for the last 4‚000 years China has been the oldest continuous civilization on Earth? The Sumerians‚ Egyptians‚ and Chinese created flourishing civilizations filled with many achievements in writing‚ architecture‚ and technology that made lasting contributions to humankind. Sumer is referred to as the "cradle of civilization” because there were many important inventions. Writing was one of Sumerians most important invention. Sumerians developed the world’s first known writing‚ cuneiform‚ which was
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Even in the Muslim world‚ people were claiming their power was from god directly. France was ruled by the great King Louis XIV‚ who referred to himself as "le roi soleil" meaning the sun king. In this paper I will be focusing on Louis XIV and his contributions to the artistic world then and now. Louis XIV and his family lived in Paris‚ in a palace called the Louvre. However‚ The Sun King had an upgrade in store. It took 36‚000 workers and almost twenty years to build his new palace in Versailles (12miles
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Nellie Bly There are many people that contributed to history and changed our world today. These contributions in history include those from journalists. One of many journalists is Nellie Bly‚ who shaped the journalism industry as we know it. Journalists contribute to history by their written news articles that display to others what life was like otherwise known as journalism. Nellie Bly exposed introduced new forms of journalism through motivation‚ preparation‚ and accomplishments. Motivation Nellie
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individual who were in need of assistance. She was the Founding Mother of social work and the first to develop a Processes in recognizing the problems of applicant‚ furthermore she introduces the world to the professional side of social work. Her contributions were important to the development of our profession because she was able to build a system on the beforehand care provision that modern day social workers use‚ called ‘social diagnoses’. In this Diagrams professional social workers are able to
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they will be remembered as they pass; their contribution to society as a whole and what society meant to them. Though people can be remembered through different ways‚ Whether what they did was right‚ wrong‚ or even debatable. Most people remember Adolf Hitler as a terrible person‚ being that he was the one to lead the Holocaust‚ one of the biggest genocides in history. While Christopher Columbus was heavily debated whether he helped give a major contribution to society. Then‚ there’s people like
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Canadian Contributions to Medicine and Science Canada is known for new and innovative ideas which change the shape of the scientific field and enhance people’s everyday lives. Canadian doctors‚ scientists and engineers have contributed to the realm of medicine and science in many ways. Contributions Canada has made to medicine and science have had monumental impacts on Canada and the world‚ with the discovery of insulin which has saved many lives to the inventions of time zones and discovery
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I believe that I’m on a reasonable path to continuously contribute to the common good for the rest of my life. Currently‚ my biggest contribution to the common good stems from my now two year participation in UGA’s Air Force ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps). From the beginning of this program I was taught that in order to train to be a great officer in the United States Air Force I
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Alfredo Salazar 1/28/2013 What have you learned? Chapter 1 1. What makes the study of human development a science? It seeks to understand how and why people‚ all kinds of people‚ everywhere‚ of every age‚ change overtime. 3. Why have recommendations regarding the sleeping circumstances of infants changed? Every year until the mid-1990‚ thousands of 2 to 4 month olds died of SIDS. Susan Beal hypothesized that sleeping position might matter‚ as a result‚ SIDS rate dramatically decreased.
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar born on 14 April 1891 and popularly known as Babasaheb was an Indian jurist‚ politician‚ philosopher‚ anthropologist‚ historian and economist. Born into a poor Mahar family‚ Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination‚ the Indian caste system. He converted to Buddhism. Ambedkar was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian award‚ in 1990. Ambedkar contributed a lot to our Indian constitution.Upon India’s Transfer of Power by British
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Reader of Gentlemen’s Mail It is undeniable that Herbert O. Yardley made significant contributions to the history of military intelligence. The question is if his positive contributions outweigh the negative. Yardley was the founder of the first American cryptographic organization and was responsible for several significant achievements through cryptology and code breaking. These early contributions however‚ were overshadowed by his later actions which could be compared to that of Bradley Manning
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