History of the California Missions (1769-1823) You may already know that there are 21 missions today in the state of California. Starting in San Diego all the way past San Francisco‚ the missions remind us of an earlier time when the Spanish were colonizing Alta California. The California missions were started because the Spanish king wanted to create permanent settlements in the area of the New World called Alta California. The decision to create Spanish missions in California was political
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with their own distinctive values and standards. Moreover‚ the two characters represent their respective nations. One is from the First World‚ America‚ the highly developed one and the other is from India‚ the Third World. Muni is symbol of austere poverty‚ materially as well as morally. He is in fact
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of the ancient cities and the objects contained within we found clay tablets with curios markings. Slowly theses markings were recognized as writing and the script‚ in its various languages‚ was laboriously deciphered. In these tablets we find the epic of Gilgamesh. Although scholars have disagreed about the meanings in the story and there have been as many versions of it as there have been translators it still has remained a historic myth. The story begins a description of the world in which
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The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a half human half-god individual searching for life’s answer. It highlights many facets of basic human nature‚ along with innate human fears‚ needs‚ and desire. The main character‚ Gilgamesh embodies many of these characteristics of humankind coupled with his immense strength and position of power derived from his godly background. He journeys through life attempting to find way to avoid death and become immortal. He soon learns that immortality is reserved
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from http://www.cityoforange.org/depts/finance/operating_budget.asp Budget Budget. (n.d.). Orange County‚ California -. Retrieved May 5‚ 2014‚ from http://ssa.ocgov.com/about/budget City Budget Demographic Information. (n.d.). City of Orange‚ CA -. Retrieved May 4‚ 2014‚ from http://www.cityoforange.org/depts/commdev/planning/advanced/demographic_information.asp Economic Plan General Plan. (n.d.). City of Orange‚ CA -. Retrieved May 4‚ 2014‚ from http://www.cityoforange.org/about/general_plan_
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story. The setting provided in the novel Babbitt‚ by Sinclair Lewis‚ provides a beautiful backdrop to the intricacies of the story. The novel has an extremely interesting mood to it‚ accompanied by extremely interesting ideas. Before the setting
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Epic Story I’d like to call upon the fiction gods to empower this story to be extravagant. The cold storm carried on with its overwhelming booms from the thunder shaking the house from the outside. Terrified‚ the blond haired Juliet sat in the corner of her darkened closet attempting to go unnoticed by the intruder stalking around her house. She sat there hugging her legs‚ praying that he wouldn’t hear her soft whimpers of fear. She listened quietly to the footsteps walking around her once safe
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Gilgamesh Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk. He made his city beautiful by building high walls‚ ziggurats‚ and many orchards. Also‚ he was portrayed as very beautiful‚ strong‚ and wise. Despite everything he had done‚ many people still did not appreciate or respect Gilgamesh. This was due largely to how Gilgamesh treated women. He would rape any woman who caught his eye‚ even if it was on her wedding day. The gods heard the prayers of the people and sent down Enkidu to match Gilgamesh’s strength
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Epic Poetry of Beowulf Although it is often viewed as the model Anglo-Saxon literary work and as a foundation of modern literature‚ Beowulf has an odd history that complicates both its historical and its recognized place in English literature. By the time the story of Beowulf was composed by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet (in around 700 a.d.) much of its material had been in movement in the oral native for many years. Many elements of Beowulf date back to the period of the migration of the Anglo-Saxons
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The Epic of Gilgamash Tablet -1 The mighty King finds a match Part -1 URruk in her days of glory under the rein of King Gilgamash. Three forth God and one third beast he boosted "Who could have been a man more suited than me" He said. The last of his kind Gilgamash emerged supreme among the folk of URuk‚ His head high in the sky as proud Bull. Son of Ninsun Perfected by Aruru the Goddess of creation .Eyes as deep as the sea ‚ Hair as wise as light‚ his armor shinning as a furnace of fire‚ fairer
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