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    Long before it was discovered by later more minor civilizations‚ the people of the now called Christmas Island were the greatest inventors‚ governors‚ and intellectuals the world had ever seen. They built prehistoric skyscrapers that rivaled the creations of their Gods! They had expanded their own lifespans and had such scientific advantage that they felt immortality was nearly achievable. They prided themselves on their beliefs in pacifism and isolationism and rather than spending money on wars

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    The Minoan Civilization

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    The Minoan Civilization lives were very peaceful. The government did not turn their back on the poor but they actually looked out for their less fortunate people. Women were not treated as minority but as equals. The kind ruled his people inspired by the grace of the God’s (Mahdavi‚ 2012). The king also shared his governing powers with priest and the bureaucrats. They took great pride in their art work which glorified their kings‚ pharaohs and the prominent members of their household (Mahdavi‚ 2012)

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    Maya Civilization

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    Introduction Maya civilization is an ancient American culture. It’s one of the most developed civilizations in the western hemisphere before the arrival of Europeans. People called the Maya lived in Mexico‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ El Salvador and Honduras. Those people built massive stone pyramids‚ temples‚ and sculpture; developed a system of writing using hieroglyphs; and recorded their achievements in mathematics and astronomy. Most archeologists said that the Maya culture attained its highest level

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    Civilization & Philosophy 27th September 2013 Task: Outline in about 500 words the major achievement of the Egyptian culture/civilization‚ preferably separated into ‘leading achievements’ and ‘miracle achievements’ Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted from 3.000BCE to 332 BCE and is only rivaled by China in this feat of length. This period can be roughly divided into the Old Kingdom (2649-2152)‚ the Middle Kingdom (2040-1640) and the New Kingdom (1550-1070) with so-called Intermediate Periods

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    Babilonian Civilization

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    Contribution of Babylonians in Science and Technology Babylonia was an ancient cultural region in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)‚ withBabylon as its capital. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi (fl. ca. 1696 – 1654 BC‚ short chronology) created an empire out of the territories of the former Akkadian Empire. Babylonia adopted the written Semitic Akkadian language for official use‚ and retained the Sumerian languagefor religious use‚ which by that time was no longer a spoken language

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    The Maya Civilization

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    The Maya civilization was developed by the Mayan people and was a Mesoamerican civilization. Maya Civilization resided in a large territory that included covering southeastern Mexico‚ northern Central America and all of the Yucatan Peninsula. Most of the area is covered in vast plains with few mountains and a low coastline. The Mayans were agriculture and worked on city construction‚ stone monuments‚ and building pyramids. They cultivated chili peppers‚ beans‚ sunflower sees‚ squashes‚ cacao‚ vanilla

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    times‚ the Greeks called the area of the world’s first civilization ‘Mesopotamia’ which means‚ “The land between the two rivers.” This name was given because; Ancient Mesopotamia is where the first foundations of ancient city -states were laid. Ancient Mesopotamia was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Fertile Crescent‚ which today is known as modern Iraq. Its location played a large role in its flourishing civilizations. The soil in this area was incredibly fertile‚ allowing

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    Pipiles Civilization

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    IPILES CIVILIZATION At the beginning El salvador was known as Cuscatlan‚ pipil name. Their population of El Salvador was about 1‚000.00 people during the conquest by Spanish. People who called Pipiles‚ came from Mexican villages‚ they introduced the nahuat and pipil dialect‚ actually we can find pipil people they are located in Nahuizalco in Sonsonate‚ and a few villages. Indigenous had four important branches of Pipiles: § The Cuscatlecos who were the predominantand in the region‚ their

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    The Early Civilizations

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    The Early Civilizations Most people think that caveman were dumb‚ but have you ever wondered what they did to bring us here? The time of the Nomads was in the Stone Age which was in the year 3500 B.C.. The Nomads were hunters and gatherers. They made their tools and weapons for hunting from stones and sticks‚ by attaching sharp rocks to the end of sticks to make a club or an ax. Some animals that they hunted were wolves and mammoths. The gatherers collected berries‚ nuts‚ and roots to eat. The

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    AEGEAN ART Discuss two possible theories on how Aegean civilization perished. Natural Disaster A fact that was attributed by some scholars. Many explanations attribute the fall of the Mycenaean civilization and the Bronze Age collapse to climatic or environmental catastrophe. Dorian Invasion Dorian‚ any member of a major division of the ancient Greek people‚ distinguished by a well-marked dialect and by their subdivision. The Dorian people are traditionally acknowledged as the conquerors of

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