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    The Great Voyage

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    Welcome to the Fantastic Voyage! Now that we have successfully been shrunk and injected into the patient’s femoral vein‚ let me explain what our journey will entail. The first destination will be the lower lobe of the right lung. The patient’s immune system has been fighting an evil invasion of bacterium in the lung‚ and it is our assignment to document the battle. Once we have witnessed the patient’s immune system in action‚ we will head across the alveolar membrane and onward out the nose. Let

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    Exploration of Mars

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    Exploration on Mars For College Students/Adults \Final-Astronomy Objectives Students will understand the following: 1. Since the dawn of the space age in the 1960s‚ we have sent spacecraft to the most easily reached places in our solar system‚ such as Mars. 2. For exploration of celestial bodies‚ NASA has developed a three-phase strategy: reconnaissance‚ surveillance‚ and in-depth study. 3. Each mission to Mars has made specific discoveries and raised questions to be answered

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    Zheng He Voyages

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    These explorations were astonishing as much for their distance as they were for their size. It was during the first ones‚ the Chinese explorer Zheng He traveled all the way from China to Southeast Asia and then on to India in which to trade with all the of the major trading sites on India’s southwest coast. On his fourth voyage‚ Zheng He traveled to the Persian Gulf to set about a trading relationship with the Arabs. With these routes set up and secured he set out for the three last voyages‚ and Zheng

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    Exploration blossomed across the Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa which has lead to the newly discovered Americas. Countries in Europe are creating colonies throughout the New World to open trade along the newly established trade routes. Behind the creation of these trade routes and the establishing of new colonies were the great voyages of discovery. These voyages are the original paths of the explorers who charted the Americas and have become the backbone for trade and colonization. Christopher Columbus

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    PALEOLITHIC‚ NEOLITHIC‚ AND ANCIENT ERA Other Names All Eras= Technological & Environmental Transformations Paleolithic= “Old” Stone Age Neolithic= “New” Stone Age Ancient= Bronze Age Time-Span c. 8000 BCE to 600 CE Top 5 List Agriculture: Slash-and-Burn Farming= ashes from the burnt down forest used to fertilize fields China’s Domestication of Rice= began when the Shang dynasty began to cultivate land and was able to farm rice Irrigation= helps move water from the river to a specific

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    Journey of Discovery

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    A journey of discovery is a very complex concept. It can involve much more than physical movement from place to place. A journey of discovery can be a very meaningful experience providing opportunities for the traveller to develop themselves physically‚ emotionally and spiritually. It can be a catalyst for change that can lead to further understanding of oneself‚ others and also the world. The texts studied support this idea of a “journey of discovery” very effectively. The texts I have chosen

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    The “Heart of Darkness” is a tale of passage and discovery‚ not only into the heart of Africa‚ but into the heart of our human mind. Written by Joseph Conrad‚ this novel follows Marlow’s expedition into the unknown depths of the Congo in search of Kurtz and his adored wisdom. Conrad links Marlow’s physical journey to a psychological quest of discovery into evil and darkness inside each one of us. Through the impassable landscape‚ the language barrier between the colonists and the natives‚ and embodiment

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    period in early modern European history? During the 14th to 17th century‚ a new golden age emerged. This age was characterized the Renaissance. Led by northern Italian cities‚ the Renaissance was fundamentally by economic growth‚ as Europeans sought to achieve higher standards of intellect. The Renaissance marked the beginning of Modern history. It subsequently revived their socio cultural achievements‚ developing ideas of individualism‚ humanism‚ and secularism for a distinct period in modern European

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    European Expansion

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    “Age of Discovery‚” an era of advances in geographical knowledge and technology. It was also a time of European migration to other parts of the world. This Age of Expansion and European exploration from 1450 to 1525‚ greatly promoted by economical‚ technological‚ political‚ and religious factors‚ launched a major turning point in world history. The economy of late fifteenth century played an important role in European conquest. The Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453 caused Europeans to turn

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    Dbq on Exploration

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    find new trade routes‚ goods‚ and land. This was the goal of many European explorers. Up until this point‚ the Vikings had developed trade networks. Leif Eriksson‚ a son of a Viking‚ sailed from West Norway to Greenland when heavy winds blew his ship to the coast of North America. It was not until 300 years later‚ in the 1400s‚ when people became interested in the discovery of new land and when Henry the Navigator advanced exploration by building a navigation school. Advancements in technology and

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