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Creation Stories
Introduction It is probably safe to suggest that origin stories, or creation stories, have been around as long as humans have existed. These stories address one of the most fundamental concerns humans have had historically, how things came to be the way they are. Along with attempting to address this concern, origin stories have also…
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The Communist Manifesto
Introduction Karl Heinrich Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) viewed the past as a history of class struggle. They believed that the outcome of this class struggle led to the creation of new modes of production and new historical epochs. Marx and Engels also subscribed to the concept of historical materialism which contends that an…