Mound

job,they were tasked with another one and someone else took over the previous job.This switching does not allow for job specialization because multiple jobs are being assigned to one person. It does allow for large projects, such as making a giant mound, to be carried out without the creation of a social hierarchy. In Sumer, the hierarchy was class based. The king was at the top and the slaves were at the bottom. There was a separate class, for scribes, people who spent their whole youths…

Therefore, Antigone displayed valiant actions of love for her family by making sure she buries her brother and gives him a proper burial. Antigone shows true determination and knows that even though she may die, she is still going to,“ make a burial mound for [her] dear brother” (Prologue 99). Antigone shows she will disregard authority, to make sure her family gets the proper burial rights. Therefore, Antigone truly shows her love for her family, even if it means death. Another example of the…

Many years ago, a land is divided among its own borders. Eight powerful kingdoms reign over the land and each feudal lord seeks to conquer the other seven. Two centuries have been spent preparing their military forces for the conflict against their rivals, but a stalemate has lasted just as long. The kingdoms have built miles of defensive walls along their borders to keep their territories separate. This continued until a pivotal moment occurred. One of the feudal lords of the Warring States…

In the novel Fahrenheit 451, no one is allowed to have books. Firefighters are there to burn and remove all books from the possession of the owners. One might ask when the method of burning books actually started and if you do just a slight bit of research you will find out that people have been burning books almost since the beginning of time. Banning of books has also been a practice that has lasted for many years. The symbolism of burning and banning books represents that the people want…

meant I would have to do dangerous work. We received protective equipment to prevent damage to our lungs and eyes from fiberglass insulation, which had to be completely removed from ruined, wet walls. Once it was time to use snow shovels to scoops mounds of fiberglass, I focused on getting one scoop at a time and on helping the homeowner in a time of stress. Because I was so focused on the work, I only felt the burning itch of fiberglass on my skin and eyes when we finished. Two weeks later,…

Ask anyone who wants to travel to Israel, why, and the usual answer is....to walk where Jesus walked. Nothing wrong with that answer, in fact it's a great answer, but the Holy Land isn't just about the New Testament, Israel fully engages you with the Old Testament! Location, location, location . . . a familiar phrase that dates to 1920s Chicago real estate describes a significant Old Testament city to a "Tee." Time rarely alters geography. The flood in Genesis maybe the exception....but for…

Set in the Congo for the majority of the novel, The Poisonwood Bible uses this plot point to alter its various characters through their personalities and interactions with one another. By continually experiencing treacherous and stressful situations, Leah’s ideals changed and her true values came to light. With the shifting of said beliefs, she was eventually pushed to sacrifice the tradition embedded within her morals and a significant relationship that she once held dear. Over the course of…

“Then we heaped his barrow, lifting a gravestone off the mound, and fixed his light but unwrapped oar against the sky. these were our rites in memory of him” (Homer XII 16-19). Not only does Odysseus truly care about his men, he keeps his word. He shows great loyalty by coming back to Elpenor to bury him. Odysseus…

The Iroquois, now known as the Haudenosaunee, (before, they were known as Kanonsionni, or the people of the longhouse), were an important Native American group that lived in North America long before the Europeans arrived. Composed of five, and later six tribes, (or nations), the Iroquois lived in the eastern woodlands as far back as 1000 A.D. The Iroquois lived in the Eastern Woodlands, in what is now New York. Their land was comprised of large forests located just south of Lake Ontario.…

Skeletal remains from Lofkënd, Corinth, Epidamnus, and Apollonia were examined to determine if the null hypothesis of changes in physical activity levels, as evidenced by osteoarthritis in human skeletons is correct. This research will test the null hypothesis that physical activity levels, as evidenced by osteoarthritis in human skeletons, remained constant at Epidamnus, and Apollonia, Albania during Greek colonial expansion (620 BCE-229 BCE). The assemblages for each site was first divided…