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Korean Peninsula Palm Trees
1,165 wordsCheju Island, blessed with such natural scenery, is well known as the Honeymoon island and has also been called an island of Fantasy and the Home of Gods. Cheju Island is famous as a Mecca for honeymooners, and the islands sightseeing spots are often crowed with young married couples. It's also the nation's most popular tourist destination, a warmer home to beaches, forests and the volcanic Mount Hall, at 6, 435 feet (1, 950 meters), the country's highest peak. History dwells here, too. Mongol i...
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Million Years Ago Continental Drift
498 wordsThe earth, from its deep majestic oceans to its breathtaking mountains, is our home. But what goes undetected to humans is the violent cycle that is going on underneath our earth at this very moment. Volcanoes are spouting hot magma. Earthquakes are destroying cities and the continents we live on are moving around the ocean. But why do these phenomenon occur and what causes them to happen? From space the earth may look like one large floating mass. But underneath all of the oceans and continents...
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Code Of Hammurabi Black Basalt Stone
385 wordsThe Code of Hammurabi Of the many law codes surviving from the ancient Middle East, perhaps the most famous is the Code of Hammurabi, sixth King of the Amorite Dynasty of Old Babylon. Today, the code, engraved in stone takes on a unique form as a piece of art. However, decoded it is clear that this stone was obeyed and served as a sort of political propaganda. The noted stone found in 1901 by French archeologists, now rests in the Paris Louvre where it is preserved from moisture and natural deco...
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Black Basalt Code Stone
376 wordsOf the many law codes surviving from the ancient Middle East, perhaps the most famous is the Code of Hammurabi, sixth King of the Amorite Dynasty of Old Babylon. Today, the code, engraved in stone takes on a unique form as a piece of art. However, decoded it is clear that this stone was obeyed and served as a sort of political propaganda. The noted stone found in 1901 by French archeologists, now rests in the Paris Louvre where it is preserved from moisture and natural decomposition. The raw mat...
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Surface Water 24 Hours
855 words? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I am going conduct an experiment to find the porosity of different rocks. The porosity of a rock is how much water it can hold, or the volume of air gaps that it has. To do this experiment I will soak different rocks in water and measure the differences. The equation for the porosity, expressed as a fraction is X 100 VOLUME OF PORE SPACE TOTAL VOLUME OF ROCK? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? There are quite a lot of factors affecting the porosity of rocks. They include the following: Grain size If ...
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Shield Volcanoes Volcanic Activity
435 wordsKilauea Hawaii consists of a string of islands, or an archipelago. Kilauea is located on one of these islands, the central Hawaii island. Kilauea is one of the world? s most active volcanic craters. Craters are formed either by the massive collapse of material during volcanic activity, by unusually violent explosions, or later by erosion during dormancy (Compton's). It is situated on the southeastern slope of the great volcanic mountain Mauna Loa. Its elevation is 1111 m (3646 ft. ) above sea le...
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Mesoamericas First Civilization Light On The Olmec Basalt
565 wordsNew Light on the Olmec The Olmec were Mesoamericas first civilization. They were located in Laguna de los Cerros, tres Zapotes, San Lorenzo, La Venta, and the Tuxtla Mountains, in Mexico. The purpose of this report is to show howe Olmec lived, their beliefs, and their spectacular art. The Olmec were a mother culture to later civilizations. The culture the Olmec started in Mexico's Gulf Coast between 1200 and 1400 B. C, approximately between the Trojan war, and the golden age of Athens, amended a...
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