------------------------------------------------- Sundarbans The Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন‚ Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.The Sunderbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering parts of India and Bangladesh. The Sundarbans National Park is a National Park‚ Tiger Reserve‚ and a Biosphere Reserve located in the Sundarbans delta in the Indian state of West Bengal. This region is densely covered by mangrove forests‚ and is one of the
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the Tigris and the Euhprates‚ and many lesser ones‚ the most important of which being the Upper Zab and Lower Zab‚ both tributaries to the Tigris. Strategically surrounding the Tigris and the two Zabs are the Assyrian cities of Nineveh‚ Ashur‚ Arbel‚ Nimrod and Arrapkha.To the north and east of Assyria lie the Taurus and Zagros mountains. To the west and south lies a great‚ low limestone plateau. At the southern end of Assyria the gravel plains give way to alluvium deposited by the Tigris‚ and farther
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now known as Hammurabi’s Code. This major collection of laws gives insight into the social structure and economic organization of the civilization.|18th Century BCE until the 6th Century BCE.|King Hammurabi|South of modern Baghdad‚ Iraq‚ between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.|Slavery | Persians |Common set of weights and measures and a silver and gold coinage system.|560 BCE and lasted until 330 BCE.|The empire was formed from a nomadic people called the Persians and the Medes‚ both distantly related
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Lithic Period. This blog aims to analyze and explore the Andean region as one of the centers of independent civilization development. Five thousand years ago‚ on the banks of the Nile‚ Egypt was already ancient‚ Mesopotamia flourished between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers‚ and in China and India the first commercial companies were being founded. A culture of similar complexity began to form in the central coast of Peru. This place was known as Caral and currently stands as one of
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Class and Lower Estate whom were both free people the third were the slaves who were not free; believed in strong family units; were advanced in irrigation‚ agriculture and metallurgy; used cuneiform writing. Located South of Baghdad‚ Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates River. Created a highly developed court system; was the first to have written laws; Made progress in medicine and studied astronomy; developed a number system; conquered Israel and held Hebrews in captivity and
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NATURAL WORLD DETERMINANTS OF URBAN MORPHOLOGY Urban Morphology is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of their formation as well as transformation. The study seeks to understand the spatial structure and character of a metropolitan area‚ city‚ town or village by examining the patterns of its component parts and the process of its development. Natural world determinants are one of the two broad categories of the determinants‚ the other being man made determinants. The natural
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Early civilizations often had many similarities in their politics‚ economies‚ and social norms. The civilizations of Mesopotamia‚ or the Fertile Crescent (3000 BCE)‚ and the Nile River Valley (3000 BCE) are prime examples of this‚ but with different geography‚ leaders‚ and resources many differences divided the two nations. Both the Nile River Valley and the Fertile Crescent had authoritarian governments and mainly agricultural economies‚ but the Nile River Valley was much more unified‚ while Mesopotamia’s
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this may be true‚ but when you look deeper there were many great nations‚ the Assyrian Empire being one of them. Apart of the Mesopotamia Empire‚ or what is now the Middle East‚ Assyria is located in the northern region. The nation thrives on the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers to keep the land hydrates and fertile. Populated with a mixture of Arabs and Jews‚ the Assyrians are sematic people indigenous to Mesopotamia. Aside from geographical advances the Assyrian Empire is highly accredited for changing
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Introduction to Meghalaya Meghalaya or megh- cloud; alay- home; is a picturesque but tiny state in the northeastern region of India. As the state remained cut off from mainstream India for a long time due to some ethnic problems‚ it has been able to survive the onslaught of crass commercialization that has taken over other famous tourist centers of India. As is the name‚ the state receives heavy rainfall and two of the world’s wettest places are located in Meghalaya. Full of vibrant culture‚ tradition
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Mesopotamian Civilization Mesopotamia was located between two rivers the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. The rivers were very helpful to them. The rivers gave them water and a way to travel. Between the two rivers was very fertile soil‚ which helped them‚ farm near their homes. They also had a semiarid climate‚ which is it rains a lot and the summers are very hot. The first civilization was Sumer and they believed in polytheism or the belief in many gods or goddess. They believed
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