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Assault Weapon Ban National Rifle Association
3,095 words... Guns and violence are not just found in schools. In the state of Louisiana and Texas, more people now die from gunshot wounds than from car accidents. Since 1980 the citys homicide rate has doubled. These violent outrages are spurred on by deadly convergence of gangs, drugs, and even more assault weaponry. Juvenile arrests in our nation for homicides climbed from six to over one hundred in one year alone (Hull, 1993). Police have complained about being outgunned by drug dealers with Uzis and...
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Raging Winter Torrent Ripped Out Roots Tree
1,097 wordsYou " ve seen trees by a raging winter torrent, how many sway with the flood and salvage every twig, but not the stubborn -- they " re ripped out, roots and all. Creon is angered at the disobedience of Antigone. She buried her brother, although she knew of Creon's disapproval and of the cruel punishment, which awaited anyone who broke the law. Still she defied Creon and broke a law that was made publically. Her direct disobedience enrages him not only because she disobeyed but also because she d...
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Epic Of Gilgamesh Eternal Life
1,182 wordsCommon Threads: Great Flood and the Flood in The Epic of Gilgamesh Did the authors of the Old Testament have a copy of The Epic of Gilgamesh? Or was this fantastic plot, and its unmistakably recognizable specifics, simply a part of the broader oral history of the time, which possibly originated with a real event? The story of the Great Flood that takes place in Genesis would have probably sounded familiar to someone who lived thousands of years earlier, in the ancient Near Eastern culture that p...
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Gilgamesh Epic Sumerians Believed
1,863 wordsIn our society, which is overwhelmingly Judeo-Christian, students often find it difficult to compare Bible stories with tales from other cultures, because our own belief system is wrapped up in the prior, and it is hard for many of us to go against our traditional faith to evaluate them objectively. But in a comparison of the Biblical book of Genesis with the ancient Sumerian text, Epic of Gilgamesh, many parallels suggest that the same type of spiritual searching inspired the composition of bot...
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Noahs Ark Time Period
750 wordsCertain legends have fascinated people through history, being passed down generations through oral tradition and hearsay. Noahs Ark is a prime example of a story many people should be well acquainted with perhaps as sleepy-eyed children on a bright Sunday morning or through gazing at a cheerful illustration featuring a bearded man on a large boat with giraffes, hippos, and lions. It surprises many that the tale is strikingly similar to a story featuring a mythical Sumerian king named Gilgamesh. ...
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Epic Of Gilgamesh Build A Boat
998 wordsThe Epic of Gilgamesh compares to the Bible in many different ways. The epic has a different perspective than the Bible does. This paper is a contrast and comparison between the two books. The three main points of this paper will be the Creation, Flood and the Hero. The way these two books start out is creation. This is the first similarity that we can state. God created man out of the earth, In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. In the epic, Are, the goddess of creation created...
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Oversize Ripple Marks Landscapes Were Formed Flood
1,147 wordsHuman beings existing, breathing, and walking around on a measureless, changing and growing quickly as times goes by. Similar to the human growth, landforms kept on changing rapidly over years after years. For many centuries, geologists believed landscapes were formed through a long process known as uniformitarian- a gradually slow process of changing its landscapes toward its environments. Evidence of multiple catastrophism- a speed process of landform has been developed over the years, especia...
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Head Of The Family Mississippi River
2,078 wordsPersonnel Assessment Plan Floods have always been some of the most serious natural disasters in the United States. They have resulted in many human lives and billions of dollars of economical losses for the country. The valley of the Mississippi river has been historically an unsafe place for people to live. Every spring and summer there is a danger of a flood or a flash flood in that area. In the recent years, however, both state and federal governments have worked hard to make the river safe f...
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Man Has Evolved Homo Erectus
2,407 wordsCreations Unheard Argument Since the 1960 s, evolution has been taught in schools and believed by a majority of people. One group has refused to believe in evolution, and it makes a strong opposition to Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory. This anti-evolutionary crowd which refuses to believe that man has evolved from apes, is called the creationist group. Creationists believe that man was created by God and not by chance. Popular science seems to side with evolution, and yet great scientists s...
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Assault Weapon Ban Assault Weapons
6,192 wordsSupporting the Ban on Assault Weapon Government 101 Professor March 27, 199 2 Outline Thesis: Congress should uphold the ban on assault-type weapons. I. Introduction of the history and background information. A. Important statistics concerning assault weapon facts. B. The problem with assault weapons on the streets. C. Assault weapons use in war situations and law enforcement. II. Defending the debate of upholding the ban on gun control. A. The deadly stories and statistics on assault weapons. B...
