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…on the fourth crusade and the question of a "plot" was made well over a century ago, and very little new evidence has emerged since. So why return to this topic? Most modern historians are of the view that the diversion of the Fourth Crusade to Constantinople…

…with a strong Moravian past, I seemed to overlook the various other religions. By exploring at least one additional religion, I feel I will be able to relate a little bit better to the diverse religions in the world. I want to highlight the main focus of the Jewish…

…position to eat, but while the Romans used to eat lying down. Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark described the sleeping posture of the Tibetans before World War II. He said that the local men slept outside at night huddled around the fire, hunched over…

…for them to start and tend the seeds. They were diligent about watering the plants for about a week, by this time the seeds had sprouted and there was a little pumpkin plant growing. As most children do they got bored waiting for the plant to grow and stopped…

…breaks away from the typical stereotype, and moves on to succeed on her own. She used to live her life off of her father's money, but after running out on her own wedding, her parents decide to cut her off. While at times she gets a little vain, shallow…

…interpretation of the character of Friend requires a deep examination that reveals a stronger explanation: that he is duplicated from sheer realism. The knowledge he displays, which may at first appear extraordinary, is nothing more than guesswork and a little spying…

…to Perelandra, when the English physicist Dr. Weston arrives. Weston is soon inhabited by the spirit of Satan, and is used as a vehicle to tempt the Green Lady into sin. Ransom meets the Prince of Darkness in a battle for the perfection of this world, and corruption…

…is the system used by societies with communal foundations and little conception of property. Slave-owning societies used the agricultural developments of primitive communism to develop new methods of production. Next came feudalism, which Russia was, under…

…provided an introduction to Buddhism for many Westerners, including some who later became prominent Australian Buddhists. Max Tyler, Max Dunn and David Maurice may have formed the earliest group of Western Buddhists in Australia, The Little Circle of the Dharma…

…It is suggested that in modern literature, the true element of tragedy is not captured because the protagonist is often of the same social status as the audience, and therefor, his downfall is not tragic. This opinion, I find, takes little…