Venus of Willendorf from Willendorf‚ Austria 28‚000 – 25‚000 BCE Limestone Naturhistorisches Museum‚ Vienna Paleolithic - representation of a woman - female anatomy is exaggerated - serves as a fertility image - no facial features‚ just hair/hat - freestanding sculpture Statuettes of 2 worshipers from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (Tell Asmar)‚ Iraq 2700 BCE (early dynastic/Sumerian) Soft gypsum and inlaid with shell + black limestone Iraq Museum‚ Baghdad - represent mortals praying
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The Nile is the longest river in the world which is located in Africa. It spans itself from Lake Victoria in east central Africa to Egypt. It flows generally north through Uganda‚ Sudan‚ and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea‚ for an approximate distance of 5‚584 km From its remotest headstream‚ the Luvironza River in Burundi‚ the river is 6‚695 km long. The river basin has an area of about 3‚350‚000 sq km. Its average discharge is 3.1 million litres per second. The lower course of the river in Egypt
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The limited character in Michael Ondaatje’s novel‚ The English Patient‚ was Almásy. Almásy was a man who was burned from head to toe‚ and whose identity is unrecognizable thus making him a limited character. The novel takes place in a villa where the man was being taken care of by Hana‚ a young nurse who stayed behind to take care of Almásy while the rest of the nurses escaped to a safer place to stay. She calls him the English patient because of his accent‚ though she is unaware of where he is from
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Bibliography: Drolet‚ Julie. "Women‚ Micro Credit And Empowerment In Cairo‚ Egypt." International Social Work 54.5 (2011): 629-645. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Dec. 2012. Toma‚ Micheal. “Induced Structural Adjustment Programs and Women in Ecuador” Armstrong Atlantic State University 99.4 (2008). Academic Search Premier
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Topics 1. In the novel‚ the Mississippi River acts as the center of the novel‚ it plays an important symbolic figure. To the main characters‚ Jim and Huck‚ the river is their place for freedom and adventure. Both of these characters were stuck in a society that they did not want to be a part of (Huck‚ tired of ‘sivilized’ folks; Jim‚ of being a slave). Jim views the river as freedom and poverty from his former slavery and Huck finds the river to be somewhere he can be himself. By making an escape
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located by the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Egypt was the first country to dig a man made canal across its land that connected the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea through the branches of the Nile River. In 1854 Ferdinand de Lesseps‚ French consul to Cairo‚ made an agreement with the Ottoman governor of Egypt to build a canal 100 miles across the Isthmus of Suez; a strip of land located in between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. A team of engineers created a plan to construct the Suez Canal and
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The family had to move every few years‚ so Yacoub learnt to adapt to different situations and enjoyed meeting different people. When his aunt died because of a heart problem‚ He decided to become a heart surgeon. He studied medicine at Cairo University and qualified in 1957. In the 1960s‚ he taught at Chicago University in the USA and worked with many of the world’s best heart surgeons. Now he had the qualifications and experience to do great things. In 1973‚ he became a heart
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Cult Med Psychiatry DOI 10.1007/s11013-013-9327-x ORIGINAL PAPER Rates and Characteristics of Sleep Paralysis in the General Population of Denmark and Egypt Baland Jalal • Devon E. Hinton Ó Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 Abstract In the current research we report data from two studies that examined rates and characteristics of sleep paralysis (SP) in the general population of Denmark and Egypt. In Study I‚ individuals from Denmark and Egypt did not differ in age whereas there were
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Outline A. Jan-March 1967: 270 border incidents B. May 13 1967: Sadat arrives from Moscow with misinformation about impending Israeli attack. C. May 14‚ 1967: Israel learns that Egypt is reinforcing troops and are on alert and reinforcing on Sinai Peninsula. D. May 16: Egypt Evicts UN Forces E. May 22‚ 1967: Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israel‚ cutting off their supply route to Asia and supply of oil. By international law this is an act of war. F. May 30‚ 1967: Jordan signs defense
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Midnight in Paris Analysis The Oscar-winning film‚ Midnight in Paris‚ written and directed by Woody Allen uses cinematic techniques to create a world of fantasy and reality. Throughout the film‚ reality and fantasy are constantly paralleled. This film succeeds because of the elements Woody Allen uses to juxtapose the main character‚ Gil Pender‚ sense of reality and fantasy. Elements such as mise en scene‚ costume design‚ the auteur theory‚ and the screenplay writing all work in conjunction to
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