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Is Mesopotamia A Civilization?
Number of Words: 775 / Number of Pages: 3
... the gods controlled every aspect of their lives. The gods could bring rain, floods or misfortune to a business or illness to a family. The people were the marionettes of the gods. The Mesopotamian created a strong mythology to explain their gods’ relationship to earth. The Mesopotamian also believed in afterlife. They believed that when they died, they would enter a dark underworld that was a land of no return. Some believed it to be a place where the dead would live forever, alone and in darkness. When the king died, the people’s fear of death rose because it was a bad omen to the future of the ...
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Ancient Egypt: Old, Middle, And New Kingdom
Number of Words: 2284 / Number of Pages: 9
... been modified or altered, the majority of
their core principles remains constant. Yet, despite the ancient Egyptians'
conservative nature, there were some changes within the infrastructure of their
society. Throughout the ages known as the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New
Kingdom, there has been alterations to their religion, art, and architecture.
Internal forces, as well as outside influences, have molded ancient Egyptian
civilization. This paper will attempt to determine these forces which changed
the Egyptians. Modifications of Egyptian life were subtle, but noticeable and
significant no ...
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Kruger National Park
Number of Words: 462 / Number of Pages: 2
... such as wildebeests, impalas, kudu, and waterbuck are common. Black and white rhinoceroses were reintroduced successfully after having been wiped out by hunting early in the 20th century. A fence around the perimeter of the park reduces poaching (illegal hunting) of wildlife. It also protects domestic animals outside the park from the spread of wildlife diseases by restricting animal movement. A certain number of elephants, buffalo, and hippopotamuses are killed each year, in order to stabilize animal populations, prevent overgrazing, and generate funds for park maintenance. Growing population and a ...
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Mysteries Of The Sphinx
Number of Words: 731 / Number of Pages: 3
... in some places, traces of the original paint can still be seen near one ear. Originally it is believed that the Sphinx was painted and quite colorful (Guardian 2). Because of the changing desert terrain, the body of the Sphinx has been buried and cleared several times throughout history. In between the paws of the Sphinx is a stela, now called the "Dream Stela", which is inscribed with a story. The story tells of the time that Thutmosis IV fell asleep under the Sphinx which was covered to the neck in sand. "Thutmosis had a dream that the Sphinx spoke to him and promised that if he would free ...
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The Artic
Number of Words: 925 / Number of Pages: 4
... at their job
that quotas have needed to be put on to limit or stop the capture of
certain animals.
There are many mineral deposits within the Artic Circle. In Russia: nickel,
iron ore, apatite, diamonds, gold, tin, coal, mica, and tungsten. In
Sweden: iron ore. In Greenland: lead, zinc, molybdenum and cryolite.
Spitsbergen: coal. Canada: uranium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, tungsten
and iron ore. The digging out of minerals would inevitably disturb the
natural habitat as well as the environment there would be a great cost to
maintain the site. Industry that is designed to process various mineral ...
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The Trade Development In Gotland & Great Zimbabwe
Number of Words: 801 / Number of Pages: 3
... which is an island, it
was probably hard to create trade connections when the ships were not so
developed. When the ships were more advanced, Gotland was used as a trade
station_ships from the Baltic area got equipped and traded with the Gutar.
Great Zimbabwe is found in the mainland but it is close to the coast. Great
Zimbabwe's region contains many gold resources and it is a good
agricultural zone. The location of an area and the resources in it could
affect the trade and its development tremendously. The markets that the
merchants in each place traded with were ones that the best way to reach
the ...
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Ethiopia
Number of Words: 2420 / Number of Pages: 9
... zones temperatures and precipitation can
be seen on figure 3. The temperate zones temperatures range from 15.6C to 29.4C.
The temperature in the hot zone of the lowlands can reach temperatures as high
as 60C.
There are two distinct seasons in Ethiopia the rainy season, or kremt, lasting
from mid-June to mid-semptember. the other is the Dry season, or bega,
lasting from mid-September to mid-June. In April and May there is slight
transition period. The greatest amount of precipitation is found in the
southwest areas, near gore. They receive approx. 104 in. a year. The littlest
amount of precip ...
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Distinctly Canadian
Number of Words: 2428 / Number of Pages: 9
... to
Canada's cultural growth.
The American Indians came into Canada in a series of migrations that
occurred during the last stages of the Pleistocene Ice Age, Mongoloid peoples
from Asia entered North America, probably crossing the Bering Strait. Gradually
they spread over the continent and into South America. By 1600, more than
250,000 of their aboriginal descendants inhabited what is now Canada. Developing
a Stone Age economy, they hunted, fished, and gathered food and, in warmer areas,
also farmed. The basic social unit was the band, which varied from a few
families to several hundred people. In ...
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Travelers Guide To Colorado
Number of Words: 1123 / Number of Pages: 5
... city is it's capitol." -World Book Atlas
1993. The capitol of Colorado is Denver. Some of the attractions Colorado
offers is: skiing, hiking, and exploring. These play a major role in
Colorado's economic progression. The land in Colorado is rocky and steep
basically all over. This does not make it a very good place to farm or
raise livestock. (Unless you raise Mountain goats) Although it is not good
agriculturally, Colorado is a beautiful place to see.
The recreation in Colorado is ideal for the outdoors (wo)man. The
major sports end of the recreation has: football (Denver
Broncos),basketball (Den ...
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The Lowell Observatory
Number of Words: 730 / Number of Pages: 3
... they have
located on Mars Hill.
There are a total of nine telescopes, eight which are at the
observatory, of these many of them are historic, such as the 24" Clark
Refractor that is 102 years old. The Pluto telescope dome and John Vickers
McAllister telescope dome, which is 16" long, are also telescopes you would
find at Lowell Observatory. The most modern telescope they have there is
the Anderson Mesa Telescope. Their ninth telescope is located in Western
Australia. Many of these nine telescopes are equipped with state of the art
electronic cameras, auxiliary instrumentation and spec ...
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