ns Assessment Task 4 Ancient Societies - The bronze age – Minoans Crete Hosing/ the role of towns/ furniture/Gournia and Zakro Research Presentation While sailing about‚ the Greeks stumbled across a tribe of people living on the island of Crete. These people‚ the Minoans‚ were a very advanced civilization for the times. They had a strong navy‚ which is probably why the Greeks never succeeded in colonizing the Minoan people. Housing and furniture Houses were rectangular in shape
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mountains on earth which are the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges. The Harappan civilization shared some of the cultures of Nile valley and Mesopotamia. The people of Harappan civilization had lived in small villages and settled in small red mud-brick homes. The people of the harappan civilization were raised on mostly agriculture which meant that barley‚ wheat and rice were their only crops. They were also the first to work with cotton seeds. The Harappan people started a trading network with
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The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China ( pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng;) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China‚ built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups such as the Xiongnu from the north and rebuilt and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century. Since the 5th century BC‚ several walls have been built that were referred to as the Great Wall. One of the most famous is the wall
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STYROFOAM AND POWDERED Mercanaria mercanaria (CLAM SHELLS) AS ALTERNATIVE TILES INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Our country is presently facing from economic crisis. Financial problem is one of the biggest problems of each Filipino family. People tend to budget their money wisely‚ it is because all the needed things which are sold in the market are all expensive which includes foods‚ clothing materials and etc. Waste materials like plastics and Styrofoam’s are scattered anywhere
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Prior to creation as a modern state in 1947‚ the area of modern Pakistan was both ruled by local kings and under various imperial power throughout different time periods. The ancient history of the region comprising present-day Pakistan also includes some of the oldest empires from the subcontinent[1] and some of its major civilizations.[2][3][4][5] By the 18th century the land was incorporated into British India. The political history of the nation began with the birth of the All India Muslim League in
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river. The Sumerians were also credited with inventing the first wheel in the world. Located just beyond the Nile River‚ Egypt‚ another ancient civilization had similar characteristics but used the Nile River for similar methods to trap water using mud-brick reservoir along with irrigation systems the river later provided as well as the source of fertile soil that arose from the river during a flood. These rivers were also used for the trade industry of the early civilizations. Due to the annual flooding
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exactly. And he is smiling at me‚ I gulped‚ picking up the phone to my right and dialing 911. I look back out the glass as I press the phone to my ear‚ and notice he is much closer to me now. I dropped the phone in shock there are no footprints in the mud. It’s his reflection... 10 hours earlier I woke up early for school “Oh shoot I forgot to do my homework for Mr.Schmidt” He’s going to yell at me! So I did the homework. “I have it all done” I said. So I walk to school and I was early for the first
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that Stonehenge may have served as an observatory as well as a center of religious worship. Like the people who built Stonehenge‚ the Sumerians also built their own religious structure called a ziggurat. These stepped pyramids were often made of mud brick. The theory behind it was that in mounting its steps‚ worshipers rose beyond the ordinary human world into a realm of the gods. Some of the ziggurats were dedicated to gods. The greatest one of all at Ur-Nammu was dedicated to the moon god and was
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pickaxes and chisels‚ they would create small tunnels through the material‚ with just enough room for the miners to cut out the up fifteen tons rocks to be made into smaller bricks by the peasants at the pyramid. The workers would make the passages up to 165 feet deep
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reaching its peak in the 1500’s. Being late arrivals to the area‚ and because of their strong neighboring nations‚ they were forced to live in the swampy western areas of the Lake Texcoco. Because of the swampy surroundings‚ the Aztecs used mud to create miniature islands in the swamps. These islands are called chinampas‚ or “floating gardens‚” and were used as farming lands. On these fertile islands they grew corn‚ squash‚ vegetables‚ and flowers. Being an agriculturally
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