the factors that lead to the development of modern civilization‚ and there are a variety of important ones. Out of the many major evolutions in human history‚ agriculture and language were the two most important evolutionary milestones in humanity’s past because they led to surplus‚ trade‚ communication‚ and the spread of culture and ideas. The discovery of agriculture was one of the two most important evolutionary milestones because it went hand in hand with other evolutionary milestones such as
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The most important thing in life Probably the most significant question we can ask ourselves is what is the most important thing in life is? The question has far reaching implications in that the answers (or lack of them) that we arrive at; can determine the course of the rest of our lives. Many would consider money or financial success as the most important factor in life. The high rate of suicide amongst lottery winners would contradict this. Others would search for fame‚ yet the list of famous
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How barbaric were the Mongols? Well considering that the definition of barbaric is to be savagely cruel‚ seems pretty harsh to refer to anyone or anything as being barbaric. Although even though this word is harsh‚ the same word is applied to the Mongols. Mongols were thought to be evil and savage people. Invasion wasn’t the only tactic the mongols used. The Mongols were known to think out there plans‚ rather than attempting anything blindly. They developed strategic methods in order to defeat
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Winning Isn’t The Most Important Thing Vince Lombardi’s famous saying "Winning isn’t the most important thing. It’s the only thing" is unfortunately the motto of too many athletes today. Although winning is important and sports are‚ and should be taken seriously‚ by far‚ winning isn’t the only thing. Putting everything you have and giving one hundred percent to the effort is also very important to competition. A team that puts everything they have into a game and comes out the losers‚ has a
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society on how they need to change unless they want to be met with a bleak future. Dickens represents these changes through the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who embodies what most upper class people of society valued in the 1800s. Through this‚ Dickens is able to show readers that the things we should value most in life are priceless‚ and are the key to ultimately finding happiness. Dickens uses Old Fezziwig to guide Scrooge into recognising how treating his own employee well can be an
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¨ Mongol Essay ¨ The Mongol Empire‚ brutal‚ harsh‚ but surprisingly reasonable. Reigning from the years 1206 - 1368‚ the empire grew quickly and created a powerful legacy that will be remember for years to come. The Mongol Empire ended up being a positive impact on Asia and the world. The first reason the Mongol Empire was a positive impact was because the Mongols made significant improvements with in Asia. They contributed peace throughout the land by Pax Mongolia. Developed political institutions
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First on the list of irritating things is traffic jams. Going to town on weekends or holidays is never enjoyable because of the perpetual traffic jams that choke the streets. The inability to move freely is already bad. To make things worse‚ there are irresponsible or poor drivers who cut across lanes without signaling‚ stop suddenly or generally do not seem to be aware of the danger they cause to others or to themselves. Then there are idiots who talk on the mobile phones while driving‚ or kids
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In recent years life has greatly improved. The standard of living is higher and all people can afford to buy things they couldn’t in the past. I truly believe that life today is better and many things make people happy. To begin with‚ unless people are healthy; a person’s life is unbearable and not worth living. When my father was seriously ill in hospital‚ I clearly remember how nothing else mattered to any of us‚ and we then learnt that the people we love are more important than money. Then there’s
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The Most Valuable Thing in Life is Friendship. Do You Agree? Discuss A world without friendship‚ what would it look like? It would be like a world without water‚ which is something that is necessary to our life as most relationship in our life‚ namely rivalry‚ best friend and couple; begins with a simple friendship. Therefore‚ in my opinion‚ yes‚ friendship is indeed the most valuable thing in life as friends learns with you‚ be the listener to you‚ and gives support to you whenever
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of the 14th century‚ the population in Europe had steadily been growing so large that there was no room for any crop failure or shortage. However‚ climate change in the spring of 1315 gave them a wet spring that proved to be harsh on the people until the summer of 1317. The people were weakened in health and shake up quite a bit after this. About 10-15% of the population had died from pneumonia‚ bronchitis‚ tuberculosis‚ or other similar illnesses due to a weakened immune system. They were able to
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