Japanese (日本語 Nihongo?‚ [nihõŋgo]‚ [nihõŋŋo] ( listen)) is an East Asian language spoken by about 125 million speakers‚ primarily in Japan‚ where it is the national language. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family‚ whose relation to other language groups is debated‚ particularly to Korean and the suggested Altaic language family. Little is known of the language’s prehistory‚ or when it first appeared in Japan. 3rd century Chinese documents recorded a few Japanese words
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Brew The discovery of beer had several major impacts on early civilizations that are now carried to modern day. To begin‚ early communities found food sources by hunting game‚ fishing‚ and gathering edible plants. These groups were nomadic and didn’t stay in a single location for very long since they had to follow where food was available. However‚ around 12‚000 years ago these people began to settle down and farm instead. These civilizations began to farm cereal grains and barley which became reliable
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The Hittites were the most advanced early civilization; before it collapsed they were able to expand the civilization into Mesopotamia while also pushing out most of the other early civilizations. The Hittites were the beginning of the Iron Age‚ after the empire collapsed the secret was passed all throughout the world. Although the Persians developed the mail system‚ the Hittites are the most developed early civilization‚ had many advances in technology‚ discovered iron then used it for weapons and
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Early civilization shared similar common features‚ because all of these societies were under the same pressures. Their whole purpose was survival as it is to this day. Each societies main focus was to become established‚ stay in one place provide food‚ shelter and protection for their families. Early civilizations materialize along rivers‚ because rivers supplied a continuous and dependable supply of water for farming and human consumption. Agriculture today has had an enormous benefit on today’s
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Chapter 1 Part 1 Early Man • Most of the 2 million plus years of mans existence has been associated with the Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age. • This period had both Homo erectus and Homo sapiens sapiens and lasted until 14‚000 years ago. HE disappeared about 40‚000 years ago. HSS are our direct descendants. Hunter/Gatherer and Late Paleolithic Developments • HG economies dominated human history until 9000 BCE and help propel migration over most of the lands of the earth. • Tool
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-AP World History - StearnsChapter 1 – From Human Prehistory to the Early CivilizationsI. IntroductionA. Human origin – 2.5 million years ago1. 1/4000 of earth’s existence – 24 hour day – last 5 minutesB. Human negatives and positives1. Aggressiveness‚ long baby time‚ back problems‚ death fears2. Grip‚ high/regular sex drive‚ omnivores‚ facial expressions‚ speechC. Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age – 2.5 million to 12000 BCE1. Simple tools – increase in size‚ brain capacity – Homo erectusII. Late Paleolithic
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After reading thoroughly this chapter concerning with social structures of the Early Modern Europe and different forms of development of society in a political and economic context‚ I believe that the absolutist state had the largest impact on Modern European civilization due to some factors that I’m going to explain below. Firstly‚ France followed the path of absolutism under the leadership of a powerful king (427). In other words‚ the king concentrated all the rights to make decisions throughout
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North American Civilization Paper Early North American cultures were drastically different than today’s cultures. The earliest North Americans migrated from Asia in about 35‚000 B.C.‚ this was during the prehistoric glacial period. They continued to migrate even after 8‚000. Over a span of 25‚000 years settlement of early North Americans spread down to the Alaskan coast. After that spread deep into the North America‚ then they migrated down to Central and South America. The early North Americans
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Japanese Language for Children (Interactive CD) Nampu Kawamoto April 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Background Project Description Rationale Project Objectives Communication Objectives Theoretical Framework Project Brief Technical Description Content Outline Components Audience Beneficiary and Market Profile Sample Audiences Scope and Limitations Review of Related Literature and Works Proposed Methodology References Background Visual arts are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in
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Civilizations are the cradles of humanity. Without this‚ we are an unorganized clutter of people with no chance of survival. But in a civilization‚ we depend on one another to keep the world stable and insure one another’s ability to live successfully. A civilization is many things but an accurate definition is “the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.” This shows that a civilization is very advanced form of life where there is a lot of social interaction
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