------------------------------------------------- REPORT ON TIGERS The tiger (Panthera tigris)‚ a member of the Felidae family‚ is the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera.[4] The tiger is native to much of eastern and southern Asia‚ and is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. The larger tiger subspecies are comparable in size to the biggest extinct felids‚[5][6] reaching up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) in total length‚ weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds)‚ and having canines
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discusses how corridos music has shaped and influenced many Latinos and Latinas in Mexico and the United States. She focuses her chapter on how corridos music is advertised and made mainstream for many people to listen. Chew-Sanchez discusses Los Tigris del Norte‚ who are a well-known famous corridos band and how they play an important role for many Latinos and Latinas. The Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte have created some of the most popular and respected corrido songs on both sides of the Mexican-American
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originated in the northern part of Mesopotamia. Flowing through their lands are two major rivers‚ the Euphrates and the Tigris‚ and several smaller ones‚ like the Upper and the Lower Zab. Around the Zab rivers and the Tigris are the cities of Ashur‚ Arbel‚ Nineveh‚ Arrapkha‚ and Nimrod. Assyria is located south to the Tauros and the Zagros Mountains. In the southern part of Assyria lies the Tigris‚ and south of that lies a land that has little rainfall. The Assyrian land was very fertile with farming land
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the largest animal in the cat family. They have a reddish yellow coat with black stripes. The underside of their abdomen is white and their ears are black on the outside with a prominent white spot on it. The scientific name of tiger is ’Panthera Tigris ’. The origin of the Bengal Tiger is most likely Siberia. From there‚ they migrated down south as the climate became colder. The only place where you can find The Royal Bengal Tiger now is in the land of its natural heritage‚ India. The Bengal Tiger
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Professor Thompson Western Civilization I‚ Exam I Study Guide Terms that may appear on the exam: 1. Akhenation- created a religious upheaval in Egypt by introducing the worship of Aten. Pg 30 2. Book of the Dead- negative confession. Pg 25 3. Cuneiform- wedge-shaped system of writing; impressions on clay tablets‚ which were then baked or dried in the sun. Pg 16 4. Epic of Gilgamesh- records the exploits of a legendary king of Uruk. Pg 17 5. Erbil- can be dated back to at
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civilizations with signs of primitive settlements dating back to 10‚000 BC. Also called the Fertile Crescent‚ it is home to the first temples‚ currency‚ writing‚ and schools. The Greek meaning for Mesopotamia is “land between two rivers‚” referring to the Tigris and Euphrates. As the rivers continually flooded and receded‚ the silt remnants were rich and ideal for agriculture and were even home to the biblical Garden of Eden. It was this rich‚ fertile soil that contributed to the societal development of
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Ligia Ismailyan May 19‚ 2014 AP Euro History / Per.1 The Armenian Genocide “We are few‚ but we are called Armenians”‚ is a quote from Paruyr Sevag’s poem. Who are the Armenians? They are an ancient people‚ who inhabited the highland region between the Black‚ Caspian‚ and Mediterranean Seas for nearly 3‚000 years. Is it absolutely necessary to eliminate the Armenian people in it’s entirely‚ so that there is no further Armenian on this earth? When people think of genocide why do they only think of
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Political Form(s) of Government Political Structures Courts/Laws Leaders/Elites Kingdom/Domain War/Conflict The government of the ancient Mesopotamians was an unusual form. There was a King and nobles who made the law‚ declared war and decided how to honor the gods. Then there was an assembly of the people who could overrule the king and say‚ “this is not a good law‚ get rid of it”. Mesopotamia was made up of city-states. It was one nation as a whole‚ but each city-state had it’s own government
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DO NOT USE THIS. I JUST DID THIS SO THAT I WOULD HAVE AN ACCOUNT Chapter One Vocabulary for World History AP 1. Mesopotamia in the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys- a region of SW Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: site of several ancient civilizations 2. Egypt in the Nile River- an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta (Lower Egypt) and the area from Cairo S to the Sudan (Upper Egypt). 3. Mohenjo Daro and Harappa in the
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history‚ much of the success garnered was a result of the surrounding environment that the early Mesopotamians inhabited. The area that these early people occupied was referred to as the fertile crescent. This was a result of its spacing between the Tigris and Euphrates river and its fertile soil due to the flooding of these rivers. Ancient Mesopotamians found agriculture to be integral to their success within their society. Because of their early emphasis on agriculture‚ they formed their relationship
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