Conqueror
Essays

Nearly all politicians, at one time or another, have engaged in behavior that might be described as Machiavellian, and Frank Lautenberg, senator of New Jersey, is no exception. In fact, examining Lautenberg's career…

This paper is a book review of Anchee Min's personal memoir, Red Azalea. Min's memoir appears to be a record of the insanity, fear, and human wickedness that pervaded the Cultural Revolution. During this period bad people found a way to get away with wicked deeds, even gaining society's approval and political advancement from these deeds. More importantly, good people, even those who were strong like Min and Yan, were pressured to give in and do wicked deeds themselves. The numerous personal and political betrayals throughout the book are a metaphor of the wider betrayal of the Chinese people by the ruling Communist Party, who never delivered on its promise of a society without injustice and unfairness.

¶ … Merchant of Venice is a framework for expressing Shakespeare's anti-slavery sentiments in a most vivid and gruesome way. It has been argued that it is too obvious, for Shakespeare to be expressing these sentiments,…

Genghis Khan is one of those figures from history that the average person has heard about, and perhaps knows a little something about, but the real biographical details may be fuzzy.

Jainism began in the 7th century B.C. In eastern India, one of many groups divesting themselves from the formalized rituals and hierarchical organization of Hinduism (1). According to Hibbets, Jainism follows the…

How did a man rise from near obscurity in Germany to a position of dictatorial power? How did a man who a bigoted, insignificant force in German politics become the most powerful man in Europe, who put together by far…

¶ … Alexander the Great by Paul Cartledge. Specifically, it will contain a book report on the content of the book. This biography of Alexander is more than a simple biography. The author attempts to get inside the mind…

Those who are conquered always want to imitate the conqueror in his main characteristics-in his clothing, his crafts, and in all his distinctive traits and characteristics." -Ibn Khaldun

English is often referred to as a "bastard" language due to the fact that it has so many sources. Though technically a Germanic language there is also a heavy Latinate influence that occurred over the millennia of…

¶ … traditional cultures before widespread westernization, including a review of the anthropological literature, such as ranking, non-market exchange and systems of production, domestic organization, power, authority,…