Descriptive essay Tony Ding Block 2-1 My hometown- Ningbo My hometown Ningbo is in Zhejiang province which located in the south east part of china. The city lies south of the Hangzhou bay‚ facing the east china sea to the east.. it’s the centre of the province’s transportation network. Ningbo is a famous destination city for travelers; it’s also a historical city. There are many beautiful views in my hometown
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Native animals of Asia Treeshrews : native to the tropical forest of Southeast Asia. Spalacidae : native to eastern Asia‚ the Horn of Africa‚ the Middle East‚ & south-eastern Europe. Civets : native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. Natural Wonders Mt. Everest : On the Nepal-Tiber border looms the world’s highest peak‚ Mt. Everest (29‚028 ft.)‚ along the Himalayan Range. Dead Sea : The world’s lowest land area is
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Prithvi Narayan shah in 1770‚is called Basantapur Durbar(palace). The whole complex is also known as Kathmandu Durbar Square. Located at the heart of ancient city in Kathmandu it is srounding both Hindu and Buddhist temple. Most of them are built in the pagoda style embellished with intricately carved exteriors as well as Most of the buildings we see here date from 15th to 18th century . There are numerous Tourist Attractions in Durbar Square‚ Kathmandu and the square is regarded as the religious‚ social
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used‚ as well as the whole procedure of tea tasting. The understandings of Tang-style tea drinking have been significantly transformed by the re-apparition of one set of the Tang imperial tea wares‚ which had been found in 1987 in the crypt under the pagoda at the Famen Monastery about 140 kilometers west of the Tang capital Chang’an. This series of metalwork tea wares include two lidded baskets‚ a tea brazier (stove)‚ a pair of fire tongs‚ a silver-gilt spoon‚ a silver measure‚ a silver-gilt canister
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In 2007‚ Patrick Kane was the 1st overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft. The Chicago Blackhawks‚ the team that he still plays for‚ drafted him. He was drafted number 1 due to his tremendous skills‚ which he showed off when playing minor and junior hockey. He is currently one of the top ten players in the NHL according to expert analysis. His NHL career‚ international play‚ and personal life have been very exciting to keep a track of to many fans. Patrick Kane’s NHL career began on July 25‚ 2007 when
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This essay will briefly discuss and explain how ancient Ghana cultures‚religions‚ and also evolved it over time. Ancient Ghana was a Kingdom in Africa that lasted from the 6th to 13th century. The kingdom of ghana was located south of the sahara desert. The people who formed the Kingdom were soninke they were a group of the mande speaking people. Mande and soninke was the language the ghana people spoke. In addition muslim also contributed to the way they write their written language‚ business
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have worked on. Haylee describes the students’ piece of paper filled with their complaints as ‘petition to god’. In Vietnam‚ petitions to gods are normally written in Chinese characters and performed in front of pagodas by people who have good hand writing skills. People going to pagodas normally write their wishes of good health and at times ask for god’s help if they are in difficult and suffering situations. Linking the students’ complaint sheets with Vietnamese’s traditional petition to god‚
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tale‚ a small man dressed entirely in yellow‚ laughs as he sails a hot air balloon across a cotton ball cloud sky. I’ve inscribed the places I hope to one day travel inside the notebook. Some‚ like Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flats and the city of Bagan in Myanmar sound foreign to my ears. Other pages are occupied by more local attractions. They list places like Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and the statue of liberty in New York. Although I can only dream of traveling across the globe‚ in
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The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to ancient Greek philosophy from around the 6th century BC‚ but remained a matter of philosophical speculation until the 3rd century BC when Hellenistic astronomy established the spherical shape of the earth as a physical given. The Hellenistic paradigm was gradually adopted throughout the Old World during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. A practical demonstration of Earth’s sphericity was achieved by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano’s expedition’s
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I belong to the ethnic Punjabi community. We are a friendly people‚ known for our resilience‚ love of adventure and good food‚ vibrant music and the pulsating Bhangra dance‚ apart from our ability to work hard and adapt to new situations and immerse in new environments‚ making them ours. My grandparents‚ paternal and maternal‚ moved to Delhi during the mass migration of 1947‚ when India and Pakistan became two sovereign nations. My grandfathers‚ both qualified engineers‚ etched new lives in what
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