Caucasus

A Murder in the Caucasus Cast List: *Alexandria Markov- Owner of the estate where the party’s at and married to Damon Markov Duke Ivanoff- The person that Arobynn kills to trick the party goers *Alexei Markov- Brother to Damon and helping in the current investigation *Boris Krazlof- Divorced from wealthy family who is bitter and quiet. Earl of Vladikoff- Royalty from a small town off of St. Petersburg Damon Markov- Wife to Alexandria Laura Markov- Alexei’s wife who is very attractive…

During the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender team members were the first to ever be allowed into the Black Sea Resort. “It 's not accepted here in the Caucasus where we live.” Says mayor Antoly Pakhomov “We do not have them in our city.(Fiona, 2)” However, the Russian government was willing to make an exception for the olympic athletes, as long as they, in the words of President Vladimar Putin, “Leave our…

Today in America tea is unpopular. Tea is no longer “cool”. But what do we know about tea? What are the traditions of tea? Where did it originated from? Why tea in USA is not so popular but popular in the UK? We should really get to know tea better and find out what is it all about. Let’s first explore tea history with one popular Chinese legend. Legend tells that Shennong, the legendary Emperor of China and agriculture’s inventor and Chinese medicine was drinking a cup of hot water because…

After learning about the different trials and tribulations that the black community as a whole had to endure in the past to provide a better future for the next generation, I would say that the twenty-first century American Negro in 2016 are strong, confident, and intelligent black men and women who used their gifts to bring about positive change within their communities. They do not need to be highly educated to achieve these gifts, but the most important thing of all is that they have to have…

Social Construction of Race Social Construction Social construction is understood in sociology as a theory of knowledge which examines and evaluates the development of communally constructed understandings of the universe that function to form the background for similar assumptions relating to reality. Social construction dictates that all aspects of the world are inexistent or they do not have meaning unless they are given meaning by the society. In this sense, the society dictates the…

The Soviet cuisine encompassed a variety of tastes, from the Ukrainian salo to the Korean sliced carrots. In Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, Anya Von Bremzen takes the reader on a personal journey through the Soviet Union’s history using food as her framework. Each chapter represents a decade infused with descriptions of her recreating dishes from that era in the present day. This book does not solely focus on the author’s personal family history, but it is simultaneously the story of a…

the United States’ unilateral power and increasing hegemony in world politics, as a result of the fall of the Soviet Union (E. Benvenesti, 2004). Throughout the 90’s the US gained geopolitical influence in Eurasia and shaped relations with south Caucasus countries (J. Zarifian, 2015) and international economic influence with the 1990’s economic boom. According to article 51 of the UN charter, countries are permitted to use force only in cases of self-defense only against an imminent…

THE GREATER INFLUENCE OF PERSIA OVER GREECE IN WESTERN CULTURE USAACE SFC Eric A. Curfman 15ZSLC 17-002 SFC Maradol History repeatedly tells us that ancient Greece is the cradle of modern democracy, and is one of the most influential cultures to modern western civilization (Borbor, 2008). Hollywood has popularized Sparta as great defenders of freedom and democracy, two pillars of our own way of life, while portraying Persia as a tyrannical empire bent on the destruction and assimilation…

GODS AND MORTALS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY The Greek mythology has been one of the most complicated subjects in the field of religion and mythology. This is due to the complex relations and interactions which exists in the history of the gods of Greece and the mortal humans who lived in ancient Greece. Different versions of the existence and the establishment of the superior beings which existed on the face of the earth were developed which at times create suspense to the readers on the way they…

An Le Joyner English 4H 16 December, 2015 Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus Victor Frankenstein was an educated man who went beyond the boundaries of the human knowledge. In the book, the author, Mary Shelley, describes how everything changes around Frankenstein after his creation was left unnoticed. Some say that Victor and the Greek Titan, Prometheus, are similar, hence the subtitle of the book, The Modern Prometheus. But what makes both characters similar and how are they related? Both…