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- 5481: The Art Of Torture
- ... t done anything dumb since. Torture like this works, torture is a way that can really make you have second thoughts before you do anything stupid. Torture was practiced in numerous ancient civilizations. Convicts and war prisoners were put to death by using torture to give them a slow, humiliating death. To some American Indian tribes, it is a custom to torment and burn prisoners. Crucifixion was a popular torture technique ...
- 5482: The Spanish Debate On The Amer
- ... by force of arms. Sepulveda's justification for the use of force was, after all, justified according to natural law, and that just and natural noble people should rule over men who are not "superior". War against the barbarians, according to Sepulveda, was justified because of their paganism and also because of their abominable licentiousness. Sepulveda and Las Casas both thought that under no circumstances should the Indians be governed under ...
- 5483: The Key To Greatness (great Ga
- ... was where Jay Gatsby lived. Although Daisy was married to Tom, she had a love from many years before with Jay Gatsby. Gatsby and Daisy shared something very magical, but Gatsby was sent off to war and by the time he got back, Daisy had found a new love with Tom. Yet Gatsby will never forget his love with Daisy. Gatsby became great in wealth and popularity, but despite this greatness ...
- 5484: Jeanne La Pucelle (Joan The Ma
- 1412, it is in the last half-century of the Hundred Years' War in which the French attempted to attain freedom from English rule by fighting to eradicate English strongholds. An unusually strong, healthy, and possibly clairvoyant girl is born to Isabelle Romιe and Jacques d'Arc in ...
- 5485: The World Of Odysseus
- ... and sometimes uninteresting stories. Many significant historical results came from the period in time that the author wrote about. The time period mentioned in the book was home to some famous events, including the Trojan War. However, more importantly, this time era gave birth to an early civilized society which would create a path in literature, social standards and mythology for the rest of the world to follow. The development and ...
- 5486: The Role Of Women In The Odyss
- ... Helen and Arete serve their husbands as loyal wives. Almost nowhere in The Odyssey can one find a woman doing the same things as a man. No women went off to fight in the Trojan War. There were no female members of Odysseus or Telemachus crew, nor do any women participate in the battle against the suitors. The character traits that make a man great; strength, courage, and leadership are lacking ...
- 5487: The Influence That Hsi Yu Chi
- ... The three disciples of Hsuan Tsang have a lot in common despite their ugliness. All three once held office in Heaven, but for some crime, they were all punished. Sun Wu K'ung had waged war on Heaven and attempted to force the Emperor of Heaven to abdicate, Chi Wu Neng had 'dallied' with the Goddess of the Moon when he was drunk one night and Sha Wu Ching was punished ...
- 5488: China
- ... China. The Chinese invented the chain pump in the first century AD The chain pump allows water to the pumped from lower to higher elevations. The chain pumps were used for draining and pumping in civil engineering, but what is more important is it was used for irrigation. Irrigation allows for greater and more intense farming, thus resulting in a better crop yield. With the greater crop yields larger populations can ...
- 5489: With And Without The State In
- ... after Don Carlo, the speaker leaves this memory, the town will remain the same just as it always has, until the state recalls its supreme duty. After considering Levi's objectives through the interplay of civil chaos and rivaling fascist governments, readers become aware that isolating a people is not the solution to the secular downfall of world poverty. By examining a relationship, one can understand the underlying roots of society ...
- 5490: Ancient Egyptian
- ... Osiris' court. Mehturt - the sky goddess who was portrayed as a cow. Her name means "Great Flood" and she was the celestial river on which Ra and Khonsu's boats traveled. Menthu - the god of war and a sun god. He was not ever considered to be the supreme sun god, but rather an assistant to Ra, and is often shown with him. He was particularly fond of horses. When Egyptian ...
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