Guns Germs and Steel During the past few history lessons we watched a YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was
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The Influence of Modern Technology on Society 現代科技對社會發展影響 (達人級範文) The most general definition of technology is the application of science or knowledge to commerce and industry. Many fields of science have benefited from technology‚ as well as commerce and industry over the many centuries of human history. Perhaps the earliest known use of technology was in the Stone Age when the first knife or shovel was made from a piece of stone or obsidian(n. 【礦】黑曜石) . Technology has obviously come
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Mesopotamia was the world’s first civilization--the first time people settled down to live together in one place. They didn’t have to rely only on hunting and gathering to get food because they knew how to farm and could save up food for the winter. Since they had so much extra time now (the time they used to spend hunting animals and gathering plants)‚ this allowed them to begin creating objects and ideas to help them live a little easier. This slideshow will demonstrate some of Mesopotamia’s
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The Inca’s‚ an ancient civilization‚ that is now confronted with the mighty Conquistadores. The conquistadores have come to occupy their land and‚ must take action‚ but the odds of their success are low because the Inca’s numbers are so high. With the Conquistador’s animals‚ knowledge‚ and weapons‚ they were able to justify their actions and defeat the Inca’s. The first step that led conquistador’s actions to be justified was their domestic animals. The Conquistadors had many animals which the
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Modern real estate emphasizes the importance of location. As the first civilizations emerged thousands of years ago‚ the significance of locality was no different. Societies that made the transition from nomadic‚ hunter-gatherer groups to agricultural communities depended on having an abundance of natural resources to sustain larger‚ more condensed populations. Citizens of these early civilizations were at the mercy of their surrounding environment‚ as it was often their main or only source of
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The Island of Britain‚ home to the British Empire‚ was not always a major player on the world stage. In truth‚ until the Roman conquest‚ the inhabitants of the island were considered to be culturally backward. Bronze Age Britain is a far cry from the world power it is today‚ and is surprisingly understudied. However‚ despite the neglect of our modern world towards the pre-roman history of the island‚ there is one monument that has grabbed our attention‚ Stonehenge. This monument has served as
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Is Technology Helpful Or Harmful For Students? The first technology in the world was fire and tools. People of the Stone Age did not have the luxury of turning on the TV and watching the news‚ texting on the phone and playing video games at the computer. Living in the Computer- Driven Information Age‚ we don’t necessarily think of fire or tools as technologies. So we learning how to use fire were the human development’s first try in the world.（From http://www.ushistory.org/civ/2d.asp） Many people
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Good afternoon... respected Mrs Deepa dasgupta and the esteemed dignitories present here today‚ and my dear friends I G . VIKRAM SIMHA studyng in 7th class representing siva sivani public school ‚ standing before u to present my views about “USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY IN CURBING CORRUPTION “ . We r in the stage of modern era . we are speeding up our lives faster and faster as we have all travelled from the stone age to the net age.. Technoloy improved our lives to an extent where man can sit in his
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Buried for almost 3800 years on the coast of the Orkney Islands‚ Skara Brae‚ which means hilly dunes‚ is one of the oldest villages ever discovered. The Orkney Islands off of the northern coast of Scotland were hit by a ragging storm and the grass was striped off to reveal the village of Skara Brae. Skara Brae was said to have lasted from 3700 at 2500 B.C. and was a small‚ tight-knit community. The Orkney landscape was quite barren. Not many trees at all so they made their houses out of stone
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There are three reasons why we must be cautious about drawing inferences about past forages from observations of present forages. First‚ early foragers lived in many types of environments. Thus‚ what is observe among recent and contemporary food collectors‚ who generally live in deserts‚ the arctic and tropical forest may not be comparable to what we would have observed in more favorable environments in the past. Second‚ contemporary foragers are not relics of the past. This is because societies
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