THE SEARCH FOR SODOM: IS IT BAB EDH-DHRA OR TALL EL-HAMMAM? Jill Toodle Biblical Archaeology BIBL471_D01 April 7‚ 2013 Since the early 19th century archaeologists and Christian bible scholars have discovered a difference in archaeological and geographical evidence that supports a northern view of Sodom or a southern view of Sodom. The Southern site for Sodom is commonly referred to as the Bab edh-Dhra and the
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Mesopotamia and Egypt DBQ AP World History – Ms. Admire Gabriela Gutierrez Mesopotamia and Egypt Civilizations Mesopotamia was surrounded by most of the world’s ancient highly developed and social complex states. Mesopotamia was considered one of the four riverine civilizations because at that time writing began or was invented and also‚ that’s when the Nile Valley in Egypt developed. Egypt was a second civilization that grew up in northeastern Africa‚ along the Nile River. The Egyptian
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AEGEAN ART Discuss two possible theories on how Aegean civilization perished. Natural Disaster A fact that was attributed by some scholars. Many explanations attribute the fall of the Mycenaean civilization and the Bronze Age collapse to climatic or environmental catastrophe. Dorian Invasion Dorian‚ any member of a major division of the ancient Greek people‚ distinguished by a well-marked dialect and by their subdivision. The Dorian people are traditionally acknowledged as the conquerors of
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at Leubingen with grave gifts crafted from gold‚ point to an increase of social stratification already present in the Unetice culture. All in all‚ cemeteries of this period are rare and of small size. The Unetice culture is followed by the middle Bronze Age (1600–1200 BCE) Tumulus culture‚ which is characterised by inhumation burials in tumuli
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province in antiquity. Here many villages were established in the Neolithic period such as Mehrgarh‚ Killi Gul Mohabbat‚ Rana Ghundai‚ Anjira‚ Perino Ghundai etc. and continued to flourish right through the Chalcolithic and some of them well into the Bronze Age.
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Janette Sanchez Period 2 Art History AP May 16‚ 2011 Shiva Nataraja Hinduism is not one religion but many related beliefs and numerous factions. There are various deities but there are only three gods that are the most well-known. Shiva is one of the three most popular Hindu deities. He is usually depicted in small statues that show him performing the Cosmic Dance. The statues all impose unique movements‚ his anatomical features‚ and their functions that unite all of its qualities together
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remarkable outdoor bronze seated Buddha‚ also known as the Tian Tan Buddha‚ sits outside the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. One of the five largest Buddha statues in China‚ it measures thirty four meters (one hundred twelve feet ) tall‚ and weighs two hundred fifty metric tons. The construction took roughly three years to complete‚ starting in 1990 and finishing on the day of the enlightenment of Buddha‚ December 29‚ 1993. The statue consists of two hundred two pieces of bronze‚ and contains a steel
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Benjamin Thompson noted at the start of the 18th century that kitchen utensils were commonly made of copper‚ with various efforts made to prevent the copper from reacting with food (particularly its acidic contents) at the temperatures used for cooking‚ including tinning‚ enamelling‚ and varnishing. He observed that iron had been used as a substitute‚ and that some utensils were made of earthenware.[1] By the turn of the 20th century‚ Maria Parloa noted that kitchen utensils were made of (tinned
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Stone Medal Of Honor: Vernon McGairty’s Story Mr.Miller 1x Marissa Stone 5/29/2013 Many men are being honored today‚ as in back then‚ for their extraordinary efforts to save the ones that mean most to them. These men will never be forgotten and our country’s way of showing our respect is by awarding them with the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is the United States highest military awarded for personal acts beyond and above duty‚ which is awarded by the president of the United States.
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with Boyd’s work she offered the societies financial backing for her to continue her work in Crete (Zogby 1987). It was due to this that Boyd made her greatest discovery. In 1901‚ whilst carrying out excavation work in Crete‚ Boyd discovered a Bronze age site which is thought to have been occupied from as early as 3rd millennium BC to 1000 BC‚ thriving in the period 1800BC-1600BC (Zogby‚ 1987). This was to be the first Minoan town site uncovered. Discoveries at the site include a small palace
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