Essays Tagged: "succession"

Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar

to Vipsania Agrippina and marry Augustus' daughter Julia. This was arranged to better the chance of succession of a descendant of Augustus to take power. The plan did not work because they did not get ...

(4 pages) 138 1 4.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Women in Films - User or Victim?

f her hometown,and Aflees to the big city to become a movie star, fights her way to the top through succession ofmen, marries her country=s president, only to die at a young age of 33' (Harbinson 154) ... f her hometown,and Aflees to the big city to become a movie star, fights her way to the top through succession ofmen, marries her country=s president, only to die at a young age of 33' (Harbinson 154) ...

(16 pages) 113 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The Grapes Of Wrath, The people and the Depression

would leave.I believe that the economic situation of the country has a great effect on the fall, or succession of people like the Joads, but I don't believe government programs will effect them at all ...

(3 pages) 104 0 3.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Destiny vs. Fate. Refers to Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary

Destiny: the seemingly inevitable succession of events.1Is this definition true, or do we, as people in real life or characters in nov ...

(4 pages) 106 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

3 Themes in King Lear.

is a brutal play, filled with human cruelty and awful, seemingly meaningless disasters. The play's succession of terrible events raises an obvious question for the characters--namely, whether there i ...

(2 pages) 75 0 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

British history

d Seventeenth centuries. This was possible because of Henry VIII need for a powerful navy after the succession of his father, the defeating of the strong Spanish Armada under Elizabeth, the contributi ...

(13 pages) 80 0 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

This essays decribes the effects that Charlemagne (Charles the Great) had on Christianity in the 8th century AD. It includes interesting facts and some personal opinions.

f uniting Christendom and protecting the Pope.It's interesting to note that Charles was not next in succession for the kingship. His father Pepin, had given Pope Zachary the Papal States, so in return ...

(4 pages) 100 1 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

The Fall of the Roman Empire Explains the fate of Rome in the West in the course of the 3rd to 5th centuries AD. Accounts for the role of Christianity for both the Roman West and East.

her than the emperors were becoming the majority of the military. Since there was no clear rule for succession of emperors, the throne was left to anyone who had the might to take it. This ultimately ... hus the Western Roman Empire ceased to be.Political problems troubled the empire as well. Rules for succession weren't obvious and emperors held complete supremacy. As a result, civil wars were consta ...

(5 pages) 208 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History

Drought in Morocco (with sources!)problem analysis of drought in Morocco

ht in MoroccoDuring the last decade, Morocco, like most the other African countries, have known the succession of many years of drought. "Drought is the consequence of a natural reduction in the amoun ...

(4 pages) 79 2 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The first female pharoh Hatshepsut.

ns. Hatshepsut was and ambitious woman and when her husband died was faced with the same problem of succession her father had. In order for Hatshepsut to fully accomplish her wish to become a pharaoh ...

(4 pages) 85 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt

Piaget vs. Gardner on Childhood Intelligence.

ner defines eight. For Piaget these areas are a biological approach to looking at intelligence, the succession of the stages, knowledge, and intellectual competence (Vander Zanden, 2003).Piaget's biol ... son reorganizes schema to accommodate him or herself with the environment (Vander Zanden, 2003).The succession of stages involves the movement through four stages that Piaget has set and defined. Chil ...

(5 pages) 244 0 4.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Ramped Ignorance.

Ramped IgnoranceLast month, the Associated Press broke two "groundbreaking" stories in rapid-fire succession. One headline all but screamed out the stunning revelation that "Scientists Say Men, Wome ...

(2 pages) 42 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Describe Commodus, (from movie Gladiator)motivation for growth and change through conflict.

of moral fibre so transparent. Marcus Aurelius sees through the glass and intends to deny Commodus succession by reverting Rome to a Republic. It is here in Commodus's murder of his father that we se ...

(3 pages) 223 9 4.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Chance and The Alphabet Part II

rb only amplified his anxieties. They hadn't won the Quidditch cup for quite some time, let alone a succession of matches, and he didn't want to face another year of "Don't worry, we're only playing H ...

(31 pages) 28 0 2.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

The essay is abou the first two succeors of Muhammad (Abu Bakr and Umar and the the things they did to prosper Islam.

e community, Abu Bakr was selected as the first Khalifah. The confusion did not end with Abu Bakr's succession. Tribes all around Arabia revolted. They still accepted Muhammad as a prophet but they re ...

(2 pages) 29 2 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

Case Study: ColeTek, Inc. Succession Planning

ique look into the evolving relationship between two generation and the difficulties that come with succession, control, ownership and successfully passing the torch. The volatile relationship between ... relationship. Alan's inabilities to see past his entrepreneur mind set and create a family plan for succession, including mandatory outside work experience for his two sons, ended in constant friction ...

(3 pages) 81 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Arugment Essay: Immigration

United States, as we know it, was founded by immigrants. Since then our culture has grown through a succession of immigration waves. Immigration is cornerstone to the cultural identity of our country. ...

(5 pages) 553 1 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Compare and contrast the economic policies of Lenin and Stalin and evaluate their success.

led the "Vesenkha" and established a planning commission in 1921 called the "Gosplan".Following his succession to power in 1924, Stalin promised the Russian people that he would carry on Lenin's legac ...

(7 pages) 109 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Europe; a Canvas for Military Warfare

ion, conflicts continuously broke out between various countries. The conflicts ranged anywhere from succession of the Spanish and Austrian throne, to international trading. These conflicts ended in 17 ... Treaty of Westphalia, Europe went through a short period of silence before a conflict over who got succession to the Spanish throne arose. When King Charles II of Spain died, he died without leaving ...

(5 pages) 30 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Xerox fall into complacency and the struggle for innovation

ranks. He was respected and well known within the company, and we assume he was a contender in the succession for CEO -an earned position. He had the authority and confidence of the board to bring pe ... outside Xerox to revamp its structures, such as Romeril and Buehler. Because of an evident lack of "succession culture" at Xerox, Allaire was allowed to play "kingmaker" when choosing Thoman as his su ...

(3 pages) 148 2 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies