Under the Banner of Heaven

“The Relationship Between Religion and Empire” Throughout 300BCE-1000CE, within many empires, leaders relied on their beliefs and traditions as a way to rule over their empires. Constantine, who was heavily influenced by Christianity, sought protection and guidance through his knowledge in Christian beliefs and traditions. Some rulers, such as the Caliph Umar II, sought to endorse their religion as the main belief of their culture despite ruling over diverse communities. Later on, this idea of…

Since the mid-1980s, Spielberg has increased his role as a film producer. He headed up the production team for several cartoons, including the Warner Bros. hits Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Toonsylvania, and Freakazoid!, for which he collaborated with Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger. Due to his work on these series, in the official titles, most of them say, "Steven Spielberg presents" as well as making numerous cameos on the shows. Spielberg also produced the Don Bluth…

American Flag was first sanctioned by Congress June 14,1777. Since then June 14 has been deemed “Flag Day”. The American Flag was first flown at Fort Stanwix, which is now a site in the present city of Rome, New York, on August 3, 1777. It was later under fire 3 days later in the Battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1777. It was said for the Flag to have one star and stripe per state. Making thirteen stars and stripes on the flag because of the original thirteen colonies that existed then. The colors…

Many significant events under the Qin dynasty shaped life in China today that is why this empire is known for organization and control. The Great Wall of China was built because every family must have a male to work on the wall each year. A written language was standardized and…

they have left. Their culture, however, has been radically changed by the modern American culture. Sherman Alexie perfectly portrays this oppression and the plight of the Native American in Indian Killer and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Through the setting, plot structure, and characterization, Alexie uses both books to show the struggle that a modern Native American faces. “As a Native American… Sherman Alexie knows how difficult it is for someone to make his way in an alien…

For Country and Freedom The war of 1812, so named for when it began, lasted 3 years, ending in1815 with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. This war was between The United States and Britain, with most battles being fought along the Canadian border, in the Chesapeake Bay region, and along the Gulf of Mexico. Since the American Revolution, the United States had grown more and more impatient with Britain’s failure to withdraw from American territory, their supporting the Indians fighting against…

hands of one side but in those of an inscrutable God” that a vast majority of both sides believed in. Lincoln realized that the country was divided after the war and following the Founder’s precedent, used the peoples common faith to unite them under one banner once…

Buddhist Ideology and Death Rituals in China Buddhism is the fourth largest religion in the world and includes extensive and internally diverse traditions with two main branches. This paper will focus on the Mahayana branch of Buddhism commonly practiced in China. Buddhist views on death and specific death rituals of Mahayana Buddhism in China will be explored. Two individual sects of Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism native to China will be offered to contrast different paths to…

more and more physical and mental tenacity during each one. While brawling with Grendel the poem uses specific diction including “brave” to describe Beowulf: When Beowulf, brave in battle, placed hand, arm and shoulder-- Grendel’s entire grasp-- under Heorot’s spacious roof, that was evidence enough of victory, (742-745) by using this particular diction it is easy for the reader to assess that Beowulf is brave and…

it is absolutely impossible for science to make a factual claim, stating that the Earth is not the center universe.... when they discovered the universe was expanding, they came to that conclusion based on the fact that all points of light in the heavens were moving away from…