Assessment task 1‚ Heinrich Schliemann‚ Georgina Hollands‚ Ancient history‚ Year 11 Heinrich Schliemann’s life was a rags-to-riches story. A poor‚ uneducated‚ and motherless boy rose through his hard work lifestyle to the highest heights of wealth. Schliemann travelled the world and learned its languages‚ married a Greek bride‚ and together they discovered the treasures of Troy and the citadel of Agamemnon‚ thereby fulfilling the dream he had chased since childhood. The reality was
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Negative Effects of the Roman Conquests As the territory of the Roman Empire expanded and conquered new land to encompass the majority of the known world. With new territories came new wealth‚ lands to be colonized and distributed‚ treasures and art to be plundered‚ taxes to be collected‚ and slaves to be sold. The Empire was prospering‚ trade routes provided anything the world had to offer in the markets of Rome. With increased wealth the residents of Rome be came idle and decadent‚ entertainment
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Restaurants may be classified or distinguished in many different ways. The primary factors are usually the food itself (e.g. vegetarian‚ seafood‚ steak); the cuisine (e.g. Italian‚ Chinese‚ Indian‚ French‚ Thai) and/or the style of offering (e.g. tapas bar‚ a sushi train‚ a tastet restaurant‚ a buffet restaurant or a yum cha restaurant). Beyond this‚ restaurants may differentiate themselves on factors including speed (see fast food)‚ formality‚ location‚ cost‚ service‚ or novelty themes (such as
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Tourism Tourism is defined as a composite of activities‚ services‚ and industries that delivers a travel experience to individuals and groups travelling fifty miles or more from their homes for purposes of pleasure. The business sectors comprising the tourism industry include: transportation‚ accommodations‚ eating and drinking establishments‚ shops‚ entertainment venues‚ activity facilities‚ and a variety of hospitality service providers who cater to individuals or groups travelling away from
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Vesuvius and St. Helens are volcanoes‚ they both erupted . Nonetheless‚ these volcanoes did damage to land and loss of life. Some people even lived by these volcanos‚ it may awesome to live by a volcano‚ or it may be terrifying. Nonetheless‚ if you were to live by a volcano while it was erupting‚ the event would be terrifying from the tremors of a volcano‚ moreover‚ many years ago St. Helens erupted‚ the tremors were horrific‚ people who lived by this volcano were terrified they probably had to
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art or literature in the conventional sense of the term‚ but it is an expression of people’s inner feeling‚ and therefore just as expressive and even more raw‚ than polished art. Graffiti existed in the Greek and Roman Empires of ancient times. "Pompeii Hadrians Villa at Tivoli‚ The Doums Aurea of Emperor Ner In Roma‚ which have been inherently known for their beauty and novelty‚ yet graffiti exists there." Although‚ most people misunderstand graffiti‚ absolutely‚ it is a form of art‚ and it can
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as shown by Mildred-- “... Mildred ran from the parlor like a native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius.” (Bradbury 89) The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. was an incredibly perilous and disastrous event‚ forcing the residents of Pompeii to flee from every which way as their life was on the line. It was obvious to the reader that she was quite on edge due to her hasty manner that she had as she went to greet Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps when they arrived. Mildred jumped to answer the
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AP EURO ART MOVEMENTS Overview: Page # • Italian Renaissance (1400s-mid1500s)………….1-2 • Northern Renaissance (1500s-late1600s)…………3 • Mannerism (Mid-Late 1500s)………………………..3-4 • Baroque (1600-1750)…………………………………...4-5 • Rococo (1700s)…………………………………………….5-6 • Neoclassicism (1750-1850)………………………..........6 • Romanticism (1800-1850)…………………………........7 • Realism (1850-1900)…………………………………....7-8 • Impressionism
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Professor of English Literature. First of all‚ even though I am not a Native American‚ I can sympathize with the feelings of desecration someone must feel upon learning that their relatives have been ‘dug up’ with no way of stopping the excavation. I know that I would not like to have my own family’s graves dug up‚ even in the name of science or research. I cannot think of a reason‚ short of requiring DNA evidence to solve a murder‚ which could justify that. I have always experienced feelings
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Exploration Society who was so impressed with Boyd’s work she offered the societies financial backing for her to continue her work in Crete (Zogby 1987). It was due to this that Boyd made her greatest discovery. In 1901‚ whilst carrying out excavation work in Crete‚ Boyd discovered a Bronze age site which is thought to have been occupied from as early as 3rd millennium BC to 1000 BC‚ thriving in the period 1800BC-1600BC (Zogby‚ 1987). This was to be the first Minoan town site uncovered. Discoveries
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