Search Essays

…shape of a trapezoid. Early descriptions of this instrument, dating back to the Middle Ages, describe the instrument as a rectangular box with strings stretched over two bridges. Both the single and the double bridged dulcimers are common in traditional…

…The sun wakens up in the morning, putting on his crimson cloak while emerging on the rise of East-mountain peak. The chirpy larks have always been early birds, dancing in the park, lauding the glamour of the sun. Then, rising gradually kitchen smoke…

…Most of the powerful Western European Nations became involved in exploration of the Americas. Spain started the trend with the exploration of Columbus. Observers realized that Columbus had not discovered Spice Islands south of China, but a whole new…

…Buddhism Buddhism was developed from the teachings of the ,Buddha, Gautama (or Gotama) who lived as early as the 6th century BC. Spreading from India to Central and Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan, Buddhism has played a central role…

…to Chile in 1952, Neruda traveled to the USSR, Europe, China, and Mexico. Upon returning to Chile after the victory of the anti-Videla forces and the order to arrest leftist rescinded, he was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize and, in 1953 he was awarded the Lenin…

…varieties produced in dry, hot, upland climates. Except for limited medical purposes, cultivating marijuana is illegal in all but a few countries. Known in Central Asia and China as early as 3000 BC, marijuana was used as a folk medicine. In about 1900…

…temperate regions, with the more potent varieties produced in dry, hot, upland climates. Except for limited medical purposes, cultivating marijuana is illegal in all but a few countries. Known in Central Asia and China as early as 3000 bc, marijuana was used…

…. Popular fears of the Chinese were given legislative expression in the labour, trade and immigration laws of the early Commonwealth period and led directly to a decline in Melbourne's Chinese quarter. Cabinet-makers who returned to China could…

…, imagining all day what the turn of the millennium would be like and was so excited about the beach party: hundreds were due to turn up! Fortunately, we were let off work early and I raced home to pick out my clothes and ‘phone all my friends. After a few calls…

…United States involvement in the Vietnam War began in 1950 when the U. S. began to support the French Army in South Vietnam. This involvement continued to escalate throughout the 1950's and into the early 1960's. On August 4, 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin…