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    Exercise 1: 3.1 – Which barnacle species ranges into the warmest water? Chthamalus montagui 4.1 – On average, how many high and low tides will a given spot on the coast experience in a day, and why? A given spot on the coast will experience two high and two low tides each day. High tide occurs when the Moon and Earth are facing towards each other and away from each other. Low tide occurs when the Moon is facing the Earth at 90˚ and 270˚. 4.2 – What is spring tide and when does it occur

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    South Broulee Analysis

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    Bro-u-lee(v) home and come to Broulee! Morning sunrise meets grey water, which meets the soft yellow sand of elegant Broulee. It’s 6:00am, the sun is slowing ascending, lighting the small town of Broulee on the NSW south coast. A quick peek from the lookout confirms surf’s up, five to six feet of carvable face breaking into frothing white water. Here the world is always at peace. Heavy swell at pink rocks Two hour’s drive from the nation’s capital, North Broulee is the hidden gem of New South Wales

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    Alexander the Great and his Great Empire Essay

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    Alexander the Great is remembered as a conquering man who built one of the largest empires. Some describe him as a man with a vision of world harmony. Others see him as a blood thirsty man with a mental illness. One thing that cannot be argued is that he and his empire are fascinating studies. From his rise to power to his mysterious death is interesting, but even after he died the story is fascinating. Due to his death, his empire was divided and a long power-struggle began starting with his generals

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    The rise of various empires was a result of massive political and cultural changes that happened throughout central and south Asia. The major empires created due to the changed were the Mauryan and Seleucia Empire. In addition to various empires being created in central and south Asia, Buddhism influences many parts of the world and the Silk Road became a vital importance. Alexander paved the way for one of the largest Empires in South Asia history, the Mauryan empire. (213) Before Alexander and

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    Hellenistic Period Essay

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    Antioch in Syria quadrupled its population within a century, while Seleucia on the Tigris grew from virtually nothing to a metropolis with a population in the hundreds of thousands in less than two centuries. The most significant and largest of all the Hellenistic cities was Alexandria in Egypt with as many as one million

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    The Four Seasons Mosaic: Reinstallation - Ancient Art with a Modern Twist The Four Seasons were originally hung in four separate panels on the wall of the Mediterranean Court, where they remained until 1990. At this time, the Ancient Collection was being r reinstalled. which brought up questions aboutplacement of the mosaics, still in separate pieces. It was decided that in order to present the mosaics in a manner more in keeping with their original context, they needed to be removed from the wall

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    2004). He was also the author of a lost history of Alexander's campaign. The dynastic history is confusing because all the male rulers took the name Ptolemy and many married their sisters who were often called Cleopatra. Seleucid dynasty Seleucus 1 was made Satrap of Babylonia where he later declared himself king. His kingdom stretched from eastern Anatolia and Syria into what is now Pakistan. He met with much opposition because there were many different ethnic groups. They were accustomed

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    The ethos of science was always been about seeking for the truth. Ptolemy wanted to know what was in the heavens. Newton wanted to know about motion and force. Einstein wanted to know about protons and relativity. These scientists and many others have always had that pure desire of wanting to learn the truth about what they were interested. However, if we were to examine the present, scientists today are struggling not because of their truth-seeking journeys but because of the need to produce results

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