One of the main reasons of why Kobe suffered way more than what Northridge in the earthquake was because of the natural and man made causes. Earthquakes are devastating‚ but that doesn’t mean that thousands of people have to die from it. Kobe‚ Japan and Northridge‚ California are two good examples. In 1/17/1995‚ Kobe‚ Japan suffered a magnitude 6.9 earthquake. Similarly‚ Northridge‚ California suffered a magnitude 6.7 earthquake exactly one year before. Kobe‚ Japan’s focus‚ or the place where the
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World Trees World trees are a prevalent element occurring in the astrologies‚ creation accounts and iconographies of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica. Mayan world trees embodied the four cardinal directions‚ which also serve to represent the four-fold nature of a central world tree‚ “A sort of axis mundi which connects the planes of the Underworld and the sky‚ with that of the terrestrial realm” (Parker‚ Maya Cosmos). Often‚ world trees were represented by the king‚ who was said to have
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Though the Inca and Mayan empires existed at different times in history‚ they have a few things in common. Like other societies throughout history though‚ they have many things that set them apart from each other. The biggest similarity they share is that they both had control of massive empires that eventually ceased to exist. To start off with‚ the Mayans existed earlier in history than the Incas. The Mayans existed from 1000 BC to AD 1697 and no one is quite certain what wiped out their ancient
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Between 1980 into the mid 1980s… the genocide of the Maya occurred within the city of modern Guatemala (p.355). It was during this time that the Mayan society were forced to leave their home in the altiplano (the highlands—due to an earthquake) and had to begin to assimilate with the rest of the Guatemala population. During this time‚ the Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (FAR) ladino organization extended their communist influence to those Mayas assosciated with the highlands. Therefore because of their
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Mathematics Hidden Inside the Mayan Calendar The Mayan Calendar is a system of calendars in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica‚ in modern communities in highland Gautemala‚ in Vercruz‚ Oxaca‚ and Chiapas‚ Mexico. The calendar is filled with mathematics and a huge math system‚ but it is not exactly like the math system we use today. The math system hidden inside the Mayan Calendar is called the Vigesimal System. How does the Vigesimal System work? The numbers represent what symbols in the math system? This
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Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin Is 21 too young? That is the question you may ask yourself before reading the story “Always to Remember:The Vision of Maya Ying Lin”. “Always to Remember” is referring to the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War is a major historical moment in our nation and the author does not want anyone to forget about it. As for “The Vision of Maya Ying Lin” it is to understand how and why Maya came up with the design that she did for the memorial. She went to the actual
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2 main way howhildhood history has ben studied: 1) Historical Demography / Population Studies / Family Reconstitution involves trying to find numbers and figures so we can come up with statistics or trends of the past. The baptism rgisters of porto salvo in valletta have been studied by researchers ‚ and inputting them in progerams that come up with information. This data can tell us how many obys and igrls were obrn over a period‚ how many were illegitame or legitamate‚‚ if parents were maltese
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Guatemala was unsuccessful in progressing socially for the indigenous Mayan people after the Guatemalan civil war to a great extent‚ because of the lack of leadership and social attitude towards the indigenous Mayan people. The indigenous Mayan people were seen as inferior due to them being minorities in society‚ which caused them to barely possess any right before and after the war. Being the lower class of the Guatemalan society‚ caused them to yearn for social progress in society‚ which was something
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Popol Vuh "The Mayan Creation" Popol Vuh was an integral part of the Mesoamerican society that had been enlightened with the western biblical judiciousness. The Mesoamericans‚ which were called Quiché people‚ believed that their Ancient World was fashioned from the same matter and aspects as that of the Western Judeo Civilizations. There are numerous transactional meanings between the biblical stance and the creation story of the Quiché. Many narratives have been borrowed from the bible and reconstituted
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as established as the Maya culture was. Moreover‚ this culture will be the one that future cultures like the Incas and Aztecs will go off from to create their own society but more on that later. To begin was a group of Indians that came before the Mayans. These Indians hunt the vast amount of animal that were around at that time. It was more a nomadic society. A nomadic society is one the focus on the concepts of hunting and gathering. No physical structure was in place during these times you would
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