Like many large cities‚ New York is divided and subdivided by its residents into various districts and quarters. The city’s five boroughs are actually different counties -- each one with independent local governments and cultures. Each borough has individual neighborhoods -- some of only a few blocks in size -- that have personalities lauded in music and movies. Where you live‚ work and play in New York says something to New Yorkers about who you are. The five boroughs are: Brooklyn Queens The Bronx
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4000-3500 BCE Chapter 2 * Mesopotamia (3000-550 BCE) * The “Land between two rivers” * Sumer (southern Iraq‚ near Persian Gulf) * City of Ur – Elaborate architecture‚ palaces‚ temples‚ defensive walls‚ Ziggurats * 4000 BCE – First World Cities- in Sumer * 3000 BCE – pop. 100‚000 – kings held absolute power/ authority * 2500 BCE – City-states emerge * 2350 BCE – Mesopotamian empires first emerge * Early Writing (starts 3500 BCE) * Pictographic (Mesopotamia ca
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History notes CHAPTER 26 - WORLD WAR 1 SECTION 1 THE GREAT WAR BEGINS 1. Europe had been at peace for 100 years 2. Europe leaders became worried about a region called the Balkans 3. Most people in the Balkans are Slavic 4. “Triple alliance” was formed to protect each other from attack a) Germany b) Austria-hungry c) Italy d) Ottoman empire joins later 5. Triple Entente was formed as a response to the triple alliance a) great Britain b) France c) Russia 6. Great Britain is
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Philippines Itenerary Leisure and Recreational Manila City Tour Your tour will start with a visit to the old walled city of Intramuros‚ built during the Spanish colonial period. The first stop is Fort Santiago‚ which serves as the headquarters of the military might of the Spanish‚ American and Japanese colonizers until its destruction in 1945. There‚ you will proceed to San Agustin Church ‚ constructed in 1587-1604 is the oldest surviving church in the Philippines the only building left
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The Freedom if the City - Characters Characters: Function of Character The function of these four characters is to show how others can use and appropriate an event for their own benefit. All of these characters version of the events are shown to be untrue. Key Quotes for this character Balladeer Shows how stories can be twisted positively by those on the side of the victims ‘100 Irish heroes’ ‘the lads inside the Guildhall shouted back “come on and fight”’ The balladeers song is carefully
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Advanced Higher History Course notes * The Revolution from below. * The Ebert-Groener telephone pact. (2011) * The Spartacist revolt and its suppression. (2012) * The Preparation and Adoption of the Weimar Constitution. (2009) * Impact of hyperinflation in German life. * The Political Consequences of the crisis. (2008) * The Dawes Plan.(2010) * Stresemann’s motives and political development. (2008) * Political and Economical stabilisation. * Stresemann’s foreign policy:
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The Lost City "Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others‚ and over parts of the continent . . . But‚ there occurred violent earthquakes and floods‚ and in a single day and night of misfortune. . . the island of Atlantis . . .disappeared in the depths of the sea." (Plato: Timaeus‚ 360 B.C.) One of the oldest and most intriguing mysteries of this world is the Legend of Atlantis. Where was this lost city? How was
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SUSTAINABLE VERTICAL CITIES OBJECTIVE: To research the possibilities‚ advantages and disadvantages of high rise vertical cities. ABSTRACT: Today’s modern city acts like a computer motherboard‚ all things big and small are interconnected with each other. If one component fails to respond or if the connection between the two breaks‚ the other connected components suffers the delay and loss of information. Similarly‚ in urban context if a component like a power station‚ water station fails or a
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Abstract Working as the budget director for the mayor of the city of Kelsey‚ we have recently been getting numerous complaints from the citizens about an increase in crime and also an issue of the public demanding for more police officers. With the population of the city growing daily‚ the increase of crime is continuing to progress as well. The mayor has informed us that this past year is the highest increase in crime in the city’s history‚ that the federal government has reduced the federal pass-through
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forced to. I was unaware there was a term for this type of black communities which is referred to as chocolate cities. After completing this course I discovered‚ “Chocolate
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