… in the Middle East had reached a level at which it was possible to support thousands of people, many of whom were not engaged in agriculture, in densely populated settlements. Two of the earliest of these settlements were at Jericho in what is…

… change in the western world. These changes were mainly driven by the youth of the time. Their parents had come from life in both the great depression of the early thirties as well as World War II, and were on a whole more conservative than their children…

… west part of the Nile in the Sahara, Egyptologists have discovered inscriptions that may have been examples of the earliest alphabet in the world. While they were studying ancient travel roads in the south-west part of Egypt during the 1994-95 field…

… percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. Nicu Sebe at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands tested emotion-recognition software on the famous enigmatic smile. His algorithm, developed with researchers at the…

… secular portrait without the layer of religious interpretation common to Flemish painting at that time. In this work the image of a living individual apparently required no religious purpose for being, only a personal one. As human beings confronted…

… family dealing with daily struggles of living in a society where their ethnicity is not of the majority. It features themes that penetrate to the heart of the immigrant experience in America as well as class and culture differences. It shows us that…

… of the best plays I had ever experienced. The energy the actors displayed coursed through my body, giving me goose bumps. The music was very tasteful and wistful. The actors sang with great intensity and the selection of songs complemented the theme…

… a lot of feelings about the United States. He is proud to be an American. In the first stanza he is stating that he is born in the best place ever the U.S.A. He refers to it as "God's dear grace in an extraordinary place." In the second stanza…

… have some insight and analysis of selected parts. It is notes, not a polished essay, so don't expect it to read like one. It is intended to be read by someone already familiar with the play, and might not make too much sense otherwise. Scene 1 Numbers…

… Lee explores the concept of racism in the legal system and the upbringing of children. These notions are shown as one of the main patriarchs, Atticus Finch. He shows his children a principled path through life, and through his court case, he reinforces…