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THE FALL OF AZTEC CIVILIZATION By Jeremy Boles The main cause of the Fall of the Aztec civilization was the conquistador invasion led by Cortes. Internal conflict within Mexico along with plague and disease carried to the continent by the conquistadors also contributed greatly to the demise of Aztec civilization. The Aztecs were expecting a visit from a deity matching the characteristics of Cortes. This coincidence allowed Cortes and his men to take advantage of the situation by gaining…

Not Only Off The Body Today the population of America obsesses with the idea to live longer that no time remains to live. The fact that reaching to physical immortality is impossible was clear long ago . Humans the brightest minds even were not able to create an immortal. Achilles , whose body except for the heel , was invulnerable , nonetheless , was killed . TV shows teach us how to kill supernatural immortals. Humans are mortal. Thus we need, at least, to find a way how to live longer .…

1.0 Aim Goldie Hawn is an American comedienne that was awarded an Oscar for ‘Best Actress in a Supporting Role’ for the film, Cactus Flower (1969), and was later nominated for ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ for the film, Private Benjamin (1980). Her blonde hair, ‘large, expensive, slightly scary eyes, and her wide, mobile mouth’ constructed the youthful ‘Goldie-ness’ persona which embodies girlishness, giggly, fun, comical, vulnerable, naiveté, and kookiness which modernised…

Evolution can be defined by descent with modification from a common ancestor. This means that all organisms that inhabit Earth share a common ancestor, this includes you, me, tomato, tiger, etc.…That common ancestor produced descendants, and those descendants produced their own descendants and modification takes place for each generation of descendant eventually leading to the wide variety of Earth’s lifeforms we have today. Common descent with modification occurs due to mechanisms of…

Kevin Fedarko’s The Emerald Mile takes readers on a journey through the Grand Canyon behind the eyes of boat guides, who all seem to have a special connection to the canyon and the river. The boatmen in the book are used to convey a message that there is so much beauty to be seen in the canyon. The characters Martin Litton and Kenton Grua are examples of boatmen that share a special connection with the canyon because of the canyon’s beauty. When humans began building dams and using technology to…

APPETIZER: The semi-nomadic lifestyle that the Aztecs lived was dependent on a number of resources that they had available to them when they transferred to their different territories that they lived in at different parts of the year. Since they lived in the desert water supplies were scarce to none. In order to compensate for the lack of water, I imagine that they built aqueducts to funnel water from main water sources into their villages and cities. I imagine that they had several different…

Most traditional stories are transmitted orally from one generation to another, thus there did not exist an identifiable storytellers being the authors of those stories (actually every storyteller could be one of the authors of the traditional stories). Meanwhile, the contemporary stories always have one claimed author to them in this all-rights-reserved modern society. Compared to the modern writers, who are entirely responsible for their stories, storytellers of the traditional stories seem to…

Although “Don’t Mess With Texas” is the slogan for an anti-littering campaign launched by the Texas Department of Transportation, the implications of that phrase reach far beyond roadside cleanliness. Texans are stalwart defenders of their history and culture, perhaps rivaling their patriotism for the United States. As author John Steinbeck put it, “I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.” Based on…

Invasive Species “Invasive species are one of the leading threats to native wildlife and approximately 42% of threatened or endangered species are at risk primarily due to invasive species” (National Wildlife Federation, 2016, p.1). 1. What kinds of problems can invasive species cause? Do you think one group of invasive species is worse than another? Why, or why not? Some of the problems that invasive species cause is impacting natural ecosystems, the economy, recreational, agricultural,…

It rained almost every afternoon that summer. A fatigued Frank had just gotten home from his job in a coffee shop. With a weary step from the bus, Frank gathered the last of his strength and sprinted across the busy avenue into the old pathway where children played. The rain drops falling onto the shack’s tin, wooden and cardboard roofs would soon become a pool of water from heaven. Every afternoon Frank’s muffled knock on their three room shack was answered by Carrie, his wife. She would…