Why should we conserve plants and animals? I am arguing for conserving plants and animals. I will discuss how plants and animals have an impact on our lives and how this would be dramatically changed if they weren’t conserved. The word "conserve" means preservation‚ especially of the natural environment. In plants and animals case‚ it means‚ To keep in existence‚ to retain and to keep safe from harm or loss.1 Thousands of plant and animal species are being terminated every year due to many factors
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|The Mayan Number System | |The Mayan number system dates back to the fourth century and was approximately 1‚000 years more advanced than the Europeans of that | |time. This system is unique to our current decimal system‚ which has a base 10‚ in that the Mayan’s used a vigesimal system‚ which | |had a base 20. This system is believed to have been used because‚ since the Mayan’s lived
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1 The Birth of Civilization Mohenjo-Daro Figure. Scholars believe this limestone statue from about 2500 B.C.E. depicts a king or a priest from Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus valley in present-day Pakistan. Does this figure seem to emphasize the features of a particular person or the attributes of a particular role? Hear the Audio for Chapter 1 at www.myhistorylab.com CRAIMC01_xxxii-031hr2.qxp 2/17/11 3:22 PM Page xxxii EARLY HUMANS AND THEIR CULTURE page 1 WHY IS “culture” considered a defining
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Mesopotamia‚ “the Land between Rivers‚” was one of the greatest and the oldest ancient civilizations of the world. This civilization flourished around 3000 B.C. on the piece of fertile land‚ now known as Iraq‚ between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Before 1792 B.C.‚ the city-states of ancient Mesopotamia were not united and constantly clashed in turmoil and warfare. In 1792 B.C.‚ King Hammurabi conquered and merged the neighboring city states of ancient Mesopotamia‚ creating a Babylonian
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THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHY American students are often criticized for their lack of knowledge of geography‚ but it is essential in the study of world history. Although you will not have to specifically identify places on the AP Exam‚ you cannot follow change over time nor make accurate comparisons unless you know something about both physical and political geography. Our concepts of geography have been shaped by western historians of the past‚ and in recent years some scholars have questioned
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Semitic spoke Semitic languages related to Arabic and Hebrew‚ but they absorbed most of the traditions of Sumerian civilization. II. Economy C. Basis for livelihood 1. The Sumerian civilization developed in the fertile plain formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. 2. The Sumerians built cities that had magnificent palaces and temples. 3. The Sumerians built walls around their cities for protection against invaders. 4. Most Sumerians made their living by growing crops or raising
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its origin and how the brick being used after the end of its life cycle. 2 Brick was appeared since the beginning of the civilization‚ which is the ancient Mesopotamia around 8000 BC. (Think Brick Australia 2007) The thick clay and mud leave by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was reinforced with straw and shaped into brick and then dried in the sun. Bricks were glazed in a variety of colours as the time progressed and used to decorate the facades of the ziggurat‚ or temple towers‚ built as stairways
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AP World History Study Guide General Terms to Study: Unit 1: history concepts/Prehistory Prehistory - Refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing. The Five Themes of Geography - Location refers to the relative or absolute location of places. Relative location describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. Absolute location provides a definite reference to locate a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude‚ a street
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Tigers: The Silent Assassins Armed with razor like teeth and retractile claws in addition to their keen senses‚ tigers are silent assassins on top of the food chain. The magnificent striped panthera tigris‚ originally from Eastern Asia‚ once ranged an enormous span of the earth’s surface. Over the past century‚ it is estimated that the tigers habitat and numbers have been depleted by up to 95%. Having been greatly limited as a result of many factors‚ mainly human impacts‚ the tiger has been driven
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-The Indus Valley Civilization (c. 2500- c. 1700 B.C.E)- Long History 5 thousand years back Archaeological evidence; habitation Myths and legends in oral tradition Indus Valley Civilization- 800 years Contemporary with Babylon Cities between R. Tigris and Euphrates (now in Iraq) Walled cities Modenjo Daro and Harappa (now in Pakistan)—planned streets‚ drainage Palaces‚ sophisticated art iconography -The Aryans (c. 1700- c. 500 B.C.E.)- Invasion of people from Central Asia Aryans-into northern
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