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    Mayan Civilization: Tikal

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    Mayan Civilization: Tikal The Maya are among the best-known of the classical civilizations of Mesoamerica. Mayan history starts back in the Yucatan dating around 2600 B.C.‚ Mayan history rose to prominence around A.D. 250 in what is present-day southern Mexico‚ Guatemala‚ western Honduras‚ El Salvador‚ and northern Belize. The Mayans were able to develop astronomy‚ calendrical systems and hieroglyphic writing‚ and were noted for their construction of elaborate and highly decorated ceremonial architecture

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    Shane the Western Hero

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    Shane the Western Hero A Western is a major defining genre from the American film industry on the border of civilization and the wilderness. Western is one of the oldest most flexible genre/hero types in the world. If you are looking for characteristics of a western hero Shane is the character to go to.. Shane is bound by legal codes of behavior‚ ethics‚ justice‚ honor and chivalry (or the code by which knights were supposed to live by). He is a passive‚ mysterious man who says little about himself

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    Ancient China Civilization

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    cultural advances and by 1600 CE; China was the most advanced state in the world. China is praised admired because they had their own way of creating a civilization‚ other than mocking Egyptian ways. Geographically‚ Ancient had two major rivers in which they produced from‚ the Yangtze River and the Yellow River‚ which is where the first civilization emerged out of. Ancient China also had natural borders such as mountains‚ deserts‚ and bodies of water because they were xenophobic. China is important

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    The Advanced Civilization Of Mesopotamia Introduction Mesopotamia built huge structures even though they were the first civilization ever but‚ just because they were the first civilization doesn’t mean that they were perfect. In fact‚ the mesopotamian city-states didn’t have much in common at all‚ causing them to fight. Mesopotamia was a very advanced civilization. Mesopotamians had very little in common. It was established between two rivers at a little earlier than 3100 BC. Mesopotamia was the

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    period and continued through the first civilizations. The Paleolithic period which was is better known as the Stone Age‚ carried on until about 14‚000 years ago. While the first civilizations were the first representations of the civilizations that we live in today. Throughout the Paleolithic period and early civilizations‚ many factors of civilization have changed‚ but at the same time‚ many have stayed the same and were still used in the early civilizations as well as today. Many key

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    The Inca Civilization was a large empire that was over 2‚500 miles in length and ruled in South America from around 1400AD to 1533AD (Cartwright) (Ellis and Esler 197). Though it only lasted for about one hundred years‚ the Incan Empire was very powerful and well organized‚ which allowed its rulers to control such a huge area and the empire to flourish (Cartwright). This empire displayed amazing architecture‚ various public works‚ distinct social classes and all of the other necessary components

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    During times of war‚ civilization has suppressed the desires of individuals for the greater good of their respective nations. In World War I (WWI)‚ countries‚ especially the belligerent ones‚ aimed to maintain the stability of their war efforts and communities through practices of surveillance‚ censorship‚ and severe capital punishments. But in doing so‚ the freedoms of individual citizens were restricted. After the end of the war‚ in vanquished Germany‚ the severity of these limitations was only

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    What is civilization? (Freud-Style) According to Freud and his interpretation of what "Civilization" is written and documented in the novel‚ "Civilization and its Discontents‚" he states that the word "civilization" describes the whole sum of achievements and regulations that distinguish our lives from those of our animal ancestors. It also serves two purposes - to protect men against nature and to adjust their mutual relationships. For a civilization to survive and prosper it needs laws‚ customs

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    Indus Valley Civilization

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    the people of the civilization and possibly other countries. The development of writing was crucial in a civilized society because without it‚ there would be no communication between the people. It was also developed to keep records of important events and things. Some that have been found today‚ are used to study the past of the civilizations. With the development of writing‚ it has left a big impact for the people of the past‚ present‚ and future. The Indus Valley civilization can best be described

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    Indus Valley Civilization

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    valley civilization was the largest of four ancient urban civilizations Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ South Asia‚ and China. It was discovered in the 1990’s but most of its ruins remain to be excavated. The Indus civilization was huge; it covered from Mumbai (in Marashta‚ India) in south up to Himalayas and northern Afghanistan in north. The far west of the Indus civilization is as far west as Arabian Sea coast (in Baluchistan‚ Pakistan) next to the Iranian border. The east of that large civilization ends a

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