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Pyramids
Number of Words: 1297 / Number of Pages: 5
... building.
Djoser, the second king of the 3rd dynasty, hired an architect called Imhoptep who for the first time constructed a tomb completely of stone. Imhoptep is considered the preeminent genius of the Old Kingdom. He assembled one workforce to quarry limestone at the cliff of Tura, across the Nile, another to haul the stone to the site where master carvers shaped each block and put it in place.
The Step Pyramid is a terraced structure rising in six unequal stages to a height of 60 meters, its base measuring 120 meters by 108 meters. The substructure has a system of underground corridors and roo ...
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Atom Bomb
Number of Words: 584 / Number of Pages: 3
... in another six months.
American military had an invasion plan for Japan ready even before the atomic bomb was tested. “The strategic plans of our armed forces for the defeat of Japan, as they stood in July, had been prepared without reliance upon the atomic bomb, which had not yet been tested in New Mexico. The Americans were planning an intensified sea and air blockade with intensified air bombing. The down side of the invasion meant serious casualties.
Many people had disapproved of the Soviet Union entering the war. They had feared communism because it was against their philoso ...
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Charles Darwin
Number of Words: 676 / Number of Pages: 3
... fond of the Galapagos Islands, in South America. The Galapagos Islands is where he found that each island had a different kind of marine iguana, tortoise and different kinds of finch. Darwin observed that in each of the different islands that the related species adapted differently to its island.
In 1836 Darwin returned to England. When Darwin returned to England he studied the information that he collected on the voyage. From these observations and collections he proposed the theory of natural selection. The theory of natural selection is that plants and animals are always competing for food a ...
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Three Famous Writings
Number of Words: 731 / Number of Pages: 3
... respect to one's family and elders, and
responsibility and respect to others families and elders. This is most evident in Confucius' writings. He is
constantly stressing family values and responsibility. One quote that shows this is "Let the sole sorry of
your parents be that you might become ill."
This stresses personal responsibility and respect to your parents. Hammurabi showed responsibility by
saying "If a builder has built a house for a man, and has not made his work sound, and the house he built
has fallen, and caused the death of the man's son, the builder's son shall be put to death ...
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A Comparison Between Roman Soc
Number of Words: 412 / Number of Pages: 2
... because most were Christian. From religion comes another aspect, that of tolerance. In Achen, there was no tolerance or acceptance of other religions. In Pompeii, they mostly were accepting.
Materialism consumed people of Pompeii. For example, during the eruption of Vesuvius, citizens could be seen running away carrying all their valuable gold jewelry and belongings. In Achen, there was the Christian belief that you should die a pauper because your afterlife is what mattered.
Afterlife is what affected the people of Achen’s view of time. They were thinking about heaven and their li ...
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Desert Flower
Number of Words: 1324 / Number of Pages: 5
... life, Waris demonstrates examples of a masculine culture with elements high uncertainty-avoidance, and her own individualism amongst such a collectivistic society.
Waris’s description of life in Africa is a perfect definition for a masculine culture. She explains, “Women are the backbone of Africa; they do most of the work. Yet women are powerless to make decisions.” She recalls a story of how her loving mother permitted her to be butchered, because of a traditional African ritual to please African men. When she was five years old, her mother made her an appointment to meet with “the gypsy wom ...
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The Middle East: A Great Deal Of Variation?
Number of Words: 586 / Number of Pages: 3
... accounting for over 21% of all international terrorist incidents worldwide in 1992, and over 23% in 1993.
There are four basic motivations for terrorism in the Middle East.
1. Bitter opposition by Rejections of Palestinian groups to the agreement between Mr. Arafat and the Israeli government. These groups see Arafat as a traitor who has betrayed the cause of Palestinian self-determination.
2. In almost every Moslem country there are groups of extreme Islamic fundamentalists, inspired and actively encouraged by the Islamic revolutionary regime in Iran, ready to wage Jihad against pro-western Arab ...
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China's Influence On Korea
Number of Words: 460 / Number of Pages: 2
... became a tributary state, acknowledging
Chinese overlordship but preserving its independence. Koreans also adopted
the Confucian emphasis on the family as the foundation of the state.
Although Koreans adapted and modified Chinese ideas. For example, they
adapted the Chinese civil service examination to reflect their own system
of inherited ranks. In China, even a peasant could win political influence
by passing the exam. In Korea, only aristocrats were permitted to take the
test.
During the Koryo age, Buddhism reached its greatest influence in
Korea. Korean scholars wrote histories and poems b ...
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India 3
Number of Words: 1166 / Number of Pages: 5
... as a very wealthy country. There is farmland and ore. The standard of living is very low, partially because these resources have not been fully developed. Living conditions deteriorate yearly because of the huge population growth.
A few statistics that give us some idea of the crowded living conditions and standard of living: Life expectancy in India in 1965 was 45 years and in 1883, 53 years. Compared to this Canada was 72 in 1965, and 75 in 1983. The Towards Tomorrow text book said, "China has 7% of the World's arable land. Canada has 3% but only.5% of the World's people. In China this equals 1/10 o ...
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WW2 Causes
Number of Words: 583 / Number of Pages: 3
... to further this, Japan didn't even care what the league had to say about their little attack.
The rise of Hitler brought its problems also. During the great depression Hitler said that the only way for his country to get out of the depression was to follow Italy's example and begin to re arm itself. They asked permission from the league but France immediately refused to grant that wish, so Germany said that they would continue as planned with or with out consent, and that same year they left the league of nations. France responded by letting Germany have a standing army of 300,000 men and an air for ...
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