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    Since their discovery more than a century ago‚ the Neanderthals have hovered over the minds and have baffled the best-laid theories of paleoanthropologists. They seem to fit in the general scheme of human evolution‚ and yet they’re misfits. (Jurmain‚ Kilgore‚ Trevathan and Ciochon. p.367) In a way they are like us the modern Homo sapiens but yet are a very different species. But the real question that needs to be answered is “why the Neanderthals were considered a different species than the Homo

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    The word “cosmetics” comes from the Greek word kosmetikos meaning “skilled in adornment” (Sage 33). The evolution of cosmetics has truly changed through the centuries. The way people wear makeup and the reasons why they wear it have changed dramatically over time. The Roman philosopher‚ Plautus‚ once wrote‚ “A women without paint is like food with out salt.” The attraction of a beautiful face did not appear yesterday; painted ladies and even gentlemen have been known through time in artwork and illustrations

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    Maurya and Gupta Empire

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    08/08/11 12:57 AM Indus valley to the Pre-British era : 1. Indus Valley 2. Maurya Dynasty 3.Gupta Empire 4. Mughal Empire 5. Mewar Dynasty 6. Vijayanagar Empire 7. Maratha Empire 8. Ahom Kingdom 9. Kushan Dynasty 10. Satavahana Dynasty I. MAURYA DYNASTY COSTUME Men and women continued to wear three unstitched garments‚ as in Vedic times. The main garment was the antariya of white cotton‚ linen or flowered muslin‚ sometimes embroidered in gold and precious stones. For men‚ it was an unstitched

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    History of India

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    History of India [pic] The History of India can be traced in fragments to as far back as 700‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ one of the oldest in the world‚ dates back at least 5‚000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis‚ the Aryans‚ a nomadic people‚ possibly from Central Asia or northern Iran migrated into the north-west regions of the Indian subcontinent between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE. Their inter-mingling with the earlier Dravidian cultures apparently resulted

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    African Avant Garde

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    In this essay there will be a discussion about how the colonization of Africa by Europe influenced the development of new design languages by introducing foreign cultures. In 1652 the Dutch started to occupy the southern tip of Africa. As they expanded‚ they were later joined by Germans‚ French‚ Scandinavians‚ British‚ Indians‚ Indonesians and Malagasians to name but a few and started to mainly mix with Khoisan‚ Xhosa and Zulu people.. This led to a countless mixture of all aspects of culture and

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    Secret of Kells

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    ‘The Secret of Kells’’ was the wild card in the recent Oscar animation race — the little Irish movie no one had heard of‚ let alone seen. Call it luck or a brilliant promotional strategy‚ but the movie opens at the Kendall today with local animaniacs primed to happily pounce. As well they should‚ for “Kells’’ is a visually overwhelming labor of love‚ a hand-drawn medieval adventure tale that seeks and finds cosmic connections. Yes‚ you can still bring the kids. The hero of “Kells’’ is Brendan

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    Economy of India

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    Economy of India (An Overview) Contents |Ser |Topic |Page No | |1. |Introduction |2 | |2. |Overview |2-3 | |3. |History

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    HINDUISM Historical basis of Hinduism: Hinduism does not have a founder. Its origins can be traced back as far as 3500 B.C.E‚ the date given for the civilisation of the Indus Valley. ‘Hindu’ derives from the word ‘Sindu”‚ the word the Persians gave to the Indus River. This civilisation included a religion that centred on the worship of fertility gods and goddesses. In 1500 B.C.E‚ the nomadic tribal group‚ the Aryans invaded India. They brought with them the worshipping of nature gods‚ an economic

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    Caribs

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    Carib‚ Island Carib‚ or Kalinago people‚ after whom the Caribbean Sea was named‚ are a group of people who live in the Lesser Antilles islands. They are an Amerindian people whose origins lie in the southern West Indies and the northern coast of South America. The people spoke either a Carib language or a pidgin‚ but the Caribs’ regular raids on other groups resulted in so many female Arawak captives that it was not uncommon for the women to speak Kalhíphona‚ a Maipurean language (Arawakan). In

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    Abstract The Gothic era has been called an extended overture to the Renaissance. “The Renaissance marked that moment when Western civilization made its transition from the middle ages to the modern world.” (Figueroa‚ 2008) In the following project we are going to mentioned and evaluate three different piece of art from the great Renaissance artists‚ Leonardo Da Vinci with Mona Lisa‚ Michelangelo Buonarroti with The Creation of Adam and Sandro Botticelli with The Birth of Venus. After that‚ we are

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