Flatland

The land and rock-based history of Mesa Verde National Park represents diversity as much as the cultural history. Mesa Verde is located in Southwestern Colorado which is one of the four states that is included in the Colorado Plateau. It became a national park in 1906 in order to preserve and protect the famous cliff dwellings and artifacts. Beginning back in 550 A.D to 1300 A.D, Ancestral Puebloans came to realize the diversity of Mesa Verde National Park and used its landscape to create and…

Redwall is a fantasy novel published in 1986. The theme of the story seems to be Courage and Respect. Redwall is the first novel of a series of twelve books, with some of them being; Mossflower, Mattimeo and Mariel of Redwall. Redwall has gotten a Lancashire Libraries Children’s Book of the Year Award, and a Western Australian Young Readers Award. The audience seems to be intended for children, but most likely (and probably has already) can be enjoyed by an older group. The book’s popularity is…

There were no mountains, no deserts, and few rivers. In all directions lay flatland, and across the steppe to the south and east were the Mongols.” (Marshall, 14-15) The East Slavic peoples of early Russia centered around Moscow after being driven back by the Mongols. Ivan the Terrible in 1533 sought to change this and his strategy…

2015). Brazil takes up most of the upper and middle right side of South America. Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and the Atlantic Ocean surround Brazil. Brazil has a tropical climate with primarily flatlands with a few mountains. There are also large forested areas. With the Atlantic Ocean making up the entire right side of the country there are plenty of sea ports to export out of. There is also a large portion of forest area in…

Throughout the years, there have been several events and people who have impacted the development of the English language. One major event that impacted the English language was the migration of early English settlers to America. Instead of one single person making a huge impact it was a colony. The scholar Leonard Adolf gives a detailed report of the Pilgrims and their interactions as they came to America in his article “Squanto's Role In Pilgrim Diplomacy”. The outcome of Pilgrims coming…

exploited every inch of land to make profit. However, in the 1930’s, the rain ceased to pour and stopped replenishing the dry farmlands. The dusty storms started all throughout the plains of Oklahoma and Texas as well as the borders of the southern flatlands. Powerful dust storms carried tons of black dirt that took years to cultivate and build through hard work and dedication, all gone in an instant. The winds easily picked up loose topsoil and recurrent “black blizzards” blocked out the sun…

THE TIMES WEEKLY RIYA PANJWANI August 12, 1752 Special Edition The Colonies: Ethnic Groups TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND? It has been emphasized that disputes have spurred between the French and the British over territory in the American Colonies. As France and Britain had fought on opposing sides in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) less than a decade ago, it is evident that both countries are still not on good terms. France and Great Britain are both looking to…

It had been three days since the sun showed its full face. Since late Monday night a monsoon held Flagstaff hostage, catapulting lightening and cracking the sky into pieces. After drowning the city, thunderous clouds, arsenic grey and swollen with rain, flowed southwest in a rumbling caravan toward the desert. Beyond the door of the motel room, a panoramic scattering of downtown lights had shimmered in the passing storm, but in room eight, the darkness beneath her quilt became her hiding place.…

Leonardo da Vinci was accomplished in many areas -- mathematics, science, architecture, botany, etc., but what he is most known for is being a brilliant artist. As a young child, he received very little education, but his artistic talents, despite any formal training, were apparent very early on. This is what led him, at the age of fourteen, to begin an apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio, a prominent artist at the time, in Florence. When he was twenty years old, da Vinci moved on from…

My fourteenth birthday was a landmark day for more reasons than I can count. Besides being a day of receiving blessings from elders, gifts from family and friends; sitting in at the ‘havan’ whose sacred fire would purify my soul; protect me, 7th of April of 2010 is etched in my mind and heart. That day I visited Kanya Ashram, a shelter for orphaned girl children, in my neighborhood. Being a teenager, friends and sports took center stage in my life, which were interspersed with bouts of teenage…