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    The Importance of Ocean Exploration. As soon as humanity existed‚ people were tempted to explore and discover everything around them. This invincible desire has led humanity on its way of discovering Earth. And it seems that our planet is totally explored‚ everything is revealed and there is no place where any man has not gone before (or any robot hasn’t recorded). The next step is outside Earth. After the first space flight humankind concentrated its attention on exploring the galaxy‚ searching

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    AP Essay Henry Wolski 9/28/11 The age of exploration created new opportunities for all the countries involved in it. New trade routes were established to try and locate a northwest passage‚ leading to the development of the triangle trade system. England was the last country to colonize the Americas. The raw materials and goods taken from the Americas were given to the mother country‚ which was the idea of mercantilism. The opportunities created by this

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    The Discovery of Biological Taxonomy Taxonomy is the scientific classification of living organisms. It is known that two main naturalists were responsible for discovering and founding this classification method‚ John Ray and Carl Linnaeus. Biological Taxonomy has a hierarchy of seven main ranks; Kingdom‚ Phylum (Division if it is Botany)‚ Class‚ Order‚ Family‚ Genus and Species. These classify every living thing from Animals to Bacteria. Some of the classification system is written English

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    14 October 3‚ 2013 The age of Exploration affected not only Europeans in a positive way but other regions in positive but mostly negative ways. The Age of Exploration began when Columbus believe in new trade routs to India and found the Americas. There were many motives like sliver‚ gold‚ converting people‚ spices‚ and more technology. During this time Europeans affected many native populations of newly conquered lands. During the age of ExplorationEuropeans shaped the newly conquered lands

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    Scientific Revolution Thesis Paper Which "era" of the early modern period was the most revolutionary? Why? What does it mean to be revolutionary? To be revolutionary‚ as defined by dictionary.com is to "introduce a radical change".1 The Scientific Revolution radically changed how people perceived the world. Thousands of discoveries were made and it showed people of the 17th century that there was much more to this planet. It emphasized reason and individualism. Ultimately‚ the Scientific Revolution

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    1. What is meant by the ‘postmodern condition’?   Postmodernism can be called “a condition of contemporary culture”‚ it is a modern movement which is strong‚ ambiguous‚ very popular and controversial. However‚ it is very difficult to explain the term because there is no full clarity what the term really means. As one can read in The Condition of Postmodernity it is “a mine-field of conflicting notions” and “a battleground of conflicting opinions and political forces”. There are so many interpretations

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    Scientific Discovery of Plasma. Plasma‚ the "Fourth State of Matter‚" was first identified in a Crookes tube‚ an experimental electrical discharge tube in which air is ionized by the application of a high voltage through a voltage coil‚ and it was described by Sir William Crookes‚ an English physicist‚ in 1879. It was first called "radiant matter”. However‚ Dr. Irving Langmuir‚ an American chemist and physicist‚ applied the word "Plasma" to ionized gas‚ in 1929. Plasma just happens to be the most

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    CAREER EXPLORATION My ultimate value is my family. My vision for my own self is to live happily with my family in the future. I love to spend my spare time with them. Hanging around with friends and family make me feel well. I love to play on computer. I also love to play with the magical numbers. I like surfing on the internet‚ exploring new things‚ reading articles related with health‚ life‚ and economic events such as the stock market‚ financial companies‚ investment corporations‚ etc. I think

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    Islam and Christianity in Early Modern Africa Indigenous Religions still present Recognize a supreme‚ remote creator god‚ but devote most of their attention to powerful spirits. Spirits associated with geographic features such as mountains‚ waters‚ or forests. Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa Most Africans maintained their inherited Religions. Islam and Christianity attracted increasing interest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Islam most popular in West Africa and Swahili City-States. Timbuktu – Islamic University

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    Core Conditions

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    counselling skills. Carl Rogers’ Humanistic approach believed in the innate ability of individuals to find their way through their problems given the correct environment to do so. In order to do this successfully however‚ Rogers professed that three core conditions: empathy‚ congruence and understanding must exist. In the absence of one of these‚ positive personality change will not happen. This essay will explore in greater depth these three fundamentals and I will show how they are necessary‚ and can be

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