1. The earliest written documents contain all of the following types of information‚ except: A) commercial B) legal C) mythological D) political E) administrative 2. Which of the following cities was not a center of government‚ religion‚ and culture in the third millennium B.C.? A) Memphis B) Baghdad C) Babylon D) Thebes E) Ninevah 3. Early forms of writing include all of the following‚ except which? A) symbolic B) pictographic C) hieroglyphic D)
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Can beauty be defined or is it merely a social construct? Every individual perceives the world in different ways. When it comes to beauty‚ one begins to wonder what beauty really means‚ and what we classify as beautiful from our point of view. Perception of beauty can either be something that is ingrained in our biology‚ or something we learn to perceive in culture. Both factors play a role in the perception of beauty of our everyday lives. It can either have a positive or negative impact. This
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Bibliography: Iglesias‚ Luis A‚ Micheal Mays and Linda M Pierce. "Global Crossroads: A World Literature Reader." Aidoo‚ Ama Ata. Anowa. Texas: Fountainhead Press‚ 1970. 87-158. Play. Iglesias‚ Luis A‚ Micheal Mays and Linda M Pierce. "Global Crossroads: A World Literature Reader." Anonymous. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Texas: Fountainhead Press‚ 2500-1500 BCE. 6-71. Book.
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Reflective Statement for The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea: There are a lot of possibilities about the authors purose in this book. Many things happen in this book‚ and at the same time it felt as if I could be reading chapters of a friends life when they were younger. The author‚ ______ writes in a way so that you feel the emotion of the three characters he focus’s on throughout the book. As a malleable person‚ I could feel Noboru‚ Fusako‚ and Ryuji’s struggles and happy times. When
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Reflective Statement Deconstructing Montage & Virtual Reality With this assignment we explored two different styles of manipulating photography‚ Deconstructing Montage and Virtual Reality‚ as they seem very different styles they share on common thing the artists “IDEA.” In the Deconstructing Montage we explore the symbolism and meaning of what the artist is trying to communicate to us. The great example of communicating messages through symbolism is in the work of Peter Kennard‚ very political
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Naomi H. Period: 5 Reflective statement: From Sleep Unbound How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? In other words‚ what did you learn that didn’t know before? In the novel From Sleep Unbound by Andree Chedid‚ there is a major cultural difference from American culture. Through the interactive oral and reading the novel‚ I learned that one of the main differences is the role of women. In the novel‚ which is set
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Reflective Statement The Outsider – Albert Camus How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? When I first read ‘the outsider’‚ by Albert Camus‚ I was colossally impressed by the protagonist’s outlook towards life but at the same time the happenings in the work perplexed me because of a different time and place setting. Upon discussing the setting of the work‚ I was introduced to the fact that the course of events
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Reflective statement on “Antigone” “Antigone” being an art of the Greek culture‚ our first interactive oral which was held gave us a further insight about the Greek drama‚ theatre‚ plays and overall about the culture. As Siddharth and Nihar spoke about the origin of drama and how it was used as a mean of education in the early days. It made me think in a TOK perspective about how the Greek drama became a way of learning in the olden days. Greek culture at the same time is very similar to the
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Reflective Statement Introduction In recent decades‚ accounting education has been criticised for failing to provide graduates with necessary skills applied in the workforce. Such skills are demonstrated not only specialist knowledge‚ but also generic and professional skills for employment. As the increasing number of accounting graduates leads to an intensely competitive environment‚ broader range of generic and professional skills are required by employers. Since I have begun to study accounting
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Into the Wild Reflective Statement #2 Word Count: 319 Chapter six of Into the Wild was really all about McCandless and the impact he had on Franz‚ and frankly‚ everyone he met. The point was brought up that McCandless was selfish for making such a huge impression on people’s lives and then just leaving‚ as if they meant nothing to him. I think it’s important to understand‚ although‚ that McCandless had tunnel vision. There was only one thing that mattered to him in life‚ his Alaskan Odyssey. It
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