Codex

excavations at the temple pyramids of Uaxactun significantly furthered our understanding of ancient mayan civilization. The scholarly article Multispectral imaging of an Early Classic Maya codex fragment from Uaxactun, Guatemala by Nicholas P. Carter & Jeffrey Dobereiner outlines the process of analyzing small fragments of a codex from an ancient Uaxactun temple made of plaster coated bark dated back to 400-600 AD. Using the process of multispectral imaging, which is to capture an image and…

Justinian's Code is that it was for the Byzantine empire. It would reveal the ways people were treated in the empire. Justinian's Code has four books that it is based off of. The four are called “Codex Constitutionum,” “Digesta, or Pandectae,” “Institutiones,” and “Novellae Constitutiones Post Codicem.” They worked on Codex Constitutionum after Justinian's accession in 527 A.D. “The Digesta” was drawn up between 530 and 533 A.D. by a commission of 16 lawyers. “The Institutiones,” compiled and…

During Boadicea’s lifetime Boadicea was a warrior queen from 60 A.D. who led an uprising against Roman soldiers after the Roman Emperor cheated her daughter out of her right to co-rule Iceni lands. The Roman soldiers beat Boadicea and raped her daughter. The Romans were a male lead society who felt women weak and needed to be controlled by men and Boadicea defied this stereotype. Boadicea rallied the male warriors of Iceni and led a revolt against the Romans spanning many battles. Even though…

Did only a handful of Spaniards led by Hernan Cortes really conquer the great Aztec empire? One might get that idea from reading certain history books but there may be some jokesters who will answer no in order to evoke a good laugh from their audience. Surprisingly the jokesters may be shocked that their “joke” is seriously closer to the truth than they could imagine. The “Spanish” conquest of the Aztec empire was accomplished through a series of “lucky” events and such a large number of allies…

The Maya were an advanced civilization that existed in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, northern Honduras, and El Salvador. They were positioned in one geographic area covering the Yucatan Peninsula; this smart choice of area indicated that the Maya were aware and looked to remained somewhat protected from invasion by other Mesoamerican groups that could come in from northern areas. Unlike some other indigenous populations of Mesoamerica, the Maya were not one united empire, but…

FDE 310 Food Materials Laboratory Report Determination of Reducing Sugar Content INTRODUCTION The objectives of this experiment is to determine reducing sugar content of food sample by performing Fehling method and to identify invert sugar content of sugars by using polarimetry and also to learn property of invert and reducing sugar. Carbohydrases represent a large class…

Landlord-Tenant Law Landlords and tenants both have rights and accountabilities in the development of an ownership agreement. All parties must have a clear understanding of what the lease terms mean to avoid issues. When a property owner and a renter signs on leasing a house, trailer, or etc., many things need to be made clear, including the cost of the payment, the date the rent due, limits on late fees, length of the ownership, if he or she pays for utilities (like gas, electricity, or etc.)…

her inside; however, we hear her voice as she enthusiastically tells her mom what simply happened: a flying man saved me. On contrast man of steel is a movie with numerous scenes of violence. In some scenes loud cries are heard like surrender the codex when Zod battles to kills Jor-El which reveals extremes measures of violence serving as a distinguishing differences between the two movies. Scenes in the original superman movie which debuted in 1978 are quite different from man of steel movie.…

The Pistis Sophia links Mary and Jesus in a romantic way, but it also ties into the Gospel of Mary Magdalene where Peter is “hot-tempered”. The problem scholars have with this excerpt is that Mary the mother, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of Bethany were all mentioned in the Pistis Sophia and invited to these meetings with Jesus. Theorists consider Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany one and the same, yet there is no solid proof of that fact and the church acknowledges them as separate beings. So…

Figure 9: Graph of Estimated Health Risk Index of PTE in Waterleaf Figure 10: Graph of Estimated Health Risk Index of PTE in Pumpkin Figure 11: Graph of Estimated Health Risk Index of PTE in Spinach Figure 12: Graph of Estimated Health Risk Index of PTE in Okro Figure 13: Graph of Estimated Health Risk Index of PTE of Celosia 4.0 Conclusion Relatively high levels of PTE (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) were observed in the vegetables studied, with the most of the values obtained…