1.01 Introduction Ladakh‚ (meaning ‘land of the passes’) is a cold desert in the northernmost part of India was lying quietly in the north of the Himalayas. People from wester society heard about it as a hub of intact and natural beauty and their way of living were giving them a fascinating resonance to experience and appreciate. In this process what have been affected was their culture and architecture. Western mono-culture that had spread across the world touched the heart of Ladakh so dramatically
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there. The house is located in Michoacán Mexico‚ in a small town in the mountains called Coalcoman. The town was so small that everyone knew each other. It was a colorful town with dirt roads and bright colored houses. Most of the houses were made of brick and cement just like my home. At the end or the road that led out of the town in to the deep bush in the mountains was my house. Because the road also led directly in to the town‚ it was busy with people walking‚ riding their bikes and burros‚ and
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offer help and guidance when required and use the many opportunities that a playful environment offers to promote learning. When you walk in to a playgroup setting where children are learning through play you will see them play with sand‚ water‚ bricks‚ paint‚ puzzles‚ books. They will be talking‚ laughing‚ reading‚ writing‚ building‚ dancing‚ singing and most of all they will be pretending – pretending to be a mother or father or child‚ pretending to be a builder‚ an engineer‚ a shopkeeper‚ a
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India-is the town-planning. One finds the streets and lanes laid out according to a set plan: the main streets running at right angles. Both at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro the houses were made of kiln-burnt bricks. At Lothal too‚ mud bricks were used for most of the residential houses‚ kiln-burnt bricks in large quantities were used for drains‚ wells‚ and bathing-platforms.For the supply of fresh water‚ most of the houses had their own wells. Apart from revealing the architecture and town-planning of
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Egypt of the Pharaohs –– Notes from Readings Late Predynastic Naqada: one of the cultures in Nile valley One of the largest known in the Nile Valley during Pre-Dynastic Period Naqadization: Ousted‚ engulfed or incorporated other cultures: culminated in political unification and statehood; cultural unification occurred before political unification Gradual conquest and subjection of more and more extensive areas of Nile Valley until whole of Upper Egypt was under Naqada control Hunting and
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domestication of plants and animals it is believed that Jericho was chosen to be a permanent settlement because it was a plateau of the Jordan River valley with a spring that supplied a constant source for water. During the PPNA‚ oval homes made from mud bricks with roofs made from wooden branches covered in earth began to appear at Jericho. Around 7‚500 BCE‚ a rock-cut ditch and thick walls approximately 5 feet wide surrounded the city. Within the wall there is a single circular tower (fig. 1)‚ approximately
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Each city is made up of a series of walled sectors or mounds with massive brick gateways. The orientation of the Indus cities along a north-south and east-west direction was probably linked to religious beliefs. Drainage: Well laid out streets and side lanes with drains are one of the outstanding features of the Indus cities‚ even in smaller towns and villages. The drains‚ made of brick‚ connected the baths and toilets of private houses to medium sized drains
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Your choice.”Screamed Kenny! So Karry wanted to go the hard way. So then‚ the pigs started to ram into the house. Then‚ Kenny went with all his speed and knocked the house down. “We did it!”Screamed Petty. And the pigs had a party. It had to involve mud. Because that’s what pigs roll around in at their party. Then the pigs had a little to much fun at their party. Then‚ the next morning after the party the pigs got caught by the police. They went to jail for five days for murder and for having a party
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Pharaohs were the supreme leader of Egypt but that was a job they couldn’t do alone They Had many different workers working for him Egyptians were really religious people who believed in many different gods‚ goddesses‚ and Pharaohs The king of all gods being Re‚ the sun god They also believed small figures of gods would protect them. They also believed that making eyes on their doors‚ it would word off evil Cats were a worshiped animal They were worshiped so much that there was a law if a person
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The Earthquake This huge earthquake took the lives of 26‚271 people and injured roughly 30‚000 people. So many were killed because of poor building construction‚ the major material for construction being mud bricks that did not comply with earthquake regulations set in 1989. Relief operations were assisted by 44 countries‚ including the U.S. that sent personnel. The earthquake was the biggest in the history of Iran‚ which lies on a part of the crust where
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