Hatshepsut Describe the expedition to Punt in the reign of Hatshepsut. (10 marks) The expedition into punt during the reign of Hatshepsut took place prior to or during the ninth year of her reign and involved a lengthy voyage along the Nile somewhere in the vicinity of present-day Somalia. We know of this because of the many pictorial primary sources carved into the walls at her temple at Deir el Bahari which indicates Punts inner African location. The expedition was most likely aimed to open
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community are all issues brought to the attention of America by this group of Hippies in the 1960s and are still in effect in society today‚ nearly fifty years later. Undoubtedly‚ the most defining characteristic of this counterculture was drugs. Timothy Miller explains in Hippies and American Values that dope was used to expand your consciousness such as marijuana‚ LSD‚ peyote and other psychedelics; these were good for their cause‚ but downers and dope that made those who took them dumber were frowned
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The novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville is an epic tale of the voyage of the whaling ship the Pequod and its captain‚ Ahab‚ who relentlessly pursues the great Sperm Whale during a journey around the world. The narrator of the novel is Ishmael‚ a sailor on the Pequod who undertakes the journey out of his affection for the sea. He also doesn’t want to be in an important position‚ such as captain or cook‚ because then he’d have responsibilities‚ and that would really get him down to work and be able
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Due to the new contacts within the Atlantic world‚ economies flourished as new crops and food spread around. The sole reason for the spread of such goods was due to the triangular trade system and the slave trade systems‚ in which Europeans carried voyages over the three continents of Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas. As the Atlantic world came
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John Hawkins made the first known British slavery voyage in 1562; this started a huge trade that the British would carry on for over 300 years. The increasing demand for such things like sugar and cotton made this a simple solution to the problem and also made them a huge profit. In 1665 alone 3750 tonnes of sugar were exported to the UK alone and this increased the value and need for slaves. As more people became involved the amount of voyages across the middle passage increased until 30‚000 slaves
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and services. However‚ the Atlantic slave trade did not only take slaves from within Africa. Nearly as many Africans were exported across the Sahara Desert‚ the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Out of all the Africans that were forced to undergo the voyage to the Americas‚ it is estimated that for every 100 slaves that made it to the New World‚ 40 more died. The Middle Passage is known today as the most dangerous‚ longest‚ hardest and horrific part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The terrible conditions
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The scientist behind this theory is Charles Darwin. Darwin is the first of many evolutionary biologists‚ and this is his story. Charles Darwin was born on February 12‚ 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ Shropshire‚ England. Charles’ father‚ who was a doctor‚ wanted him to be a doctor. Charles’ mother‚ Susannah‚ died when Charles was 8. Shortly after the death of his mother‚ Darwin was sent away to boarding school. Seven years later‚ Charles’ father took him out of school due to having bad grades and no direction
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Coming into the Americas with no or very little knowledge‚ can be difficult for those who were immigrants who happened to be John Smith and William Bradford in this situation. They both said to have faced a hardship voyage through the Atlantic Ocean‚ but for them it was all worth it since they would be arriving in a land that has no leadership and they were ready to take upon that position. They believed that life would be easy for them in the new world‚ but eventually they faced a storm of reality
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called the Strangers because the Pilgrims did not know who they were. The Pilgrims were called the Pilgrims because anyone who took a voyage for religious reasons were called pilgrims‚ however Pilgrim spelled with a capital P is reserved for the The Pilgrims of Plymouth because they were so significant in history. The Pilgrims were also called Separatist because they wanted to separate from the Church of England. At first the Pilgrims and the Strangers did not get along‚ so in order to get along they
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The Buddhist bodhisattva was portrayed as an enlightened saint for the merchants. The bodhisattva would be there for the merchants to protect them from danger and would give them courage for their long voyages. Since the Buddhists monks were not there with the Buddhist merchants on their voyages the bodhisattva was there to protect them. The bodhisattva the merchants worshipped was named Avalowitesvara. The Guanyin was first familiarized in the 5th century by a ruler after a miracle cure had occurred
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