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- 321: The History And Contributions
- ... principles were later built on by geniuses such as Einstein and Lobachevsky, the basis still remains the same. The development of Greek geometry is said to be started by Thales of Miletus. Thales came from Egypt with a number of geometric principles that the Greeks were able to use for practical purposes. He lived towards the beginning of the sixth century B.C, and has been credited with many geometric theorems ...
- 322: Whale
- ... cattle, deer, and camels. Nevertheless, the evolutionary origin of whales remains controversial among zoologists. The oldest fossils clearly recognizable as primitive whales were discovered in the Eocene epoch excavation layer of sites in Nigeria and Egypt. These early forms are placed in an extinct suborder (Archaeoceti) known as zeuglodonts. Whether they are the ancestors of either modern suborder is a matter of conjecture. The largest archaeocete was Basiolsaurus, a whale from ...
- 323: The Protestant Ethic And The S
- ... be of an adventurous nature, with pirates, speculators, and war funders taking individual opportunistic actions to make a profit.(ibid) Secondly, Weber describes a similar type of capitalism which exhisted in India, China, Babylon, and Egypt. Weber saw this to encourage rational calculation to some extent, however as before a large emphasis was placed on the individual to make a profit. Only after a while did the merchants undertaking such capitalist ...
- 324: The Old Testament Myth Or Trut
- ... were nomadic, taking with them the early traditions, according to external influences. The message remained constant, but the context would subtly change. In addition to the Benjamites in Mesopotamia, there were tribes of Israel in Egypt during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom period, which certainly exposed these people to Egyptian culture as well as Babylonian culture as a result of trade between the two kingdoms. We can begin to understand the relationships ...
- 325: The Christian Gospels
- ... sayings and parables that are unique to his work. That alone does not lend much proof for a second source existing, however. It was not until the discovery of the Gnostic Gospels in Nag Hammadi, Egypt that this theory began to receive a solid foundation. These Gnostic Gospels, such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Philip, contained sayings that, until then, were only seen in the Gospel of ...
- 326: Tatoo
- ... indicate the particular social role one is playing at a given time and express social and religious values. Tattooing, the introduction of pigment through punctures in the skin to create patterns, was practiced in ancient Egypt. Some of the most elaborate tattoos have been found among the cultures of Oceania--for example, the MAORI of New Zealand tattoo complex spiral designs on the face and buttocks. Traditionally, fine tattoos have been ...
- 327: Supertitions
- ... walks away, bad luck. A cat cleaning its face in front of the door is a sign of company. A cat draws lightning. A cat eating grass is a sign of bad luck. In ancient Egypt the cat was considered sacred and to kill one was sacrilege. It is believed that the folklore surrounding the black cat began in the Middle Ages when it was associated with witches. It is likely ...
- 328: Something Wicked This Way Come
- ... Plato was the first to do this. He was born in 427 BC and was a devoted disciple of Socrates. When Socrates was executed he dedicated himself to philosophy. He left Athens and traveled to Egypt, Sicily and Italy. In Italy he learned of the work of Pythagoras and came to appreciate the value of mathematics. This was when he formed his idea of mathematics being the most precise and definite ...
- 329: Plato And Love --
- ... to human motives is religion. Preserving a species for religious purposes can be taken two ways. An animal, insect or etc. can be worshipped (i.e. scarab beetles and cats in the days of ancient Egypt) or preserved because a higher being created its existence. Human beings are not all- knowing and all-powerful. Decimating a species should not be our choice, but our actions provide this result daily. The next ...
- 330: Popularity Of Soccer Around Th
- ... 175 countries across the globe, football, or soccer, rates as the number 1 national sport. Football dates back as far as thousands of years ago. There are records that show that ancient civilizations of Greece, Egypt, and China (among others) played an age-old form of football with a stuffed leather ball. Early games in Old England were like mob riots. There were no rules; it was anything goes! The games ...
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