elements of pyramids can be seen in the extreme case‚ tombs in Lower Nubia (A-group)‚ which consisted of pits sunk into the ground and covered by a ceiling of sandstone slabs. They are built on a mound of debris encased in drystone masonry. Pottery can also be found at the base of the mounds‚ and some of the mounds had been constructed specially to offer places on the west and south sides. Then how about those huger pyramids at Giza? They are built on gigantic scale with more complex versions of the same
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a head. Its body is divided into three parts. Each part is connected with the other by a slender line. It has strong jaws. Where Found: Ants are found in almost all parts of the world. They live in houses‚ farmyard and cornfields. They build mounds for their protection. Ants vary in color. Some are black and some are white. Their kinds : There are many kinds of ants. Some are very small in size. Others are big. There are red‚ black‚ yellow and white ants. The small red ants are commonly
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Where exactly is Oklahoma? When geographers speak of location‚ they are using two separate definitions‚ each with its own useful purpose. The first of these is Absolute Location. Absolute location refers to an exact‚ pinpointed location. Absolute locations involve some sort of measurement‚ whether it’s latitude and longitude‚ an address‚ the number of miles from an exact point‚ etc. Pinpointing Oklahoma on a map using absolute location involves locating latitude and longitude lines on the map. Looking
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1. People in motion a. From Berginia to America i. By 12‚000 B.C. humans were in Siberia an western Alaska and Berginia‚ crossing land bridge. ii. By 8‚000 B.C. humans had reached Tierra del Fuego b. The Great Extinction and the Rise of Agriculture i. As glaciers receded and climate warmed‚ those who migrated south and east found good environment ii. Some natives settled down and adopted food cultivation 1) Permanent farm villages began to develop c. The Norsemen
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Another interesting tribe was the Shawnee. Linguistically Algonquian and known as the ’people from the south‚’ the Shawnee were tall and muscular‚ with coarse features and exceptionally prominent cheekbones. They were diligent cultivators of the soil until expulsion from Kentucky and North Carolina forced them to lead a wandering existence. Permitted by the Delaware and Iroquois to enter Pennsylvania‚ they settled on the flats below Philadelphia‚ in the forks of the Delaware as far north as the Minisink
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Dequan Hurey July 16‚ 2012 Chapter 1 Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo – traveled to China and stirred up a storm of European interest 2. Francisco Pizzaro – conquers Incan Empire of Peru and begins shipping tons of gold/silver back to Spain. This huge influx of precious metals made European prices skyrocket (inflation). 3. Ponce de Leon – touches and names Florida looking for legendary Fountain of Youth 4. Montezuma – Aztec king‚ thought Cortez might be the god Quetzalcoatl who was due
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People of the Americas > Sophisticated ancient civilizations: Incas‚ Mayans‚ and Aztecs. o Advanced agriculture (maize)‚ elaborate cities with commerce‚ and made astronomical observations. > Pueblo people: built irrigation from corn fields. > Mound builders: lived in the Ohio
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This argument can be considered to stem from racist undertones‚ especially when it is applied to the Pyramids of Egypt‚ and the mounds of the North American mound builder cultures. It also holds a sense of ageist‚ not these people are too old to and frail‚ but they have not progressed through enough scientific ages to possess the engineering knowledge or tools to have accomplished these tasks. In
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intricate irrigation systems to water their cornfields. 2. Lived in adobes and pueblos. B. Mound Builders 1. Lived at Cahokia‚ near present-day East St. Louis. 2. Built an elaborate pueblo of more than six hundred interconnected rooms at Chaco Canyon. C. Eastern Indians 1. Developed the three-sister farming where the beans grew on the trellis of the cornstalks and the squash covering the planting mounds to retain moisture in the soil. 2. Among them were the Creek‚ Choctaw‚ and Cherokee. D.
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