Talha Syed October 2nd‚ 2014 Speech Professor Ratcliffe Basketball: The Greatest Sport Invented (Outline) General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the history‚ basic rules‚ and the development of basketball. Introduction Attention Getter: There is no “I” in team‚ but there is in wIn. This is a quote from the 6x NBA Champion‚ Michael Jordan. Thesis: The game of Basketball is a very exciting sport. You need to be able to communicate with your teammates
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Bethell‚ Leslie (1998). A Cultural History of Latin America: Literature‚ Music and the Visual Arts in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Cambridge University Press. Encarta. February 20‚ 2005. www.Encarta.com Koontz‚ R.‚ Coe‚ M.D (2002). Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. Tom Doherty Associates‚ Inc. Miller‚ Richard (1986). The Structure of Music; System and Art of Tonal Technique‚ Berklee Press. Pre-Columbian Music: Aztec Music‚ February 23‚ 2005. http://history.smsu.edu/jchuchiak/HST%20350--Theme%203--Aztec_music
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of the world (Egypt and Indus) around the same time as in Sumerian. There are four writing systems that are considered to have developed around the time of 3000 BCE up to 600 BCE: Cuneiform of Sumerian‚ Egyptian hieroglyphs‚ Chinese logographs and Olmec scripts. Though the writing systems may not have evolved at the same time or at the same rate they still share one thing in common. In many of these ancient societies writing was an important aspect of their culture and so it was highly revered by
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There are many similarities (and differences) between Ancient Egyptian Pyramids‚ Mesopotamian ziggurats‚ and the pyramids of Pre-Columbian South America. All of them had major significance for their peoples cultures and religious beliefs‚ as well as having historic significance today. The greatest parallel between all of these ancient skyscrapers is that they were made for the upper echelons of these now defunct civilizations. The Egyptians built the most of these cultures. Over 90 royal pyramids
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simplified -- traditional characters still used in Taiwan and elsewhere simplified version‚ used for Mandarin Another pictographic writing system developed in mesoAmerica. The Dresden Codex is one of four surviving pre-Columbian Mayan manuscripts. The script‚ recently deciphered‚ uses symbols that stand for sounds and whole words. The Noso or Naxi live in Yunnan province‚ in China‚ and use a pictographic writing system as a mnemonic for priests. 19th c. The Egyptian
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tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Although cacao has been cultivated by many cultures for at least three millennia in Maxico and Central America‚ its earliest documented use is by the Olmecs of south central Mexico around 1100 BC. In fact‚ the majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages‚ including the Mayans and Aztecs. The seed of cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavour. The cacao bean begins life inside a fruit‚ called a pod‚ on a tree
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only proving that the Maya were a great civilization but that they left us with useful technology and inventions that even the Europeans at the time did not have. Historical Setting Mayans were a very advanced civilisation. Initially the Mayans were established during the Pre-Classic period according to the Mesoamerican chronology; many Maya cities reached their highest state of development during the Classic period and continued throughout the Post-Classic period
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Economic Development: Geographies of Commodities This research paper will discuss how the KITKAT chocolates produced by the multinational company NESTLE. This company is the producer of many food products. The main initiative of this company is to introduce products for those babies who are not able to tolerate mother’s milk. Nestlé was founded in 1866 by Henry Nestle. The headquarters of Nestle company is located in Vevey‚ Switzerland‚ and operates factories in more than 80 countries. Nestlé’s
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Aztecs ruled most of Mexico and some parts of Central America. The Aztecs weren’t always known as ‘Aztecs’. They used to be known as ‘Mexica’. This term was used when they were slaves for the Toltec Empire in Southern Mexico. The Toltec trained the Mexica for an army. War broke out between the Mexica and the Toltec. Using their knowledge from training‚ the Mexica won the war. That’s when they escaped into the swampy jungle of Central Mexico. They built their capital city a little after they escaped into
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river to a specific area to keep lands fertile for agriculture Development of Societies: Indus River Valley= developed near the Indus river in the middle east Mesopotamian= developed between the Tigris and Euphrates River Olmecs and Chavin= both help develop the Mayans and the Incas Empire Pastoralism: Primarily the tending of animals= provided food and hides provided clothes and shelter “Nomads”= herding the animals from one place to another Helped spread ideas= would trade with nearby
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