Sundarban : An Overview Sundarbans National Park Sundarbans National Park covers 10‚000 km2 of land and water (more than half of it in India‚ the rest in Bangladesh) in the Ganges delta. It contains the world’s largest area of mangrove forests. A number of rare or endangered species live in the park‚ including tigers‚ aquatic mammals‚ birds and reptiles Outstanding Universal Value Brief synthesis: The Sundarban contain the world’s largest mangrove forests and one of the most biologically productive
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CHANGE AND CONTINUITY OVER TIME ESSAY TOPICS AS GT EXERCISES Once students have completed studying at least two historical periods‚ they have the content knowledge to accomplish the change and continuity over time (CCOT) essay. Nevertheless‚ the CCOT Essay is often more effectively taught in the second semester during the first six weeks and used as a review technique for the May AP Exam. The topics below correspond to the themes in the AP World History Subject guide. 1. Trace the change and continuities
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disparate tribes and nationalities by constructing a complex network of roads. * Calling themselves the Pars after their original Aryan tribal name Parsa‚ Persians settled in a land which they named Parsua (Persis in Greek)‚ bounded on the west by the Tigris River and on the south by the Persian Gulf. This became their heartland for the duration of the Achaemenid Empire.[4] It was from this region that eventually Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II of Persia) would advance to defeat the Median‚ the Lydian‚ and
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reason that it highlights how Egyptian agriculture was used. Also how much simpler it was for the Egyptians‚ who had recognized the flood timings of the Nile. Contrasted to the Mesopotamians who did not know the flood timings of the Euphrates and Tigris River. This shows how hard it was for Mesopotamians to farm under harsh conditions. Even though both civilizations were located near water (the very basis of life)‚ each had a different outcome with
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The pride of Nineveh may have been due in part to its wealth and power. One account reveals‚ “ In Sennacherib’s day the wall around Nineveh was 40 to 50 feet high. It extended for 4 kilometers along the Tigris River and for 13 kilometers around the inner city. The city wall had 15 main gates…. Each of the gates was guarded by stone bull statues. Both inside and outside the walls‚ Sennacherib created parks‚ a botanical garden‚ and a zoo. He built a water-system
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Government and Politics have been developing since the time of Western Civilization. There have been many changes in these areas along the way to get our government to where it is today. Human beings in western civilization had to learn to govern themselves in their small communities giving the control to their elders. They learned the trait of farming which gave the nomadic people food meaning they could create more permanent settlements‚ which they could then created towns. These small towns were
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quest to find eternal life. During that quest‚ he speaks to a man who has lived through a great flood‚ just like the one told in the bible. The Mesopotamians would have believed in a great flood occurring at some point because of their geography. The Tigris and Euphrates lined what used to be Mesopotamia (now present day Iraq). These rivers frequently flooded and according to Cohn’s (1996)‚ “In ancient times this phenomenon gave rise to a powerful tradition: it was believed there had once been a flood
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Egypt and Mesopotamia developed different and similar political and religious civilizations. Mesopotamian civilizations such as the Sumerians‚ the Akkadian kingdom‚ the Assyrian empire and the Babylonian city-state‚ were all too dependent on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Egypt’s natural isolation and material self-sufficiency fostered a unique culture that for long periods had relatively little to do with other civilizations. Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of eastern North Africa‚
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To start‚ I am a Catholic myself‚ these are simply interesting thoughts for discussion. I do acknowledge that this probably fits best in r/atheism‚ as it denies the involvement of a higher deity. My goal is not to be sacrilegious. Before I begin‚ I would just like to let all of you redditors out there know that this is going to be **a book**. If I had the time or the desire I could probably actually write a book about this‚ so beware the mother of all blocks. In addition‚ this is not just for religious
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the world’s first civilizations‚ all successful and renowned were located on or near a river. The Mesopotamian and Chavín civilizations were no exception to this. Mesopotamia originated in modern-day Iraq in 8000 B.C.E.‚ between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers‚ and the Chavín civilization was located on the coast of present-day Peru in 900 B.C.E.‚ where the Mosma and Huachecsa Rivers merge. The Mesopotamian civilization died down by 500 B.C.E.‚ and the Chavín declined by 200 B.C.E. These two early
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