Hoi An ancient town The ancient town of Hoi An‚ 30 km south of Da Nang‚ lies on the banks of the Thu River. Occupied by early foreign traders as Japanese‚ Chinese‚ Portuguese‚ Spanish … Hoi An was one of the major trading centers of Southeast Asia in the 16th century and was very popular with the name Faifoo. Hoi An has a distinct Chinese atmosphere with low‚ tile-roofed houses and narrow streets; the original structure of some of these streets still remains almost intact. All the houses were
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his tomb in 1922. Since then‚ studies of his tomb and remains have revealed much information about his life and times. B. British archaeologist Howard Carter had begun excavating in Egypt in 1891‚ and after World War I he began an intensive search for Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. C. THESIS: The discovery of King Tut’s tomb was a turning point in the history of Egyptology. Not only did it led to further discoveries in the Valley of the kings‚ but his tomb was almost
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Continuous change organizations Organizations that undergo continuous change are argued to have the “ability to change rapidly and continuously‚ especially by developing new products (core competence and culture driven)” (Brown and Eisenhardt‚ 1997‚ p. 1). The changes are “those that are ongoing‚ evolving and cumulative . . . small uninterrupted adjustments . . . ” (Pettigrew et al.‚ 2001‚ p. 704). These continuous change organizations have had limited treatment in the literature; the case-studies provided
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Juliet’s tomb but to this day the church is a museum for tourists to see the tomb that “belongs” to Juliet. They say that the tomb really does belong to Juliet because her family built the church. Well I believe that the tomb belongs to someone else who could have been related to Juliet or just some random person. The Venetian government say that they took the remains and cleaned everything out from the tomb. They told the people that they took Juliet’s body to a unknown location. The tomb couldn’t
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Eighteenth-Century Runaway Slave Ads. May 14‚ 1785 a runaway Negro slave by the name of Billy‚ 23 escaped from St. Mary’s County‚ near the Queen tree. Dressed in a striped country cloth jacket and breeches‚ heading towards Prince George’s County. An eight dollar reward for capture and five pounds if out of state. Isaac 17‚ runaway Negro slave from New York October 27‚ 1763. Clothed in a lame manner. Reward 20 shillings‚ where about unknown. February 19‚ 1779. Abraham‚ a runaway Negro slave
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Profesorado Superior de Lenguas Vivas Teacher’s name: Susana Company Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy was born in June the 2nd in 1840 in Higher Bockhampton‚ a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset‚ England; and died in January the 11th in 1928 due pleurisy in December 1927. He was an English novelist‚ poet and a Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot; he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism‚ especially William Wordsworth. Charles
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In material terms‚ the clothes that children wore to school were predicated upon their class status (Brunsma n. pag.) . Late in 1980‚ Washington‚ D.C.‚ mayor Marion Barry began discussing with his administration the possibility of a proposal of a standardized dress code for D.C.’s public schools. Prompted by incidents of violence in or near D.C. public schools‚ Barry figured that uniforms would help to remedy such situations. Not using the term "uniform‚" because it sounded too militaristic‚ he
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The site of Marlik is one that gives so much valuable information about a culture that lived so long ago‚ yet very few seem to know about the site and what it can tell us about a culture long gone. The site has given so much to the study of archaeology and is one of the richest excavated graveyards in Iranian history‚ and some have argued‚ the best-documented ancient cemetery in the entire Near East. (iranica) Because of its immense significance and vast documentation‚ (MET Culture) it is hard to
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Yet for the Gospel sake he was put in prison. Herod Antipas put John in prison for denouncing his wicked marriage with Herodias‚ and won the enmity of the Pharisees. His marriage was considered wicked for she had been the wife of Herod’s brother Phillip‚ Luke 3:19. Herodias would have had him killed sooner but Herod feared John‚ knowing that he was a just man; a holy one. He actually observed him and heard him when he spoke. John was a source of information for him but Herodias wanted his head on
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for help. When he turned ten years old‚ King Tut made a decision that he should finally take a stance as a king. Around 1336 BC King Tut passed away of an unknown sickness‚ his tomb was placed by the other pharaohs and tombs‚ since he was a King. Ten years after his death a group of scientists went to experience the tomb. They were instructed to wear gloves just so they wouldn’t catch diseases or get infections. Two of the scientists also died of unknown
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