I choose the quote “Weak people get revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore‚” because it has influenced me greatly‚ especially in my everyday life. My mom grew up going to a newly unsegregated school and she taught me to always show others respect‚ no matter what. I think that the quote gives a great example to those that are struggling with different types of discrimination or bigotry. I think that the strongest people are capable of ignoring those that cause hate and discontent
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A Definition Of Civilization by Philip Atkinson All Human inventions are first thoughts before they become things. So the creations of communities such as cities‚ governments‚ armies‚ as well as communal achievements such as conquests and discoveries— everything that goes to make a civilization — must spring from a community ’s thoughts. Hence: Civilization: is the tangible expression of a communal understanding. Communal Understanding: is that single understanding allowed by the set of values
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Throughout the civilizations of the sun‚moon‚planet and stars have provided us to many types of calendars.Many people used our solar system to fit the civilization of our culture.Throughout our lifetime Specialist would research and would also study the hours and the amount of days and months that we have. Our question still nowadays is how did people create different calendars depending of the culture. Ancient calendars relied upon the apparent motions. As an example the sky determines
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and how the temple was built. Kukulkan was one of the three gods the mayans thought to have created the earth. He was a serpent god who taught the mayans things such as civilization‚ agriculture‚ and medicine. For a brief time Kukulkan was on earth and went into the ocean telling the mayans that he would return later. The mayans thought the european settlers to be kukulkan which eventually led to the defeat of the mayans culture.
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Lisa Shaw’s article Amelia Earhart’s life and Disappearance‚ was great‚ Although‚ she spent little time informing about her early life. Noting only that Amelia Earhart was born on July 24‚ 1897. Amelia grew up with her sister grace and a love for adventure. As a child‚ Amelia explored their neighborhood and even built a roller coaster in her back yard with her uncle. This rollercoaster gave her that first taste of flight. Shaw then spent a majority of the article explaining the steps Amelia took
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Historic Past of the Egyptian and Mayan Pyramids Can you imagine building something almost as big as eight football fields? Skilled laborers who built the Pyramids of Giza and the Mayan pyramids built them almost or that big! The Pyramids of Giza and the Mayan pyramids are fascinating insights upon history. These pyramids are attached to great tradition as well as an historic past. They had similar and different features. This is what made them so unique and special. As you will see‚ these breathe
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The mayans and the aztecs are very interesting civilisation‚ they are very advanced and they have many informations but little information on the origin‚they have a lot of similarities and differences‚Plus they had a huge impact in now days.The mayans and aztecs religion is very interesting which i will cover in this essay. The mayans origin and development has little known information about it.The history of Maya civilisation is divided into three principal periods‚ the first one is Preclassic
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Malaysia Airlines’ Flight 370 Disappearance Have you ever pondered about a plane disappearing in the 21st century and not being able to find it? On March 8th‚ 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared. The plane was scheduled to take off from Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia and to land in Beijing‚ China. The flight held 227 passengers and 12 crew members. It is said that Flight 370 lost contact with air traffic control after less than an hour of flying. A couple hours later the flight was announced missing
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The afterlife is where all the souls go after their host dies‚ but it all depends on what that soul during its life to determine where it stay forever. The Ancient Greeks‚ Egyptians‚ and Mayans all believed that once you die your soul goes to a place either a paradise or hellish place. They were all separated by hundreds of years and were thousands of miles away on different continents. Oddly they all share the same beliefs on the afterlife. The Ancient Greeks believed that the soul good or bad
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well as their ancient ancestors who built an ancient civilizations that stretched throughout much of Central America. The Ancient Mayans are renowned among historians and archaeologists as being an incredibly advanced culture that excelled at mathematics‚ astronomy and arts. With their star-based calendar predicting the end of the world in 2012. Much of Mayan history is under mystery and yet is still to be discovered in the future like the Lost Mayan City of Mirador that is located in the middle of the
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