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    behind it and plays a role in today 's cuisine and culture and developed throughout the centuries with mentions of pizza as far back to the 6th century B.C and to 1st century A.D, but not mentioned again until the 16th century. However, pizza was food for peasants in the 16th century and was not widespread, popular, and diverse compared to today in the 21st century. The earliest mention of pizza was in 6th century B.C. where soldiers of Darius the Great (521-486 B.C.) baked a kind of bread flat on

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    early paintings and pictures. Aries (1996) pointed out “Medieval art did until about the twelfth century did not know childhood or did not attempt to portray it” (p.33, which demonstrates that ancient artists did not view or assumed

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    Part 3 1) The Athenian Army The purpose of the Athenian army was to was to secure Athenian democratic society. The army fought battles against other Greek states and foreign states most often against oligarchies and aristocracies. The army was managed by a polemarch (senior military title), along with ten generals from the ten tribes of Athens. The largest component of the army was the infantry composed of hoplites (citizens fighting in a full set of armour). They went into battle protected by

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    linguistically compatible. The Arabic name for the city is Talhum. The name of the city Capernaum never appears in the Old Testament. One, quite likely reason for this is that the city of Capernaum was not formed until late in the second century BC. The city 's late formation is adequate explaination for the lack of mention in the Old Testament It was called the “village of Nahum” because Nahum the prophet 's tomb was shown there. One reason that it is so difficult to find the

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    deep drilling, and toilet paper and so on. Within those eight to ten inventions, I will choose four that I believe are the most innovative. Row Planting (Feudal period – 6th Cent BC) The Chinese started planting crops in rows sometime in the 6th century BC. This allows the crops to grow stronger and faster. It facilitates

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    Kyanzittha of Pagan, Burma and King Tilokaraja of Chiang Mai, Thailand during 11th and 15th century respectively to position Buddhism as a part of their reign, conquest and authority (Swearer 2010, 71). This significantly enabled the localization of Buddhism into Southeast Asia especially in countries like Thailand who remains supportive of Buddhism as declared by the Chakri dynasty from the end of 18th century onwards (Bowker 2007, 150). It was through the support of imperial power that led the countries’

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    Times have progress during 1657 when they introduced the pendulum clock which was sufficient enough to attain accuracy to have the minute hands and eventually the second hands on the 18th century. These two last centuries has been crucial for the development of the clock “…capitalism grew to such extent that it was able to take advantage of the techniques of the industrial revolution to establish its economic domination over society” (Woodcock 883).      

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    and anti-racist4. In French journalism, Charlie Hebdo is part of a tradition that according to BBC’s Hugh Schofield, “combines left-wing radicalism with a provocative scurrility that often borders on the obscene”1. Schofield notes that in the 18th Century, the target of this tradition would often be the royal family and any type of corruption they might

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    Copper Statue Analysis

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    Mohamad Habehh Walking around The Metropolitan Museum of Art, there are many ancient pieces of art and old artifacts on display. One of the art pieces that caught my eye was the Head of a Ruler, from ancient Iranian or Mesopotamian times. I chose this figure because the person depicted in the copper head looked like an important figure of the time. The man is well groomed and has an emotionless face, but it also looks like he is portraying a little confidence in his expressionless face. Considering

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    Purpose At the end of my speech, the audience will have a clear view of the most important achievements of the “Islamic golden age”. Introduction At the beginning of the 8th to the 13th century, a new era has emerged and placed a stamp in the Islamic history that is called “the golden age of Islam”, throughout which the Islamic history was ruled by various important caliphates where many scientific, economical, and cultural developments took place. The Abbasid caliph Harun Al-Rashid was the ruler

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