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Story of the Stone... Story of the Stone The story of the stone is one of the greatest Chinese novels. The novel contains over hundred of characters and events. Jia BaoYu is one of the main characters who gives the deepest impression for readers. He was born with a piece of brilliant jade in his mouth, the only valued male heir in Jia’s family. The formation of his rebellious character was not accidental; his living environment in all aspects reveals the reasons for the growth of his character.
If there’s “Prenatal” to say, Baoyu was attracted by the charm of women when he was in his mother’s stomach, that would not be wrong. Until he was born, various female nurses and maids were surrounding him and accompanied him day...
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The Stone Age Essay...?The Stone Age One of the most inscrutable and thrilling discipline that is able to fascinate people with its discoveries concerning the life on the Earth millions years ago is anthropology, which studies origin of humans, their lifestyle and development, traditions and principles along with ability to survive in specific natural and cultural environment. Sometimes, researching different eras, it is getting hard to imagine that humanity has managed to educe from the most primitive civilization to such technologically, economically, politically and socially advanced society. The biggest interest and amazement can be seen while studying the most ancient period of our history, which is called the Stone Age....
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Cultural Anthropology: Stone Age...?Cultural Anthropology: Stone Age. The main challenges of the Stone Age appear to lie in two separate areas. The first is a number of natural events and environmental conditions which are beyond the control of human beings. The second area is a set of problems which arise out of the way that human beings themselves choose to live. Human beings had to learn to adapt to changes in both of these areas and this is the main message of the film. The realistic depiction of the shift from a nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a more settled village and town based existence based on agriculture, and eventually also animal herding, shows how the physical environment dictates certain parameters for human society. Hunter gatherers had few... ...
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Stone Henge...in the northeast part of the outer circle, though this waits excavation testing (John and Atkinson 9). A ploughed barrow can also be seen from the air in north-western quadrant. The henge had 4 entrances, 2 opposing ones on north by north-west and south by south-east line, and 2 on an east by - and west by south-west line. ‘In spite of being a man-made construction, it was featured in the 2005 TV program Seven Natural Wonders as among the wonders of West Country for the reason that it consists of natural constituents. The henge is a World Heritage Site and a Scheduled Ancient Monument’ (unesco.com). Excavation at Avebury Stone Henge has been quite limited. Sir Henry Meux placed a trench over the bank in 1894, which...
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Rosetta Stone...________ ________ ID: _____________ "The Rosetta Stone" In 1799, a stone was discovered by the French and since its discovery was made at a small town on the Mediterranean Coast in Egypt, it was named as 'Rosetta stone' after the name of the town 'Rosetta'. The stone was discovered by Napoleon soldiers and was a part of the temple Stela, on the stone was carved three language scripts, Egyptian, hieroglyphic and demotic. Research reveals that the main purpose behind carving three scripts was that a common Egyptian could also understand the text. Created in 196 BC, this stone uphold some unique and ancient characteristics which tell us...
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Analysis of Stone Henge... Stonehenge One of the most famous stone creations made during the Neolithic period is Stonehenge, the megalithic stone circles located on Salisbury Plain just outside of Amesbury in England, but there are numerous constructions of this type scattered through England and Europe. According to a history of architecture, these types of constructions were immediately preceded and made possible by technologies developed as a result of spiritual observances in which megaliths were eventually used to build passage graves (graves containing a tomb chamber in the center of a mound of some sort with a passage leading to it) (“Occasional Caves”, 2007). As this technology developed, and the religious observations increasingly became tied... with the...
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Man of stone...Introduction The world of stone talks about the transition that the main character has undergone compared to his previous experience. The world war has been used symbolically to express how the main character has been battling with poverty life .this has been clearly demonstrated in the second paragraph of the story when the author says,’…I shall wonder which one I should visit today: the smothered one on the officer’s boots, now an electrical engineer employed by the city or the owner of prosperous bar who once whispered to me (Sonzogni & Marco, 176).
The character of the author is being revealed in this story as him being observant in everything that he comes across. When he takes his strolling across the poor...
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Island of stone money... The Island of stone money The use of stone in Caroline Islands as money is proof of the many items that have been used through history to help effect economic transactions. In addition, many reasons existed that justified Fei as money.
The qualification of Fei as money
Acceptability by all Islanders that Fei was the official currency in the Islands was something that justified it as money. It was unanimously accepted as the medium of exchange in the islands. Fei qualified as money because of its durability. As money, Fei retained its shape, substance, and form for a long time without decomposing or degrading. Additionally, the durability of Fei fulfilled the requirement of money to be socially and institutionally durable... . The...
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Future Fossils: Plastic Stone...Future fossils: Plastic stone Nuwer Rachel ed the article, ‘Future fossils: Plastic stone,’ which The New York Times published on June 9, The author reports of discovery of plastiglomerate, a resultant substance from a mixture of natural and manmade materials. According to the author, plastic has been a common material since the 20th century and has large quantities waste. The waste, according to scientists, combine with natural materials such as sand and wood, among other materials that exist in the neighbourhood of plastic wastes, resulting in a hybrid material that is likely to have a long lifespan, unlike plastic. Charles Moore of Algalita Marine Research Institute was the first to identify plastiglomerate during his research... ...
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Rosetta Stone...Rosetta Stone Rosetta stone is one of the few Egyptian artifacts that were discovered and are stored in the contemporary Museums. The Rosetta stone is an ancient Egyptian and Greek artifact. It is written in two languages using three scripts. The artifact is written in Greek and Egyptian. The stone uses three main scripts: hieroglyphic, Greek and Demotic. The stone is mainly valued for their importances in assisting human being decipher the hieroglyphs. The Rosetta stone, which was discovered in 1799, dates back as early as 196 BC. Since it was excavated, the stone has been preserved in history and analyzed by dozens of...
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