“Chronological order is the most convincing way to convey a story or an idea.” Comparing two or three of the works you have studied‚ agree or disagree with this statement. (November 2005) Chronological order is one of the many ways adopted by authors to write and in some aspects‚ it can be said that it is the most convincing in conveying a story. Convincing in this sense would refer to how easily the readers are able to understand and comprehend the story‚ with the way the story is written and subsequently
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Around 1347 in Western Europe‚ an Asia epidemic‚ The Black Death became widely spread through frequent trading with infected cities. In three years’ time‚ one third or about twenty-five millions of Europe’s population was killed by the plague. The Black Death victims were susceptible to contracting the plague due the seven year famine that occurred directly before the outbreak. Shortage of food‚ caused by extreme weathers that prevented crop growth‚ weakened the population’s immunity to deadliest
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GAC 002 Assessment Event 4: Academic Essay Chronological: Technology Student name: Mick Qin Student ID#: XXXXXXX Teacher: Gail Slater Due date: 11 September‚ 2013 Word count: 701Question: Trace how technology has changed communication in your country over the past 20 years. Since the People’s Republic of China established at 1st October 1949‚ technology of China has been developing very quickly. There are many major scientific and technological achievements
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Great geographical discoveries - a popular term geographical discoveries made at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ in particular: circumnavigation Cape of Good Hope by Diaz (1488)‚ the discovery of America by Columbus (1492)‚ and then the conquest‚ trip [[Vasco da Gama | to India (1498) and the first trip around the world‚ Magellan (1519-1522). These events triggered a further voyages of discovery and contributed to a significant widening of the geographical horizon of Europeans
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Chapter 6: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam * Islam literally means "submission‚" the self-surrender of the believer to the will of the one‚ true God‚ Allah * 7th c CE followers spread from the Arabian Peninsula and began a sequence of conquest and conversion that would forge the first truly global civilization * Within decades the Muslims conquered an empire that spread from Spain in the west to central Asia in the east * Islam was spread by merchants‚ holy people‚
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Chapter 9 Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe I. Introduction A. Two major civilizations 1. Byzantine – Orthodox Christianity a. Maintained high level of political‚ economic‚ cultural life b. Leaders saw selves as Roman Emperors c. Empire lasted for 1000 years until Turkish invaders d. Constantinople – most opulent‚ important city in Europe e. Spread civilization to previously uncivilized areas i. Russia‚ Balkans ii. Russia inherits
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Chapter 5 The Classical Period: Directions‚ Diversities‚ and Declines by 500 C.E. I. Expansion and Integration A. Key point – how did classical civilizations adjust to expansion 1. Between 550>400 BCE Confucius‚ Laozi‚ Buddha‚ Socrates a. Need to articulate central values B. How did they all unite? 1. China – more centralized 2. Mediterranean – more localized/diverse 3. India – key religious values – not as vulnerable to collapse – like Rome C. What are the two challenges
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History of the Earliest Camera Centuries before the invention of the first practical photographic process‚ artists had been using a device called a Camera Obscura‚ literally a dark chamber‚ as an aid in rendering proper perspective or tracing a scene. Originally‚ in fact‚ it was a dark room with a small opening in an outside wall. The image of an illuminated object outside the room passed through the hole and was reproduced‚ upside down and in small scale‚ on an opposite wall. (2002.)
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EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS WORLD WIDE Subject: Intellectual Property Law and Management MBLA 303 Submitted to: Ms. Barkha Bhalla Submitted by: Ms. Mansi Bahal 2nd Year- 3rd Semester Roll no. 06 NALSAR University of Law‚ Justice City‚ Shameerpet‚ R.R. District -500078. Table of Contents Introduction3 Overview3 Research Objectives5 Research Methodology…………………………………….………………………………5 Limitations of the Research……………………
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individual. Before the 1600s‚ trade has made a major impact and influence on both government and culture through religion‚ cultural cohesion‚ and the upbringing of disease. Firstly‚ trade had made a major impact on religion. There was in-fact various religions
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