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    Western Tasseography

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    The first record of dream interpretation dates all the way back to the Epic of Gilgamesh and his strange dream. This sparked the idea that dreams could be used to forsee the future which continued through ancient societies‚ such as Greece‚ Egypt and China. Each of these cultures had their own way of interpreting dreams and their meanings. Dream interpretation is popular in both the Wizarding and Muggle communities. Wizards‚ however‚ record and analyze dreams for magical properties. There are 3 levels

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    Ancient China Civilization

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    cultural advances and by 1600 CE; China was the most advanced state in the world. China is praised admired because they had their own way of creating a civilization‚ other than mocking Egyptian ways. Geographically‚ Ancient had two major rivers in which they produced from‚ the Yangtze River and the Yellow River‚ which is where the first civilization emerged out of. Ancient China also had natural borders such as mountains‚ deserts‚ and bodies of water because they were xenophobic. China is important

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    Indus Valley Civilization

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    the people of the civilization and possibly other countries. The development of writing was crucial in a civilized society because without it‚ there would be no communication between the people. It was also developed to keep records of important events and things. Some that have been found today‚ are used to study the past of the civilizations. With the development of writing‚ it has left a big impact for the people of the past‚ present‚ and future. The Indus Valley civilization can best be described

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    Changes of Hairstyling From the Ancient Civilizations to Modernity and Hairstyles in Different Parts of the World. Abstract Hairstyles have been a sign of status and hierarchy in societies around the world since ancient times. In ancient Egypt‚ Greece‚ and China‚ a woman’s hairstyle often told others of what rank she held in society‚ to whom she was married‚ and even if she was married or widowed. Initially religious and traditional reasoning was taken into

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    social achievements. One of the most successful civilizations in the mediterranean but never as firm as other powerful empires. Staring with the Minoans‚ Greece began its way to be one the tops civilized civilizations. This time brought writing‚ roots for religion and what would be later the greek land. To what is known today they were a pacific civilization‚ not like their successors‚ the Mycenaean. A constant conflict civilization who are called‚ the early greeks. With that a new way of defense was

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    Indus Valley Civilization

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    the home of one of the earliest civilizations of man. In the history of ancient India we see many forms of society ranging from urban civilization of Indus Valley to the Classical Age of Gupta Dynasty. During this period we see a hierarchy of centralized and decentralized government. Some of which were highly organized in their political structure and government while others were merely weakened by internal problems and division of power. Indus Valley Civilization was one of the world’s oldest and

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    Agriculture is the foundation from which civilization started from. If we did not have agriculture we would still be wandering around hunting small game and gathering anything edible that we might find. We would also have a very low population rate because we would not be able to stalk prey with a lot of people and we would have to kill more animals then there would be to survive. There is something good about not having agriculture. We would not have made so much pollution and the hole in the ozone

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    Chemouma Secondary School 2012 / 2013 3rd Year Literary Stream Duration: 2H and half The Trial Baccalaureate Exam of English Part One: Reading (15 pts) A/ Comprehension (7pts) Read the

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    Western Way of Thinking

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    BriLeigh Spilde Philosohpy Professor Schaar 1-23-12 Western culture brings its own way of thinking‚ as is with any culture. Something that our culture puts a lot of value on is money. We value these pieces of paper as something to strive for. The people with the most power tend to have the most money. Some people even believe that money is happiness. Our country has a democracy‚ in which the government gets its power through the consent of the people. These people are each his/her own individual

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    What is civilization? (Freud-Style) According to Freud and his interpretation of what "Civilization" is written and documented in the novel‚ "Civilization and its Discontents‚" he states that the word "civilization" describes the whole sum of achievements and regulations that distinguish our lives from those of our animal ancestors. It also serves two purposes - to protect men against nature and to adjust their mutual relationships. For a civilization to survive and prosper it needs laws‚ customs

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