The artifact I chose from the museum is the Maya calendar. It’s a big brown circle figured stone with 2 layers; each one contains symbols with a different meaning each. It was used dating back to at least the 6th century BC by the Mayas‚ in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica‚ and in many modern communities in the Guatemalan highlands. The Maya Calendar was made through the knowledge of ancient civilizations and it was carved and improved by the Mayas. It has a diameter of 3.54 meters and weighs 24 tons. They
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Historically over thousands of years‚ people have created different calendars in accordance to their culture. To sum up‚ their calendars do not always come up how they expected them to‚ with some cultures having errors on the calendars. Calendars were meant to keep track of time‚ being measured by the Sun‚ moon‚ planets and stars. The Ancient Calendars were meant to measure the passage of time throughout our existence. “Ancient civilizations relied upon the apparent motion of these bodies through
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Process Paper Before starting this project‚ we were learning about a time in America’s history when the Patriots came together to strive for the freedom and growth of their country‚ later known as the Revolutionary War. The Patriots were the brave citizens of the thirteen colonies who fought for America’s freedom from the rule of the British. Many people showed the best of their ability and rose up to be leaders‚ diplomats‚ politicians‚ and more. However‚ one person in particular laid down the foundation
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Mayan Calendar The Mayan calendar had three calendars and almanacs which were used by several cultures in Central America such as Mexico‚ Belize‚ Guatemala‚ Honduras‚ and El Salvador. The calendars date was at least in 5th century before the Common Era and some communities still use Mayan calendar today. The Mayan did not invent calendars they expanded further because it was used by most cultures in pre-Columbian‚ such as Central America around 200BCE to the 16th century. Therefore‚ the Mayan
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18. After the rule of Napoleon‚ Louis XVIII returned France to pre-revolutionary conditions in certain aspects of society and politics. For example‚ Louis brought back restrictions to religion‚ Protestants were tormented for their faith. Louis accepted the Code that had been developed by Napoleon but banned divorce‚ although it had been permitted during the revolution. Louis restored Catholic superiority‚ this had a trickling effect on the doings of the revolution‚ restricting rights and restoring
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I think the American Revolutionary War was revolutionary because it was going from a monarchy to a democracy and that is revolutionary. Many people don’t believe that it was revolutionary. They had their opinions because we didn’t get rid of our pre-existing social or political infrastructures. People like to compare the American revolution to the French Revolution‚ which ended in the country having a whole new take on social equality and freedom to live as you please. They got rid of King Louis
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In the technological discovery of the Mayan Calendar; which has been in use since the 1st Century BC and is still in use today‚ the coding and de-coding of key dates and times from Gregorian to Mayan‚ or vice versa‚ and how theses dates are coded are all obstacles that have been faced. Although‚ the process does impose quite a few restrictions upon whoever is trying to decipher it. With this being said‚ the Mayan’s created a very technical and in-depth process for figuring out the day‚ month and
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2012 Basic Sciences 1 – News Essay New Surgical Technology: Adoption or Diffusion? This article raised an interesting subject: surgeons and patients seeking improved treatment often forget that a new technique is not necessarily a better one. Human body with its health problems remains the same but the surgical technology is always moving towards progress. People develop new surgical tools and new surgical procedures constantly. However‚ do we carefully test all these new tools and procedures before
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Runic Era Calender Feast Days and Days of Observance This Asatru Calendar has been prepared to aid members of the Asatru Faith properly schedule Feast Days and days of mandatory ritual observance. Some Feast Days may be observed on the nearest Saturday to the actual observance. However‚ the High Feast days of Ostara‚ Midyear‚ Winter Finding‚ and Yule must be observed on the listed dates because of their solar significance. NOTE: This is year 2012 CE Snowmoon / January Snowmoon 3‚ Charming
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Today keeping track of time is crucial for everyday life and it has been since the very first calendars were created. The Mayan people based their calendar on astronomy. The Romans created their calendar keeping religious holidays in mind. Other cultures used their calendars to keep track of celestial events. Different groups of people created calendars to indicate the passing of time and events within their cultures. The Mayans are an ancient culture that used to reside in the South Americas. Recently
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