Chapter 7 The Dalai Lama I. Myth Vs. History: Myth is a distortion that cannot be supported by evidence‚ whereas history is an account of the past that is based on a careful interpretation of evidence. In relation to questions of ultimate meaning – such as those concerning death and the reasons why people suffer – people often look to myths for answers. We might‚ then‚ see myth not as a distortion of evidence‚ but as an explanation for things that seem to be beyond rational thought or experience
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Summary: Zara is an apparel chain owned at operated by the Inditex of Spain. It was founded by Mr. Amancio Ortega Gaona; currently Spain’s richest man. Zara specializes in fast fashion. At the end of fiscal year 2001 Zara was operating 1‚284 stores world wide and had total revenue of 3‚250 million. Inditex’s headquarters and its major assets are located in the Galacia region of Spain. Inditex also operates five other chains: Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius and Oysho. Zara owns
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of exercise; it is a passion‚ the feeling of expressing yourself through movement. It is art. There are several types of dance such as jazz‚ ballet‚ hip hop‚ lyrical‚ contemporary‚ African‚ along with many other genres. I will give you a general history from where dance came from‚ and then be more specific when I talk on a certain type of dance. Since the beginning of time there have been rituals of song‚ dance‚ and a story to go along with it. In a lot of ancient civilizations dancing for the gods
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Why does making history matters? Is it important to consider the way a person shapes the world? Leaving something behind after death is surely of importance. People were put on earth for a reason‚ and if they don’t do something about their purpose‚ their lives may not have any meaning at all. The world is full of aspects that can develop into successful things. I can say that my life does have a meaning‚ and I believe‚ after my death‚ the world will receive something from me. People should shape
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The first chapter of Metcalf and Metcalf’s A Concise History of Modern India‚ addresses the popular assumption that India is a “timeless” country. Because of that misconception‚ people often correlate India’s past directly with the present‚ especially when it comes to the caste and other social organizational systems (Metcalf & Metcalf‚ 3). In reality‚ referring to the Mughal and Sultanate era of India as a stagnant period of time is misleading and incorrect. This underlying theme of the development
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History of Japan Ancient mythology holds that Japan’s history is tied to the sun goddess‚ called Amterasu. Legend has it that Amaterasu sent one of her descendants to unify people on the island of Kyushu. At the core of this unification was Shintoism a religion that is native to Japan. In the 6th century Buddhism‚ was introduced to Japan by the virtue of China and Korea. In the early 7th century Prince Regent Shotku‚ an adherent of Buddhism and a highly regarded figure to this day in Japan
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Sources of History Sources of information provide the evidence from which the historian obtains facts about the past. In writing history‚ the historian not only relies on past thoughts rather re-enacts it in the context of analysing the documents and other records left. This is an indispensable condition in the quest for historical facts. Primary sources are those that have witnessed the event that took place or have been part of the incident being studied. These include written records
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Television History In 1908 Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton‚ fellow of the Royal Society (UK)‚ published a letter in the scientific journal Nature in which he described how "distant electric vision" could be achieved by using a cathode ray tube (or "Braun" tube‚ after its inventor‚ Karl Braun) as both a transmitting and receiving device‚ apparently the first iteration of the electronic television method that would dominate the field until recently. He expanded on his vision in a speech given in
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certainly know right from wrong. Therefore ‚ we should fully exploit the advantages of the internet‚ that advantage should not do bad things or negative. Internet always contains interesting things. Internet is one of the greatest inventions of human history. When old does not have internet‚ humans can be difficult to share the necessary information useful life‚ thanks to the internet‚ today we know a lot of things good. We need to know to take advantage of the internet to be useful‚ or exploitation of
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FINAL 1) The principle message of Egyptian art is continuity—A seamless span of time reaching back infinitely in the history and forward into the future. 2) Babylonians developed a true arch before the Romans. 3) A kouors dating from the early Archaic period. 4) This work was done in BLANK period of the fifth century bc. Here we find the BLANK of a figure in motion. 5) For many travelers‚ this is the very symbol of Rome. The Collosseum rises on three
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