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    decline of the west

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    A: Decline of the West Hanif Kureishi´s short story “Decline of the West” was first published in 2010‚ in London. It deals with the financial crisis in 2007-2008 and about a fired banker and his family. The capitalistic world was doing well. People where earning‚ and spending money like there was no tomorrow. The banks where stable‚ and could lend money to people who wanted to build bigger houses or drive the newest car – just any new and expensive material stuff people couldn’t “live without”

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    Taliesin West

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    “Human houses should not be like boxes‚ blazing in the sun‚ nor should we outrage the Machine by trying to make dwelling places too complementary to Machinery. Any building for humane purposes should be an elemental‚ sympathetic feature of the ground‚ complementary to its nature-environment‚ belonging by kinship to the terrain.” - Frank Lloyd Wright Brilliant‚ inspirational‚ influential‚ innovative; these are a just a few adjectives that illustrate a very significant man with many traits. A pioneer

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    The American West

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    1. Chapter 16: The American West a. The Great Plains i. Indians of the Great Plains 1. In the middle of the 19th century‚ probably around 100‚000 Native American lived in the Great Plains. They were very diverse‚ and were consisted of around 6 linguistic families and at least 30 tribal groupings. The Native Americans were then hurt greatly by the small pox and measles introduced by the Europeans. 2. The Teton Sioux were Native Americans‚ who had lived in the Great Plains. The land in the Great

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    The Birth of Civilization

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    1 The Birth of Civilization Mohenjo-Daro Figure. Scholars believe this limestone statue from about 2500 B.C.E. depicts a king or a priest from Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus valley in present-day Pakistan. Does this figure seem to emphasize the features of a particular person or the attributes of a particular role? Hear the Audio for Chapter 1 at www.myhistorylab.com CRAIMC01_xxxii-031hr2.qxp 2/17/11 3:22 PM Page xxxii EARLY HUMANS AND THEIR CULTURE page 1 WHY IS “culture” considered a defining

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    Western Civilization

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    Chapter one the first civilization I. Introduction A. The Idea of Civilization The West is an idea that developed slowly during Greek and Roman civilization. Initially the Greeks referred to their homeland as the Europe—or “West.” The Romans took up the concept and applied it to the western half of their empire. Asia—or the East—was similarly a geographical innovation of the Greeks and Romans. Asia was that land that belonged to non-Greek cultures of Asia Minor‚ particularly the Persians

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    Early Civilizations

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    Early Civilizations From 3000 BC to 1500 BC four civilizations arose that historians to this day marvel at‚ the Egyptians‚ the Sumerians‚ the Indus River Valley people‚ and the Shang dynasty in China. They all had great accomplishments in government‚ and religion and inventions. While they had their own different civilizations many similarities arise‚ such as depending on the river and their polytheistic religions. They had very isolated civilizations with the exception of the Sumerians.

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    Early civilizations

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    Early civilizations Prehistory: The period of time before written records Neanderthal: A group of early people who were classified as Homo Sapiens (wise human being) Their remains are between 100‚000 and 30‚000 years ago They were the first people to burry their dead Homo sapien sapien The group of people that replace Neanderthal‚ includes us Begin to spread out and populated the earth Paleolithic “ old stone” Age 2.5 million to 10 thousand B.C Sometimes called the old stone age People

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    Transforming the West

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    Transforming the West -West is the supplier and place where all the raw material comes from -Main supplier of the East CONTENT: Transcontinental Railroad -Completed in the 1870’s‚ over 2 mountain ranges 1 company owned primarily by people who made money as storekeepers -Government Project‚ but owned privately -Land grant railroads -Opened up the west‚ tied California and the East together Indian Affairs -Government took on Indian policy that wanted to get them out of the way Western

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    Encounter with the West

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    ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve

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    West lake

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    1: Firm Overview West Lake was established in Toronto‚ Ontario in 1970 as a manufacturer of table lamps. During the next thirty years since its founding‚ West Lake had extended its wholesale line to involve both floor lamps and lighting fixtures. It opened a retail store in Toronto‚ selling a broad line of lighting and some traditional home decor products. In addition‚ it also began its business online and sells its products directly to consumers. Charles Bowman‚ the CEO of West Lake Home Furnishing

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