Middle Kingdom and the Mediterranean basin‚ but international exchanges were not of fundamental importance to the societies involved. During the postclassical period‚ contacts increased and were more significant. Missionary religions—Buddhism and Islam—and trade influenced important changes. The new world relationships after 1450 spelled a new period of world history. The Americas and other world areas were joined to the world network‚ while older regions had increased contacts. Trade became so significant
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Option 2 Short Stories Read “One Out of Many” by V.S. Naipaul (in the Anthology‚ A World of Difference‚ pp. 261-94). Discuss the ways in which the author explores the concept of freedom in the story. “One Out of Many”‚ a short story by the famous Trinidad-born British writer V. S. Naipaul‚ first published in his anthology In a Free State in 1973‚ is a story which concerns a young Indian man from Bombay who starts a new life and struggles with his own personal identity in the city of Washington
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reasonably wide range of ability in this intermediate level group‚ although the majority of students were able to form coherent sentences. Some students were more confident in answering questions aloud‚ while some needed to use their dictionaries regularly during lessons‚ and were less assured with speaking in front of the class. The age ranged anywhere between mid-20’s and late 50’s. The most common interests of the group were listening to music and watching TV. Three students listed some kind of sport
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Assignment 1: Focus on the Learner Note: The student’s name has been changed for the purpose of this example assignment 1. Background For this assignment‚ I interviewed Suzie‚ a Japanese lady in the Upper-Intermediate English class. Suzie moved to Australia for her husband’s work and has been living here for about one year. Back in Japan‚ she worked in an office but is not currently working here. She would like to improve her English so she can make new friends here and more fully integrate into
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Friends are one of the most precious gifts in our life. Some friendships last forever while some ends as paths change. We always remember those friends with whom we had shared the most part of our life. In my opinion‚ it is more important to keep the old friendship strong compared to making new friends for following reasons. Firstly of all‚ trust in between two old friends is more strong compared to a recently developed friendship. Due to this it becomes easier to share our problems and feelings
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The text under analysis is a short story “The One Who Waits” by Ray Bradbury. “The one who waits” is a science fiction story. Like in many other Bradbury’s stories‚ the action takes place in future when it is possible to travel to other planets. The story describes one of the first landings on Mars . It is narrated in the 1st person by a mysterious creature‚ en entity who lives in a well on Mars. It has no body and itself doesn’t know who it is. The creature watches how a spaceship
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Introduction: In the virtual age‚ youngsters are spending greater time than ever in the front of screens‚ which includes smartphones‚ tablets‚ computer systems‚ and TVs. This essay delves into the reasons and outcomes of extended display time on children’s improvement‚ drawing insights from scholarly literature and respectable online assets. Body Paragraph 1: Causes One of the number one reasons for expanded screen time among children is the ever-present presence of digital devices. According to
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article “ Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um… Focus” author Alina Tugend presents various problems on how multitasking can hurt you rather than help you. Edward Hallowell argues “you have to keep in mind that you sacrifice focus when you do this” (Hallowell) while multitasking between talking on the phone and doing laundry disturbs and interrupts your focus on the conversation you’re having on the phone. In Alina Tugend’s article “ Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um… Focus” shows the disparate reasons
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contributed most significantly to the growth and prosperity of the British mainland colonies? Some factors that contributed to the prosperity of British colonies were the dethroning of King James II‚ mercantilism‚ population growth‚ and expansion. The crowning of William and Mary opened up a new era for the colonists. William dismantled the Dominion of New England and brought back self-governing colonies rather than crown appointed governors. Mercantilism helped further develop England’s economy
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