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River Valley Yellow River
515 words
From 3000 BC to 1500 BC four civilizations arose
that historians to this day marvel at, the
Egyptians, the Sumerians, the Indus River Valley
people, and the Shang dynasty in China. They all
had great accomplishments in government, and
religion and inventions. While they had their own
different civilizations many similarities arise,
such as depending on the river and their
polytheistic religions. They had very isolated
civilizations with the exception of the Sumerians.
The geography, religion, an...
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Played An Important Role 11 Th Century
2,360 words
... re regions of Canada. Due to these glaciers a
lot of water was concentrated and the water levels
in the oceans went down, revealing a 1, 000 -mile
landmass between Siberia and Alaska. Geographers
have called this landmass the Bering Land Bridge
or Beringia. Further, due to the glaciation much
of the natural vegetation shifted southwards. The
animals that are today found in cold regions
followed them. For instance, the reindeer,
lemmings etc. then lived in places that are
extremely warm for t...
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12 Th Century Genghis Khan
1,262 words
The most savage conquerors of history were the
Mongols. The Mongolian empire was the largest land
empire of its era and occupied land from the
yellow sea in Eastern Asia to the border of
Eastern Europe. The empire included land in China,
Korea, Mongolia, Persia as well as parts of
Thailand and Russia. The Mongols derived from
loosely organized nomadic tribes around Mongolia,
Siberia and Manchuria. They lived off their land
and the resources provided, and became great
warriors. It is believed tha...
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Kublai Khan Great Khan
1,237 words
... assimilated Western literary trends and
contributed to the development of modern Korean
literary forms. During World War II, the progress
of Korean literature was blocked by a Japanese ban
on native culture. After the Korean War, however,
new writers emerged who drew their inspiration
from contemporary trends in world literature, and
there was a surge of literary activity. Beginning
in the 12 th century the samurai, provincial
warriors who resembled medieval European knights,
began to assume...
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Women And Children Arms And Legs
1,220 words
An amulet is a small object that a person wears,
carries, or offers to a deity because he or she
believes that it will magically give a particular
power or form of protection. The conviction that a
symbol, form, or concept provides protection,
promotes well-being, or brings good luck is common
to all societies: in our own, we commonly wear
religious symbols, carry a favorite penny, or a
rabbit's foot. In ancient Egypt, amulets might be
carried, used in necklaces, bracelets, or rings,
andespecial...
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Differences Between Bureaucrats And Aristocrats In Government
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Bureaucrats and aristocrats, the former evident in
the government in the Tang dynasty (617 - 907) and
the ladder pronoun in the government of Heian
Japan. Both are different in many different
aspects, such as within government, government
structure, law, economy, and society. A bureaucrat
can be defined by the following: an appointed
government official with certain duties and
responsibilities defined by disposition in the
bureaucracy. A bureaucrat is more dependent on the
government than an ari...
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Han Dynasty Nomadic Tribes
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The greatest East-West trade route, The Silk Road,
was named so by the German scholar Baron Ferdinand
von Richthofen in the middle of the 19 th century.
Later on it became the information super highway
of its age, serving to trade not only goods but
also knowledge and ideas between Western and
Eastern civilizations. 1. The Silk Road was
founded in the second century BC for military and
political purpose instead of for trade. A court
official named Zhang Qian was sent to the Western
Regions by Ha...
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Stjepan Tomas Kotromanic Fleur De Lys Arms
1,341 words
The origin of the arms with the argent between 6
fleur-de-lys, which is now on the flag of the
republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina, has long puzzled
me, but they are in fact the arms of the
Kotromanic family, which ruled Bosnia in the 14 th
and 1 5 th centuries. Other arms have also been
attributed to Bosnia in the 19 th century. I
finally thought of a way to get at this question
of the origin of the current Bosnian flag:
numismatics, of course. I found a book by one Ivan
Rengjeo, Corpus der mittel-a...
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Mandate Of Heaven Neo Confucianism
672 words
Confucianism, the philosophical system founded on
the teaching of Confucius, who lived from 551 BC
to 479 BC, dominated Chinese sociopolitical life
for most of the Chinese history and largely
influenced the cultures of Korea, Japan, and
Indochina. The Confucian school functioned as a
recruiting ground for government positions, which
were filled by those scoring highest on
examinations in the Confucian classics. It also
blended with popular and important religions and
became the vehicle for prese...
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Schools Of Thought Yin And Yang
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Who is Confucius? To some he may appear as a joke.
However, Confucius, in reality, was not a
laughingstock. He was a man who strived to bring
peace and happiness to a world ravaged by crime
and war. Confucius did not look for paradise in
the next world like other religions but rather he
was more concerned with achieving happiness in
ones own lifetime. A respected Chinese
philosopher, Confucius, or Kung Fu Tzu, began as a
teacher, stressing the importance of
self-discipline and generosity. He tho...
