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    cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root‚ a major source of carbohydrates. It differs from the similarly spelled yucca‚ an unrelated fruit-bearing shrub in the Asparagaceae family. Cassava‚ when dried to a powdery (or pearly) extract‚ is called tapioca; its fermented‚ flaky version is named garri. Cassava is the third-largest source of food carbohydrates in the tropics‚ after rice and maize.[1][2] Cassava is a major staple food in the developing

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    Primary Sources: Kant‚ Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Edited by Vasilis Politis. London: Dent‚ 1993. Nagarjuna. Madhyamakakarika. Edited by Kenneth K. Inada. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press‚ 1970. Secondary Sources: Allison‚ Henry. "Kant Transcendental Idealism." In A Companion to Kant‚ edited by Graham Bird‚ 111-124. Oxford: Blackwell‚ 2006. Ameriks‚ Karl. "Critique of Metaphysics‚ Structure and Fate of Kant’s Dialectic". In The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy

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    peeks not the valleys of the achievements of mankind.1 This statement shows that among the civilization that rose‚ the western civilization is always ahead of the other societies. There is an assumption that western civilization are progressive than Asians. In comparison to the medieval world‚ view‚ however believed in a fixed order of things and was theocratic. It is true that the western civilization started the economic and social activity through the Industrial revolution. The industrial

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    Western Civilization Essay The first two chapters of western civilization were really interesting. From my understanding‚ the historians mainly relied on documents to paint some type of picture of the past. There were no written records that existed for the prehistory of mankind. Nomads were the earliest form of human like people. They existed in Africa as long as three million years ago. The australopithecines were one of the first nomads to make simple tools. Homo erectus came on the scene

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    Western Civilization characterized the start of humanity‚ and the evolution of mankind from the manner of survival techniques to the urbanization of human civilization. Continuously‚ we see the repeated themes of religion‚ the simultaneous tie of divide and conquer in relation to expansion‚ intellectual awakening in the arts and philosophy‚ death‚ and the shift of governmental power as it transfers in the hands of an individual monarch‚ democracy‚ and so on. The present and the future are set and

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    have influenced the Western civilizations in many ways. The ancient greeks have made many contributions to them in aspects of art‚ mathematics‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ science‚ and architecture. These ideas have dramatically changed Western Civilizations‚ and continue to influence the world. When the Ancient Greeks would expand their empire‚ they would spread their cultures as well‚ a form of cultural diffusion. One of the greatest contributions Greece has made to Western civilizations was philosophy. The

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    Yang Yue 301230807 November 6‚ 2015 Primary Source Analysis Contact and Conflict European explorers have great impact on Canadian history. Their Journals are important historical documents for historians to study the Canadian history. Because these journals appeared in many kinds of forms and provided very detailed information about early Canada before confederation. These documents portray very vividly the life in Canada and shows that the process to confederation is full of contacts and conflicts

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    Primary Source Analysis Thomas Paine Common Sense Context: In result of The Seven Years’ War Britain controlled American trade and territory. In order to pay for the expenses of the war several taxation acts and military presence were implemented such as the Sugar Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Currency Act‚ Quartering Act and the presence of British troops at the colonies. Consequently‚ Americans who thought these actions violated their political and constitutional liberties opposed these policies with petitions

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    History 1111 Professor Ingram February 1‚ 2013 Since the 1970s‚ Stefan R. Landsberger had collected Chinese propaganda posters and developed his collection into one of the largest private collections in the world. They have become a rich primary source dealing with many important subjects in contemporary Chinese history. Mao Zedong‚ for instance was one of these prominent subjects‚ being the inspiration for much of the propaganda in China since 1949. One of the numerous posters depicting this

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    Primary Sources - Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ and Buddhism For more background information on religions see: http://home.comcast.net/~mruland/WHAP/Notes/foundations/wreligion.htm The Aryan invasion of the subcontinent around 1‚500 B.C.E. brought with it a new religion that featured a pantheon of gods that the Aryans worshiped through ritualism and with burnt sacrifices. Over the next thousand years‚ the religion matured‚ probably incorporating some elements of Harappan theology and certainly establishing

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