Chapter 1 ● Mesopotamia (TigrisEuphrates) ○ 80002000 BCE ■ Neolithic (New Stone Age) ■ Earliest Agriculture ○ City States (walled city and hinterland) sprung up around rivers ■ Citystates= characteristic of mesopotamia‚ Archaic and Classical Greece‚ Phoenicia‚ and early Italy ○ People living here= Sumerians ■ In Southern Mesopotamia by 5000 BCE ■ Responsible for making irrigation technology‚ cuneiform‚ religious concepts found in Mesopotamian culture ○ Lugal=Big Man (their leader‚
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Kofun Burial Mounds in Ancient Japan “The practice of building sepulchral mounds and burying treasures with the dead was transmitted to Japan from the Asian continent about the third century A.D.” (B. Ford‚ 1987‚ p.24) Locally these mega structures were called Kofun Burial Mounds‚ titled after the Ancient Japanese period in which they were built‚ the Kofun Period (300 – 800 C.E.) The sites of more than 10 000 keyhole tombs still remain in Japan‚ though direct access to these tombs is difficult
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Chapter 14 Overviews 14-1; Chi Rho Iota Page From the Book of Kells; Late 8th or early 9th century; Scotland. Four scribes and three illuminators worked on this‚ 185 calves were killed to make the vellum and colors from the paintings came from as far as Afghanistan 14-2; Eagle Brooch; 6th century; Spain Rendered the bird in flight with outspread wings and tail‚ profile head with curved beak and large round eye Displays a rich assortment of gems‚ red garnets interspersed with blue and green
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Beowulf‚ an epic poem takes place around 500 AD. Many of the characters in the poem‚ the Swedish and Danish royal family members‚ correspond to actual historical figures. Originally pagan warriors‚ the Anglo-Saxon‚ and Scandinavian invaders experienced a large-scale conversion to Christianity at the end of the sixth century. Though still an old pagan story‚ Beowulf came to be told by Christian poets. This poem has hidden historical values of the fifth‚ eighth‚ and twelfth centuries. Beowulf is
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The controversy surrounding the military draft has since its inception to its repeal in the nineteen-seventies; however the vitality of the draft remains because United States may need more than a volunteer army‚ it requires everyone to serve‚ and higher trained and educated people are needed to run new technology. The first reason is the military may need more than a volunteer army to defend the nation in a national emergency. In the U.S. constitution the government has the right the raise and
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“Shitty First Drafts” In the essay “Shitty First Drafts”‚ Anne Lamott describes the process of writing first drafts. She addresses the many steps she goes through to come up with her final “polished” works. First‚ Lamott starts off with a brief summary of what she believes in‚ she also gives a short description of her thoughts and personal life. Lamott then addresses to what I believe is her thesis and is finally ready to talk about her “Shitty” first drafts. At first she writes what she calls
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There are many different factors you want to look into when deciding to go with in-house photography. Most of the expenses would be in the equipment. There is a lot more involved than just the camera. You would have to look at lenses‚ lighting kits‚ any processing equipment and printers. It does add up‚ so when trying to decide whether it ’s better to outsource photography or do it yourself‚ you have to look at the numbers. The first thing to look at is the camera. Luckily‚ cameras are only the
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three years Charlemagne ruled with his younger brother Carloman. When Carloman died suddenly in 771‚ Charlemagne became sole ruler. Charlemagne spent the early part of his reign on several military campaigns to expand his kingdom. He invaded Saxony in 772 and eventually achieved its total conquest and conversion to Christianity. He also extended his dominance to the south‚ conquering the kingdom of the Lombards in northern Italy. In 778‚ he invaded northern Spain‚ then controlled by the Moors
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Comp IV November 4‚ 2014 The Tale of a Perfect Society “Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains….” –Karl Marx. Marx believed the proletariat should rise and fight for their power‚ just as the wolf does in Little Red Riding Hood. This century-old folk tale conveys a moral that most are oblivious to. Not only is it a warning to the proletariat‚ but also the capitalist of bourgeoisie; the story Little Red Riding Hood displays
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of First Drafts When students must write an essay they often struggle with the starting process of coming up with the idea and once they’ve even done that they may struggle with figuring out how to start it. This makes writing the first draft the hardest‚ especially for inexperienced writers‚ for example student writers‚ who often feel like they’re expected write perfectly the first time. First drafts are the first version of a paper that someone has written‚ with the number of drafts varying depending
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