Throughout history many legends and myths have been introduced to society. A legend can be defined as a traditional story popularly regarded as historical but unauthentic. Robin Hood has become a legend commonly well known to the twenty first century. The legend of Atlantis is one that has been debated upon over the years to whether or not it is fictional. An unreliable amount of geographical evidence supports a non-existent Atlantis. Plato’s writings of Atlantis are the only known existence of the
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1950’s The 1950’s where so called the birth of popular music. The first half of the decade was run by popular music‚ or classic pop. This more vocal driven music had replaced the earlier big band style. Artists such as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra where the leaders of this age of traditional pop. Often the most popular musicians that play this genre also played very well on the television and sometimes they would be featured on music special shows‚ or perhaps even have a music variety of their
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A History of Writing one of the earliest examples of writing‚ a 4th millennium tablet from Uruk‚ lists sacks of grain and heads of cattle The earliest writing seems to be an accounting device to record inventory. Clay tokens were used for this purpose in the Mediterranean as early as 8000 BCE and were common by 4000 BCE. Clay tablets from Sumer‚ c. 3200 BCE‚ show early pictographic writing‚ which later became wedge-shaped cuneiform . . . Univ of Chicago Oriental Institute Cuneiform
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Evolution of Chinese Calligraphy China is known for its beauty and intellectual prestige but the one thing that mostly stands out when speaking of Chinese art is the form of calligraphy. It is known to be one of the earliest forms of writing that can be translated‚ which began thousands of years ago and is still used today. Chinese calligraphy was invented and developed by the ancient Chinese who used the innovation as a method of written communication. Throughout the years‚ the Chinese calligraphy
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a written version of Little Red Riding Hood existed‚ there was an oral version in which the little girl did not even wear a red hood (1989). This oral version was known to have a French or Italian background and it was entitled The Grandmother‚ according to Zack Zipes (2001). However‚ Maria Tatar also lists a similar story titled as The Story of Grandmother as being told by Louis and Francois Briffault in 1885 (2002). Dundes stressed that some critics question whether the oral version existed and
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Ancient Greek Scientific Inventions The smell of freshly smelted metal lingers in the air as the latest contraption of the great Archimedes is pulled up and set in its place. Checking his designs and equations one last time‚ Archimedes gives the ready for his latest invention‚ preparing to make history once again. Inventors‚ scientists and early mathematicians were prevalent and powerful in ancient Greek times‚ and their contributions were so important and groundbreaking‚ that some of the things
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Arthurian Legend‚ group of tales in several languages that concern the legendary King Arthur of the Britons‚ his realm‚ and the knights of his inner circle. The legend is one of the most enduring tales in recorded history. It first appeared in the 5th or 6th century ad and took its basic form between the 12th and 15th centuries. It continues as a popular subject in modern times. The legend presents Arthur as a leader in ancient times who defeats the Saxons and other enemies. He thereby unites
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"What in your opinion is the influential audio-visual technological discovery ever?" In order for something to be the most influential discovery ever it must follow certain criteria. I ’m defining the word discovery to be synomous with invention in that it is something that was "happened upon" and developed and didn ’t necessarily exist for all time. In order to be the most influential it must permeate every part of our lives‚ from leisure‚ education‚ business‚ and travel‚ to the very social
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he is alone in a railroad tunnel‚ writing in a journal. It is a sin to be by yourself and to write and think for oneself‚ according to the Council of Vocation. To the World Council‚ all men must be completely alike and they all must form one indivisible “WE”. He meets a seventeen-year-old woman named Liberty 5-3000. He falls in love with her‚ which is not allowed. Later on‚ Equality invents a “box of glass” that contains an electric light. Proud of his invention‚ he decides that he’ll show the World
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During the twentieth century the world has witnessed the inventions of many amazing things. Television is a great invention‚ but there are arguments for and against whether it is the best invention of the twentieth century. Television was invented in the 1920s and first came to Australia in 1956. It has played an important role in communicating news. We can learn instantly about what is happening in the world because of television. Also‚ television has provided people with entertainment in their
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