half of the twentieth century‚ on the marshy plain bordered by the rivers Sava and Danube‚ stretching between the historical cities of Zemun and Belgrade.[1] The terrain of this modern development‚ most dramatically beheld from the position of the ancient Belgrade fortress‚ served for centuries as a no-man’s-land between the borders of the two empires‚ the Ottoman and the Austrian/Austro-Hungarian.[2] Devoid of any urban structure‚ it fulfilled the function of a cordon sanitaire‚ observed and controlled
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Ancient Egyptians were religious people who believed that there was rebirth after death. Since they believed in rebirth after death‚ funerals were a big deal. They believed that after they died they would go to another world where they would lead a new life. They believed that they would also need all the things they had when they were alive. Families would put all the things they needed in the grave with the dead person. This included furniture‚ games‚ and even food. They believed that death was
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The Role of Women in Ancient Greece and Egypt Throughout history‚ most societies held women in an inferior status compared to that of men. This was often justified as being the natural result of biological differences between the sexes. In many societies‚ for example‚ people believed women to be more emotional and less decisive than men. Women were also viewed to be less intelligent and less creative by nature. However‚ research shows that women and men have the same range of emotional‚ intellectual
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Ancient Egypt 10000-1075 BCE * The Nile Dominated the Egyptian World. * The Nile was divided into the upper and lower regions * The Nile symbolize the life blood in Egypt * Each city had its own patron Deity * City’s encouraged people to go on pilgrimages to their city’s via the Nile in order to increase economic activity in the city * The Nile was a lifeline for trade‚ politics‚ irrigation‚ etc. * Animals came to be seen as representation of the Gods on Earth *
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culture‚ it is also no longer the expression of our culture”. This move‚ which separates ornament and culture‚ links Modernist architecture to the culture of modernity. Reading this now two things emerge. The first is a statement of intent – Modernist architecture clearly defines itself in relation to culture. The second is a question – how today can the relation between architecture and culture to be understood? Despite the clarity of the Loos’s definition‚ this contemporary question has a persistent quality
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Balinese Residential Architecture 2 Balinese Residential Architecture: Balinese architecture has be divided into 6 parts which are the family compound‚ the pavilions‚ the temple courtyard and gates‚ the kul-kul and shrines‚ the palaces and also the water palaces (Wijaya & Granquist‚ 2005‚ p97) . Balinese residential architecture is based on ancient traditional Javanese style combined with Hindu religion and culture. The concept behind this architecture is the openness of space within
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Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Egypt and Mesopotamia‚ although similar‚ are different as a result of one major natural resource: a river. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were an agricultural based society that believed in the existence of many deities; however‚ they differed in the aspect of how they evolved as an agricultural society and whether they feared or praised their gods. Mesopotamia‚ also known as the Fertile Crescent‚ was located inside the Euphrates and Tigris River. The fertile land
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Ancient Egypt is a fascinating and complex place that greatly influenced much of the modern world today. Egyptians had made great strides in written records‚ making them one of the first few cultures in which historians had an accurate depiction of Egyptian society and how it functions. The ancient Egyptians were a highly advanced people in terms of technological and economic innovations‚ placing much emphasis on religion‚ gender roles‚ and a strong hierarchy. Their location along the Nile river
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provide a continuum of commercial areas‚ the three major city level centres‚ planned as precincts were interconnected through linear commercial belts along the major arteries. Similarly‚ while neighbourhood centres were planned within the residential sectors‚ these centres were also planned to be connected through underpasses across intercepting V3s to form continuous neighborhood shopping streets running across the width of the city in the East West direction. This concept has however not
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Residential schools should not be continued because of common practices‚ family‚ and knowledge. To begin‚ residential schools should not be continued because of common practices. Aboriginal children are already used to their common practices from home. They have been hunting and preparing food‚ and interacting positively with nature for at least four years. Adjusting to the new lifestyle they are put in is odd and difficult for them because in residential schools‚ the children do not hunt and prepare
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