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Abraham Maslow wrote a paper in 1943 entitled A Theory of Human Motivation, where he introduced a hierarchy of needs. The hierarchy consists of five tiers, the bottom being physiological or, basic human needs, ie: water, food, sleep. The second is safety, and the third love and belonging. The last two are esteem and at the top, self actualization. The theory states that you must fulfill the bottom needs first, before being able to move onto the next tier. Therefore, you cannot have love and…

Archaeology is defined as the study of humanity and its past, carried out by examining material remains such skeletons etc. (Jarus, 2014). An important task in examining human remains is establishing time since death; this is useful for proving whether the individual being examined is ancient and of archaeological interest or of forensic relevance. Radiocarbon dating is a technique commonly used by scientists and archaeologists to establish the ages and times since death for ancient human…

And speaking of other mental illnesses, there is a very high amount of comorbidity between eating disorders and other mental illnesses. A study called “Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with eating disorders “conducted by Braun DL1, Sunday SR, Halmi KA showed that about 80% of people with eating disorders suffer from another comorbid mental…

According to Columbia University in the City of New York (2016), ethnography or field research is: A sociological method that explores how people live and makes sense of their lives with one another in particular places. The focus might be on a people and the meaning they produce through everyday interactions, or places, and the organizational logics that guide our activities. (para. 1). Ethnography is vital for the study of Anthropology because in order for an Anthropologist to understand how…

Paranoid that one of us would disappear at the airport, my mother kept a close eye on us, for us kids though, it’s a blast being in a new place, seeing different sights and hearing different accents. This the first time my parents had taken all five of us kids overseas. My aunt and uncle, who had been planning this trip for weeks, met us at the airport, thereafter we headed to Long Island. An hour and a half later we arrived at Paul and Shauna. They welcomed us so warmly, moving out of their…

Home country and town I was born on a sunny day in a dry season of 1993 in Mulago Hospital in Kampala a city with many hills covered with many trees and swamps in hill slopes. Kampala is in southern part of Uganda bordering the Africa’s largest “Lake Victoria.” Uganda is agricultural land locked country found in East Africa bordered by Kenya in east, South Sudan in north, Democratic Republic of Congo in west, Rwanda in south west and Tanzania in South. It is the country with the largest number…

Female Genocides in India Laura Ellison English II Honors 03 April 2015 Liberty High School Abstract In all honesty, no matter the circumstance, is it right to take the life of another innocent human being? Within the poverty stricken country of India, the killings of innocent females from all age groups are occurring daily. This has become the social and cultural normal for the Indian people. Females whether newborn, children, grown, old, etc. are being murdered simply because they are…

Often in life there are decisions that start with a worthy purpose, with good planning, and the right heart, but even with all the right factor combinations, things can spiral uncontrollably downward. This is the case behind the crusades. A sad and dark period of Christian and Muslim history with no real winners on either side. Even with the godliest of intentions, mankind must learn when to turn around and say enough is enough. If only this lesson had been learned during the grueling two…

Political Pharaohs had full control over the Egyptian state and were regarded as gods come to earth to ensure the wellbeing of citizens. One of the earliest Pharaohs, Menes, is accredited as the founder of the first dynasty and uniting Upper and Lower Egypt. He is widely believed to actually most likely be the pharoah Narmer. The land of Egypt was divided into 42 Nomes, each ruled by a Noble governor whom was appointed directly by the pharaoh. The law and justice system of Egypt was based on a…

The human race is considered by many to be the most advanced and intellectual species to inhabit the earth. Over the course of time, we have sailed the oceans, domesticated wild animals, harnessed the power of electricity, and even put a man on the moon. These remarkable feats are evidence that as humans, we have unique cognitive abilities that differentiate us from other animals. These abilities give us the power to determine right from wrong, create abstract thoughts, and truly empathize with…