stakeholders 221 Fay A. Austin Main factors affecting the preservation of Chinese paper documents: A review and recommendations 227 Liu Jiazhen and Wang Jingxuan Arab online book clubs: A survey 235 Amany M. Elsayed System migration from Horizon to Symphony at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 251 Zahiruddin Khurshid and Saleh A. Al-Baridi News 259 International calendar 271 Abstracts 272 IFLA Journal Official Journal of the International
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Ancient civilizations The following 4 ancient civilizations all have very different types of development whether it be because the difference in geographical‚ economic or social location does not change the fact that these four civilizations have come (and some have not come) to present day extremely different from one another because of their different developmental patterns. Extremely early Egyptians began settling along the Nile during the Neolithic period. The Nile provided necessary resources
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technology presented in source three about ancient civilizations was the most advanced type of technology used throughout all of the articles presented. The highly advanced technology that was talked about throughout the passage is able to use infrared satellite imagery. Infrared satellite imagery is able to look down on an open area and see what is located under the surface of the ground. Explorers had used this to uncover what the old civilizations looked like through the satellite. When a Egyptoligist
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Egyptian Civilization Influenced the 18th centuries Egypt is very ancient with the most lasting civilization that existed in the world‚ located in the south in the northeastern part of Africa‚ surrounded by the immense desert of Sahara. Characterized by the three pyramids that emerged the banks of the Nile River higher than any construction erected elsewhere‚ tall pillars of stone called Sobelisks‚ statues of giant pharaohs long deceased‚ exotic mummies covered with gold and many enigmatic symbols
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Iraq: Crucible of Civilization Summary: In around 3500 BC according to archaeologists was the birthplace of civilization at city called Sumer located at lower Mesopotamia which is now known as Iraq. Mesopotamia is located at the delta of two rivers known as the Tigris and Euphrates that is why it is also called the "Land Between Two Rivers". Mesopotamians introduced to the world numerous tools that we use in our daily life. Some of them were the wheels‚ sixty-minute hour‚ 360 degree circle
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roots and true history. Knowledge about pre-Columbian civilizations comes from two main sources: archaeological remains and the accounts written by European white men. A result of the Conquest by the Europeans they Aztec‚ Mayan‚ and Inca Civilizations were virtually wiped out. There was a major loss to humanity here‚ first of all it destroyed many Ideas of these people that do not affect or Present day thinking. The history of these civilizations mysterious and as a result of the Conquest people of
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In the 2009 article “The Impact of Out-Migration on The Inter-generational support and psychological wellbeing of older adults in Rural China’’‚ there were many interesting points made. One interesting point mentioned in the article was “That the increasing involvement of the remaining parents in farm work‚ household chores and grand parenting‚ in the absence of their migrant children‚ may provide older people with continuing status and roles‚ and thus enhance rather than impair their wellbeing
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From the evidence espoused in the theoretical and empirical review on migration‚ remittances‚ and poverty‚ it is an undeniable fact that remittances contribute immensely to the livelihood of developing economies. Migrants living in their respective host countries send money to their families back in their origin countries for various uses. The questions then remains‚ what factors determine what migrants would send home? What is the propensity to remit based on? Literature on remittances draws our
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Greek and Persian civilizations have both left a lasting impression on the modern world with their political‚ cultural‚ and military practices. Greeks left a very rich cultural history with their philosophy‚ literature‚ and science influencing peoples from southwest Asian to western Europe. The Persians‚ more specifically the Achaemenid empire‚ were very successful in expanding and governing a vast empire that included many different types of peoples. They demonstrated
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Assignment 1: Disappearance of the Mayan Civilization Tyasheen Anderson HUM111 Dr. H Stansbury July 28‚ 2013 The Mayans The Ancient Mayan people were located in Mesoamerica which is a term that describes the area from Mexico to Central America in which they inhabited. The Mayans also occupied the territory along Columbia and parts of Peru. Between the times of 250 to 900 BC the Mayans were known as dominant culture and very advanced for their time. The Mayans developed two sets of calendars
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