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    <center>Compare and Contrast the writings of Confucius‚ Hammurabi‚ and the book of the dead</center><br><br>Three of the most famous writings from ancient civilizations are the writings of Confucius‚ Hammurabi’s code of laws‚ and Egypt’s Book of the Dead. At first‚ they seem very different‚ they’re from different times‚ regions‚ and religions‚ but they all offer a peek into what values ancient people considered important.<br><br>One of the values that all three civilizations is justice

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    Earth Day Earth Day is an annual event‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. “Earth day is every day”‚ as the saying goes‚ but it is acknowledged and celebrated every year on April 22nd. Earth Day’s history is rooted in 1960’s activism. Earth issues where the least of the government’s concern during this time and this angered Senator Gaylord Nelson. By 1969‚ Nelson had an idea of environmental protest modeled after anti-Vietnam

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    prosperity in Greeces history and therefore the happiest of times. This period was also the peak of Grecian art‚ writings‚ sculpture‚ theatre‚ and architecture. The Golden Age is credited with forming the modern day stereotype of what Grecian life was like. The Greeks greatly influenced modern day culture through the establishment of a standard of living for society. The Greeks further established a model government that‚ despite many wars‚ functioned fairly well without dispute from the people. The

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    Let’s Be Lefties for a Day! Sunjoo Lee Chamberlain College of Nursing SOCS 350N: Cultural Diversity in Profession Spring A‚ 2014 Let’s Be Lefties for a Day! The understanding of cultural‚ ethnic‚ and gender difference in managers and professionals in business setting is important. As a nurse in the hospital‚ it is essential for me to understand and respond to different culture‚ ethnic and gender issues. Many patients are from different cultures and ethnic groups‚ especially there are many cases

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    years to make a law‚ and then‚ after it ’s done its work‚ it usually takes 100 years to be rid of it." There are many societies or cultures that still derive their beliefs or laws from Hammurabi’s ancient code. Hammurabi’s Code‚ is the oldest set of laws to be written‚ or set in stone. This code has 282 laws which was written in order to maintain control over society. It focused on the ground rules for moral behavior‚ family life‚ education‚ government‚ and business. The Code of Hammurabi‚ is written

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    point for human freedom for this time era. All things considered‚ slavery is actually a much broader topic and expands to all over the world. Unfortunately‚ it still exists today‚ but we call it by a different name and that’s Human Trafficking or Modern Day Slavery. Unlike history‚ this issue is not affected by race or skin color but focuses more towards women and children. It does not matter what color you are or even your sex because men can be affected too. Human

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    The bloody code‚ refers to a series of severe laws and punishments‚ that were introduced in the early 1700’s; this was a time when capital punishment was extended to cover many more offences. Originally‚ punishment by death‚ would only have applied to a few crimes‚ including‚ murder and treason. This was further increased in The Black Act‚ of 1723‚ by another 50. Many rich landowners believed that crime was on the increase‚ due to the expansion of small village communities‚ into larger developed

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    Hammurabi’s Code After reading the codes of law set out by Hammurabi himself‚ sometime between the years of 1727 BCE and 1680 BCE‚ I have come to the conclusion that laws are necessary for many things‚ but especially to keep order and to keep society running. Without codes of law society would turn into a barbaric form of life. These laws are generally put into place based on common sense‚ but after reading Hammurabi’s Code I found out they are also put in place to raise fear in the eyes of the

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    PERSEPHONE Persephone is the illicit daughter of Zeus and his sister‚ Demeter. She was the goddess of agriculture‚ vegetation‚ land and fertility. She was abducted by Hades‚ who was madly in love with her. Hades gave her six seeds of pomegranate to eat in order to tie her with the Underworld forever but Zeus ruled that Demeter and Hades must share the unhappy girl. For six months‚ Persephone lives with her husband‚ and for the rest of the year‚ she lives with her mother. She was entitled as the

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    his success with Windows OS and developed other software applications. Bill Gates is clearly a modern Renaissance man because of his multitude of talents and actions‚ the most obvious ones being his active philanthropic actions‚ establishing the Microsoft Corporation‚ and lastly‚ being a successful computer programmer. Because of these marvelous qualities Bill Gates has‚ he is unquestionably a modern-day Renaissance

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