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Since the Tang Dynasty in 716 AD, the Yueyang Tower has guarded the Northern gateway to the Hunan province, the point where the Yangtze River meets the Xiang River at Lake Dongting. The site, once a platform for the Wu Kingdom (222-250 AD) general Lu Su to train his naval troops1, offers a beautiful and strategic panoramic view of the surrounding area and a near bird’s eye view of the lake – one of China’s largest bodies of fresh water. The tower had already been through numerous…

Mithraism contains elements of Hellenistic cosmology but the complexity of this relationship remains unclear as there exists a limited selection of primary sources detailing this masculine cult. There is no surviving text detailing the myth of Mithras making it difficult to discern and understand Mithraic culture and its perspective of Hellenistic cosmology. What has survived includes the tauroctony, an iconic depiction of Mithras wearing a Phrygian cap slitting the throat of a bull with one…

Mistress Shore is one of the most important characters in Shakespeare 's play Richard III, even though she doesn’t show up at all in the play. Without Mistress Shore, much of the play up unto this point would not develop the way it is with her, in fact without her as a plot device, there would be no Richard III because she is what allows for the jailing and death of Hastings, as well as the incrimination of the queen later on in the play and even the development of Richard as a character he is.…

The first surgeon to use surgical skin antisepsis was Joseph Lister. He experimented in the 1800s with using carbolic acid on various types of surgical wounds. Lister had discovered that by using carbolic acid on the patient’s skin and on his hands; the rates of surgical site infections (SSIs) and death in his patients were reduced (Spruce, 2016). HE was also the first physician to publish an article related to antiseptic techniques; the article was titled On the Antiseptic Principle in the…

Therefore it would make logical sense, considering the mass conversion to Christianity that followed the emperor Constantine much later than the documentation here, that Christian views and beliefs shaped an extremely large amount of the modern concepts that exist in the world today. It is important to note the context in which early Christian writer Paul spoke of homoeroticism, particularly in his letter to the Romans, which is argued by sociologist Jeramy Townsley to not really be about…

Exegesis: I. Historical Setting: A. When: There has been a long standing debate over the timeline in which both Acts and Luke were written. In my previous research of Luke, I concluded that Luke was written sometime between A.D. 58-62. In following with the traditional belief that the book of Acts was written as a sequel to Luke, it would place the writing sometime between A.D. 62-64. Others scholars may argue for a later date. B. Setting: The passage takes place in Jerusalem sometime after…

In the key battle of the American Revolution at Yorktown, about six thousand Americans and seven thousand French men fought for freedom in October of 1781 . Between 9 and 10 am on October 17th, 1781, a British drummer stood on a parapet as a red coated officer waved a white handkerchief . This flag of freedom was waved through the air, delivering the message of surrender for all soldiers to witness. At this sight, thousands of British troops surrendered to the Americans and the French, a…

James D G Dunn notes: “The epochal significance of Pentecost raises the whole course of salvation-history to a new plane ….In one sense, therefore, Pentecost can never be repeated - for the new age is here and cannot be ushered in again. But in another sense Pentecost, or rather the experience of Pentecost, can and must be repeated in the experience of all who would become Christians.” Dunn is effectively saying that in order to witness for Jesus Christ today, just as the disciples…

Throughout history there have been countless examples of leader’s effective implementation of the mission command principles. Colonel Puller, an example of one such leader, was the Commander for the 1st Marine Regiment during the invasion and battle of Peleliu. Throughout the 7 days of fighting, he successfully demonstrated the principles of mission command through his use of: building cohesive teams through mutual trust, providing a clear commander’s intent, exercising disciplined initiative,…

Sir Philip Sidney, though not as influential in his daily life, was an effective poet, and an attentive scholar. He was born on the 30th of November in 1554, and died on the 17th of October in 1586 from a wound sustained in a minor skirmish (Biography.com). During his short life, Sidney served as an ambassador to the Queen of England, wrote several poems which were influential to great writers, including William Shakespeare himself, and even received a knighthood in 1583, three years before his…