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    In the pre-historic times‚ there lived a pact of men in a cave. The men use to go out in the day and hunt for food. One day the strongest of the pact wanted a bigger share from the food and so he did‚ the others did not mind. Slowly it became a regular practice‚ eventually leading to a conflict amongst them. It resulted in a battle between the strongest and the second best… they fought each other with sticks & stones. The strongest managed to kill his opponent. The rest watched and decided to abide

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    GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU. NAIROBI CAMPUS. COURSE TITLE: SOCIOLOGY COURSE CODE: CHD –131 STUDENT NAMES AND NUMBERS: 1. Anne Thitu - BCHD/13-S/57 2. Diana Chege - BCHD/13-S/40 3. Dorothy Kiongo - BCHD/13-S/38 4. Edwina Anyango - BCHD 5. Julius Sazia - BCHD 6. Lawi Mwobobia - BCHD/13-S/73 7. Nicholas Mwendwa - BCHD/13-S/89 8. Pauline M. Mwololo - BHCD/13-S/52 9. Purity Kibe -

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    than the world we live in today‚ after all the exploration‚ settlement and expression of the different empires we have learned a lot. From the different discoveries‚ cultures and learning from others the world has moved forward. We have paintings‚ carvings and written records that show us how life was indifferent areas of the world from thousands of years ago. People have changed‚ cultures have changed and there are a lot more rules and regulations than there was years ago. People that lived in the

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    paintings can serve religious purposes‚ since they used to believe in gods and goddesses; they use these paintings as offerings or prayers to gain strength over the animals that see them as preys. Fertility on the other hand can be seen with the carvings and statues that are mostly figures of women. And one thing that is common is that the reproductive parts are emphasized such as the breasts‚ also enlarged hips and legs and also abdomens that suggest the idea of pregnancy. In relation to survival

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    It was the day before Halloween and me and my family were getting ready to go to the pumpkin patch in the town of Griffith by Strack’s &Van Til. My mom kept saying‚ ”Hurry up Addison”! So I finally went down stairs and got my jacket. Then I went out side and got in the car so we could leave to go to Scheeringa Farms & Produce. When we got there we started looking for pumpkins right away. Well I should say we didn’t my little sister did so I had to chase after her. So we finally started looking

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    He wanted to create a world economy that was open to everyone and not just a few. For example‚ in his vision of open trade‚ Wilson wanted all of the European nations to have access to trading in China as opposed to carving up and dividing China into separate European colonies. In this model‚ any country could go in and trade with China. Woodrow Wilson wanted this system of open trade for not just China but for every country. He also introduced the idea of self-determination

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    will influence my own work because she has shown me that intricate designs can create beautiful pieces‚ as well as keeping it simple. This influences my perception of ceramic art because it displays that pottery does not need vivid colors or precise carvings to be beautiful. Adelaide Robineau was a woman of many talents who displayed this throughout her life. She received several well-deserved awards and recognitions during her career. In 2016‚ about 87 years after her death‚ she still continues to

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    In this essay I will compare and contrast two ancient head sculptures. The first is a female head (Inanna) from Uruk‚ (modern Warka) Iraq. The artist is not very sure about the head that belongs to Inanna. The marble head dates back to c.a. 3200-3000 BCE‚ and is comprised of marble. The second image is the head of an Akkadian ruler‚ from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik)‚ Iraq‚ c.a. 2250-2200 BC‚ and is constructed of copper. Both the sculptures contain very distinctive artistic features and were constructed

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    Niagara Falls Forming long before man roamed the earth and still today slowly continuing its process of reformation‚ Niagara Falls has become a worldwide tourist site and geological amazement. The continued and present process of reformation is contributed to an annual freezing and re-thawing of the rivers water. This event allows the reformation and eventual wearing away of the rocks beneath the surface‚ that along with continued erosion and periodic falling of large rock formations have slowly

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    began in 1832 and continued until the early 1950s‚ when breakthroughs in the Code were made‚ allowing more glyphs to be figured out. The first thing to be decoded were the Mayan numbers in 1832‚ allowing Mayan years to be matched with writings and carvings. Later‚ in 1880‚ Ernst Förstemann decoded the Mayan Calendar and discovered the Mayan way of measuring time (“Time Line”). In the 1930’s‚ Eric Thompson‚ a popular Mayanist‚ convinced most other researchers that each

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