Defying Gravity by Roger McGough and Mort Aux Chats by Peter Porter are two poems that have death as a theme. Although they refer to death in different ways. Mort Aux Chats refers to death to convince you to dislike cats. Whereas Defying Gravity is about a mans “victory” with death. These poems rely on language to emphasise the attitude to death. Defying Gravity is told from the point of view of a dying mans best friend. It uses a lots of metaphors and I think this makes the poem very effective
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Early Civilizations Matrix Using your readings and outside sources complete the following matrix. Be sure to address the following in your matrix: • Provide names‚ titles‚ dates‚ brief descriptions of important events‚ and other details as necessary. • Note the details of key political‚ socioeconomic‚ technological‚ artistic‚ musical‚ architectural‚ philosophical‚ and literary developments for each civilization listed in the table‚ which were evidenced in the humanities. Be sure to properly cite
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King Tutankhamun (1343-1325 B.C.) King Tutankhamun lived over 3‚300 years ago during a period known as the New Kingdom. This period of time was called the New Kingdom because it was when the pharaohs united upper and lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital being Memphis near current day Cairo. The reason I chose to write a research paper on King Tut is because he is one of the most well known pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Tutankhamun is most well known only by the discovery of his intact
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As a ten year old nothing intrigued me more than the lives of the past. History became my passion‚ and perhaps even an obsession. Whilst other children were outside fighting off dragons with swords or playing school‚ I had my head stuck in a book about the lives of the people in Ancient Egypt or adventuring with my best friend in Egypt‚ discovering treasures that had once been lost to time and sand. Naturally museums were where I felt most at home‚ surrounded by all the wonders and knowledge of the
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STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST 1 (Prehistoric - Roman) FORMAT All questions will be multiple choice. Some will be accompanied by images while others will rely on your use of your knowledge without visual reference points. COVERAGE Visual Material: Selected from the works of art and architecture we have studied - see list below. These have all been discussed IN CLASS AS WELL AS IN THE TEXTBOOK or other readings. (If we do not cover all the works listed below in class‚ you will not be responsible for them on
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reported Akhenaten(Amenhotep IV)Neferkheperure Wa’enre 1349-33 · The cult of Aten the Sun disc‚ established as the state religion‚ replacing that of Amun of Thebes· The state capital moved to Akentaten‚ where a new city is built· The Great Royal Wife Nefertiti seems to wield unprecedented power as queen‚ and possible co-regent· All forms of art characterised by a revolutionary new style SmenkhkareAnkhkheperure 1335-33 · Everything about this pharaoh is subject to controversy: sex‚ identity‚ length of
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• The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr” Hz Muhammad. • “Different religions suit different people for the same end‚ which is ultimate rest in heaven. Thus tolerate those who find Him by ways contrary to thine own”. (Anon). • From a UK church doorway Sheila-na-gig we show motifs of an infinite number of holy “pagan” continuums of sacred space. The remind us that ownership of sacred-sites changed from one Way to another‚ over vast periods of time worldwide.
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produced the potter’s wheel‚ invented glass‚ introduced useof fertilizer and silver → Trade expands → Sumerians had trading contact with India • 1800BCE: Babylonian Empire rose again • 1600BCE: fall of Babylonian Empire • 1‚300 BCE: (Egypt) Queen Nefertiti → role in religious reforms → men and women have equal access to afterlife Trends/Ideas • MIDDLE EAST o Cumulative effects of agriculture → wave of technology → generated civilization as a human organization • SUMERIANS o Fertile Crescent
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Deir el medina – a workers village 1. What was the function of deir el medina? A home for craftsmen while working at the Valley of the Kings. 2. Where was it located? In new kingdom Egypt 3. What kind of information does deir el medina provide us with? It provides us with information that the craftsmen referred themselves as ‘servants in the place of truth’. It provides us with information about the lives of the workers. 4. What are our main sources of evidence? What are they called and what
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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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