While visiting the Los Angeles County Museum of Art I was struck by a piece by the title of Fragment of a Painted Assyrian Relief. This piece‚ made by the Akkadian culture during the Mesopotamia Era‚ is approximately 10 3/8 x 5. 1 ¾ inch in size. This fine‚ yet very ancient‚ work is crafted out of limestone. Fine‚ durable‚ brown stone and red pigment‚ it is especially found in Northern Iraq. Having a short written record‚ this relief sculpture once formed part of a much larger composition‚ and it
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From the Great Wall to the Pyramids The Great Wall of China and the Egyptian Pyramids are both Manmade Wonders of the World and belong to two of the oldest civilizations. Ancient Egypt and ancient China both have history that date back over 4‚000 years ago‚ and though the two civilizations co-existed simultaneously with one another‚ there were little contact between the two. Yet apart from some underlying differences‚ there are many similarities between the two cultures as is highlighted when examining
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The Nile was the center of Ancient Egypt. It was the reason the Egyptians developed the civilization. The areas surrounding Egypt are desert land. The Nile keeps it fertile. “It rises south of the Equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea‚” said Charles Smith‚ “It has a length of about 4‚132 miles (6‚650 kilometres) and drains an area estimated at 1‚293‚000 square miles (3‚349‚000 square kilometres).”(britannica.com) The Nile river actually has 2
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Have you ever saved a bird from a trash can? The possibility is very slim but if you have high five. But this is an example of why I am so great. I was nice enough to notice that the bird was stuck and it might of needed help; so then I pulled off the trash can lid and picked up the large trash can and let the bird fly away. Another reason I am great is because I am also very respectful to other people. An example of why i am respectful is because I will hold a door for people if they are old or
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The first code of laws In a land far‚ far away‚ in a place called Mesopotamia‚ The people were scattered and never worked together until‚ Hammurabi came and changed everything. Hammurabi is known for his code of laws. A code of laws is a collection of written laws and rules. He made these laws because the gods told him to. Hammurabi was known for one big reason. He made the first code of laws that brought the city states together. First‚ he started writing the laws in 1792 B.C.E and he finished
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Ancient Egypt: Old‚ Middle‚ and New Kingdom Outline I. Thesis: Ancient Egyptians were the basis for many western traditions. Their influences are noticeable in art‚ architecture‚ and religion. II. The Old Kingdom A. Zoser‚ the first pharaoh. 1. built the famed Step Pyramid 2. brought unity to Egypt B. Religion 1. creation 2. gods C. Art D. Downfall of the Old Kingdom III. The Middle Kingdom A. Pyramids B. Middle Kingdom religion 1
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These engravings give the chair an even more importance. Let us remind the reader how Egyptians believed in life after death. They said that the objects they put in their grave would follow them in the beyond. This may be a reason why many pieces of furniture‚ like this chair‚ were embellished with funeral hieroglyphs after death. Those hieroglyphs are stylized naturalistic design with the male and the
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was the Vizier he was the over saw the land.It is believed that egyptian law was based on common sense of right and wrong.Another thing is beside slaves everyone was viewed as equal under the law.something else is that children of the poor had considerable legal rights.Also many of the legal transactions were required to be written. A second indicator to prove that egypt was a civilization is religion.One thing is that the egyptians is that they built little
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time ago. It was the time before the pharaohs‚ and before anyone knew how to write. Prehistory dates from as far back as you can imagine‚ think millions of years‚ to about 3000 B.C. when the 1st Dynasty of Egyptian pharaohs began their rule. There is not much that is known about prehistoric Egyptians. Egypt was not one big desert with a river giving it life such as it is now. The land was green and grassy and there was rain. The people hunted with stone axes and bone spears‚ in search of fresh game
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In Al-Sayed’s article‚ repetition is widely used as the writer is a non-native of English. For instance‚ "building materials" is repeated around seven times in paragraphs: 1‚ 3‚ 7‚ 11‚ 16‚ 17‚ as it is the name and the topic of the article. What is more‚ the verb ’open’ is repeated along with ’crossings’ in paragraph 4‚ 7‚ 17‚ 19 revealing the importance of this action in the ’reconstruction’ which is repeated for nine times. Moreover‚ ’peace’ is repeated seven times for its importance to Gaza‚ as
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