have many different opinions on what the Mayans greatest achievement was‚ but I think the greatest achievement is architecture. I think the Mayans greatest achievement was architecture because of the scale‚ physical effort‚ and genius. Scale is what the Mayans where obviously good at building large temples and homes. The homes were made out of clay‚ vines‚ hay and many other things just weaved together. The temples were made of tightly formed clay bricks with the help of mud to build such huge temples
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Were the Peace Treaties Justified at the Time? On August 4th 1914 one of the most hideous events in history started – the first world war. The war was caused by many things that caused tensions between the two opposing groups within Europe (the allies and the central powers) to become strained but the assassination of the archduke of Austria (Franz Ferdinand) was what caused the fighting to start. This event took place on the 28th of June 1914 and the war began of the 4th of August that same
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Reflection “Their eyes were watching God” a novel by Zora Neale Hurston left me with a lot of wandering thoughts and questions. Through annotating these two literary criticisms by Claire Crabtree‚ Jordan Jennifer and two social issues by Keith Richburg and Anne Kingston I learned a lot about what was going on with the protagonist Janie in the story and deep in her Feminist mind and why she did some of the things she did. The first source by Jennifer changed the way I thought about Janie in the
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The first time I know about Jewish was from the history class. At that time‚ my Chinese teacher told me that Jewish were persecuted by Nazi during the Second World War‚ and the reason is because the ruler of Nazi-Hitler hated Jewish. From the video and books‚ there are many pictures about how Nazi persecuted Jewish such as the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. However‚ there always is a mystery puzzled me‚ why were Jewish persecuted by Nazi? From the videos which are talking about the Second World War
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ISM 6215 - Business Database Systems I Fall 2013 Home Work – 1 (Marks 100) Question 1 - Contrast the following terms. Give one example of each 1. Degree versus cardinality of relationship 2. Required versus optional attributes 3. Data dependence versus data independence 4. Structured versus unstructured data (4*2.5 =10 marks) Answer 1 - Degree; cardinality. The degree (of a relationship) is the number of entity types that participate in that relationship‚ while cardinality is a
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neighborhood children grew restless and learned their letters‚ I wonder if you remembered I wanted to enter primary school. I wanted to wrap my tiny‚ crooked fingers around your sturdy palm. I wanted you to escort me to class and promise to return at the end of the day‚ but most of all‚ I wanted to spend those first six years in your arms. My eyes watered. Kellie Pickler’s heavily accented voice seeped into my mind. “Sometimes‚ I think about you‚ wonder if you’re out there somewhere thinking
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In “We Were Liars”‚ Written by E. Lockhart‚ I like Gat (Gatwick Matthew Patil) because he was an outlier to everybody else. Gat was not rich or privileged like all of the other liars. He was just a friend of Johnny’s (Johnny Sinclair Dennis). Gat was a very smart Indian kid who nephew of Aunt Carrie’s longtime boyfriend. He likes reading and sharing the information he knows with other people and came along with his friend (Johnny) to the island. Some described him as nerdy. Cadence definitely didn’t
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Humans have always had a fascination with flying since the beginning of time. Hot air balloons were invented in 1783‚ one step closer to the airplane. The balloon is filled with hot air‚ which makes the balloon fly to the air because hot air is lighter than cool air. The only problem with the hot air balloon was that you could not control the direction it was going. The first airplane was actually a glider. This aircraft was launched from a cliff or from any high place. It rode on the wind
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The Middle Colonies By: Rhea The Beginning - Does anybody know what the Middle colonies were? Well‚ if not‚ this is the perfect essay for the job! From everything about the geography to the government‚ the religion to the climate‚ this paper is full of info. Was their geography good? The Middle colonies’ geography and climate were perfect for farming all year long. They had a mix of the New England and Southern features‚ with coastal plains‚ rolling hills‚ and lots and lots of mountains! The Middle
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Chris My body is yearning for your hand‚ and this broken heart lonely stands. I wait for your gentle kiss‚ and those soft lips I really miss! Your bright eyes and the way you smile‚ they only last for a while‚ But I will wait for you here‚ until you come and dry my last tear‚ I just want you to know‚ I will always be waiting for you. Marika Armstrong I Love You With All My Heart When things are changing all around us and the world seems to move too fast‚ don’t forget
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