GKE TASK 1 Western Governors University For the first of my two environmental/geography factors contributed to both the expansion and development of the United States‚ I have chosen the gold rush. The reason I have chosen this as one of my two choices is because I use to live in Grass Valley‚ California very close to Sutter’s Mill. As a child I would visit Sutter’s Mill often. Even now the town has retained the western feel of the gold rush
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Dasha Krumrey Franz Burnier English 1102 April‚ 2012 Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition Between the first of May and the end of October‚ an estimated 27 million people attended Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition (Worlds Columbian Exposition)‚ also known as Chicago World’s fair of 1893. This fair was planned to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus voyage and discovery of the New World. However the fair was a year late due to political arguments. The exposition covered
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Achievements and Contributions of the Ancient Civilizations Summary: Ancient civilizations that made significant contributions to today’s modern society. the wheel‚ the alphabet‚ and government. New ideas and inventions of ancient civilizations were important‚ but how they evolved and led to new and more complex ideas and inventions are imperative to our society today. There are a plethora of contributions that early civilizations have made to today’s society. For instance‚ the Phoenicians
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What are the two best inventions of all time? In my opinion‚ they are the Bicycle‚ and the Mobile Telephone. What are the two best inventions of all time? In my opinion that would be the bicycle and the cell phone. I’ll start by first explaining why I believe that the bicycle is a great and helpful invention. Let’s say you need to travel somewhere at a relatively quick pace‚ but walking is too slow for you. What can you do? What if you can’t operate a vehicle? You can ride a bicycle! It doesn’t
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------------------------------------------------- Who invented it? Wheel on display at The National Museum of Iran. The wheel was invented in prehistoric times and probably its discovery was repeated many times independently. The oldest example of a wheel yet found is from the region of Mesopotamia (Iraq)‚ so it may have been invented around the area where Iraq is today. The wheel may have been inspired by a simple observation of a rolling tree trunk. When a number of tree trunks are placed
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created many inventions and contributed to the advancement of not only the Chinese civilization but also to the civilization of the world. According to Henry Sayre‚ the Qin Dynasty‚ which was said to exist from 221BCE until 206 BCE‚ was the first empire in China to rise to dominance; however‚ the Han Dynasty was given credit for the most Ancient Chinese contributions and inventions (2012). The Han Dynasty existed from 206 BCE until 220 CE‚ and during the Han Dynasty contributions and inventions by the
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Cars A car has to be one of the most important inventions of all time‚ after the wheel that is. The car or automobile changed the world as we know it. It has allowed us to travel vast distances and get from point A to point B fairly quickly. A car is extremely important in American life due to the fact that life today is extremely fast movie. There are always people traveling everywhere. People rely on cars as there method of transportation. Its popularity is due to its ability to accommodate our
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Stage-Gate Process 1. What is Stage gate Process Stage gate process is a R&D process which is about managing successful development of new product. It covers whole process from discovering idea to launching new product. 2. What is stage? What stages are included in the product development process? The Stages are the process which important action occurs. In each stage‚ the project team that established for launching new product go through key activities to gather information needed
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Table of Contents Achievements/ Inventions Writing The 12 month calendar The wheel The ox drawn plough The sail boat Irrigation The first written law code The invention of a way to measure time Ziggurats Sewers Music and musical instruments Religion and Gods Writing The ancient Sumerians believed in education. Record keeping was very important
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much extra time now (the time they used to spend hunting animals and gathering plants)‚ this allowed them to begin creating objects and ideas to help them live a little easier. This slideshow will demonstrate some of Mesopotamia’s most important inventions and achievements. Some of them may surprise you! You’ve used at least one of them already today. You can click the play button to watch the slideshow‚ or you can use the thumbnails at the bottom to change the picture when you are ready. The
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