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Hollywood director Oliver Stone spent several years and made three different versions of his historical epic Alexander in an effort to ensure that he received the desired result of the most historically accurate portrayal of the Macedonian king’s life possible.  The film proved to be a great undertaking, not leaving the famed director until his…

Tourism history, development and main destination countries in the world Over the decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening ? diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. ?Modern tourism is closely linked to development and encompasses a growing number ? of new destinations. These dynamics have turned tourism…

Henry VII, the King of England (1485-1509), and Charles I, the King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (1600-1649), both were the founders of Tudor and Stuart dynasties, yet showed drastic difference in personal and political spheres. Despise their authority and a belief in the divine right of kings, the period of Henry VII’s ruling…

            Lucy Stone is not an ordinary name in the history of America. She was a women suffragist of the nineteenth century. Stone was born in Massachusetts on August 13, 1818. Women of the modern American society owe their freedom and equal rights to women activists of the nineteenth century like Lucy Stone who stood…

Morgan had his men set up in a spot where the only option the British had was to go directly into them. They were surrounded by very wet terrain that made it very hard for the British carryall to go through. This caused the British to basically have to march right into the American solders….

I. The History of Kwasha-Lipton (Pricewaterhouse-Coopers) Two actuaries created Kwasha Lipton in 1944 one was named Kwasha and the other Lipton who assisted companies with their pensions. The firm recently advised Fortune 500 firms such as Bell Atlantic, RJR Nabisco and Bank of America on everything from pensions and 401(k) retirement plans to medical insurance,…

The ideas and interests central to macromarketing have been with us for Millennia. History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides, 1972 [431~424 B. C. ]), the Magna Carta (Danziger and Gillingham, 2004), and The Travels (Marco Polo, 1958 [circa late 13th Century]) provide just three examples of works in which trade, markets, marketing and concerns for…

Nobody who follows this weblog at all will be likely to dispute that Robert E. Howard had few equals when it came to writing a fast-paced, gripping story with passion and energy that drew the reader along from beginning to end. He could also evoke a scene so vividly that you could see it and…

On March 26, 1997, thirty-nine individuals associated with the Heavens Gate cult committed a notable mass suicide. They ingested a mixture of Phenobarbitals, applesauce, and alcohol. The individuals were dressed entirely in black and had their faces concealed with purple shrouds. Those wearing glasses had their glasses placed neatly beside them, and each person carried…

Throughout history, some generations have had a greater impact than those that came before them. During the 1960s to 1970s, the Hippies, a new and radical culture that defied the teachings of older generations, emerged. This unique alternative society was primarily composed of younger individuals (Harris 14). The Hippie movement originated in San Francisco, California…