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The Cherokee Tribe was know as one of the more civilized tribes. They inhabited the land hundreds of years before European Settlers discovered the new land. One of the most important tools that Cherokees used was arrowheads. According to an online source, “Arrowheads were made from various kinds of stone but flint was considered the best. Not only because it was so hard, but also because flint is easier to chip into "flakes" with sharp edges than most other hard rocks” (Cherokee Weapons).…

Women have had to face a long journey in obtaining equality and freedom throughout history. There have been many factors, events, and individuals that have helped women make strides in gaining equality. There are well known individuals that have had a significant impact on Women’s Rights, such as Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton. There are also unexpected and unknown individuals that made strides for women’s rights using everyday objects to challenge the expectations and abilities…

The Importance of Costume in the Elizabethan Theatre As the Elizabethan theatre progressed through the sixteenth century with increasingly popular demand, costuming promoted the overall understanding of a play. The theatre grew so fast, in fact, that one out of every five citizens would attend the theatre with a population of about 160,000 people in the city of London (Brown 32). With this amount of people, the theatre contained an audience of natural critics, eager to voice their opinions of…

On April 12, 1861 the Civil War broke out due to the unyielding distinctions regarding free and slave states regarding the power of the national government forbidding slavery in the unpopulated areas. Over the course of the war as the Union infiltrated Confederacy territory many Union officials recognized an intellectual advantage by utilizing the African American population. Herbert Aptheker, who was an American Marxist historian and political enthusiast declared, "The greatest source of…

There was a wide variety on headdresses and hairstyles in the Victorian period. Women of the Victorian period enjoyed gardening. These women needed a headdress that would cover their face while in the garden, so they wore bonnets. Keeping sun out of their face was not the only use for bonnets. The Victorian time period was a time of lavish parties. With their parties had to come lavish headdresses and hairstyles. The hairstyles changed rapidly throughout the Victorian period. The styles of hair…

Christina Causey HIS 101 Research Paper 18 February 2015 Life in Mesopotamia Mesopotamia life cannot be compared to the life in Rome or Greece because of the distinguishing differences. Mesopotamia could not be considered to live a unified and sophisticated way of life. In 4500 BCE, through that rise of the city, people of Mesopotamia did however live their lives in comparable ways. Value was placed on the written word by the people of Mesopotamia. The scribes appeared to be infatuated…

A question that many women ask today is their rights just as important as the opposite gender. Equality between the sexes or women empowerment is criticized in so many ways of having the equality rights as men (Buvinić, M., 2008). Because women have suffered from the lack of education, wage employment, labor work, and the challenges of being a woman, such as voting it became an ethical issue. During the late 1700s and early 1800s, men were known to make money and women stay at home (Zeigler, A.,…

There is common idea in Israel that the standing for women, economically, socially and culturally has improved enormously in recent years, particularly the last two decades, and that mainstream society in Israel is moving towards an era of full and complete equality, regardless of gender. This opinion is extremely encouraging to many women and young girls have high aspirations for their part in Israeli society. It is also encouraging to men in Israel, who now can believe that their wives,…

When the Civil War commenced on April 12th, 1861, more than 3 million Union and Confederate soldiers geared up for battle. Men from all over America were appointed to go support their side in the war. While their battles are often historically analyzed, well known, and greatly documented, there is one aspect that rarely gets attention: the role of women in the American Civil War. The lives of women were drastically affected by the Civil War. Several disguised themselves as men to be able to join…

Birdie kicked at a stray rock with all her might, snarling with clenched teeth. It flew across the street, and disappeared into the passing crowd. Birdie sighed and ran a hand through her hair, her stomach folding in on itself. “I want to go home,” she moaned quietly, and Albert nudged her with a grin. “You want to go back to Kansas? Lame, Bernie.” Birdie rolled her eyes at the nickname, but smiled at Albert anyway. They started walking down the street, dragging their shoes across the…