Qubbat al-Sakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem); Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.; Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Caliph, 642-705
This thesis provides a hypothesis as to why the Dome of the Rock
was built. I examine various scholarly theories concerning the
construction of the first notable work of Islamic architecture, which was
built in Jerusalem during the last decade of...
The Adoption and Safe Families Act created specific outcomes for permanency for children in foster care. The purpose of these outcomes is to decrease the number of children in long term foster care. Seven years have passed since ASFA was signed...
Every man is to a greater or less degree a product of the influences surrounding his life. The more commonplace minds of the race, no doubt, are chiefly affected; and occasionally we find a man or woman of so keen an intellect, so striking an...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate; Generals--Confederate States of America; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of James Longstreet (1821-1904), one of the foremost Confederate generals of the United States Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse."
Bridges; Ships; Bays (Bodies of water); Cityscapes; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
San Francisco skyline seen behind San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. A ship heads toward the bridge. Text printed on verso reads, "This city continues to grown in importance year after year. Its interesting skyline reveals the addition of new...
"Sometime around 530 BCE a young man named Kroisos died a hero's death in battle, and his grave at Anavysos, not far from Athens, was marked by a kouros statue. The inscribed base invites visitors to 'stay and mourn at the tomb of dead...
