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The most fascinating thing about the word “courage” is the diversely different meaning it gives to different people. Courage has been interpreted through the years on many different avenues. Anyone who has ever dreamed, or strived to be something, could not achieve the end result without courage. Everyone is where they are in this world, because they had the courage to do so. The oxford english dictionary defines courage as “confidence, boldness” (OED.com), while Merriam webster's dictionary…

According to the four sources provided, “A Historic Rediscovery”, National Geographic, “The Four Quarters of the World”, and the Kids Discover magazine, the authors provided information about how ancient Puebloan tribes and the Incas lived their lives with their kind of technology. In source one, the author, Robin Chalmer, talks about Mesa Verde, located in Colorado, and the kind of life led there by cliff dwellers. In source two, the publisher, National Geographic, talks briefly about the…

Maya Angelou was an unstoppable woman. With a tough childhood she found a way to pick herself back and accomplish so many amazing things. Maya Angelou was an unreligious woman moving from job to job, she was trying to support a family at sixteen years old. After a while she found her religion and became a christian or as she liked to call it a child of God. There is so much more to her story. She had several different jobs, a crazy childhood, and much more.. Born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis…

Actress, Author, Activist, Educator, Filmmaker, Educator and Poet. Just some of the things Marguerite Ann Johnson, also known as Maya Angelou has accomplished in her fulfilling life. Most importantly though, she was a mother of all people. Whether she comforted you with advice or made you inspired by her story of hardships, she was a mother to all of us. Maya was born to Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson in 1928, but grew up with her grandmother Annie Henderson and her uncle Willie. In…

Comparing Maya and Inca Civilizations The Maya and Inca were one of the first Mesoamerica civilizations. The groups had similarities and differences. They were located in the same general region of the world. Religion played an important part in both religions. The governments were different in each society. The Mayan civilization started in 300 - 900 AD. It was located in what is now Guatemala, also known as the Yucatan Peninsula. In each of the Mayan cities there was a…

The Bird Caged Sings were made by Maya Angelou a strong African American woman around the 1969, and The Story of an Hour were made by Kate Chopin an American Written published in 1894. These two stories are very related because they both characters are prisoners by something or someone else and they desire to be free. At the beginning of the story the reader notice in the settings that the bird is on can a caged locket of his nature to fly by something else (racism and segregation) “his wings…

In the other side of the world, in the American continent the Maya civilization emerged in the peninsula the Yucatan and the country of Guatemala. As this great society grew in size and culture, it expanded to the north until the valley of Mexico. The Mayan empire seems to be a quite successful creating big construction such as pyramids which require more than 30,000 person-days of labor. Also it was able to to sustain a population of about 3 million. The successes of the empire can also be seen…

Maya Angelou, a poet, writer, and civil rights activist. She was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri as Marguerite Annie Johnson. Her childhood was very difficult. Her parents split when she was very young. Her and her older brother, Bailey were sent to live with their grandmother in Arkansas. She had to endure racial discrimination. One day while visiting her mother, her mother’s boyfriend raped her. She was so traumatized by the incident that she became mute. Maya moved to San…

The Maya created one of the most advanced civilizations in the world here's why I think that. The Maya were around in the time 250 AD-900 AD until they suddenly disappeared. They lived in many different places such as Southern Central Mexico, Central America, and the Yucatan Peninsula. The Mayans were a highly developed, complex society because they were dominant to their neighbors and others. For example they had good soldiers and a good use of weapons. They did human sacrifices to keep their…

Spanish explorers came to the maya later in their existence, around the time their decline began. Along with them they brought many unknown diseases to which the Maya had no defence against. Smallpox is thought to be a major one, since this disease was new to the maya, they did not have proper immune systems to fight off the disease. With no way of vaccinating those who weren't yet infected, the disease…