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The nineteenth century was a new era which boosted the economy with many not realizing the power it would bestow. It brought with it many business mergers and new advancements in technology that we continue to use on a daily basis. These advancements held many opportunities for men to succeed and gain a great amount of wealth. Many of these business men had astounding prospects in making our world a better and easier place to live in. We can take into consideration inventions such as the…

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Kingdom Plantae (Plant, 2018). Kingdoms are the main divisions which scientists use to classify all living things on Earth. Biologists have discovered 500 000 species of plants, of which 250 000 are angiosperms and are dominant in plant study (Encyclopedia, n.d.). Seeds are a small embryonic plant, which is enclosed in a small covering, called a seed coat, with stored food inside until they can obtain their energy from photosynthesis in which they use to complete activities such as produce…

“The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War” by Ed. Spencer C. Tucker, “The expansion was where Mexicans slowly made their way…

and DiMaggio famously sent red roses to her grave several times a week for more than three decades after her death (history.com). The final romance of Marilyn Monroe was with playwright Arthur Miller, whom she meant while in the play Bus Stop (Encyclopedia). She actually married him twice; the first time in a civil ceremony, and then in a Jewish (to which she had converted) ceremony two days later (Biography). This marriage, too, only lasted four short years. Just three short months before her…

According to Chinese mythology, Pan-gu was primordial being born from the cosmic egg and grew 10 feet every day for 18,000 years (Lindemans). After he was hatched, the upper part of the egg became Heaven and the lower part became Earth, which is also known as the Yang and the Yin (Lindemans). Pan-gu’s his eyes became the sun and the moon, his head the four holy mountains, his blood the oceans and rivers, his hair the trees and grass, his breath the wind, his perspiration the rain, his voice the…

‘70s bands and artists like David Bowie, New York Dolls, Television, Nev, and T-Rex all influenced some of the first, mainstream bands. In the late 1980s some of the first bands to pave a path to success include R.E.M. and Hüsker Dü (New World Encyclopedia, Alternative Rock). The music also varied widely. In the ‘80s and earlier decades, alternative music was considered as any artist with an independent label. But after the prosperity of bands such as Nirvana and R.E.M., alternative music was…

concepts: Copernicus in the Theory of Heliocentricity, Newton in Newtonian physics, or Carl Linnaeus in Systema Naturae. In particular, metaphor has been a tool of speech utilized by Linnaeus in order to clearly define the scientific terminology in his encyclopedia Systema Naturae. Carl Linnaeus, was a man in the eighteenth century that dedicated a portion of his career to defining various scientific terms and to classifying various living species…

Popular music has been played a vital element in everyday life, including rock, country and pop music which similarly perpetuate gender stereotypes and sexuality in the society. Gender defines the sociological categorization of human being and their characteristics as manly, womanly, or by associated terms (Clayton, Herbert & Middleton, 2011). Gender stereotype refers to the personality characteristics the perceivers believe that it subjects to the activities by the specific groups of people…

a wall standing between them, and for some, their families or even workplaces. One article from Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War says, “Those who had crossed the border the night before to be with friends or family were stunned to find the U-Bahn and S-Bahn, the transit systems that crisscrossed Berlin, closed. They were prevented from traveling back to their residences” (Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War). This quote shows how as soon as the Berlin Wall was built no one could pass…