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Tang Dynasty Imperial Family
1,194 words
Differences Between Bureaucrats And Aristocrats In
Government Differences Between Bureaucrats And
Aristocrats In Government Bureaucrats and
aristocrats, the former evident in the government
in the Tang dynasty (617 - 907) and the ladder
pronoun in the government of Heian Japan. Both are
different in many different aspects, such as
within government, government structure, law,
economy, and society. A bureaucrat can be defined
by the following: an appointed government official
with certain duties ...
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Tutankhamen Living Image History Has Passed Aten
2,093 words
The death of Pharaoh On a balmy November day in
1922 one of the greatest archeological finds ever
would be made. It all started with the discovery
of a single rough cut stone step, the first in a
staircase that would lead to the most celebrated
tomb of modern times. Howard Carters discovery of
the tomb of Tutankhamen would capture popular
attention like no other discover before or after
it. With each item brought from the tomb the
public wanted to know more and more about the
boy-king of Egypt. ...
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George W Bush Republican Candidate
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First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family
Dynasty by Bill Minutaglio, details the history
and upbringing of this years Republican candidate
and gives insight as to the impact his family
heritage has had on him as a person, and who and
what has influenced him as a politician. The
biography is mostly nonjudgmental towards George
W. Bush, but does paint an image of him and his
family that is exactly what he has been trying to
deny throughout his whole political life: he was
born with a silver s...
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Great Wall Of China Ming Dynasty
530 words
THE GREAT WALL Of CHINA The great wall of China is
the longest structure ever built. Its length is
about 4, 000 miles (6, 400 kilometers), and it was
erected by hand, the wall crosses northern China
between the east coast, and north-central China.
Over the centuries various rulers built walls to
protect their northern border against invaders.
Some of the walls stood on or near the sight of
the great wall. Most of what is now called the
Great Wall dates from the Ming dynasty (1368 -
1644). The ea...
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Senusret Iii Senusret 12 Th Dynasty Thutmose
608 words
Three important pharaohs are Thutmose III,
Nefertiti and Senusret III. Thutmose III lived
from 3429 to 3375, died when he was 54 years old.
Thutmose was probably the most interesting one of
all them being that he never lost a battle. He was
a great Egyptian ruler. Along with being a great
ruler he was also a great horseman, archer and a
good athlete. He built the temple of Amun at
Karnak. Thutmose's mother, Hatshesut took the
throne from him. Although after his mother died
Thutmose went around t...
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Put An End House Of Representatives
1,560 words
I. Cyprus has almost always been under outside
rule. Its location, which is at the meeting point
of three continents, has made it a target for
other conquering peoples for almost twenty
centuries. The Mycenaean Greeks settled there in
the 13 th century BC. They introduced Greek
language and culture to Cyprus, which are still
preserved to this day. Cyprus has been conquered
by peoples such as Alexander the Great, the
Romans, the Byzantines, the Crusaders, the
Ottomans and finally the British. 1 P...
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Franco Prussian War Second Class Citizens
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Imperialism, World War I and Revolution and
Nationalism I) As some of us know what imperialism
is, I would like to start you off with a
definition for those who may not know what it is
or what it means. Imperialism is a policy that one
strong nation wants to take over or dominate other
countries economic, political, and social forces.
The reason is to take over land in all parts of
the globe. An example of Imperialism would be
India. The British came into India regulating the
eastern side of Ind...
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Million Metric Tons Persian Gulf
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Iran HIstory geography climate culture economy
government Iran is a country located in the Middle
East. Below it is the Gulf of Oman and to the west
is the Persian Gulf. On the east is Afghanistan
and to the north is Turkmenistan and the Caspian
Sea. The total area of Iran is 632, 457 square
miles, which is slightly larger than Alaska and
about 6 times smaller than the United States. Iran
has about 65, 612, 000 people which is about 100
people per square mile. That means that the United
States h...
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Mac Alpin Dynasty Duncan Son Malcolm Macbeth
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Re: Macbeth On Macbeth Re: Macbeth Re: Macbeth On
March 30, Ben Glassman wrote: A non-list friend
has asked me for help on the following question:
Can anyone provide information or a bibliography
on the historical figure Macbeth? She is
especially interested in any feuds that his family
might have been engaged in. Thanks. There has been
very little work done on the historical Macbeth.
There is a modern work, Peter Berresford Ellis,
MACBETH, HIGH KING OF SCOTLAND: 1040 - 1057,
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Shih Huang Ti Great Leap Forward
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The Life of Mao Zedong Dressed in the drab
military uniform that symbolized the revolutionary
government of Communist China, Mao Zedong's body
still looked powerful, like an giant rock in a
gushing river. An enormous red flag draped his
coffin, like a red sail unfurled on a Chinese
junk, illustrating the dualism of traditional
China and the present Communist China that
typified Mao. 1 A river of people flowed past
while he lay in state during the second week of
September 1976. Workers, peasants,...
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