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    civilizations‚ realized the power of communication was vast. Beings incapable of using words appear incoherent and therefore useless. The Library of Alexandria is a physical example of literacy being destroyed. With the incredible tales told of the library in Egypt‚ people can only assume that valuable information was lost in the destruction of the Library of Alexandria (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). The lost and valuable information could have helped human kind evolve. Across time‚ numerous words

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    since metropolitian was a relatively new term. As a result‚ in an effort to solidify each metropolitan bishop’s authority‚ in its sixth canon‚ the Council of Nicea settled the jurisdiction of each of the sees. “The bishops that ruled the see of Alexandria had jurisdiction if Egypt‚ Libya and the Pentapolis (modern Benghazi)‚ Rome over the churches in Italy‚ and Antioch over Syria” (Wilkin 178). Wilkin notes that Jerusalem was not included in the original

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    Greek Architecture in Egypt

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    Characteristics of Greek Architecture:- INTRODUCTION:- Instead of covering nearly every bit of space with ornament‚ as the Egyptians did‚ the Greeks selected only the best places for it‚ and thus gave it its proper effect. The decorations‚ especially the sculptures‚ were one of the chief features of a Greek temple. Besides their temples the Greeks built many theaters which may be studied from their ruins‚ but of their dwelling-houses almost nothing remains to us. The Greek style is noted for

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    The Seven Wonder of the Ancient World The ancient Greeks loved to compile lists of the awe-inspiring structures in their world. Today we think of the seven wonders of the ancient world as a single list‚ but there were actually a number of lists made by different Greek writers. Many of the lists agreed on six of the seven items. These were; The Great Pyramid of Egypt‚ which was located in Giza‚ Egypt and was built around 2560 BC. Its purpose was to serve as the tomb of Pharoah Khufu. It is 146m

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    Women in Mathematics

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    and understanding the intricacies of math. Although various cultures discouraged women mathematicians‚ these women were able to re-define the standards for women in this field of study. Hypatia of Alexandria was born in Roman Egypt and was the daughter of a teacher of mathematics‚ Theon of Alexandria. Hypatia studied with her father as well as with many other mathematicians. When she was older‚ she taught at the Neoplatonist school of philosophy. She wrote on mathematics‚ philosophy‚ as well as

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    Pythagorean Triples

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    and 5n would also be a set of Pythagorean triple. This is true because: (3n)2 + (4n)2 = (5n)2   So‚ you can make infinite triples just using the (3‚4‚5) triple. Euclid’s Proof that there are Infinitely Many Pythagorean Triples However‚ Euclid used a different reasoning to prove the set of Pythagorean triples is unending. The proof was based on the fact that the difference of the squares of any two consecutive numbers is always an odd number. For example‚ 22 - 12 = 4-1 = 3‚ 152 - 142

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    Irrational Numbers

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    (by mohan arora) Have you ever thought how this world of mathematics would be without irrational numbers? If the great Pythagorean hyppasus or any other mathematician would have not ever thought of such numbers?  Before ‚understanding the development of irrational numbers ‚we should understand what these numbers originally are and who discovered them? In mathematics‚ an irrational number is any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio a/b‚ where a and b are integers and b is non-zero

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    logic research

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    Logic Logic (from the Greek λογική‚ logike)[1] has two meanings: first‚ it describes the use of valid reasoning in some activity; second‚ it names the normative study of reasoning or a branch thereof.[2][3] In the latter sense‚ it features most prominently in the subjects of philosophy‚ mathematics‚ and computer science. Logic was studied in several ancient civilizations‚ including India‚[4] China‚[5] Persia and Greece. In the West‚ logic was established as a formal discipline by Aristotle‚ who

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    Remember the Titans Setting The story takes place in 1971‚ Alexandria in Virginia State‚ USA. In the high school of the town‚ T.C. Williams‚ there are serious problems between black and white people‚ furthermore the racial discrimination is present everywhere in the country. For example‚ a with man killed a black boy just for entering his shop. Hence‚ the mood is violent‚ and in the middle of discrimination and racism environment. Theme The movie shows that we can successfully set aside our differences

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    where they play the main character? Season 6 was also referred to as the end of Rick’s journey as leader. He’s no longer in charge anymore with the appearance of Negan‚ and any power he may have once had seems to be gone. After he brought the Alexandria community together‚ is there just nothing left for Rick to do? Another theory among Walking Dead fans is that when Negan tells his men to feed Carl’s other eye to his father if anyone gets out of line‚ he could be a referencing to a zombie version

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