arms trade as well. ▪ In 2011 23 metric tons of ivory was seized: That represents 2‚500 elephants annamiticus.com 5 Most endangered species due to illegal animal trade Animal Why? 1.Rhinos Their horns; It’s partly due to the rumor that their horns can cure cancer and hangovers. 3. Marine turtles Being hunted for their meat and eggs due to wide demand for both. Turtles are also a product of bycatch . 4. Elephants 5. Sharks One word: Ivory. Sharks are hunted for their fins‚ which are used
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African culture(). Part of Africa tradition was to dance at each stage of the human development‚ the seasons passing or stages of agriculture year (). In earlier years Africa use to be a prosperous nation. Ghana controlled all of trading of gold‚ salt‚ ivory iron and slavery. In the 12th century there were millions of slaves. Ghana had military to keep peace throughout the land. Some African converted to Islam religion to avoid salvery(). The African culture was changed by the Europeans because they were
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use of the term. It is a play that has a highly improbable plot. Professor Henry Higgins transforms a common flower girl into a graceful lady‚ like the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion carved an exquisite female statue out of a shapeless piece of ivory. Preface- Of all of Shaw’s plays‚ Pygmalion is without the doubt the most beloved and popularly received‚ if not the most significant in literary terms. Several film versions have been made of the play‚ and it has even been adapted into a musical
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presents themes of torment through ridicule and comedy‚ seen in the set The Four Seasons‚ made in 1685 in ivory for the Green Vault in Dresden. The Green Vault was one of Augustus the Strong’s main projects‚ evolving into an artistic center‚ featuring many of Permoser’s works. Permoser’s use of mockery is his subtle way of weaving his own style with his patrons‚ Augustus the Strong. These ivory mythological characters each embody a specific season: Flora for spring‚ Ceres for summer‚ Bacchus for autumn
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Chapter 1. The Making of Market Conventions 1.4 When Asia was the World Economy When the Portuguese reached India by sea in the 1490s they set up the foundation of trade around the Indian Ocean. Islamic rule of the Byzantine world and the Sassanid lands made it safe for all traders to travels between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. As their rule expanded further to parts of Europe‚ Africa‚ and Indonesia the trading business between countries prospered. Once fees were paid almost all traders
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One of the dilemmas concerning our environment is saving wild life creatures. Cutting down trees is killing their habitat and ways of living. How would you like it if someone came into your neighbourhood and started bulldozing the houses down? Many living species have died because of the habitat changes they have to go through. Many oceans and other water bound areas in the world are being polluted by human waste. It’s killing all water creatures and making water unsanitary. If you really think about
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The Dormeuil Diptych is a passion diptych and is the largest one to be recorded and belongs to the second half of the 14th century where a large number of ivory diptychs were produced in Paris. In 1924‚ these were attributed to the Parisian workshop of the ‘Passion Master’ by Koechlin and subsequently in 2003‚ by Gaborit-Chopin to the workshop of the Passion diptychs. This diptych was made around 1350 to 1375. The front surface has three registers with ‘each crowned by a cusped arcade with five
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Anastacia Constantinidis Herro COM 101 10/23/14 Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that hunting and poaching should be more harshly regulated because it will help preserve the many suffering species worldwide. Central Idea: All continents across the globe are facing thousands of endangered species who are unable to help themselves; species which are unfortunately being hunted and poached. Therefore‚ students here at CSN need to understand the devastating statistics and ways in which these
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Seven Wonders of the World‚ works of art and architecture regarded by ancient Greek and Roman observers as the most extraordinary structures of antiquity. The listing of ancient wonders probably began in ancient Greece in around the 2nd century BC‚ but the Seven Wonders that were most commonly referred to were listed some time after that. All built in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East area‚ some time from around 2600 BC up to about AD 476‚ the Wonders are: (1) The Pyramids of Egypt‚ at
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Art is a complicated subject in the archaeological record because of how inherently vague the definition of art is. There are various ways and mediums in which to express creativity‚ making it difficult to interpret the different forms‚ or to understand and deduce the meaning or reasoning behind it‚ especially before the invention of writing and throughout various extinct cultures. There is also a problem in interpreting artistic expressions of the past based on the classifications and aesthetics
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