Everything on Earth cannot stay the same‚ except for the amount of mass on the planet. Even Earth itself changes. Throughout history‚ our planet’s land structures have changed drastically. Hills were formed and terrain was flattened. All of this was because of erosion. Erosion is the process of Earth being weathered down. The word “erosion” originates from the Latin word‚ “erosionem” which means “gnawing away.” Erosion is when forces of nature “gnaw away” at the Earth and cause the ground to move
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Neolithic Revolution (8000 BCE- 600 BCE) AP World History begins Domestication of plants Jared Diamond’s article "The Worst Mistake in Human History" First wheat in the Middle East Rice in East and Southeast Asia Yams in West Africa Maize in the Americas Tarot roots in New Guinea Domestication of animals Horses‚ cows‚ sheep‚ pigs‚ goats in Afro-Eurasia Llama only large
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Dredging The Hudson River For PCBs Tens of thousands of years ago‚ glaciers carved out the Hudson River. It is an estuary‚ " An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with a free connection to the open sea and within which sea water is diluted by fresh water"(life.bio.sunysb.edu). The Hudson River begins in Lake Tear of the Clouds on the southwest side of Mount Marcy‚ the highest peak in New York‚ and is 315 miles long. At its deepest point‚ World ’s End near West Point‚ it is 216 feet
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land of the rivers. Dhaka city‚ the capital of Bangladesh is surrounded by the rivers-Turag‚ Buriganga‚ Dhaleshwari‚ Balu and Shitalakhya. A number of canals are connected to these rivers‚ which form a river canal network system. There are both residential and industrial units besides these rivers which are prime source of pollution of these rivers. The untreated waste water discharges by the industries cause serious pollution. Besides‚ non point sources along with the stretch of the river are also
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marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi. Interesting Facts about India • India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history. • When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago‚ Indians established Harappan culture in Indus Valley Civilization. • The name ’India’ is derived from the River Indus‚ the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. • Chess was invented in India. • Algebra‚ Trigonometry and Calculus are studies
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The Indus river valley is now Pakistan and extends into modern day Indian states of Gujarat‚ Rajasthan‚ Haryana‚ and Punjab. The Indus river valley is a big flood area. There was a huge flood that killed thousands of people‚ others were injured and 150‚000 evacuated. In the future‚ something like this could happen again due to the unpredictable flooding of the Indus River. There could also be greater problems like water scarcity‚ droughts‚ and food shortages because of the growing population and
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Hindi hai hum (hindi is our mother tongue) …….. are we really..??? Origin of ‘HINGLISH’ or as I say.. HINDIFICATION OF ENGLISH WORDS…!! After our independence‚ HINDI was declared to be the national language of our country. But this happened only in the paper‚ what came out in practice was much different. Few days back I was copying hindi notes from one of my classmate‚ shalini‚ now shalini hails from a Hindi-medium school which means that she studied all the subjects at school level in Hindi…
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in Guangzhou of China. The piano factory is located Pearl River‚ so that the brand of piano is called Pearl River. Since the adoption of an open-door policy‚ Chinaexploited a range of new opportunities provided by a market-oriented economy for expanding production‚ employments‚ and profits through free trade markets. As a result‚ PRPG face a chance due to import technology and export products‚ and then they were expended to become Pearl River piano Industrial Corporation. Their business become more successful
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separation in the book The River Between. Are there religions that are better than any other? Should you stick to your beliefs or be a rebel? Is it worth to go against the flow? Does anyone have obligations towards his religion? This is some of the questions that Ngūgĩ wa Thiong’o deals with. Ngūgĩ wa Thiong’o is a social activist and a Kenyan writer who was born in 1938. He was educated in Kenya‚ Uganda and Britain. In 1965‚ Ngūgĩ published his second work titled The River Between. Besides having
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The gift of the River Nile Done by: Priscilla Gan‚ 1PE (14) Table of contents: Introduction -page 1 Its role in ancient Egypt -Economically -page 2 -Socially -page 3 -Culturally -page 5 -Politically -page 7 Bibliolography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/river-nile-facts.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Ancient Egyptians materials and technology
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