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    Chinese Civilization

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    A53 11328266 August 4‚ 2014 CHINESE CIVILIZATION The Civilization of China is one of oldest in the world‚ dating back nearly 4‚000-5000 years. Since early times‚ the Chinese civilization focused on establishing a strong and stable government. Also‚ following the ideas and ethics of the philosopher Confucius‚ they were able to develop a political system

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    TABOO (The Real Truth of the Afrikan Experience) Throughout history Africans and people of African descent have been lied to. Lied to about their brilliance‚ their culture‚ and their preeminent place in the history of the world; then exploited‚ enslaved‚ and excluded from the gifts they gave the world. To give the world art‚ science‚ spirituality‚ humanity‚ and

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    Chinese Inventions

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    I would like to continue with some other Chinese inventions‚ then introduce a small research and draw our conclusions. Paper Money It is so common in out everyday life that we hardly give a thought to the fackt that it had to be invented by someone. Around 650 AD (po kr.)‚ the emperor of China began to issue paper "value tokens" for general use. The first paper banknotes appeared in China about 806 AD. Its original name was ’flying money’ because it was so light it could blow out of one’s

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    Chinese Interrogations

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    From 1910 – to 1940 Chinese immigrants were interrogated at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Many Americans resented the Chinese because they thought they were stealing their jobs and that the Chinese were taking jobs for lower wages. In 1882 The United States passed the exclusion act which implemented new restrictions and requirements for the Chinese. The act allowed the courts to refuse citizenship to the Chinese and allowed them to be deported. When the Chinese reached Angel Island the men were

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    Chinese Food

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    Chinese Food Catalogue Story 1 Chinese Traditional Staple Food Story 2 Chinese Characteristic Cuisine Story 3 Chinese Festival Food ❶ Chinese Traditional Staple Food 中国传统主食 ⒈ rice (米饭) Rice is the most common staple food (主食) in china. Different areas have different type of rice ‚it tastes different . Cooking method : boiling steaming (蒸) stir-frying (炒) ⒈ rice (米饭) Porridge rice fried ⒉ noodles (面条) Noodles is a very old food and it originated in china‚has a long history.As a staple

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    Chinese Art

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    The dominating feature od Chinese life is a conservatism that has followed certain habits and traditions for 40 centuries. Altthough there was some culture in China five thousand years ago‚ we shall begin our study with the Chou Dynasty (1125-255 B.C.)‚ during which time China reached its zenith of intellectual and artistic achievement. Confucius (552-479 B.C.) was almost a comtemporary of the Golden Age of Athens. The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 221) marked a great development in

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    Minora Ngwa Eng. 1020 Compare and Contrast. 10/24/13. “My Mistress’ eyes are nothing like the Sun (1609) & “How Do I Love Thee?” (1850). The poems “How do I love Thee” and “My mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun” are beautiful Petrarchan sonnets with a common theme which is love. Both poets talk about his/her love for another person. Though they are Petrarchan sonnets‚ they both have their differences and similarities in their form‚ figures of speech and subject matter. ‘How

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    Domino’s‚ Pizza Hut use delivery and dine-ins to whet the taste buds of demanding Indians A pizza for most of its consumers is a round‚ flat piece of hand-tossed dough topped up with sauces‚ cheese and meats (or veggies). And the marketers of Domino’s and Pizza Hut in India will tell you that although their pizzas sell like hot cakes‚ differentiating one brand from the other is not quite a piece of pastry. "As the ability to change consumer tastes is extremely limiting‚ we have no choice but

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    Final Paper A0981150 李昀蓉 Compare Twelfth Night with The Rivals‚ both of them are comedies evolving around several couples. The two plays contain the device of disguise and mistaken identity. In Twelfth Night‚ Viola disguises herself as Cesario‚ which attracts Orsino and Olivia; while in The Rivals‚ Jack Absolute disguises himself as Ensign Beverley‚ who fascinates Lydia. Speaking of similarities‚ both the disguises lead to the characters’ affairs‚ and they are proved to be true love at

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