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    He felt as if he needed to protect himself in his afterlife‚ so he liquefied mercury‚ so that he could surround his tomb with a sea of flowing mercury. He created an army called the terracotta army to guard his tomb. His tomb was locked very securely and was built deep into the ground so that it could never be found. He planned that all his workers‚ architects‚ everyone that knows how to get into his tomb would be sealed away with him

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    Economic Factors? One of the main factor that made the Euphronios Krater take long before it would be taken back home was the economic factor. The Metropolitan Museum Art argued that the Greek people lacked the economic resources in protecting the artifact from adverse environmental conditions and theft. Again‚ they gained a lot of revenue when people came to see this artifact. Based on its design and unique appearance‚ this crate creates a lot of attraction and revenue and thus the British were

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    ZHOB VALLEY CULTURE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION: Amidst the rugged wind-swept valleys and foothills of Balochistan‚ one finds a more continuous story of human activity of the Stone Age men. These pre-historic men of the Stone Age settled in the valleys or villages. The sequence begins with the transition of nomadic herdsmen to settled agricultural communities. They were both herdsmen and farmers who lived on the outskirts of the plains with their cattle and cultivated barley and other crops.

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    to 314 and 316 East 82nd Street are 322-326 East 82nd Street. Though the first floor window grates and painted terracotta medallions of these buildings differ‚ the overall layout and fire balcony designs are identical. Like the Queen Anne-inspired buildings within the West Chelsea and Carnegie Hill neighborhoods‚ the Yorkville buildings feature the classical floral motif in the terracotta medallions framing the entrances and the pressed sheet metal roof

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    The Value of the Humanities  The humanities can be described as the study of how people process and document the human experience. Since humans have been able‚ we have used philosophy‚ literature‚ religion‚ art‚ music‚ history and language to understand and record our world. Through exploration of the humanities we learn how to think creatively and critically‚ to reason‚ and to ask questions. These skills allow us to gain new insights into everything from poetry and paintings to business models and

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    Pre-AP World History Chapter 3 Vocabulary 1. Yellow and Yangtze Rivers-contained many agricultural settlements‚ were river valleys 2.Gobi Desert-in northwest China‚ blocking off invaders from the north and northwest 3.Tibetan Plateau-north of the Himilayan Mountains‚ protected the west from invasion 4.Yangshao and Longshan cultures-identified as the painted and black pottery cultures 5.Xia Dynasty-started around 4000 years ago‚ leader Yu introduced irrigation and draining 6.Shang Dynasty-afterthe

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    The Art of Greek Theater The theater and all it encompassed played an integral role in the lives of the ancient Greeks. From the architecture and costumes‚ to the mask‚ the art of the theater was a feast for the senses and inspired artists to recreate what was seen on stage on more permanent media‚ thus enriching the lives of future generations. It is believed that theater began as a religious experience in order to honor the gods. Drama developed out of choral dances for Dionysus‚ the Greek god

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    Rome 2000 plus years ago was the world’s first megacity‚ and to this day still leaves an impression on civilizations worldwide. Many of their achievements can be attributed to their extensive education‚ military might and unifying political and social structure. Above anything else‚ they owe much of their progress to their highly advanced technology and engineering accomplishments. One of Rome’s great monumental architectural achievements are the aqueducts. “Over a period of 500 years-from 312 B

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    Note: Simply fill out the form send us at Thefriendsfm@gmail.com Regards ( Addie ) Chandraketugarh :unfold Bengals rich heritage It is a place with a rich historical past. However‚ surprisingly very few people even in West Bengal are aware of it. The ruins of Chandraketugarh‚ a huge fortified township dating back to 4th/3rd century BC is situated just 38 kms from Kolkata. History says that this place in the delta of the Ganga River is the site of one of the oldest cities in Bengal and belonged

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    this ancient journey occurred‚ particularly about 75‚000 years ago and included Black Pygmies‚ Black Negritic peoples and Black Australoids similar to the Aboriginal Black people of Australia and parts of Asia‚ including India.  Ancient African terracotta portraits 1000 B.C. to 500 B.C. Recent discoveries in the field of linguistics and other methods have shown without a doubt‚ that the ancient Olmecs of Mexico‚ known as the Xi People‚ came originally from West Africa and were of the Mende African

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