Geography: Burkina Faso is located in western Africa and north of Ghana. Burkina Faso has 274‚200 Km² total area that includes 273‚800 Km² land and 400 Km² water. Comparatively‚ Burkina Faso is a little bigger than Colorado. This country is land locked and doesn’t have any water border. Burkina Faso is surrounded by Mali‚ Niger‚ Benin‚ Togo‚ Ghana‚ Cote D’ Ivoire. Burkina Faso has a topical climate‚ warm‚ dry winter‚ hot and rainy summer. This region is mostly flat land‚ most of the hills are located
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Ancient Greek Food When you think of greek food you mainly would think of hummus‚ flat bread‚ and gyros. But back in 3000 BC the Greeks had a much different diet than popular culture would believe. Their diet mainly consisted of grains and meat; also they drank a plethora of wine. What you ate and how much you ate was strongly connected to your social class (Nardo). The higher class in ancient Greece had access to an abundance of exotic foods‚ spices. and wines much more than the peasants and lower
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This report will be about the ancient Greece legacies and their religion. The Neolithic Age between c. 6000 - c. 2900 BCE was when ancient Greece began to shape. They built permanent structures and began domestication of animals‚ and development of agriculture. Ancient Greece religion The Gods: The Greeks had a big religion Filled with 12 major gods and goddesses and hundreds of minor gods. The 12 gods were Zeus‚ Athena‚ Apollo‚ Poseidon‚ Hermes‚ Hera‚ Aphrodite‚ Demeter‚ Ares‚ Artemis‚ Hades
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This research paper is written about ancient Egyptian culture. This includes information on writing/literature‚ education‚ career possibilities‚ family life‚ the role of women‚ religion‚ daily life‚ architecture such as the pyramids‚ and their art. All of these things were interconnected; one aspect of their life affected all the others‚ especially when it comes to their religion. The culture of ancient Egyptians is very interesting as well as very deep and complex. In this paper only the surface
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Chocolate is a product of the cacao bean which grows primarily in the tropical climates of West Africa and Latin America. The cacao bean is more commonly referred to as cocoa‚ so that is the term we will use throughout. Two West African countries‚ Ghana and the Ivory Coast‚ supply 75% of the world’s cocoa market.[1] The cocoa they grow and harvest is sold to a variety of chocolate companies‚ including some of the largest in the world. In recent years‚ a handful of organizations and journalists
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even slightly alcoholic foods at the age of four. The ancient Egyptians used ingredients native to their environment such as plants and alcohol to create natural and yummy foods and recipes. In the article‚ “Eat Like An Egyptian‚” by Carolyn B. Heller she identifies Egyptian food/beverages and their backgrounds. This resource provides many different types of Egyptian food and drink some even alcoholic. In the book‚“Food and Cooking in Ancient Egypt‚” by Clive Gifford he identifies many different
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Ancient Greek Medicine While Greek Medicine particularly from the 5th century B.C onwards‚ increasingly used scientific method to develop cures‚ there still however remained people that considered medicine to be a religion. The ancient Greeks (Hellenic) made important discoveries about the human body and health‚ so by the sixth century BC‚ medicinal practices focused largely on a more clinical approach involving observation. Their discoveries were made by firstly studying the human anatomy using
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Ancient Rome had two recognized classes of people living amongst the populace‚ the patricians and the plebeians. A patrician was described as a person of nobility or someone of noble origin. They had wealth‚ influence and political power over the plebeians. The plebeians were the commoners of the time‚ simple farmers and workers who considered second-class citizens and could not be part of the political system. While at first they were united to get rid of the Kings‚ thing quickly got sour
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took place. The bride had to get engaged. Engagement before the wedding was considered good manners‚ but wasn’t requires (Ancient Rome Weddings). Then the couple had to choose the date they would get married. In Ancient Rome “some care went into choosing the date of the wedding for there were days that were considered lucky and days that were considered unlucky” (Marriage in Ancient Rome). When the wedding day came around many things took place. One the wedding day the brides had to do many things. The
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Commitees. The Assembly itself is made of 87 members with 60 of them elected and 27 appointed by the state‚ with the Metro Chief Executive who is the Mayor of Kumasi. The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly is centrally located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Its unique central position makes it accessible from all corners of the country. It is the second largest city in the country and the administrative capital of Ashanti. It is a fast growing Metropolis with an estimated population of more than two
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