What is a gusuku? In what ways is "castle" not a good translation for a gusuku? What are the features of the Nakijin gusuku that stand out to you as especially interesting or unique? The term “gusuku” means castle in Okinawan dialect. On my trip to Okinawa‚ I have learned that there are many castle sites in Nanjo city. I have visited Zagimi Castle and Shuri castle. To my understanding‚ Shuri castle is the most popular one and it is an imperial castle that governed over Ryukyu empire over 500
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In early Meiji reformation‚ the nation turned their attention mostly to “shokusan kogyo” (encouragement of industries). For years‚ the government put their effort to support and encourage industrialization. However‚ many Japanese failed to keep their business running because the lack of experiences and acknowledgements. Fortunately‚ there were still some entrepreneurs who made a great influence in the industry‚ such as Shibuzawa Eiichi (1840-1931) - president of many companies‚ Iwasaki Yataro (1834-85)
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Essay Over 80% of teenagers cant live without there phones and use them for everything. Cell phones now a day are now called Smartphone’s and they have many more uses than just calling and texting. They are fantastic tools for class. I strongly believe that mobile phones should not be banned from classrooms and should be aloud in class because they have educational apps‚ they are used for emergencies‚ and the internet for research. Cell phones have a lot of educational apps
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‘The Nazi regime enjoyed broad consent brought about by popular policies’ How far do you agree with this opinion? The Nazi regime consolidated its power in stages during the period 1933 to 1939. The regime won support for its anti-communist stance and because it was the legitimate government of the day. Propaganda‚ foreign policy success‚ the economic recovery of Germany from the Great Depression‚ as well as Nazism’s promise to create an ordered society for the majority of Germans appealed to
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Why did Charles I rule for 11 years without parliament‚ 1629 – 1640? Charles had no intention of ruling for a definite‚ or an indefinite‚ period without Parliament. Charles declared he had been driven ‘unwillingly out of that course’‚ and he intended to recall Parliament ‘when such as have bred this interruption shall have received their punishment’. Apart from Parliament‚ all the normal institutions of government operated. Indeed‚ Charles lacked the financial‚ military and administrative capacity
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CAUSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE Social change has many causes. Also in a world linked by sophisticated communication and transportation technology‚ change in one place often begets change elsewhere. Some of the causes of social change are being discussed here. Culture and Change There are three important sources of cultural change: invention‚ discovery‚ and diffusion. Invention is the combination of existing elements of culture into something new. Inventions produce new objects‚ ideas‚ and social patterns
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Outline: Question: Identify the most important lesson to be learned about human nature in Lord of the Flies. Demonstrate how the novel makes these lessons clear to us Thesis: In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ he teaches us that humans are all evil and destructive inside. This is because of how easily the society on the island collapsed‚ the fight between good and evil and lastly‚ the immense amount of symbolism thats in the book‚ further conveying his theme of how all people have evil
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“Thanatopsis” (Pg. 171) first written when Bryant was almost 17 Meaning: Thanatos (death) Opsis (seeing) - The title presents the poem as a way of looking at death. He added to the poem in 1821. His additions frame the poem and add an element of human comfort. “Thanatopsis” – Stanza 1 Questions 1. Bryant inverts the opening clause of the poem. Rephrase it without inversion. 2. What literary device is used in lines 4-8? 3. Who is the speaker? 4. What is the tone? 5. What images of death
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TAKE-HOME MIDTERM ESSAY The decision to drop the A-bomb was chosen for several reasons‚ first and foremost to end the war against Japan. This strategy was decided upon because Japan’s war-fighting industries were highly concentrated in metropolitan areas‚ but weren’t zoned away from residential areas‚ and those cities had a high proportion of flammable materials. Operation Downfall was the original plan which caused for a massive invasion of Japan by mostly US forces. The casualty estimates
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RENASSIANCE 1400 Italy Rebirth Stressed secular subjects in lit and art Italy = center bc connected to roman tradition‚ led in banking and trade Focused on stylistic grace‚ practical ethics and codes of behavior Francesco Petrarch Art- nature and people‚ perspective Classism architecture from Greece and rome Commerce and shipping Iberian penninsula Chapter 7 Outline The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Era i. Abbasid Empire disintegrated between the ninth and
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