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    Tattoo History

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    historically rich as the other. Tattooing peoples body‚ whether for a living or for a hobby‚ is the form of art that is richest in history. In this research paper‚ I will discuss the history of tattoos‚ starting with the Polynesians‚ then I will uncover the role tattoos played during World War 2‚ and lastly‚ I will talk about tattoos in the modern day. Tattoos have a very long history in Samoa‚ Polynesia which began over two thousand years ago. Tattooing is known as an unbreakable Polynesian tradition which

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    AP World History Test Review Foundations: 8000BCE-600CE Directions – Complete the following review sheet by writing in the correct information for all the statements/words in bold. This outline follows the College Board course outline for AP World History. 1. Time: Periodization in Early Human History & What ushered in the next period? Paleolithic Age: Major developments- Stone tools‚ natural shelters‚ fire‚ warfare bury dead‚ migration‚ organization‚ gender roles emerge‚ and village organization

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    theatre history

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    Why knowing the history of theatre so important to actors? This is something I use to ask myself a lot. In this Theatre History coarse I am slowly realizing why just knowing my history will help me as an actor. In this paper I will discuss some. The origin and development of Theatre started well over twenty-five hundred years ago. During that time performances where performed for ritual reasons that did not requires initiation on the part of the spector. A man named Aristotle came along

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    Name: AP World History Document-Based Question (DBQ) DIRECTIONS: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-9. The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that  has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents  uses all of the documents  analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many ways

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    History of Love

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    In Nicole Krauss’s novel The History of Love she takes the life of a lonely man with a large appetite for attention and tells his story of lost love and an unknown family whom he watches from a far. The main character a man named Leo Gursky‚ in his late 80’s‚ lacks a family or the friends to support him. He manages to survive from the company of one man Bruno and the knowledge that his dream of being a writer is being fulfilled by his son‚ who doesn’t know Gursky even exists. Gursky found love early

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    History of silk

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    History of silk Silk‚ one of the oldest fibers known to man‚ originated in China. The history of silk is both enchanting and illustrious. Following sections cover the various facets of silk history. [For general silk information‚ please visit the All About Silk section‚ which covers various related subjects‚ such as Advantages of Silk‚ Cleaning Silk‚ How Silk is Made‚ Silk Info Dictionary‚ and Interesting Facts about Silk.] The Legend The Silk Road A Well-Kept Secret Sericulture

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    Marimba History

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    understand the history we can explain how it got its name. The name marimba derives from Bantu. In this group of African languages rimba means a flattish object striking out‚ and the ma prefix means many keys. In Guatemala the name marimba means the wood that sings. The first marimba that we know of consisted of a leg comprised of one‚ two‚ or three slabs of disconnected wood. African gourds were placed as resonators. A musician from Chiapas

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    history in philippines

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    Summary: Unhistorical Data There are some narratives that have been previously accepted in Philippine History as facts but later were found out to be historical errors. Maragtas It is the story about ten Malay datu from Borneo who settled into the Philippine Islands. According to the Maragtas at around 1250 A.D.‚ ten Bornean Datu left their kingdom in search of new homes across the sea to escape the merciless rule of Sultan Makatunaw. Led by Datu Puti‚ the Borneans landed in the island of Panay and

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    History of Singapore

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    "Strategic locations are places important to those with the power to make or break you. It thus follows that external trends‚ not local efforts‚ will always decide which locations thrive." Does the rise of regional hubs from Palembang to Melaka confirm or refute this theory? The Malay world first acquired high strategic value because improvements in shipping technology made seaborne trade more efficient than shorter land-based routes. Combined with the increase in demand for goods traded over long

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    The History of Tattoos

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    Cited: Invisible Ink Company. “The History of Tattoos.” Web. 7 July 2010 Krcmarik‚ Katherine L. “The History of Tattooing.” Web. 7 July 2010

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