characters in Japanese: hiragana‚ katakana‚ and kanji. All three characters can be seen in a single sentence. テレビを見ます Katakana Kanji Hiragana Hiragana and katakana‚ like the alphabet‚ represent sounds. As you can see in the above example‚ hiragana has a roundish shape and is used for conjugation endings‚ function words‚ and native Japanese words not covered by kanji. Katakana‚ which has rather straight fines‚ is normally used for writing loanwords and foreign names. For example‚ the Japanese word for
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characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze and proto-writing‚ and other features of urban civilization. An ancient civilization can be in the Bronze Age either by smelting its own copper and alloying with tin‚ or by trading for bronze from production areas elsewhere. THE IRON AGE: The iron age is the period generally occurring after the Bronze Age‚ marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such
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SCHOOL OF LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE STUDIES St. Patrick’s‚ Carleton University 日本語３０１０A JAPA3010A Third-Year Japanese Academic Year: 2014 秋学期 Course Title/Number: 三年生の日本語 JAPA3010A Time/Location: JAPA3010A Tuesdays and Thursdays‚ 2:35-3:55pm‚ RC209 Department: The School of Linguistics and Language Studies Instructor: Yoko Azuma-Prikryl Office/Hours: 324 St.Patrick’s building Phone: 613-520-2600 Ext. 6635 Wednesdays 2:00-3:00 pm and Thursday 4:20~5:20pm or by appointment
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In this paper‚ first I will present my views on the book ‘Muslims and Science’ by Pervaiz Hoodhbhoy. Then I will provide the characteristics that allowed Western civilization to outpace Muslim civilization in the development of science. In the introduction of his book ‘Muslims and Science’‚ Hoodhbhoy (1991: 1) raises an important and most pertinent question which he also reverts back to in later chapters and which is central to his book that‚ is the Islamic faith in harmony with the science of
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1 The Birth of Civilization Mohenjo-Daro Figure. Scholars believe this limestone statue from about 2500 B.C.E. depicts a king or a priest from Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus valley in present-day Pakistan. Does this figure seem to emphasize the features of a particular person or the attributes of a particular role? Hear the Audio for Chapter 1 at www.myhistorylab.com CRAIMC01_xxxii-031hr2.qxp 2/17/11 3:22 PM Page xxxii EARLY HUMANS AND THEIR CULTURE page 1 WHY IS “culture” considered a defining
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Civilization and technology are a couple things that the modern era take for granted. Although for the river civilizations that founded these things it wasn’t seen as a luxury but as a necessary notion of revolution‚ and for the river civilizations of the early Americans they accomplished these and more so. There are three amazing early american cultures that will definitely go down in history. These societies are: The Aztecs‚ The Incas‚ and the Mayans. They are well known today‚ and children are
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the World: a Brief Global History. Boston‚ MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2009. Print. CHAPTER THREE: First Civilizations Cities‚ States‚ and Unequal Societies3500 b.c.e.–500 b.c.e. “Over 100 miles of wilderness‚ deep exploration into pristine lands‚ the solitude of backcountry camping‚ 4×4 trails‚ and ancient American Indian rock art and ruins. You can’t find a better way to escape civilization!” So goes an advertisement for a vacation in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park‚ one of thousands of similar
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Sydney Dodds Origins of Ancient Civilizations Professor Hepp February 6‚ 2013 Drawbacks of Complex Societies Today we are convinced that modern‚ complex societies excel and surpass earlier civilizations. We believe that we live in a period of all around progress‚ a state that has a positive connotation to most people. During the transition to complex societies‚ having first arisen in southern Mesopotamia‚ humans’ relations to the environment and to other people greatly transformed. Although
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The First Civilization The Rise of Civilization EQ1: How did civilization develop in the region of Sumer? Answer: Civilization developed in the region of Sumer because then they had a better and easy life to live. What is traits of civilization? * Advanced Cities * * Cities became important because farmers needed a place to store and trade their surplus again * * As cities grew larger and larger‚ they began to offer other advantages to do
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The claim that ancient cultures and civilizations developed in isolation due to limited technology and travel overlooks significant evidence of shared practices and institutions. Despite the distances and cultural variations‚ ancient societies shared fundamental aspects of social organization‚ governance‚ and labor systems. By examining examples from the textbook‚ we can argue this notion and demonstrate how civilizations shared commonalities in areas such as patriarchy‚ social hierarchy‚ conquest
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