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. Africa, which is home to the oldest human civilization, gave mankind the use of tools, astronomy, mathematics, jewelry, art, literature, and animal domestication. Though, the evolution of warfare can be their biggest impact on the world because it allowed their other achievements to thrive. This paper will focus, in chronological order, the evolution and impact military organizations, ideas, and activities had on political, economic, social and cultural influences within societies. This…

Absolute dating methods used are absolute dating, radiocarbon dating, uranium-lead dating, and luminescence dating. Stratigraphy as a dating method, is based around the principle that older artifacts are usually found below younger artifacts. When archaeological sites are excavated, the layers of ground near the settlements reveal activity and settlements. Stratigraphic excavation is the study and recording of different strata as they are removed from the area. Index fossils are a large help to…

discuss not only the similarities of art and architecture, but also will discuss fundamental differences that occur. The Olmec civilization thrived from c. 1500 BC to 400 BC, in the modern day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Due to lack of archaeological evidence, the Olmec’s origin of ethnic identity is unknown. There is such a lack of knowledge that researchers still are unaware of the name this group of people referred to themselves as. The title Olmec…

grains for making bread, recent evidence from Natufian culture (~10,000 B.C.) suggests that brewing beer may have been the primary motivation for domesticating grains (Hayden, Canuel and Shanse). Specifically, certain tools discovered at Natufian sites, such as “grinding stones,” “stone mortars,” and “stone pestles,” along with grain and liquid storage containers (Hayden, Canuel and Shanse), demonstrate the technological viability of brewing. Unlike the arduous process of fine grain grinding…

this is just one of the latest acts of ISIS in their quest to “eradicate any hint of Iraq’s non-Muslim culture and “reform the region into a single homogenous Muslim caliphate under its control.” ISIS has destroyed a number of ancient sites and artifacts of archaeological and artistic value since it gained control of Syria and Iraq. During that same time, ISIS burned more than 8,000 rare books and manuscripts the…

take the cable-car. Fira exists mostly from tourism and you can find small hotels, apartments, restaurants, cafes, souvenir shops and jewelers. Take the time to visit the Museum of Prehistoric Thira which displays finds from Akrotiri archeological site. Tourists particularly enjoy the Blue Monkeys wall fresco. There are ancient artworks on display that include marble figurines, painted ceramics, tools and weapons. It has found its home in a modern white building, close to the 1950s Mitropolis…

The basic human rights awarded to all human individuals in this world include, first and foremost, the right to equality and the right to life. Yet, these rights have been violated for centuries, escalating in the twentieth century “an era characterized by a phenomenal increase in the frequency and intensity of human rights violations…” (Ferllini 2008, 7). This period essentially caused the establishment of legal parameters, through the intervention of international law, in order to prosecute…

was string-based recording devices, and suggests the writing system the Caral-Supe had. It also suggests they used this type of textiles to hold logographic information. There wasn’t much art but the Caral-Supe did have music. These and other archaeological evidence shows the pattern of later Andean civilization that may indicate Caral-Supe served as a template. The second video was Bangladesh: Khumi Lives. In Bangladesh, there was a small tribe of Chittagong hill tracts and they were called…

Hayashida and KOSUWA back to the Mongol fleet. There would be two campaigns during the years of 1994 and 1995. These campaigns were carried out with the support of the Nagasaki Prefecture and the Takashima-cho Board of Education. The main excavation site was located 150 meters off the coast of coast and had a depth of 21 meters. The previously mentioned sonar technology made by Mozai had located 4 major anomalies at the bottom of the sea floor. Three wooden anchors were found here. These three…

Introduction The exhaustive search for a humane way to control and reduce free-roaming cat populations (also referred to as “feral,” interchangeably) that is effective in the long term, economically viable, ethically appealing and ecologically sound, has led many animal welfare proponents, governments and NGOs around the world to implement the Trap-Neuter-Release method (TNR). This paper seeks to survey findings from TNR focused studies performed in Europe and the United States in order to not…