Thirty Tyrants

it was inevitable that at some point in time someone would step out of the crowd and take control of Rome. This person was Julius Caesar. The Romans were very lucky to have Caesar as the one who stepped out and took control, rather than a selfish tyrant who would have brought Rome down with…

estimates. Ten to twenty times more people will attempt suicide worldwide. This represents on average one death every twenty seconds and one attempt every one to two seconds (Fond, 2015). According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately thirty-four thousand people commit suicide every single year. Yet, there are still many more people who attempt and fail at committing suicide. It is believed that more than three hundred thousand people end up in the hospital every year due to a self…

The Thin-skinned Tyrant Hits Back—Really Hard The Antichrist is obsessed with persecuting the saints. There is some disagreement over whether or not these saints include believers in Christ that enter into the tribulation period or whether these saints are “new” believers in Christ that come to faith during the tribulation. It all depends on one’s interpretation on the timing of what’s called the rapture; an event where God removes believers from the earth by a super-natural snatching away of…

One of the first river valley civilizations found itself nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the Fertile Crescent in now modern day Iraq, and Syria the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived for thousands of years. Despite it being such a great civilization researchers have only recently translating cuneiform when Napoleon found the Rosetta Stone on his conquests. Again war in Iraq and conquest have assisted the discovery of many clay tablets in Iraq. These clay tablets…

What do we humans mean when we speak of ‘justice’? How is the word ‘justice’ even defined? For countless generations, prominent philosophers and average citizens alike have contemplated the social, spiritual, and moral implications of justice and what being ‘just’ entails. Some of the most notable thinkers and contributors to this age-old debate are no other than Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, and Thomas More, the 16th century English philosopher. Both philosophers discuss and ponder…

Tarrantino’s Paved Artistic Style: Pulp Fiction Acclaimed film critic, Roger Ebert made an unflinching statement in 1997 of then gaining prominence, Director Quentin Tarrantino, “Reservoir Dogs (1992) announced Tarantino 's talent and Pulp Fiction [1994] suggested his genius” (Ebert). Subsequently, crime infested terror and off-color humor married a peculiar auteur, and delivered in every Quentin Tarrantino film. A self-taught enthused director, screenwriter, and schooled actor (Tuohy and…

Shashi Deshpande is a leading woman novelist in Indian writing in English. She has written seven novels and four collections of short stories. In her novels she gives us a realistic portrait of middle-class educated Indian women who are self-confident, self-reliant and financially self-dependent. Such women are the protagonists of her novels, they get trapped between tradition and modernity, they undergo great mental trauma, they face the problems of adjustments and conflicts and then they go in…

CHAPTER ONE The governmental inspiration based on the impact of inter-European energy challenges and competitors for preeminence. People from France, and Italy were competitive for energy within Western energy state policies. One way to demonstrate national preeminence was through the getting places around the world, including African-American. The public factor was the third significant element. As a result of industrialization, significant public issues grew in Europe: lack of employment,…

perfection, and even Dorian is blown aback by his own looks. We are then introduced to his past by Lord Fermor, who reveals his tragic family history that involved the loss of both parents, a tragedy that would result in his upbringing by a loveless tyrant. Dorian is then described as having a unique fascination for Lord Henry, and is one of the few people that were intrigued by his scandalous virtues. In the next chapter we are given a retelling of his love for Sibyl Vane by none other that…

Title: Epic of Arkadia Genre: Role-Playing, Adventure Theme: Betrayal and Redemption Historical Context: The context of the game is based during the time the Epic of Gilgamesh took place. Ancient Mesopotamia around 2100 – 1400 BC. Setting: A fictional land called Arkadia that is based upon ancient Mesopotamia and Greece. Environment: Ancient times in a fictional land based off of Mesopotamia and Greece. There are seven main cities that are roughly based on the ancient cities of…