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    Rising Tide of Immigration Largest Mass Movement in History 1880-1921‚ 23 million people immigrated (rec.) Nearly 46 million people left homelands seeking new countries. NO quotas‚ NO papers‚ NO passports for USA Demographics After 1880 “Old Immigrants” = Northwestern Europe; Before 1880 “New Immigrants” = Southern & Eastern; After 1880 Who Were They? Young‚ Mostly Male‚ and Catholic & Jewish Spoke little or no English What Did They Do? Unskilled agricultural

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    When the word Idol comes up to our mind we often think of things that we worship and adore such as God‚ image or statues‚ or for some people it could be someone they look up to who influence their belief and decisions in life. In Bacon’s book he talks about the four idols that are deep-seated features of all human‚ and as well as the reason behind our dilemma in understanding the word around us that prevents human from attaining true understanding. The first idol is the Idols of the Tribe‚ according

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    scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (ca. 305 – 240 BCE) at the Museum of Alexandria‚ made early lists of seven wonders. Their writings have not survived‚ except as references.The classic seven wonders were Great Pyramid of Giza‚Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚Temple of Artemis at Ephesus‚Mausoleum at HalicarnassusColossus of Rhodes and Lighthouse of Alexandria. First wonder in the list is Great Pyramid of Giza.The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids

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    History Alive!-Chapter 8-The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs Egypt Retained 3 long periods of stability and unity under the rule of the Pharaohs. The Old Kingdom-2700 to 2200 B.C.E This age was called the (Age of the Pyramids) During this time‚ Egypt’s Pharaohs set up a strong central government and also had great pyramids built as tombs for them. Middle Kingdom-2000 to 1800 B.C.E This age was called (Age of Reunification) During this time‚ ancient Egypt followed many years of chaos and disunity and

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    Question1. Describe the sculptures‚ chaityas and viharas of the Mauryan Dynasty constructed to spread Buddhism during Ashoka’s reign. The Mauryan period is an important period in the history of Indian art and architecture‚ with the foundations for Indian art being laid‚ which would later reach their height during the golden age of the Guptas. Our main pieces of evidence and material come from the time of the great Mauryan king Ashoka. Ashoka’s Maurya Dynasty consisted of present-day Pakistan

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    1646 to 1874 and still stands today. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚ which some stories indicate the Hanging Gardens towered hundreds of feet into the air‚ but archaeological explorations indicate a more modest‚ but still impressive‚ height. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚ the Greeks held one of their most important festivals‚ The Olympic Games‚ in honour of the King of

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    7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD AIM: Is to apprise the house about 7 Wonders of The World. SEQUENCE: * History * Seven Wonders of the Ancient World * New Seven Wonders of the World * Ongoing Seven wonders of the Nature * Recapitulation * Conclusion HISTORY: The origin of the idea of Seven Wonders of the World dates back to Herodotus (484 BC – 425 BC) and Callimachus (305 BC – 240 BC)‚ who made lists which included 7 famous place of ancient world‚ and from there the Idea of 7 wonders

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    story’s archetypal margins. The story all begins with the eye. At first‚ Ofelia is traveling with her pregnant mother to her stepfather’s home‚ but on the way they stop because of her mother’s morning sickness. She gets out of the car and see’s a statue of a faun. She sees the eye has fallen onto the ground and puts it back on. From there‚ it is clear that she see’s past her physical surroundings and is about to experience an unbelievable journey. A fairy leads her to the Labyrinth that will take

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    We then move on to the Japan exhibit. Something right as I walked in that caught my eye was the Life-Size Painted and Lacquered Figure of a Seated Patriarch or Monk. I read the description of it and was pleased to find out it had to do with Zen Buddhism. Although we did not touch a lot on Monks this year‚ I still did have a bit of general knowledge about them so I decided to use it as one of

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    June 21st‚ 1788. This is the finalization of the drafting process of the Constitution of the United States. Which later was finalized on September 17th‚ 1787. The process of the Ratification of Constitution was ambiguous in procedure because of its statues expressed in the Article of Confederation. A dispute existing between the old legislation and the new legislation added the difficulty to the process. The most serious criticism was that the Constitutional Convention had failed to adopt the Bill of

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