Mount Vesuvius 79 A.D VS Mount St Helens 1980 Would you rather be by Vesuvius when it erupted or be by St Helens when it erupted?. Some people ask this question because both eruptions seemed pretty bad . For example ‚ pompeii was covered in ash because of vesuvius. Although‚ there are many differences between the two volcanoes and their eruptions they also have a lot in common. These are some ways they are alike and different. Both volcanoes have a lot in common. For example‚ there both stratovolcanoes
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Mesa Community College The Etruscans ASB222: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World Colleen Strawhacker‚ M.A. December 6‚ 2012 The inhabitants of the stone and bronze ages of Northern Italy‚ the region known as modern day Tuscany‚ eventually developed into the people that are known by others as the Etruscans (Nardo pg.8). The ancient Greeks had other names for them‚ including the Tyrsenoi or Tyrrhenoi and the Romans moniker for the Etruscans was the Tusci
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Construction approaches and design methods of braced excavation walls Group Assignment Contents Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Shallow Trenches ....................................................................
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this word or the next’ ’Britt 255. “ Neat people are bums and clods at heart” Britt 256. Dave Barry stated and his essay “ Batting Clean-Up n Striking Out” Modern people often ask “How come when the ashes falling the Pompeii people didn’t just leave? The answer is that in Pompeii it was the custom for the men to do the homework. They never even noticed the ash until it had for most part covered the children “Hey! The men said (in Latin). It’s might quiet around here!” With these three example
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TOK Essay on History (Pompeii Activity) Dear students Please choose one of the past TOK prescribed titles in order to analyse the Pompeii Activity dealing with: AOK: History‚ Natural Sciences WOK: Reason‚ Sense Perception‚ Language‚ Emotion Concepts: Certainty‚ Evidence‚ Explanation‚ Interpretation‚ Technology Knowledge Questions: Bias‚ selection‚ absolute claims‚ conflicting interpretations 1. Using history and at least one other area of knowledge‚ examine the claim that it is possible to
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normally cools before it has the chance to spread. This is due to the viscosity of the lava being extremely high. One of the most famous stratovolcanoes is Mount Vesuvius. This volcano is known for its huge explosion that had taken out the whole town of Pompeii. When a stratovolcano erupts the magma chamber builds up until the volcano explodes. Thus causing major destruction‚ including‚ ash fall‚ huge lava flows and
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archaeological sites? Excavation in the nineteenth century was often used by treasure hunters to collect artefacts and antiquities for personal gain‚ and speculation was often made on their findings. Archaeologists today do not accept these procedures‚ excavations are now done strategically‚ and a controlled plan must be put in place before an excavation begins. Excavations cause destruction so they must only be done for specific reasons such as research or rescue. Research excavations are done when the
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village under the ash or lava. 1b: On the 24th August in the year AD 79‚ the people of Pompeii were going about their business in the usual way. Suddenly it grew dark a great was leaving the top of mountain. The people of Pompeii started to run out of the town‚ but more than 2000 of them didn’t get for. Stones and cinders began to fall on the town and the town was completely buried. 1c: The importance of Pompeii today is that the Italian government has very carefully cleared away the volcanic matter
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Explain the clauses in SMM 2 below and give sketches‚ dimensions and typical description in each of the following. Excavation and Earthworks D3 Clearing undergrowth Clearing site of undergrowth‚ bushes‚ scrub and the like and grubbing up their roots‚ which shall be deemed to include their disposal‚ shall given in square meter Before the construction work begin‚ the site must be prepared by clearing the site and grubbing up the roots of undergrowth‚ bushes‚ scrub and any kind of small
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ash‚ and mud. If people did not make it out of their homes‚ they were going to die even if they made it out of their homes there was still a good chance that they were going to die. There was nowhere to hide when it is raining rocks. The cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by pyroclastic flow there was no escaping this. Then the ruins were buried under dozens of feet of tephra. Describe the environmental impacts of the volcano (describe why and how‚ not list. For example‚ what have
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