Zheng He is a name of which many don’t hear a lot around‚ much less know who he is. Zheng He is‚ however‚ one of the greatest ocean explorers in the 15th century‚ and can be named side to side with Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus. Zheng He’s 7 voyages to the Indian Ocean strengthened trade between the Ming Dynasty and its neighbouring countries in the Middle East and India‚ and brought back exotic souvenirs and gifts to the Yongle Emperor‚ which were tributes from the neighbouring countries
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Mrs. Chau-Lee English H P.5 3 October 2014 Should She Return It? What would you do? If you lost something valuable you borrowed from your friend and you bought a replacement without telling her that is worth a lot more than the original? In Mathilde’s situation this is exactly what happened. Mme. Forestier should return the difference in value of the original necklace and the replacement because even though Mathilde is not the richest girl‚ she still bought another diamond necklace and spent the
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a few things he shared with me – but apparently doesn’t want to tell you. (No offense‚ I’m sure.) 1. He always spends less than he earns. In fact his mantra is‚ over the long run‚ you’re better off if you strive to be anonymously rich rather than deceptively poor. 2. He knows that patience is a virtue. The odds are you won’t become a millionaire overnight. If you’re like him‚ your wealth will be accumulated gradually by diligently saving your money over multiple decades. 3. He serves his guests
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Bao Anh Class : 3B Student Code : CQ530023 NARRATIVE ESSAY ABOUT ME. With changing world around me‚ I am driven to change‚ to catch up with new things. But I still ask myself a question “What is my value ?” In my opinion‚ the value of each person is variable in the ranges of sex‚ race‚ personalities.......ect. And your values change in the way you act to the world day by day. From my personality‚ I am an extrovert girl with a lot of ambition. In specific‚ I always plan well to make sure that
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Romulus’s life and disappearance THE BEGINNING OF ROME In 6000 BC Alexander the Great gathered several cities in Italy together and created Greece. The Greece Alexander created reached from Eastern Italy to the Aegean Sea. Not only did he start Greece‚ but he also started the Neolithic Era. At this time the Greeks didn’t have a writing system‚ the only good they created was crops like olives’ grapes’ and other similar food. This is how they lived until the Bronze Age. From 3000 BC to 1100 BC
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NO MORE WOOF http://www.livescience.com/42300-no-more-woof-dog-animal-communication.html A dog may be man’s best friend‚ but if people ever figure out what dogs are really thinking‚ will the friendship sour? That’s a risk that a few inventors in Europe are willing to take: They’ve received funding to develop "No More Woof‚" an electronic device that promises to analyze dogs’ brain waves and translate a few of their thoughts into rudimentary English. It’s still a work in progress‚ but once
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She Stoops to Conquer What do you consider to be the director’s main message and evaluate how successfully it was communicated to you in the live performance? On the 18th of November 2014‚ my theatre group and I attended a live production of ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ at the Liverpool Playhouse. She Stoops to Conquer was written by the Irish born author Oliver Goldsmith in 1771 and was performed for the first time in 1773. The play is written in the style of a ‘Comedy of Manners’‚ meaning it mocks the
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A Better Education In the 20th century there are many ways to have a great education system. Other countries have excelled in the programs that they have but the United States hasn’t caught up yet. Technology was used in a lot of the online videos. Working together and finding the problem earlier in the individual students own learning early in their school years. Others schools focus only on one subject at a time and other schools do it another way. In an article I read‚ the grades don’t do any
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In the article “What Does It Mean to Be Well-Educated”‚ the author Alfie Kohn discusses the wide meaning of well-educated and breaks it down in terms of academics and common knowledge. Kohn states in the article that there are many people in the world who do have brilliant ideas‚ but do not necessarily know how to put them down using correct grammar skills. The author firstly addresses that education is not always first priority‚ that the main target towards education is to create good and creative
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Katie Grove Mrs. Wells English 2B March 3‚ 2013 Negative Effects of Homework Homework has historically been given to students to reinforce what they learn at school‚ and ultimately to help them learn the material better. However‚ too much homework is not helpful‚ and can be counterproductive. Excessive amounts of time spent on completing homework can take away from a student ’s social life‚ family time‚ and limits participation in sports or other activities. The amount of homework a teacher
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