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Euclid
Words: 881 - Pages: 4.... in varying fields. Out of all of the great Greek accomplishments which influence the world today, I chose the one which I believe is the most important, ean Geometry and its effects.
(365-300 BC) is often considered synonymous with geometry. ’s works have been so influential that they serve as the basis for most geometrical teachings for the past 2000 years. His works supercede all other works of its kind. ’s interests in spatial knowledge lead him to detailed definitions, postulates, and axioms that are used today. Data is a collection of given measurements and postulates that collected. Data expresses that lines, angles .....
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The Art Of The Republican Period And The Beginning Of The Em
Words: 518 - Pages: 2.... types of structures and allowed more freedom and space for artistic experiment and expression.
The remains of the Sanctuary of Fortuna are an example of Republican Roman architecture. The sanctuary is dedicated to the goddess of fate and chance, was begun about 100 BCE. Its design and size reflect the influence of the Greek Hellenistic architecture, in the use of the long colonnade and the colossal scale of the great altar from Pergamon.
A Roman house of this period usually consisted of small rooms laid out on a straight, generally symmetrical plan, as in the House of Pansa in Pompeii (2nd Century BCE). From the entrance a corridor led .....
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Thailand
Words: 594 - Pages: 3.... believers are Theravada Buddhism, 4 % are Islam and 1 % are other including Christianity.
The Thai gross domestic production is $111.3 billion and then Chief Economic Productions is
- Agriculture; rice, cassava, rubber, sugarcane, maize, pineapples, coconuts, kenaf and live stock.
- Fishing; prawns, mackerel, anchovies, other fish and shellfish.
- Mining; natural gases, lignite, gemstones, zinc, lead, tin, gypsum, iron ore, and manganese.
- Manufacturing; textiles and garments, electronics, cement, refined sugar, refined petroleum, motor vehicles and cigarettes.
The employment division is 50 % agriculture, 30 % services, and 20 % indu .....
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Slavery And The Underground Railroad
Words: 1501 - Pages: 6.... of crops on plantations could
be supervised while slaves used simple routines to harvest them, the low
price at which slaves could be bought, and earning profits as a bonus for
not having to pay hired work.
Slaves turned to freedom for more than one reason. Some were
obsessed with being free and living a life where they were not told how to
live. Others ran due to fear of being separted or sold from friends and
family. Then there were some who were treated so cruely, that it forced
them to run just to stay alive. Since coming to America as slaves even
back as far back as when the first colonies began, slaves wanted to escape.
They wan .....
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Examine The Social Conditions
Words: 823 - Pages: 3.... becoming wider. ‘Many wealthy people took the convenient view that this social order had been ordained by God and should not be interfered with.’
People before the Industrial Revolution manufactured goods in their own home, which was gradually phased out by factories. This meant for some a job in a factory under very harsh conditions and for others it meant unemployment, which led to idleness and also poverty.
During the Industrial Revolution the general health of people increased. Nothing compared to what we are today but a big change for the British. One thing that helped improve their health was the manufacture of cotton. Pe .....
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Roosevelt
Words: 599 - Pages: 3.... mythology and time as the ones of old?
In 500 years - providing anyone is still alive to care - a few men and
women will stand out against the haze of time and represent the twentieth
century. If there is a group, among them will be at least man involved in
World War II. Roosevelt, Churchill, Tojo and Hitler -especially Hitler -
are all candidates for the group because of their involvements in the
bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. In this world,blood is a hard
thing to forget about. Which ones, and in what light they'll be remembered
in depends entirely on the biases of historians and the abilities of
governments to cover up .....
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Colonial Women
Words: 916 - Pages: 4.... women could choose their husbands, they could marry those men who would give her the most benefits. A woman did not have to marry a man who would treat her poorly. In most New England colonies, a woman could sue her husband for a divorce if her treated her without respect and abused or neglected her. Although women had the legal privilege to divorce a bad husband, she did not have any legal rights under the law. As soon as she married her husband, she lost all legal existence. For a woman to have any place in the legal system it was better to remain single. Single women, or Feme Sole had more legal rights than a married woman. She could .....
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Attica
Words: 2487 - Pages: 10.... Governor Nelson Rockefeller ran the State prison as forced labor camps as well as other state prisons. State Prison during this time also had an all white correctional staff and eighty-five percent of ’s prisoners were Black and Latino.
Working conditions in State Prison were unbearable, prisoners were political, poor and maltreated. Hygienic conditions were very bad and medical care was practically non-existent. Prisoners average pay was 40 cents a day for manufacturing mattresses, shoes and license plates, prisoners never saw a lawyer, were prevented from defending themselves, were isolated, raped, harassed and murdered. The .....
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Eygpt
Words: 1000 - Pages: 4.... illness because it had amulets in it. Jewelry was worn for decoration since their clothes were plain white. It could also be a symbol of wealth. Some of the jewelry was worn when they were alive and sometimes it was only made for funerary use (they would only use it for funerals.) The Egyptians thought that the jewelry would protect them on their way to the next world. Broad collars were the most popular neck ornaments worn in Ancient Egypt. Broad collars were worn in the Old and Middle Kingdom. My necklace is an example of a Broad collar witch was made in the Middle Kingdom, and belonged to a Princess named
Ita-weret from Dahshur. Broad .....
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Jacksonian Democracy
Words: 729 - Pages: 3.... and ignorance and independence of
every man are some of the observations she recorded (D).
The national economy did in fact
boom during the 1820s and early 30s. With Samuel Slater’s
introduction of the “Factory System”
to America, and Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, the United
States’ speed in manufacturing textiles
increased rapidly. In 1837, however, America experienced a
tremendous financial depression.
Bad land speculation, and the fall of the Federal Bank (due
to Jackson’s failure to recharter the
Bank in 1832) were the two main factors that caused the
financial crisis.
Consequently, along with the i .....
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