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    “The Tokugawa period‚ also called the Edo period‚ (1603–1867)‚ was the final period of traditional Japan and a time of internal peace‚ political stability‚ and economic growth under the shogunate founded by Tokugawa leyasu (Saldasis‚ 2011‚p.214-215). Feudal Japan was a hierarchy with the Emperors and Shoguns settled at the top and the rest of the classes below‚ such as the Daimyo‚ Samurai‚ Peasants‚ Artisans and Merchants. During the Edo Era‚ Shoguns held and gained the most power over other social

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    The Hellenistic Period is said to have begun in 323 B.C. with the death of Alexander‚ it ended at around 30-31 B.C. with the conquest of the last Hellenistic kingdom by the Roman Empire. The division caused by the death of Alexander sparked the Hellenistic period; his Empire divided among his four generals: Cassander‚ Ptolemy‚ Antigonus‚ and Seleucus. Through the Hellenistic period‚ many advances came about in different fields such as engineering‚ mathematics‚ and medicine. New philosophies and religions

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    The Hellenistic Culture

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    Before the Hellenistic world could make an impact on the world around it‚ first it became part of the culture‚ the language‚ integrate into the cities and religions‚ and then part of the Empires. Despite some resistance‚ the Hellenism world took high appeals to the people. The Hellenistic culture was one that was developed from the small‚ individual city-states and then grew greatly through the entire Mediterranean and then even further. (207) The culture itself was based on “philosophical and political

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    | Jani Smith | Ancient Cultures 212 | | March 18‚ 2013 | | Winged Victory Contents Introduction 2 Discovering 2 Hellenistic architecture and style 2 Composition and atmosphere 2 Genres and audience 3 Conclusion 4 Introduction One of the best known works of Hellenistic sculpture is Nike of Samothrace‚ now located in the Louvre museum in Paris. It is a demonstrative‚ and powerful sculpture which encapsulates everything great about Ancient Greece. The sculpture

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    History test 1 • • Question 1 0 out of 0.5 points Which of the following was not a society of the ancient Near East? Answer Selected Answer: Assyrian. Correct Answer: Indus Valley. • Question 2 0.5 out of 0.5 points The first anatomically modern homo sapiens Answer Selected Answer: first appeared in Africa about 150‚000 years ago. Correct Answer: first appeared in Africa about 150‚000 years ago. • Question 3 0 out of 0.5 points

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    Hellenistic Wicca

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    Hellenistic Wicca An Introduction to Wicca Wicca is a religion based on the Celtic beliefs in a goddess (Mother Nature) and a god (Pan). Despite the fact the religion started in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s‚ its roots date back to the days before Christianity. There have been many theories about the origins of Wicca‚ according to Gerald Gardner‚ an important figure in the in the Wiccan movement. Wicca dates back to the early days of man. Gardner believed it started as a religious ceremony

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    ciusConfucius was known for he’s teachings‚ preserved in the Analects‚ focused on creating ethical models of family and public interaction‚ and setting educational standards. Confucius was born in 551 B.C. in the Lu state of China and died on 479 B.C. There was a historian named Ssu-ma Chi’en and according to Records of the Historian‚ Confucius was born into a royal family of the Chou Dynasty also Confucius was a descendant of a branch of the royal house of Shang‚ the dynasty (a family of rulers)

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    Define the term sensitive periods and link them appropriately to the child’s first stage of development. Explain how you would support these sensitive periods during this first crucial stage. In this essay I will define the term sensitive periods linking it with stage of development‚ I will also outline the importance of these periods ‚ the consequences of not recognising it‚ and finally how we can support children in this crucial time. "A sensitive periods refers to a special sensibility

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    The Early Dynastic Period is an interval toward the beginning of what is routinely viewed as the historical backdrop of Ancient Egypt. It was the finish of the developmental phase of the Ancient Egyptian culture that started hundreds of years before the time of Prehistory. It was throughout this period that the celestial majesty turned out to be settled as Egypt’s type of government‚ and with it‚ a whole culture that would remain for all intents and purposes unaltered for the following three thousand

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    below: Define the term sensitive periods and link them appropriately to the child’s first stage of development. Explain how you would support these sensitive periods during this first crucial stage.- Briefly outline the stages of growth (planes of development). -Define the term sensitive periods and give full details of the six main periods‚ together with examples to show your understanding. -Explain why it is important to support and facilitate these periods during the child’s first stage of

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