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    that trust their instincts. I have always wanted to really know what’s going to happen and as many books that are sold and as many movies that are made‚ still no one really knows what is going to happen. Who knows‚ nothing might not happen at all. Theorist say that anywhere from a five to ten mile asteroid traveling anywhere from thirty to forty thousand miles per second could hit the earth and destroy all in many ways. If a fireball were to hit a solid part of the earth the explosion could

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    The Foundations of Modern Society By: Damian Marton There have been countless progressions made over the course of human existence. Many of these have occurred in the last century alone‚ but I believe our greatest accomplishments transpired between (3000-500 B.C.E.). These eventsLiteracy is what formed the foundations for modern civilization. Two of ourOur greatest accomplishments occurred around 3000 B.C.E. The people of ancient Mesopotamia started using written language and created bronze

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    Culture of Gandhara Civilization Gandhara is the region that now comprise of Peshawar valley‚ Mardan‚ Swat‚ Dir‚ Malakand‚ and Bajuaur agencies in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP)‚ Taxila in the Punjab‚ and up to Jalalabad in Afghanistan. It is in this region that the Gandhara civilization emerged and became the cradle of Buddhism. It was from here that Buddhism spread towards east as far away as Japan and Korea. The intriguing record of Gandhara civilization‚ discovered in the 20th century

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    environment and community ultimately influence‚ and even oppress individual identity. Civilization‚ while refined and rational‚ can be quite fragile. Since the boys landed on the island‚ the isolation has been able to bring out the beast within most as they struggle for survival and struggle to build a functioning society. In essence‚ civilization suppresses the unrestrained desire prevalent in savages; however‚ as civilization and rationality deteriorates what controls the beast? Fundamentally‚ the “breaking

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    Greek and Persian civilizations have both left a lasting impression on the modern world with their political‚ cultural‚ and military practices. Greeks left a very rich cultural history with their philosophy‚ literature‚ and science influencing peoples from southwest Asian to western Europe. The Persians‚ more specifically the Achaemenid empire‚ were very successful in expanding and governing a vast empire that included many different types of peoples. They demonstrated

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    Civilization is a complex way of life that came about as people began to develop urban settlements. The earliest civilizations developed after 3000 BCE‚ when the rise of agriculture allowed people to have surplus food and economic stability. Agricultural populations advanced beyond village life‚ and many people no longer had to practice farming at all. Civilizations first appeared in Mesopotamia‚ in what is now Iraq‚ then in Egypt. Civilizations thrived in the Indus Valley by 2500 BCE‚ in China

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    The importance of science to civilization It is said that modern civilization is a scientific civilization. For an individual‚ science has rendered us great comfort nowadays. We no longer have to travel on foot; instead‚ we can just sit comfortably without any fatigue in cars‚ air-conditioned trains‚ buses‚ etc. We are free from hard labor which our uncivilized forefathers suffered from. Neither do we follow barbarous practice of having slaves‚ since science has provided us with slaves of a new

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    Early civilizations influence our culture in many different aspects. Ranging from religion to governmental structures‚ civilizations have blended their traditions and practices and make the people we are today. The influences early African and Mesoamerican civilizations had on history were as important as the influences of the large eurasian empire‚ Mesopotamia. Religion has come far through time. Mesopotamia practiced polytheistic religions and built ziggurats‚ temples used for worshiping the gods

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    The first civilizations that appeared on earth all shared humble beginnings. Their initial development of agriculture that worked with their local landscapes and geography‚ the creation of local community systems for education‚ health and rudimentary forms of government seemed to be borne out of a desire to make our lives far more comfortable and secure than they had been as nomadic tribes. In each civilization of the world‚ it seems that after initial gains in the overall well-being of the populace

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    Egyptian Civilization Influenced the 18th centuries Egypt is very ancient with the most lasting civilization that existed in the world‚ located in the south in the northeastern part of Africa‚ surrounded by the immense desert of Sahara. Characterized by the three pyramids that emerged the banks of the Nile River higher than any construction erected elsewhere‚ tall pillars of stone called Sobelisks‚ statues of giant pharaohs long deceased‚ exotic mummies covered with gold and many enigmatic symbols

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