Mound builder

Many of our parents, textbooks, and even teachers fail to mention the early life before European arrival onto American soil. Most Americans don’t even know about the complex irrigation systems Natives built, the glorious cities which stood before the Europeans, and even the thousands of diverse tribes who had their own language, cultures, and history. Many textbooks illustrate and write about how Europeans have had a huge impact on our country, but what about the impact Natives had? Native…

which are several tons in weight. The king's chambers within the pyramid is located at the dead center of the pyramid while the queen’s chambers are down the hall from the king. Qin Shi Huang was buried in a necropolis complex at the center of the mound , the tombs had be split into inner and outer walls. Terracotta warriors being present is also a major difference between the mausoleum and the pyramid. 7,000 terracotta warriors and horses have been excavated which resided to the east of the…

constantly on his mind, constantly wondering who once was alive and the culture that had disappeared with them.”From instruments of unremembered form, gave the soft winds a voice. The red man came- the roaming hunter tribes, warlike and fierce, and the mound builders vanished from the earth.” when thinking about the native americans william seems to be mournful because of the culture and lives that were needlessly lost he understands what was truly lost, they are gone and that they will never…

workforce working for food and shelter, for the benefit of humanity, Pharaoh and the country. You may think that an ancient Egyptian pyramid construction worker is a dangerous job and you may die or be abused. If you are an ancient Egyptian pyramid builder, you can get enough food, you can get timely treatment when you are injured, and working for Pharaoh is also a sacred work. The pyramid is shaped as a reference to the sun's rays. Most pyramids have a polished, highly reflective white…

Before the exploration of the Mid West and the settlement of the West, there was a vibrant culture of Native Americans. The area later known as Missouri was home to five major Native American tribes including; the Osage, the Mound Builders, the Plains Indians, and the Woodlands tribe. These tribes flourished along the Missouri River and the Mississippi River. With the convenient travel of the two major rivers came the travel of fur trappers and other traders that were interested…

Mesoamericans all had similarities in their culture, religion, and social structures, which helped the different countries become unified. In Teotihuacan, which was the most powerful and one of the largest city among the Americas, there was religious architecture built to praise the Sun and Moon, they sacrificed humans for the gods, built irrigation systems, terraces, and used chinampas. Teotihuacan was ruled by alliances formed by multiple elite families or weak kings, due to the fact that they…

Unit 1 Vocab Exchange & Interactions (WXT,ENV) Corn - One of the many crops from the Americas that was brought over to Europe through the Columbian Exchange as a result of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World. Horses - A form of transportation and livestock from Europe that brought itself to the Americas via the Columbian Exchange. Horses heavily aided in the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas. However, the Aztecs and Incas would later utilize horses for transportation and…

help protect the light house and if not a boat to evacuate on. The government refused both request but luckily the light house was not touched during the war. Natural disasters were also a threat that eventually forced the government to bring in the builder Winslow Lewis to repair erosion issues. The issue was so severe the tower was relocated to a new location farther away from water. The original lantern was transferred but the old tower was torn down. In the 1860’s during the civil war the…

God could use Abraham, He had to remove Abraham from his homeland. The ancient city of Ur was located in Mesopotamia, in a region called Sumer, which is in modern day southern Iraq. Today the site of Ur is known as Tall al Muqayyar (Arabic for “mound of pitch”) and is approximately 160 miles from the head of the Persian Gulf. During Abraham’s day, Ur was located very close to the Persian Gulf at a strategic point where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers merged into the gulf. However, over the…

Henrik Johan Ibsen has a prominent place in the genre of realism in theatre. He is called the father of realism and modern drama. He was born on March 20, 1828 in Skien, Norway to Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg. His father was a general merchant. Henrik Ibsen’s childhood was full of poverty because of his father’s financial setbacks. At the age of 15, he stopped going to school and joined as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad. The poverty had a strong influence on his plays. He had…