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    The Papas were an ancient civilization that started in 700 BCE. This civilization started becoming strong and developed in the foundational time of the Fries. Part of what made the Papas such an intricate ancient civilization‚ were their ways of building roads‚ water systems‚ and their metalworks. These metalworks are what really made them famous. From the mine‚ they dug up a lot of iron ore. With this ore‚ they made many weapons and tools. The cities were sometimes near or on a mountain with not

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    In this historical study an analysis of the reformation ideology of the urban slum will be defined through the clearing out of the lower classes in New York City’s Five Points Tenements during the late 19th century. The 19th century “slum” was a negative social and economic development that was based on locating immigrant workers in New York City into low-income tenement projects‚ which was an attempt to accommodate the massive influx of low-cost labor from Europe. The Five Points is an important

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    Indus Valley Art and Architecture Architecture: City planning: The overall layout of the Indus is based on a grid of right angles. Large streets run in straight lines in north-south directions and are crossed by smaller streets in an east-west direction. The large streets were 33 feet wide and smaller streets ranged from 9 to 12 feet in length. The division of space into separate blocks is seen not only in the layout of the streets but also in house plans‚ the designs on

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    It is still a great mystery how the Mayan civilization disappeared. This complex society reached its zenith around approximately 750 AD. However‚ within the next two hundred years‚ this civilization which was epic in its time collapsed and disappeared leaving minimal traces and even more scanty detail about what could have caused this disappearance. This knowledge gap has led to a lot of debate among scholars over the various possible reasons behind what seems to us to be the abandonment and desertion

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    With reference to examples‚ evaluate the success or otherwise of urban regeneration schemes in combating the causes and consequences of urban decline (40) Such a question is extremely difficult to answer given its multifaceted nature. In order to approach this question it is necessary to outline that success is an extremely subjective conclusion as what may be a success for some people in a region might be seen as a failure for other people in that same region‚ or indeed another region‚ so assessing

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    Mesopotamia and its Contributions to History Many Western historians refer Mesopotamia as the cradle of civilization. Mesopotamia was a region located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean where the rivers provided the means of survival. While other lives traveled to survive‚ Mesopotamia was one of the earliest civilizations documented to be able to settle down‚ populate‚ and make the transition from being farmers and laborers to other jobs that have been the stepping stone for societies today

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    Chinese and Harappan Civilization‚ the two different rise of the state Gordon Childe‚ an anthropologist‚ had criteria for the civilization. Based on his theory‚ Civilization must meet the size and density of cities‚ full-time specialization of labor‚ concentration of surplus‚ class-structured society‚ and state organization. Essentially in the same way that the ancient Egypt rose from Nile River‚ and Euphrates and Tigris gave birth to Mesopotamia Civilization‚ Harapan Civilization took advantage of

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    ancient civilizations. The Indus River Valley and Chinese Civilizations are both examples of societies that used their geography to help them as civilizations. These civilizations were able to develop based on the resources they had‚ and were able to become complex civilizations by irrigating floods and devising early plumbing systems. Geography had a dramatic influence on the lives of people in the Indus River Valley. Primarily centered along the Indus and the Punjab region‚ the civilization extended

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    world’s oldest civilizations. Its ancient history dates back further than most and has many periods. Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of India. Ancient tools found in the Soan Valley and South India are the earliest evidence of humans in India discovered so far. Some of the tools date back to the Paleolithic Age – 400‚000 to 200‚000 years ago‚ other tools date to the Mesolithic Age and the Neolithic Age (8000 BC – 4000 BC). The first organized civilization of India developed

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    Study Mayan Research Paper Did you know that Mayan civilization left back beautiful landmarks they made with their advanced technology? The Mayan spread throughout Mexico‚ Belize‚ El Salvador‚ Honduras and Guatemala. They Mayans had really advanced technology to look at the sky and be able to make calendars. They were able to observe the sky and make inferences. The Mayan civilization was different from any other civilization. Mayan civilizations should be taught in schools because of their influence

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