National University of Singapore Economics 2373: Global Economic Dimensions of Singapore Individual Term Paper Adopting and Improving: The Influence and Legacy of Western Civilization in the Development of Modern Singapore Based on the Question: “It was the Western trader and the Western administrator who introduced modern ideas‚ modern systems of government‚ modern education and modern techniques of communications and production into traditional Asia.” (Goh Keng Swee) Discuss the
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The Egyptian culture is as much festive as it is longstanding and complex. Egypt has been collectively influenced by just about every great civilization in Africa and Eurasia and still stands as the media‚ economic‚ and socio-cultural focal point of the Arab World. This stems from the fact that Egypt has stood as the cultural hub of the near East since the Greek’s Golden Age. This historical reality is transmuted into every facet of Egyptian society and Egyptian food in particular. The majority
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Ancient Egyptian Architecture The Nile valley has been the site of one of the most influential civilizations which developed a vast array of diverse structures encompassing ancient Egyptian architecture. The architectural monuments‚ which include the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza‚ are among the largest and most famous. In Ancient Egypt and other early societies‚ people believed in the omnipotence of Gods‚ with many aspects of daily life were carried out with respect to the
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ANCIENT EGYPT Clark Stevens EGYPTIAN GODS Horus Amon-Re Aton Osiris Shown above are the four major Egyptian gods. (L-R) Horus was the son of Isis and Osiris. He was king of the gods and stood for light and heaven. Amon-Re was the sun god. He was a combination of the god Thebes and Ra (noon-day sun). He was symbolized by a figure wearing an obelisk which represents the sun’s rays. Aton was also a sun god‚ and was represented by a disk with protruding rays to symbolize the sun.
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“proved” the Indigenous people ceded right and title of the land to the Crown and documented an alternate history in ways that benefited the colonial project. Terra nullius was used to prove that the land was barren and empty and that there were no civilizations that existed upon the land and the doctrine of discovery in lieu was invoked to legitimize claims land claims and underlying title of the crown (Borrows 2002‚ 117). Upon the establishment of the Canadian state‚ the assumptions of underlying Crown
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The West Amanda Miranda America was beginning to boom! With the war over and immigrants coming to the land of “freedom” from all over the world‚ people began to adventure to the West. There was a new‚ unsettled land presenting opportunities beyond what anyone could imagine. The west offered natural resources such as gold‚ oil‚ and lumber‚ also it gave hope to freedom and landownership all the while guarding it with dangerous obstacle such as natives‚ disease‚ and drought. The forge west brought
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EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt‚ which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part of ancient Egyptian religion. Myths appear frequently in Egyptian writings and art‚ particularly in short stories and in religious material such as hymns‚ ritual texts‚ funerary texts‚ and temple decoration. These sources rarely contain a complete account of a myth and
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The Legacy of Slavery: The Cause and the Impact In 1865 the thirteenth amendment was signed into the constitution eradicating the institution of slavery and therefore granting rights and freedom to black slaves in the United States of America. Since the Great Emancipation and the signing of the amendment‚ racial tensions have continued to plague the nation. The legacy of slavery to this day continues to affect the attitudes and feelings that both whites and blacks feel towards the treatment of
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Style “Egypt has long fascinated the west.” This couldn’t be more true. Egyptian art can be said to be one of the most significant periods in art history. Their modern advances in such a far time ago were made unknowingly and helped shape art to what it is today. By just looking at it‚ Egyptian art may not come off as amazing as it actually is. One must dig deeper. The artwork they were creating wasn’t always made to be art. Instead‚ it was mainly made for religious purposes. Anything they created
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Taras Malsky MT.1102 AB Dr.S.Washburn Egyptian Math The use of organized mathematics in Egypt has been dated back to the third millennium BC. Egyptian mathematics was dominated by arithmetic‚ with an emphasis on measurement and calculation in geometry. With their vast knowledge of geometry‚ they were able to correctly calculate the areas of triangles‚ rectangles‚ and trapezoids and the volumes of figures such as bricks‚ cylinders‚ and pyramids. They were also able to build the Great Pyramid
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