of history. It stopped Muslim expansion in Western Europe and saved Western, Christian civilization from conquest.
By Mark Whittington | Published 12/8/2005 | Read more »
This essay by G. Stolyarov II details the material and ideological stimuli to European colonization as a means of empirically justifying that monumental development.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 4/1/2007 | Read more »
The Mayan civilization has posed many questions to people in modern society, but one mystery that remains unsolved is the idea of the god Kukulcan, also referred to by the Aztecs as Quetzalcoatl. a Tall White haired blued eyed Caucasian man!
By Chris Tidwell | Published 4/25/2007 | Read more »
Some of the best movies ever made were westerns. They featured many of the greatest actors and actresses that the movie world has ever known. The west was indeed wild and in more ways than one.
By Thomas Majewski | Published 2/20/2007 | Read more »
G. Stolyarov II describes the life of a Persian doctor and philosopher who expanded and perpetuated the legacies of Hippocrates and Aristotle.
By G. Stolyarov II | Published 4/1/2007 | Read more »
Since the birth of civilization until the modern times, the controversy surrounding homosexuality has not shown signs of abating.
By Rashel Dan | Published 4/5/2007 | Read more »
Year after year, one country tops the list of international vacation destinations - Italy, the heart of civilization, the cradle of romance and the home of the Holy Sea.
By Jawahn Thompson | Published 2/17/2007 | Read more »
A lord or landowner, ruling under the king, dictated the life of the average person in feudal society. A lord was anyone who had more land or power than the individual that is being referred to.
By M. B. | Published 8/10/2006 | Read more »
The Bantu People of South African have a highly developed society.
By Maisah Robinson, Ph.D. | Published 8/7/2006 | Read more »
While basking in the glory of science, Reason, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution, European society felt it had nowhere to go but up! Freud and Nietzsche, however, diagnosed disaster - and they were right.
By Heather Leah | Published 8/29/2006 | Read more »
People all over the world hear reports about the escalating violence and hatred in the Middle East concerning Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, and so on. What most people don't know is that violence and hatred is older than anyone would like to realize.
By Allison Tuttle | Published 8/15/2006 | Read more »
Much to the surprise of ardent Democrats and Republicans, President Kinky Friedman has brought the country together. Not only do people worldwide like the U.S. for the first time in years; Americans like their country more.
By Joel Hirschhorn | Published 8/24/2006 | Read more »
How to use local and internet resources to build a respectable personal library without spending a lot of money.
By Joseph Baumhover | Published 8/23/2006 | Read more »
On our bodies, from head to toe, we choose to express our inner soul to our outer being. Egocentrically, we exploit our beliefs, our hoods, our sexuality, and our cultures. In a sense, our tattoos speak freely for us in lieu of our voices.
By International Bleu | Published 6/21/2006 | Read more »
Death is returning to the same matter as before birth (Buddhism). It is new life through reincarnation/rebirth (Buddhism/Hinduism), & it is a departure from the physical & a passage to Heaven/ Hell (Christianity) or a place of great reward (Judaism).
By 0657 | Published 8/30/2006 | Read more »
You smoked your mind the last two nights. Now you've got no sleep, no money, no honey, and all of the sudden now it's not so funny. And worst of all, it has upset your chemical balances and made you all emotional. Advice on coping with Sunday night.
By Johan Faffenbach | Published 6/7/2006 | Read more »
A counterargument of Martha Nussbaum's argument that U.S. students need an education based in cosmopolitan ideology.
By Cynthia C. Scott | Published 6/6/2006 | Read more »
A review of T. S. Eliot: The Philosopher Poet. by Alzina Stone Dale,
Harold Shaw Publishers, 1988
Harold Shaw Publishers, 1988
By jannette hypes | Published 7/17/2006 | Read more »
This interview with two college professors considers why Classics is considered "boring," and why we should even study it.
By Jessica Chung | Published 7/24/2006 | Read more »
Historical events continue to illustrate how governing bodies run their nations.
By Uzo Ometu | Published 9/25/2006 | Read more »
We are losing the sense of moral superiority that has been the hallmark of United States policy and has been recognized throughout the world. We are in danger of doing what the terrorists cannot: do - destroying all that makes us great and strong.
By Jim Stillman | Published 10/4/2006 | Read more »
A bowl of homemade marinated olives is one of the easiest and tastiest things to offer your guests with a glass of dry sherry or a cocktail. It takes five minutes to make and people love it!
By A.B. Rojo | Published 11/3/2006 | Read more »
Political theorists Thomas Hobbes and John Locke redefined the concept of freedom in the late seventeenth century. While both writers differed in their philosophies, we can see how freedom runs through our social, economic and political spheres today.
By Josh Herwitt | Published 11/19/2006 | Read more »
The sixteenth century introduced the notion of justice as political theorists Niccolò Machiavelli and Sir Thomas More began to formulate their own perspectives on the matter. Yet as humans, we often rely on history to dictate our daily values and morals.
By Josh Herwitt | Published 11/17/2006 | Read more »
In our present day world, we see example after example of wars and turmoil as the result of religious disputes and differences.
By Michael Mathews | Published 6/30/2006 | Read more »
NATO countries have cut military troop levels and defense spending since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Despite invoking article 5 which calls for the collective defense of member countries, NATO is not pulling its weight in the war on terror.
By Greg Reeson | Published 9/24/2006 | Read more »
Explores the romantic destinations that can be found throughout Italy, including Sicily, Tuscany, Rome and Venice. Some of the activities that await lovers include gondola rides, castle visits, as well as wine tasting.
By Yona Williams | Published 8/29/2006 | Read more »
What if 9/11 had never happened? To explore this question, we first have to examine how 9/11 would not happen. To eliminate the plot altogether would require a point of departure far in the past of September 11, 2001.
By Mark Whittington | Published 9/6/2006 | Read more »
This is an essay I wrote for a film analysis class. It questions key elements of the film, such as the rise of conformity in mass society, and how mega-conglomerate corporations and rising technology effect human behavior. Please do not plagiarize.
By Christopher Hrobak | Published 9/6/2006 | Read more »
Now we play the waiting game; sitting around for endless hours awaiting a phone call in hopes of landing that special gig. You hope you said all the right things, made all the right moves and offered some idea at how valueable you are.
By WriterzBlock | Published 9/17/2006 | Read more »
Have you ever wondered why Blacks dominate the major American sports, and more speicifically, why they dominate positions that are based on speed and athleticism. Well, here's your answer.
By Uzo Ometu | Published 8/29/2006 | Read more »
Yoga studios can be very different. In a city as large as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania it can also be a little time consuming uncovering the perfect yoga studio for you out of the many available.
By R. Ann Sipper | Published 4/5/2006 | Read more »
HBO brings Rome, the ancient Italian city, to life in a gigantic spectacular production which boasts a 100 million dollar budget. It's set ,located entirely in Italy, is currently the largest standing in the world.
By Solomon Rothman | Published 10/2/2005 | Read more »
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