Essays and Research Papers on Israel / Middle East

A 5 page essay that offers a student an example of how the student might phrase an autobiography of her life in Palestine and the importance of the olive tree to the Palestinian people and her family. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 10 page paper discussing the economy-building activities of one of the Gulf states. The Sultanate of Oman is a small country nearly equating in land mass to the US state of Kansas, bordering Saudi Arabia on the East. Sultan Qaboos bin Said determined shortly after coming to power in 1970 that Oman's ...

This 6 page paper considers the way in which tourism may influence the economy, culture and development of a country as well as its environmental status The paper cites different examples to illustrates the points raise with the main example being Egypt. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

A 24 page paper. Historically, war, upset, and terrorism interrupts international business and nations tend to isolate themselves for protections. The terrorist attacks on America and the ongoing war against terrorism, however, found countries trying to promote more trade rather than less. This essay provides an introductory overview; a discussion of globalization, i.e., international business ...

This 8 page paper discusses the processes that may come into play when a nation struggles to free itself from the grip of an imperial power.

This 6 page paper discusses the legendary boy King of Egypt, his rise to power and his untimely death. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 15 page research paper exploring longitudinal balance-of-payments and currency exchange rate trends and how these may affect purchasing power parity in consideration of marketing a product in Israel. Bibliography lists 18 sources.

A 5 page paper that provides an overview of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid, who witnessed twenty years of civil war in Afghanistan and the Taliban's rise to power. The writer also comments on the importance of Afghanistan in Central Asia. Bibliography lists 1 source.

In 5 pages the author discusses by example where diplomacy has succeeded using Desert Shield as successful coalition for containment of Iraq aggression to Kuwait and consolidation of IRAQ gains. Also discussed is where diplomacy failed using Desert Storm as failure to follow through to militarily remove Saddam from power despite having tactically defeated ...

This 5 page paper discusses the Egyptian economy since Nasser, and speculates on the reasons why an authoritarian government has remained in power. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 12 page overview of the circumstances leading up to the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956. Explores two theories regarding the crisis, the first that the U.S. failed to allow Britain and France to exert their prerogatives as world powers and the second that the affair was a result of Cold War politics. ...

This 6 page paper begins by describing Egypt's strategic geographic location and the seven distinct periods in the history of ancient Egypt. The second period, the Old Kingdom is emphasized in this paper. The Upper and Lower Egypt is described along with the unification of the two Egypts and the significance of that event. The ...

This 12 page paper discusses the development of religion in ancient Egypt, and how it developed alongside the Egyptian civilization. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 11 page report (which includes a one-page outline) discusses the role and influence of the ancient prophets. The writer puts forth the premise that the role of the prophets was as an interpreter between God and humanity, explaining each to the other. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page discussion of the numerous causes behind the 1978-1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and indeed behind the Hizb Allah (Hezbollah) movement in Lebanon which occurred the following year. These causes were religion, nationalistic and social. While the effects of each were focused on the Middle East, the West was also heavily ...

This 7 page paper provides a detailed analysis of this book by Robert D. Kaplan, which is actually a mixture of political commentary and travelogue. This paper compares and contrasts Kaplan's perceptions with current events, and delves into such issues as religion, oil, and industry in the Balkans and Middle East. Bibliography lists ...

This is a 9 page paper discussing the application of utilitarianism to the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq without U.N. approval. John Stuart Mill’s “Greatest Happiness Principle” and utility is used in terms of moral decisions and can be applied in regards to act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. Basically, morals and decision making are ...

A 7 page discussion of the form and function of ancient Egyptian architecture. Discusses the influence of the Egyptian environment, specifically the dry arid climate and the Nile River in shaping the culture and consequently the architecture of Egypt. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 9 page report discusses The ancient Judaic world, better described as the “Hellenistic Roman Palestine.” Following the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, both the secular and non-secular worlds have been fascinated with what could be learned from them. Some believed that questions that are thousands of years old might be answered through the Scrolls. In tracing ...

(5 pp) The modern state of Syria was not established until 1946, after the Second World War, but it is a land that has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of habitation dating back to about 5000B.C. and Damascus is probably the world's oldest continuously inhabited city. In 1800B.C. the Assyrian King, ...

A 10 page overview of the ancient history of Jerusalem with emphasis on two of its many periods of seige, the Babylonian siege in 587 B.C. and the Roman siege in 70 A.D. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This 14-page paper focuses on the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as its philosophy and the source of its anti-Americanism. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper examines David Northrup’s article, and supports his idea of history as a divergence/convergence model. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses syncretism in connection with the development of Arab societies. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page research paper that looks at Jewish history. Throughout much of their history, the Jewish people have been dispersed to the far corner of the globe and without a homeland. Nevertheless, they have managed to maintain their identity as a people and this is due, in part, to having specific geographical centers ...