* The last beast is slayed by Beowulf‚ but he dies too as he is mortally wounded by the dragon biting his neck. He is mourned for and buried on a huge funeral pyre with his treasures overlooking the sea. -Interesting facts about Beowulf * Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic poem in English literature. An epic poem is a long narrative poem depicting the story a hero and his deeds. * Beowulf is
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like a flood” (7). The stand that the speaker is taking against and for the country may not be going anywhere‚ but the can see a time in the future where “beneath the touch of Time’s unerring hand‚ like priceless treasures sinking in the sand” (13-14) America’s current culture would be buried. Although this can be interpreted as the downfall of the country‚ I see it as the downfall of the current culture of America. This is not an anti-America poem‚ but rather one dedicated to a better one‚ and towards
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HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN AND THE DISCOVERY OF TROY “So fight by the ships‚ all together. And that comrade Who meets his death and destiny‚ speared or stabbed‚ Let him die! He dies fighting for the fatherland- No dishonor there! He’ll leave behind him wife and sons unscathed‚ His house and estate unharmed- once these Argives Sail for home‚ the fatherland they love.” –The Iliad Book 15 lines 574-580‚ by Homer Today‚ on the plains of Western Anatolia lies the site of one of the most well
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shoe that later got to the ruler of another kingdom. He searched everywhere for the owner until he found Yehhsien. He took her and her bones back to his kingdom. He married her and prayed to the bones getting treasures without a limit. The next year the bones no longer worked so he buried the close to the shore. They were washed away and the step- mom and the step- sisters were killed by flying stones. African Cinderella Summary The African Cinderella Story was about a man who had two wives
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found in all‚ most of which were written on goat skin and sheep skin. A few were on papyrus‚ a plant used to make paper‚ but one scroll was engraved on copper sheeting telling of sixty buried treasure sites. Because the scrolls containing the directions to the treasures is unable to be fully unrolled‚ the treasures have not been found yet. In all‚ the texts of the scrolls were remarkable. They contained unknown psalms‚ Bible commentary‚ calendar text‚
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Life Tutankhamun was the son of Akhenaten (formerly Amenhotep IV) and one of Akhenaten’s sisters‚[8] or perhaps one of his cousins.[9] As a prince he was known as Tutankhaten.[10] He ascended to the throne in 1333 BC‚ at the age of nine or ten‚ taking the throne name of Tutankhamun. His wet-nurse was a woman called Maia‚ known from her tomb at Saqqara. When he became king‚ he married his half-sister‚ Ankhesenpaaten‚ who later changed her name to Ankhesenamun. They had two daughters‚ both stillborn
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Zheng He is a name of which many don’t hear a lot around‚ much less know who he is. Zheng He is‚ however‚ one of the greatest ocean explorers in the 15th century‚ and can be named side to side with Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus. Zheng He’s 7 voyages to the Indian Ocean strengthened trade between the Ming Dynasty and its neighbouring countries in the Middle East and India‚ and brought back exotic souvenirs and gifts to the Yongle Emperor‚ which were tributes from the neighbouring countries
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COMD 1) ------ are words used in place of noune phrases‚ typically referring to people and things already known a. Pronouns 2) We found buried treasure in the backyard- “We” is b. First person‚ plural 3) Presciprtive approach to defining grammar attempts to describe the regular structures of language as it was used c. False- Prescriptive is etiquette 4) [ the car ] [ was painted] [cherry pie red] d. Diagram represents the constituent
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Beowulf vs. Thor Beowulf‚ a legendary hero of Geatish lore‚ from the epic poem named after him‚ is the definition of a hero. There is one being who can be collated to Beowulf: the mighty Thor‚ god of thunder. Derived from Norse mythology‚ Thor is hot-headed‚ with an appetite for food and drink. He also is one of the strongest gods‚ serving as the protector of the people. Both of these characters share similar qualities in what some would define a hero‚ despite one being a man‚ and the other being
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vast pits to the east of the burial tomb. In these pits‚ chariots‚ weapons and over 7‚000 terracotta soldiers and horses were unearthed (Roberts p. 25). After extensive research‚ historians and archeologists concluded these terracotta soldiers were buried there to protect Emperor Qin (pronounced Chin) and his underground kingdom in the afterlife. Ying Zheng was born in 260 BC. He was a member of the Qin Dynasty and ascended to the throne in 247 BC at the age of thirteen. The Qin rule became the
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