Question 1: Explain the beginning of Judaism. Judaism originated with three men‚ known as the patriarchs. These men were Abraham‚ his son Isaac‚ and his grandson Jacob. Abraham was born in the city state of Ur by the name Abram. Abram’s father was Terach. In Terach’s time‚ people worshiped idols and a monotheistic religion did not exist. They worshiped idols. When Abram was a little boy‚ he took a hammer and broke all of the idols with a hammer except for the largest one‚ and told his father
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Terrorism involves activities such as assassinations‚ bombings‚ random killings‚ hijackings‚ and skyjackings. It is used for political‚ not military‚ purposes‚ and by groups too weak to mount open assaults. Terrorism reaches back to ancient Greece and has occurred throughout history. In the 20th cent. acts of terrorism have been associated with the Italian Red Brigades‚ the Irish Republican Army‚ the Palestine Liberation Organization‚ Peru ’s Shining Path‚ and the Weathermen among many groups. It
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Trigonometry is a field of mathematics first compiled by 2nd century BCE. Greek mathematician Hipparchus. The history of trigonometry and of trigonometric functions follows the general lines of the history of mathematics. Early study of triangles can be traced to the 2nd millennium BC‚ in Egyptian mathematics (Rhind Mathematical Papyrus) and Babylonian mathematics. Systematic study of trigonometric functions begins in Hellenistic mathematics‚ reaching India as part of Hellenistic astronomy. In Indian
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FK8R 34 Sociology A: Introduction to Sociology Alisha Walsh In the mid 1800’s‚ French author Auguste Comte came up with the term “sociology”. Although previous philosophers‚ historians and political thinkers had studied and tried to make sense of their societies‚ this was when it began to develop as a distinctive science. Comte grew up in a time of great social and political upheaval. As the world rapidly changed‚
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engaged in such useful tasks as fishing and gathering of fruits and vegetables. After a day’s work‚ all wild animals that had been killed in the hunt and all fruits and vegetables that had been gathered‚ would be divided equally among all the group of families which made up the balangay. One day‚ a group of hunters went out to hunt deer. In their desire to have a good catch‚ they traveled far and wide until they reached the Cordillera Mountains. Having traveled so far‚ and feeling dead tired‚ they decided
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Family is Irrelevant: Disagree Family is something that no one gets to choose‚ and no one can change. The best thing to do is be flexible and be able to take what they say and change it for your better understan express their rebellion. In the novels‚ Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger we get to experience growing up though the eyes of Holden Caulfield a sixteen year old. Whether it means wearing a raccoon tailed hat or ordering a prostitute Holden enjoys drawing attention to himself. He comes
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honestly I think I would lose sight of who I truly am. Dance gives me an opportunity to say anything I need to say without even using words and not being able to do that anymore can truly change a person. Technically I spend more time with my dance family than I do with my own parents‚ so what would I be if I wasn’t with them? Who would I be? Dance is definitely on the list as one of my top priorities‚ so I would have to rethink everything. This also brings me to the question is one born with passion
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fields have been ramping up research to those questions to discover the origins of how we become who we are (Paul‚ 2010; Barker‚ 1990). This paper is similarly motivated to help answer those questions. It looks at the relationship between prenatal healthcare and cognitive ability of the child. This topic stems from recent studies on investments in female health (Bloom et al.‚ 2015) and literature surrounding the “fetal origins hypothesis‚” as popularized by David J Barker
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Historical Development of Volleyball On February 9‚ 1895‚ in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts (USA)‚ William G. Morgan‚ a YMCA physical education director‚ created a new game calledMintonette as a pastime to be played (preferably) indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennisand handball. Another indoor sport‚ basketball‚ was catching on in the area‚ having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometers) away in the city of Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ only four
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DISCOVERY OF FIRE The largest technological breakthrough in prehistory was the discovery of fire. The discovery of the technology to make and sustain fire. The discovery of fire‚ or‚ more precisely‚ the controlled use of fire was‚ of necessity‚ one of the earliest of human discoveries. Fire ’s purposes are multiple‚ some of which are to add light and heat‚ to cook plants and animals‚ to clear forests for planting‚ to heat-treat stone for making stone tools‚ to burn clay for ceramic objects. Until
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