Earthenware

The Junk Ship is an Ancient Chinese sailing ship which was used throughout Asia for extensive sea voyage. This ship originated in the 2nd century and was used extensively for South East Asian trade between the 17th and 19th century. The highlighted region spans from the South Eastern parts of China, down to Indonesia and out to Japan. Junk Ships were very important for the transfer of goods and wealth throughout this region, as well as religions and cultures. The Junk Ship had a major influence…

The title of a story is one of the most defining things about it, it can take the actual story to a whole new level. Things Fall Apart is a novel by Chinua Achebe. It takes place in Africa around the 1900’s. It is a story about a village and a family who undergo many challenges as well as changes when the white men (British) come and try to convert them to Christianity whilst they struggle to hold onto their old culture and traditions. The title of this book is very important considering it is…

The majority of probate inventories assessed the estates of the male heads of a household. This stems from the fact that all of the colonies in North American followed the English law of coverture. The law of coverture allowed that a married woman and her husband were legally considered a single economic unit. This meant that once a woman married regardless of what assets of monetary value she brought with her into the marriage, she was now under the guardianship of her husband. Although…

period from the (Jenkins 1983). During the Early Period of Islamic pottery there were two basic types of decorated ceramic wares in use in the Islamic world before the ninth century. One grew out of the Roman terra sigillata, also known as molded earthenware, and consists of molded decoration derived from late Greco-Roman models or more stylized motifs of Sasanian origin, those derived from the art of pre-Islamic Mesopotamia and Persia. The other has Eastern prototypes and consists of stamped,…

You can see this in Nwoye. “Nwoye had heard that twins were put in earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest, but he had never yet come across them. A vague chill descended on him and his head had seemed to swell, like a solitary walker at night who passes an evil spirit on the way then something had given way inside…

testimonies of Egyptian life in 600 BC. Falcon sarcophagus with Osiris mummy Within this sarcophagus, which was crafted in the image of the falcon god Sokar, lies an ‘Osiris mummy’ fitted with a beeswax mortuary mask and protected by magic earthenware balls. It is possibly from the 26th dynasty of Egypt. This ‘Osiris mummy’ is not a real mummy, but actually just a figurine made of earth and grain seeds…

persistent question that haunted his young soul” (Achebe, 1959, p. 147). He was disillusioned from constant negative treatment from his father, the murder of Ikemefuna and questions of twins crying in the forest, Nwoye had “heard that twins were put in earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest” (Achebe, 1959, pp. 61-62). The violence in Okonkwo’s life caused him much distress and much loss, Okonkwo lost seven years of his life, his titles, and now his son. The violence in the Igbo region…

power. The pieces link symbolism of animals and their capacity to exemplify harmony with nature. Beginning in the 8th century Tang Dynasty, the “Caparisoned Horse” concentrates on Chinese political and military superiority. The piece created from Earthenware and brown, green and…

education, salary, and working hours. In the early times (B.C. and A.D.), cooking was unknown. The flesh and meat of animals was eaten raw or charred over a fire pit. Although the food was eaten like this for some time, technology advanced and earthenware ( pottery made of clay fired to a porous…

CHAPTER 1 TIN OXIDE 1.1 Introduction Tin dioxide, also known by the systematic name tin(IV) oxide and stannic oxide in the older notation, is the inorganic compound with the formula SnO2. The mineral form of SnO2 is called cassiterite, and this is the main ore of tin. With many other names, this oxide of tin is the most important raw material in tin chemistry. This colorless, diamagnetic solid is amphoteric. 1.2 Structure It crystallises with the rutile structure, wherein the tin atoms are six…