A.P. U.S. History Notes Chapter 1: “New World Beginnings” Summary: 225 million years ago‚ Earth was one supercontinent (Pangaea) and ocean. About 10 million years ago‚ the North America that we know today was formed (geographical shape). The first discoverers of North America were nomadic Asians who wandered over here by way of an exposed land bridge from Russia to Alaska during the Ice Age. Though they were hunters at first‚ by 5000 BC‚ they had become hunter-gatherers with a diet of
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The premise of decadence was tremendously popular in late 19th century European literature. In addition‚ the degeneracy of the individual and society at large was represented in numerous contemporary works by Mann. In Death in Venice‚ the theme of decadence caused by aestheticism appears through Gustav von Achenbach’s eccentric‚ specifically homoerotic‚ feelings towards a Polish boy named Tadzio. Although his feelings spring from a sound source‚ the boy’s aesthetic beauty‚ Aschenbach becomes decadent
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"I would not think of quarreling with your interpretation nor offering any other‚ as I have found it always the best policy to allow the film to speak for itself." (Stanley Kubrick) As one of the most widely acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era‚ Stanley Kubrick enjoyed a reputation and a standing unique among the filmmakers of his day. He had a brilliant career with relatively few films. An outsider‚ he worked beyond the confines of Hollywood‚ which he disliked‚ maintaining
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Kenya --Geography Located on the eastern part of the African continent‚ Kenya is bordered by Tanzania in the southwest and Indian Ocean in the southeast. Sudan and Ethiopia lie to the north and Uganda to the west‚ while Somalia lies to the east of the geographical location of Kenya. Lake Victoria also lies to the west of Kenya. The geographical coordinates of the country are Latitude 4� North to 4� South and Longitude 34� East to 41� East. The country stretches from the snow-capped mountains
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CLASSICAL BACKGROUND GREEK Background: Mythology‚ Heroic Age‚ Epic‚ Lyric (The Four Schools)‚ Tragedy‚ Comedy. Poetry Prose Drama Homer = Iliad Aristotle=Poetics Sophocles= King Oedipus‚Antigone Odyssey Plato =Republic Aeschylus
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Fact and Fiction Inside all people exists the capacity for unquestionable goodness‚ blind compassion‚ and universal empathy. Such an understanding holds a flicker of optimism‚ like the smile of a young child‚ untouched by the cruelties of the grown-up world; innocent is this child‚ for society permits their ignorance. This initial understanding also echoes a hidden flaw inside all people: the dark side of the nature of society that is not embedded deep inside the unconscious‚ but visible by observant
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In 12th century Norway the Gothic style began to overtake the architecture and artistry in the creation of stave church portals. After Christianity swept through Norway new styles and motifs were brought along and adapted by craftsmen‚ particularly woodcarvers who incorporated them into everything from furniture to stave churches. But in many ways tradition outweighed renovations‚ particularly in animal motifs. When exploring the portals of Gothic Viking buildings one continued motifs speaks with
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unreliable narrators to tell the story‚ to make the readers question the truth told by different narrators and created a huge room of imagination to them. There are two narrator in Frankenstein were considered as unreliable‚ Robert Walton‚ an Arctic seafarer whose narrated his part with the letters for his
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Sabah Spratly’s Island Calayan Group of Islands I. Historical Background Under a treaty entered into with the sultans of Sulu and Maguindanao in 1640‚ the Spaniards recognized the independence of the two sultanates. Thus‚ the Sulu sultan later became the sovereign ruler of Sabah. The Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs. They are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and potentially by gas and oil deposits. They are claimed in their entirety by China‚ Taiwan‚ and Vietnam
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AP World History Study Guide General Terms to Study: Unit 1: history concepts/Prehistory Prehistory - Refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing. The Five Themes of Geography - Location refers to the relative or absolute location of places. Relative location describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. Absolute location provides a definite reference to locate a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude‚ a street
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