Essays Tagged: "descendants"

Heraldry In midevil times

sier to distinguish between friend or foe. The arms also serve as a subtle but constant reminder to descendants who bear them of their continuing responsibility to lead righteous and honorable lives. ...

(2 pages) 50 1 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Civil Rights: Are We Free? This is essay about black civil rights explaining some of the things that happened is history to blacks and a brief description of the current civil rights movement.

d 1960s. the question arises as to whether the struggle for Civil Rights has actually benefited the descendants of the many who sacrificed jobs, properties reputations, and even their lives. Has the A ...

(2 pages) 386 1 2.9 Jun/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

haiti

cal care. Because of this, an average Haitian only lives about 33 years.About 95% of the people are descendants of African slaves. French is the official language of Haiti, although majority of the pe ... cal care. Because of this, an average Haitian only lives about 33 years.About 95% of the people are descendants of African slaves. French is the official language of Haiti, although majority of the pe ...

(2 pages) 109 0 4.5 Jun/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

karl marx vs. max weber

who are employed by the capitalists.) According to Marx, the proletariat and capitalists were class descendants of masters and slaves, and nobles and serfs. When the Industrial Revolution came to West ...

(4 pages) 446 2 4.6 Aug/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Religious Foundations in Judaism. It is is commenting on passages from the Bible that illustrate GOD's relationship with the Israelites and certain specific interactions between them.

ough with Gods orders.God makes this agreement with Abram and makes it so that Abram will have many descendants, and they will all be his chosen people. God vows to protect the Israelites and even pun ... punish those that stand in his people's way. God continuously tells Abram and his people that their descendants will near innumerable. God had to be repetitive because it would have been natural for A ...

(3 pages) 67 0 4.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Judaism: Family traditions, Rituals and History

e physical and spiritual ancestors of Judaism. They founded the religion known as Judaism and their descendants are the Jewish people. According to the Jewish tradition, Abraham was the first to belie ... od wanted him to do. He began to teach his beliefs to others. God promised Abraham that one day his descendants would posses a country called Canaan, which came to be known as the promise Land.Judaism ...

(6 pages) 361 0 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Was Wilfrid Laurier a Good Prime Minister? This essay is opinionated towards yes.

ts discovered gold and diamonds in South Africa, they attempted to take it over from the Boers, the descendants of Dutch colonists. The Boers soon declared war against Britain. The British asked for C ...

(4 pages) 55 0 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Perfection Wasted by John Updike This essay is about perfection that was not wasted. It was shared among the people whose lives were touched by that person's gift.

ke you, they will never fully succeed due to individual quality you brought to life. "Imitators and descendants aren't the same" The theme of this poem is death and what factors play into what is lost ... his style. His son continues to drive one of the Earnhardt cars, but as Updike says, "imitators and descendants aren't the same". I know I will not be. I enjoyed reading Updike's poem Perfection Waste ...

(2 pages) 43 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Islamic sects (Shiites & Sunnis) from a historical perspective outlining the key similarities and differences.

- this is the common name for different groups and sects that acknowledge Ali Ibn Abu Talib and his descendants as the only legal successors of prophet Muhammad. Correspondingly, the first three right ... the Muslim community. For Shiites Imam is the bearer of Divine paradise that is inherited by Ali's descendants (Al-Azmeh, Aziz, 12).Shiites are divided into moderate (Zaidites and Imamites), Extreme ...

(8 pages) 163 1 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

The Hopi indian.

Indians are a unique tribe because of their culture and extremely old society. The Hopi are direct descendants of the Anasazi, A group of pueblo Indians. "The Hopi name comes from "hopituh Shi-nu-mu" ...

(6 pages) 59 0 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Biology notes on Amphibians.

NotesFrogs, toads, salamanders, and newts are direct descendants from fish. Amphibians evolved from a type of lobe-finned fish. The name amphibian is fro ...

(1 pages) 33 0 4.4 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Washington Irving's "Rip van Winkle" : 'The mountain episode'

eman of New York, who was very curious in the Dutch history of the province, and the manners of the descendants from it's primitive settlers.Diedrich Knickebocker was one of Irvings pseudonyms, and so ... Diedrick Knickebocker, was very curious in the Dutch history of the province and the manners of the descendants from it's primitive settlers.'The mountain episode' contains a lot of Dutch aspects, whi ...

(4 pages) 63 0 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Comparison of Ancient Greece and Rome

t civilisations. Then we will be able to have an idea about the structure of both civilisations and descendants of them.In ancient Greece, we first see the application of direct democracy. It gave it' ...

(3 pages) 165 0 2.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Ideas that lead to revolution

r ever, and though himself might deserve some decent degree of honors of his cotemporaries, yet his descendants might be far too unworthy to inherit them. Paine's interpretation of the British was a d ...

(2 pages) 82 3 2.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Biography of Davy Crockett and the battle of the Alamo.

n of John and Rebecca Hawkins Crockett, was born on August 17, 1786 in Green County, Tennessee. His descendants traced his paternal family ancestry to Antoine de Crocketagne, a Norman Huguenot. In the ...

(6 pages) 66 0 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

This talkes about the difference between chapters 3 and 4 and 9 and 10 in the book Adam, Eve and The Serpent. This is for a class called Western Civilization

did not accept St. Augustine belief that Adam's original sin somehow morally corrupted Adam and his descendants. One objection is that if Adam had this much influence, Adam would be like a God. Likewi ...

(7 pages) 51 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

History of the Melungeons

African American blood in varying percentages.Another popular belief is that the Melungeons are the descendants of Portuguese and Turkish sailors shipwrecked in the early years of the European "New Wo ... omething foreign or exotic, but not necessarily Portuguese.Another theory has the Melungeons as the descendants of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, VA who survived through absorption into the native ...

(6 pages) 29 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Industrial Revolution Was the Industrial Revolution for the better or worse for humanity?

the world like wildfire and altered the way of life for thousands of people, and the lives of their descendants forever.Similar to how all major changes that affect the world have one point of origin, ...

(3 pages) 214 1 2.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Importance of Voting

stered voter? Women, African Americans, and the poor fought for the right to vote. Certainly, their descendants should exercise this right. Around the world, many people can not express their opinions ...

(2 pages) 117 0 3.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Equality for Africans

1960's. The question arises as to whether the struggle for Civil Rights has actually benefited the descendants of the many who sacrificed jobs, properties, reputations, and even their lives. Has the ...

(5 pages) 118 0 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights