Field Trip to Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum‚ Byculla Mumbai During the rainy season our Class Std IV of I.E.S Manik Vidya Mandir‚ Bandra‚ Mumbai went on a field trip to Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum‚ Byculla‚ Mumbai. We had to assemble at the school in the morning. At around 9.00 am we boarded the bus for the field trip to Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum. Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum is the oldest museum in Mumbai. The Museum’s collection showcases the Industrial Arts and life in nineteenth century Mumbai
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A Grodno is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. It was founded in the 11-th century on the picturesque hilly banks of the Neman River. The city takes the first place among Belarusian towns in perseverance of its monuments. Unique relics and monuments of almost all periods of the human history (beginning from the 12-th century)‚ evidencing the Belarusian people’s high culture and great skill‚ survived in Grodno: the Church of St. Boris and Gleb (It’s only one church in Belarus‚ kept from the 12-th
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Without the work of individuals voicing their opinions and sharing their stories‚ women’s rights would still be nonexistent. Women all around the world delivered messages through literature to nonviolently protest and work for the women rights movements. Some popular authors include Jane Lead‚ Anne Bradstreet‚ Queen Elizabeth I‚ Mary Wollstonecraft‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning‚ and Emily Dickinson who expressed themselves in ways comparable and exceeding men during the 15th centuries to the 20th century
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The Tower of London: A Landmark Alive With History The Tower of London is one of the most famous and visited historic monuments in the world. For some people it conjures up images of Norman architecture and towering battlements‚ but most associate it with arms and armour‚ ravens‚ the Crown Jewels‚ Yeoman Warders‚ imprisonment‚ death and ghostly apparitions. But this does not do it justice: the history of the Tower and its buildings is a vast‚ fascinating and complex subject‚ intertwined with
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SH** This word is one of the oldest of the current curse words that we use today. Its use can be found over 1‚000 years ago. It was first seen in the English language as scitte and was soon after known as scittan. This word was used to describe when cattle had diarrhea. It was also known as shite until the 1700s. Since then‚ we have used the current spelling of the word. A** / A**HOLE Since the 11th century‚ the word arse has been used to describe the buttocks of an animal. In the 14th
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CLC: The Rise of Coffee Houses and Journalism Once upon a time when there was no “Starbucks”; with the rise of the restoration in England‚ along came a trend following war and plague of renewed need and interest in reading‚ but little money to pay for the material. As printed matter became more readily available‚ most English people still could neither read nor write as late as the beginning of the 18th century (PBS‚ 2001). The first newspaper ran from 1702 to 1735; a "one-sheet‚" publication
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The history of prostitution extends to all ancient and modern cultures.[1][2] It has been described as "the world ’s oldest profession."[3]However‚ this is only a matter of speech. Most would dispute this claim‚ supported by the argument that hunting and farming likely took place first in human history.[citation needed] This aside‚ hunting and farming are not professions unless done for profit. As early as the 18th century B.C.‚ the ancient society of Mesopotamia recognized the need to protect women
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The Puritan literature of our first unit rebels against the greater context of world events occurring during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Puritan literature portrays that knowledge was gained through studying the Bible‚ and that the only purpose of gaining further knowledge would be to preserve the integrity of ones own soul‚ or to help others in saving theirs. The Puritans’ interests in gaining or preserving knowledge were solely religious‚ and they also believed that any knowledge
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Wheelchairs are intended to provide people with comfort and independence after their movement has been either compromised or become impossible due to illnesses‚ injuries‚ disabilities‚ or simply aging. For those with either limited or no mobility at all‚ a wheelchair can make an incredible difference in their quality of life. And here is the brief wheelchair history. The earliest record of wheelchairs dates back to the 6th century‚ as an inscription found on a stone slate in China around 6th century
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Discuss the artistic movements of the eighteenth‚ nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. How does one lead to another and what values conflict and produce the change. The eighteenth‚ nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries were characterized by four major artistic movements. They were Neoclassicism‚ Romanticism‚ Realism‚ and Modernism. More often than not‚ these movements represented clear break with old and transition to new social‚ political‚ and cultural ideologies. Through music‚ literature
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