He’s gone? Finnick asks‚ looking down at Boggs. I nod. We need to get out of here. Now. We just set off a streetful of pods. You can bet they’ve got us on surveillance tapes. Count on it‚ says Castor. All the streets are covered by surveillance cameras. I bet they set off the black wave manually when they saw us taping the propo. Our radio communicators went dead almost immediately. Probably an electromagnetic pulse device. But I’ll get us back to camp. Give me the Holo. Jackson reaches for
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Alexander the Great Alexander the Great aspired more hopes and dreams than any man who had ever existed in the history of humanity. He was a noble hero‚ a righteous politician‚ flawless tactician‚ and even referred himself as the son of Zeus. To acquire the title “Great” one must do great deeds‚ but was Alexander truly great? By age 30‚ he had conquered what was the known world and that alone is a feat worth titling as great . Alexander merits the title of “Great” because he is still talked about
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Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Civilization Many ancient civilizations developed as a result of the Neolithic Revolution‚ or the turning point in which the utilization of systematic agriculture created societies. Two civilizations‚ Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia‚ both transformed into civilizations by changing from nomadic hunter-gatherers to agriculture and trade civilizations. Both civilizations were created as a result of the same revolution‚ but they still differ in numerous ways. Egypt
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The Roman and Abbasid Empires were similar yet different in many aspects. Religion helped achieve loyal subjects within the empires and provided citizens with a background of beliefs and goals to follow throughout their lives. With a strong foundation of beliefs‚ a great empire is formed and sustained. The Roman Empire practiced Christianity. Christianity was based on the teachings of Jesus who was born in Judea‚ a Roman province. He taught that there was only one God and that people should
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mighty Gods." In doing this he set up the astrological seasons for a calendar. After cutting the body of Tiamat in two‚ he made the Earth having the sun and moon come in and out of her ribs. Her head he made a mountain and out of her eyes flowed the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Then he disposed her eleven
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Ancient Sumer’s geography was completely different than that of its neighbor Egypt. The few natural barriers were not nearly as difficult to cross as Egypt’s. Instead of just one river‚ in Sumer they had two major waterways‚ the Euphrates and the Tigris. These rivers were not as gentle as the flowing Nile. When they flooded they FLOODED! Entire villages washed away and people drowned in the mighty force of the rivers. Crops wouldn’t grow near the rivers because all of the topsoil got washed away
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The empire had a diverse landscape due to its great size. It contains marshy fertile shores along the Nile and the salty shores along the six seas it borders. Also‚ the empire contains the Fertile Crescent in between and around the esteemed Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Most of the farming away from fertile areas were small subsistence farming. Furthermore‚ there are many mountains and valleys‚ and of course dry arid deserts. With most of the fertile land being near rivers‚ many large cities
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GLOSSARY Array – is a systematic arrangement of objects‚ usually in rows and columns Babylonian – a system developed in ancient Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers BASIC – is a family of general-purpose‚ high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use. Codes – are used as a representation of Characters or Symbols to make instructions that will process the Data and create an information Component Object Model (COM) – is a binary-interface standard
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WATER IS LIFE Water is the one thing the world cannot survive without‚ without water it is impossible that a planet be inhabited‚ for example 70% the planet earth is covered in water thus it is thriving with living creatures‚ whereas mars the closest planet to earth; mars is a dead planet‚ it has no plants‚ no animals‚ all because of the absence of the life giving force that is water. Wherever we have water we find life‚ even the smallest of ponds can support life‚ grass will grow around it animals
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere In the name of ALLAH the most gracious the most merciful‚ the Omnipresent and Omnipotent. Mr. President sir‚ honourable chief guest‚ worthy opponents and future scholars. "O believers! Be firm in justice as witnesses for God‚ even in cases against yourselves‚ your parents or your kin" “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." These powerful words were said by one of American best known advocate of equal rights - Dr. Martin Luther
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