Hieroglyphics were also used for writing poems‚ myths‚ medical recipes and records of battle‚ legal documents‚ trade transactions and even magic spells. Scribes‚ wrote with hieroglyphics on walls of temples but mostly papyrus‚ an early form paper. Mesopotamian scribes‚ instead of writing on papyrus wrote on clay tablets. Mesopotamians are credited with inventing the earliest form of writing‚ Cuneiform. With the use of reed styluses‚ they carved pictographs into clay tablets and left the tablets to dry. Even
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The invention of algebra from the ancient world has produced many opportunities for the modern world we live in today. According to the Webster’s Dictionary‚ “algebra by definition is the part of mathematics in which letters and other symbols are used to represent numbers and quantities in formulae and equations.” First and for most‚ algebra is divided into two different groups‚ the first group being “classical algebra”‚ which is solving equations and finding the unknown variable. The second group
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ORIGIN Parsi or Persian was the language of the Parsa people who ruled Iran between 550 - 330 BCE. It belongs to what scholars call the Indo-Iranian group of languages. It became the language of the Persian Empire and was widely spoken in the ancient days ranging from the borders of India in the east‚ Russian in the north‚ the southern shores of the Persian Gulf to Egypt and the Mediterranean in the west. Over the centuries Parsi has changed to its modern form and today Persian is spoken primarily
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surgically operate on patients but as seen in the Edwin Smith Papyrus: a clinical reappraisal of the oldest known document on spine injuries “ It is fascinating to see the shift of treatment goals over time. Whereas ancient Egyptian triage medicine considered the likelihood of survival as the most important outcome of interest‚ nowadays the quality of life is and functional outcome measures are the primary interest.” (Edwin Smith Papyrus‚ 43–44). Although they understood how to operate and diagnose
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messages on a variety of objects including walls‚ stones‚ etc. where the ancient Egyptians would be able to leave messages on buildings and in areas. Then‚ the ancient Egyptians invented a type of paper called papyrus‚ and they were now able to print messages on paper and deliver them. Papyrus and hieroglyphics were a very successful form of communication‚ almost as successful as the printing press but it was a much longer process. Hieroglyphics are the most commonly known form of ancient alphabets
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1 To begin‚ Egypt was kept from outside influence because of its natural boundaries and the Nile. Therefore‚ this had positive effects on Egypt’s agriculture and development. The natural boundaries included the Mediterranean Sea‚ deserts and the six cataracts of the Nile. Since there were no outside influences there were no pressures and so this ancient river valley civilization could develop. The Nile did not only protect them but it also benefited them a lot. The annual flood of the Nile
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Culture: Ancient Egyptian- Old Kingdom Artist: Unknown Title: False Door Date: Roughly 2400 B.C.E. Media: Limestone Measurements: 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm) Accession #: 52.22 This relief sculpture serves more of a religious-function that any aesthetic one. Aside from have some minor damage done‚ it is nearly perfectly balanced. On the bottom of the piece are four men; two on each side that mirror each other. They all hold what seem to be spears in one hand and a scepter in
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Cheslee Morgan Felux Period 4 January/February 2013 “If I rub my hands with it‚ soap foams‚ exults… The more complaisant it makes them‚ supple‚ Smooth‚ docile‚ the more slobbers‚ the more Its rage becomes voluminous‚ pearly… Magic Stone! The more it forms with air and water Clusters of scented grapes‚ Explosive… Water‚ air and soap Overlap‚ play At leapfrog‚ form Combinations less chemical than Physical‚ gymnastical‚ acrobatical Rhetorical? There is much to say about soap.”
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT subcontinent is the Indus Valley Civilization that flourished between 2600 and 1900 BC in the Indus river basin. Their cities were laid out with geometric regularity‚ but no known mathematical documents survive from this civilization. The oldest extant mathematical records from India are the Sulba Sutras (dated variously between the 8th century BC and the 2nd century AD)‚ appendices to religious texts which give simple rules for constructing altars of various shapes‚
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From my own views humanities is the study of humans from different time frames and the cultures and how it changed up until today’s time frame. The development of humanities was established from the modern times when things were done by hand for example farming‚ when you want fresh food farmers would plant the seed and attend to the farm as needed as far as today’s world artificial food is made and many of it is not health nor does it taste the same. In today’s modern world machines do all the work
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