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Relationship Between God Ancient Israelites
5,152 wordsPentateuch is considered to be the most important part in the Old Testament. It recorded the account of creation, the fall of man, the Law Code as well as the experience of the Ancient Israel. Among them Genesis is the first book recorded incidents happened from the creation of the world to Josephs time. In chapter one to eleven, the origin of the world and human race are introduced and in chapter twelve onwards are the stories of the Ancestors. In this passage, we will concentrate in discussing...
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Days And Nights Noahs Ark
415 wordsGilgamesh and the Bible In both the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible a common event takes place, a flood. The flood in both stories destroys all mankind. I feel that each flood serves as a symbol. Each one is a representative of rebirth and of a new beginning for all mankind. In the epic, Gilgamesh the gods decided to destroy mankind by flooding earth for six days and nights Gilgamesh and the other gods decided to destroy mankind by flooding earth for six days and nights. Utnapishtim and Noah wer...
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Story Of Noah Build A Boat
1,178 wordsMany of the same ancient stories can be found in different cultures. Each story differs in a small way, but the general idea remains synonymous. One story that is paralleled in several cultures is the legend of a great flood. The epic of Gilgamesh resembles the Bible s story of Noah s Ark, but specific details differ in several aspects. The story of Gilgamesh originates from twelve fire-hardened, mud tablets, written in cuneiform, in the Mesopotamian culture from around 2500 B. C. E. It has been...
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Epic Of Gilgamesh Days And Nights
449 wordsThe Epic of Gilgamesh and The Bible: Comparing the Flood Stories In both The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible, a flood takes place. The flood in both stories destroys most of mankind. These floods are a symbol. They represent rebirth and a new beginning for mankind, as well as the gods or God s wrath. In the epic of Gilgamesh the gods decided to destroy mankind by flooding earth for six days and nights. Utnapishtim was chosen to build a boat in order to restart mankind after the flood. In The Bib...
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Epic Of Gilgamesh Build A Boat
537 wordsThe Epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament share some similarities; there are several differences as well. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the God Enlil called for a flood because, the world teemed, the people multiplied, the world bellowed like a wild bull, and the great god was aroused. The idea behind the flood was to kill all of humankind, but the God Ea came to Utnapishtim in a dream and told him to build a boat. O man of Shurrupak, son of Ultra-Tutu; tear down your house and build a boat, aband...
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Epic Of Gilgamesh Build A Boat
1,015 wordsMany of the same ancient stories can be found in different cultures. Each story differs in some aspects, but the general themes can have striking similarities. One story that is paralleled in several cultures is the legend of a great, disastrous flood. The epic of Gilgamesh resembles the Bibles story of Noahs Ark, but specific details differ on several occasions. The story of Gilgamesh originates from twelve fire-hardened, mud tablets, written in cuneiform, in the Mesopotamian culture from aroun...
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Life And Death Book Of Genesis
1,746 wordsGILGAMESH Vs GENESIS: In our society, which is overwhelmingly Judeo-Christian, students often find it difficult to compare Bible stories with tales from other cultures, because our own belief system is wrapped up in the prior, and it is hard for many of us to go against our traditional faith to evaluate them objectively. But in a comparison of the Biblical book of Genesis with the ancient Sumerian text, Epic of Gilgamesh, many parallels suggest that the same type of spiritual searching inspired ...
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Gilgamesh Sumerians Believed
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Puerto Rico Puerto Ricans
2,055 wordsA very massive group of levees may be all that is in the way of lower lying New Orleans and destruction with a visit from Hurricane Georges. Without the levee system and concrete flood walls Georges could have catastrophic effects in New Orleans. But with this man-made hurricane protection system protecting the city people. New Orleans is spared the casualties and damage past storms have wrought. The levee system is important because the city is like a saucer 6 feet below sea level and is surrou...
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Modern Society Human Race
1,133 wordsIt has been said that there are under thirty plots in the world, and that all stories, in all languages, all over the world and throughout history, are simply variations on these. Parallels can be drawn between all literature; however, classical mythology has had particularly far-reaching effects on our present civilization. Modern society holds a fascination with Greek and Roman society, and classical literature and mythology are certainly no exceptions. In addition to demonstrating the many re...
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