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    be talking about the History Of Antarctica. First the Human Inhabitants then The Geographic history what lies under the ice and finally the climate history. Body Paragraph #1 Human Inhabitants is there or was there any proof of human life on the ice island‚ Till this day there is no proof of any human life on the ice but scientists may be able to find some in the future. There is a bedrock island under all the ice and there may be some kind of evidence of some type of human life ‚ manny big time

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    and a household name in his life time? Didn’t Mozart’s music gain people’s appreciation in his short-lived 35 years? And didn’t Albert Einstein obtain other scientists’ identification when he created the theory of relativity?Admittedly‚ in the human history‚ there were many great persons didn’t get his merited admiration in his contemporary era. But this phenomena is normal because sometimes the great man’s achievement and theory totally exceed ordinary people’s ability of understanding‚ even more

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    My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others‚ but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels. Of humble origins‚ Muhammad founded and promulgated one of the world’s great religions‚ and became an immensely effective political leader. Today‚ thirteen centuries after his death‚ his influence is still powerful and pervasive. The majority of the persons

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    Roosevelt’s New Deal Versus Hoover’s Societal Vacuum Hoover and Roosevelt had very different ideas on how the Depression should be handled. This was almost entirely a result of two integral differences in their schemas; Hoover was a Republican‚ and had basically worked his way through life‚ while Roosevelt was a Democrat‚ and had been born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth. As one can easily see‚ in many ways these two are complete opposites; in fact‚ if one looks at both their upbringing

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    What role did slavery play in early human history? Well it played a huge role in its history. Slavery existed before written history and was use in many cultures. Slavery at the end of the day‚ is used as an source of income. Slavery is the ownership‚ and the buying and selling of another human being‚ it has existed since the time of ancient Sumaria‚ ancient Greece‚ and ancient Rome. Slavery has happened all over the world and is still going on even though it is known to be illegal. I personally

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    In Jared Diamond’s article "The Worst Mistake in Human History‚" he describes the adoption of agriculture as a catastrophy. At first mention‚ this sounds rediculous. How could one of our greatest advancements possibly be regaurded as the worst mistake in human history? It encouarged civilization and made food easier to come back. Surely this porgession was not catastrophic. The adoption of agriculuture offered much room for advancement. In hunter-gatherer societies‚ people had to move with their

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    Mai Hamad ANTH 103 Writing assignment 1 April 23‚ 2017 The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race It is no secret that agriculture is the primary source of survival for most societies around the world‚ but it was not always this way. Before the agricultural revolution of the Neolithic Era people were forced to hunt animals and gather plants in order to survive‚ but farming became a necessity as populations grew. As many progressives see it‚ agricultural became the primary practice for many

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    13 The Worst Mistakein the History of the Human Race Jared Diamond What we eat and how we eat are imPortant both nutritionally and culturally. This selection suggests that how we get what we eat-through gathering and hunting versus agriculture‚ for example-has draThis seemspretty obvious.We all matic consequences. imagine what a struggle it must have been before the We developmentof agricu-lture. think of our ancestors spending their days searching for roots and berries to eat‚or out at the crack

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    LEE DEFOREST AND THE EARLY AUDIONS In 1906 Lee DeForest announced the development of the first three-element vacuum-tube detector in The Audion: A New Receiver for Wireless Telegraphy‚ from the Scientific American Supplement. The original Audion was capable of slightly amplifying received signals‚ but at this stage could not be used for more advanced applications‚ such as radio transmitters. The inefficient design of the original Audion meant it was initially of little value to radio‚ and

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    center of the universe but merely one of billions of heavenly bodies. From biology we learned that we weren’t specially created by God but evolved along with millions of other species. Now archaeology is demolishing another sacred belief: that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress. In particular‚ recent discoveries suggest that the adoption of agriculture‚ supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life‚ was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have

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