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Alexander the Great: Hero or Villain
Hero
Iran
Alexander the Great, a king, commander, politician, explorer, and a scholar; a hero or a villain. Tutored by Aristotle himself in philosophy, politics, history, literature and medicine. Inherited his father’s, king Phillip II of Macedon, kingdom and became king of Macedonia. Alexander the great is called the greatest military leader of all time’ by many…
Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in China
China
Confucianism
Taoism
Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in China is one of the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. The other religion native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth centuryB.C.E. China’s third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India around the second…
Sea and Filipino Seafarer
Philippines
Sea
Ship
Indeed, that’s what a Filipino seafarer is. But what is a seafarer by the way. According to www. pinoymaritime. com, a seafarer is a traveler who goes by the sea. Or even a person who works near the ocean. Seafarers come from all over the world spending their lives close to the seas as they…
Maria Chapdelaine – the Role of Women in the Early 1900s in French
Canada
Contexts of Canadian Culture: Maria Chapdelaine – The role of women in the early 1900s in French-Canada Student: Kathleen Adam Student #: 209809518 TA: Peter Stevens Tutorial #: 04 Course: HUMA 1200 Word Count: 1023 Page Count: 4 Due Date: Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Louis Hemon creates a story of the rural life in a…
Trujillo’s Affect on Economic Stability
Economics
Haiti
In what ways and with what consequences did Trujillo’s rise to power and dictatorship affect the Dominican Republic’s economic, political and social stability from 1930 to 1961? Anon Word Count: 2,803 Part A: Plan of Investigation In order to assess the effect of Trujillo’s rise to power and subsequent dictatorship on the Dominican Republic’s overall…
Africa Before European Arrival
Africa
During the early African kingdoms, people were capable of establishing lucrative trade routes with Europe and Asia, accumulating wealth through conquest and territorial expansion, and maintaining a robust centralized government. These achievements occurred prior to European arrival in Africa. Trade thrived along the East African coast, particularly after establishing connections with India and Arabia. The…
Adaptation to Sensory Stimuli: Texture, Temperature, and Light
Temperature
The demonstrations reported below illustrated the process of sensory adaptation, where we become less sensitive to an unchanging stimulus over time (Davis & Palladino, 2006). Demonstrations Texture. In a demonstration of adaptation to a texture, an example of the sense of touch, I rubbed each of my index fingers back and forth several…
Global Warming Threat
Global Warming
Global warming is defined as the increase of the average temperature on earth. This increase in the earth’s temperatures is the cause of natural disasters like hurricanes, floods and droughts which are becoming increasingly frequent all over the world. The world is woefully unprepared to meet the crisis. Carbon dioxide, released by the use of…
Moto: Coming to America
America
Moto is sent to Chicago to hire an American contracting company for his firm in Japan. He meets Mr. Crowell of Allmack to initiate the negotiation between the two companies. He expects Mr. Crowell to accommodate him with all the deference accorded to a valued future client and create for him a good impression…
Recommendation Report for Water Provision Methods
Drought
Environmental science
Human Impact On The Environment
Natural Environment
Nature
Recycling
Water
Recommendation report for water provision methods In an arid or semi-arid region 1 Introduction Water shortage Is a very serious problem In arid and semi-arid regions such as Australia. These regions are very vulnerable to drought, and the impacts drought tends to be more serious for the environment and the communities which rely on the…
theme | The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. |
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description | Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets. The first person to use the word γεωγραφία was Eratosthenes. |
quotations | Geography has made us neighbors. History is not everything, but it is a starting point. Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries. There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. |
information | Importance: Geography can help us understand the planet’s movement, changes, and systems. Topics that are relevant to today such as climate change, water availability, natural resources, and more are much easier understood by those who know geography well., |