Name Date 12-17-12 Homework AP World Homework: Read from 218‚ starting with “Jainism” through 222 to answer the following questions. 1. According to legend‚ how did Mahavira start Jainism? A. According to legend‚ Mahavira started Jainism by leaving his home at the age of thirty to seek salvation by escaping from the cycle of incarnation‚ he lived an ascetic life in the Ganges Valley in which he achieved enlightenment‚ and he then taught an ascetic doctrine of detachment
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Artist Analysis #1 Julia Margaret Cameron‚ one of photography’s greatest portraitists of all time‚ is still known today for her talent in capturing the soul of her subjects in her photographs. Her vivid portraits brought to life the personality within the people‚ contrary to all of the other portraitists of this time. Born in June of 1815 in Calcutta‚ British India‚ Julia Margaret Cameron would not pick up her knack for photography until 1863‚ at the age of 48. Cameron was given her first camera
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transferred to ship Djemnah‚ and he left to Europe on May 11. It wasa French vessel therefore French mostly spoken on board. On May 17‚ Djemnah reach Point Galle‚ a seacoast town in southern Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).The following day‚ Djemnah resume the voyage‚ after a few hours of sailing‚ they reach Colombo‚ the capital of Ceylon on the same day. First Trip
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Indian society. In spite of the fact that he supported the Hindu religion like the other Gupta rulers‚ he was rumored to have a tolerant soul for different religions. A reasonable representation of this is the consent allowed by him to the ruler of Ceylon to fabricate a religious community for Buddhist pioneers in Bodh
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was at its highest in year 1920‚ it covered around a quarter of all land and of the worlds population. In addition to Great Britain‚ the Empire also covered current countries known as Canada‚ Australia‚ Pakistan‚ India‚ other small Asian states as Ceylon and Singapore‚ and big parts of Africa. Today is the English community spread over the world‚ and English is the main language in countries as Ireland‚ USA‚ New Zealand‚ Canada and Australia. The first people to settle on the North American continent
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very successful manufacturer of sporting goods‚ and predominantly as an organizer of tours designed to popularize America’s “national game” abroad. Spalding’s world tour mission was to send two teams of professional well known players to Australia‚ Ceylon‚ Egypt‚ Europe‚ and the surrounding areas. His marketing techniques and goals for his all American team to play worldwide was a model for many industries seeking to establish abroad relations. Sports participation also provides a common ground and
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History History of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s history is a source of great pride to both Sinhalese and Tamils‚ the country’s two largest ethnic groups. The only problem is‚ they have two completely different versions. Every historical site‚ religious structure‚ even village name seems to have conflicting stories about its origin‚ and those stories are‚ in turn‚ blended over time with contrasting religious myths and local legends. The end results are often used as evidence that the island is one group’s
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Criminally Insane in Crawthorn‚ Berkshire. Dr. William Chester Minor was born in New Haven‚ Connecticut. He seemed a fairly normal boy‚ giving little hint of the complications that would later arise. Soon after his birth his family moved to the island of Ceylon‚ but when Minor was fourteen‚ his parents became concerned about his behavior around the girls of the island and sent him to America. There he trained as a doctor‚ and entered Yale University. After obtaining his degree‚ he made the decision that
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------------------------------------------------- Utuwankande Sura Saradiel From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Utuwankande Sura Saradiel | | Born | Deekirikevage Saradiel March 25‚ 1832 Kegalle District | Died | May 7‚ 1864 Kandy | Cause of death | Executed by the British at thegallows | Nationality | Sri Lankan | Ethnicity | Sinhalese | Occupation | Hero | Deekirikevage Saradiel alias Utuwankande Sura Saradiel (Sinhala:උතුවන්කන්දේ සුර සරදියෙල්) is a Ceylonese hero‚ gang
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Congress of Vienna 1814-1815 Which political philosophy was overthrown and converted into an -ism during the French Revolution. * Conservatism: the conservatives wanted to uphold the traditional ways of government Liberalism Liberalism was more closely connected to the spirit and outlook of the enlightenment than to any of the other isms of the early 19th century. Liberalism was reformist and political rather than revolutionary in character. Nationalism In order to be a nation
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