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    Comparing Floods.

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    Compare Floods in LEDC and MEDC I am going to discuss two case studies regarding floods. One of my case studies is of Cocker mouth‚ this is a town in England exposed to floods this is my case study of an MEDC. My other case study is the LEDC in which I talk about Bangladesh. Cocker mouth is situated in the Lake District in England. England is an MEDC and this area experienced vast ranges of flooding during late November. The town lies among the confluence of two rivers that leave it prone to flooding

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    Tragedy in Genesis

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    type of tragedy. While the Greek tragedies focused upon the catastrophic nature of tragedy‚ The Biblical Book of Genesis provides the reader with another tragic paradigm. Genesis describes tragic events which are neither catastrophic nor transforming. In fact‚ according to the Genesetic paradigm‚ tragedy need not end in death. Before entering into a detailed discussion of Genesis‚ we must attempt to define the term tragedy itself. Walter Kaufmann defines tragedy in an almost scientific kind

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    The Johnstown Flood

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    The Johnstown Flood The Johnstown flood is tragic story. Almost a myth these days‚ thousands of lives were lost only hundreds saved. David McCullough artfully tells the story of the dam that broke‚ because of ignorance and neglect‚ and the individual lives that it affected‚ he crafts together the facts of the disaster with the emotion making you see and feel the pain and hurt. When the huge dam broke and hundreds of thousands of gallons of water went rushing down into the valley there was nothing

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    Gilgamesh Synopsis

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient poem/literature from Mesopotamia (present day Iraq). The Epic of Gilgamesh is amongst the earliest work of literature known to man. This Literature was originally inscribed on 12 clay tablets in cuneiform script. This literature explores the adventures of Gilgamesh‚ the historical part-god and part-human King of Uruk (one of the many cities in ancient Mesopotamia). This literature also explores the boundaries of love‚ friendship‚ death‚ immortality‚ and life as

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    Gilgamesh vs Bible

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    the Epic of Gilgamesh compares to the Bible in many different ways and the epic also has an extraordinarily different perspective than the Bible does. Yet the Bible and Gilgamesh‚ story or truth‚ myth or religion‚ these are questions that are applied to the ancient epic of Gilgamesh. Interestingly‚ these same questions apply to another major? They were written many years ago‚ both with many different versions‚ and in different languages work‚ the Bible. While the Sumerians wrote Gilgamesh as early

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    Genesis

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    For two countries that share the same island‚ Haiti and the Dominican Republic could seemingly not be more different. While Haiti and the Dominican Republic are both Latin American‚ they are clearly differentiated thrthis is the language‚ economy‚ and customs. Despite the Dominican Republic’s economlovely the largest in the Caribbean‚ the country suffers from a 50% poverty rate that can be attributed to a poor education system and limited healthcare. Meanwhile‚ Haiti is one of the most economically

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    Epic of Gilgamesh

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a half human half-god individual searching for life’s answer. It highlights many facets of basic human nature‚ along with innate human fears‚ needs‚ and desire. The main character‚ Gilgamesh embodies many of these characteristics of humankind coupled with his immense strength and position of power derived from his godly background. He journeys through life attempting to find way to avoid death and become immortal. He soon learns that immortality is reserved

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    Epic of Gilgamesh

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    epic of GilgameshGilgamesh and how he is as a ruler changes drastically from the beginning of the epic to the end. In the beginning of the epic Gilgamesh is almost childlike in his views on his kingdom and the people he rules. As the epic progresses Gilgamesh grows with his reputation and support of his friend Enkidu. By the end of the epic Gilgamesh has matured to the point of selflessness. In the beginning of the epic in the prologue it states that the gods created Gilgamesh and gave

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    Genesis Essay

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    Bible 105 Genesis 1-11 Genesis gives me a lot of insight to “the beginning". As I have read the Book of Genesis‚ it gave me total but not complete insight of how things were in the past to get where we are now according to the scriptures. What really intrigues me was how the human identity was formed because many ideas are said that we come from animals and evolved over time another‚ also is said that we come from the Lord himself‚ lastly one is said that we come from even nature. This chapter

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    Gilgamesh and Death

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    as a God‚ he can live forever without boundaries or conventions. Gilgamesh longs for everything this transcendent hero embodies. Therefore he goes on a long‚ arduous journey with the hopes of freeing himself from the constraints of mortality and humanity‚ only to become more like the winged hero from the seal. In the beginning of the epic‚ Gilgamesh is all-powerful and despotic. He is two thirds god and one third human. (Gilgamesh I: 45) He built the great city of Uruk up from nothing‚ only to rule

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