Obsidian

of copal (a tree resin), and the music of worship. This Aztec temple represented the Hill of Coatepec, where the Mexica’s believed Huitzilopochtli was born.” The Aztecs had excellent builders and craftsmen that would use chisels, hard stone and obsidian blades for tools. They would use light volcanic stone extensively, it was strong. It was easy to break and the consistency of the substance with its color was very appealing. The substance was used for roofs and to fill in walls. Most of the…

According to the US National Park Service: “About ten thousand years ago the last Valley glacier that melted and created a shallow lake, which is Lake Yosemite. Lake Yosemite eventually filled in with silt, leaving today's level Valley floor.” Rocks also make up a lot of Yosemite, as it is mostly made up of plutonic igneous rocks. Granite, granodiorite, tonalite, Yosemite Valley first started forming Eighty to twenty-five million years ago. The causes that contributed to this great formation…

Early on in Greek history two distinctly different cultures start to arise. The Cycladic Islands of the Greek Aegean see great prosperity in their sea trade of things like marble and obsidian. This trade between islands creates a culture united in things like burial practices and marble figurines left in tombs (McGuire). They craft large intricate palaces and beautiful art. The inland culture known as the Mycenaean was much different…

and boys. These mustered militias would then be armed from centralized arsenals that were kept in public buildings. They armed them with shock weapons such as stone clubs, short spears and wooden axes that had been hardened by fire with flint or obsidian blades on the edges. They were also armed with blowguns, throwing spears, javelins and other projectile weapons such as slings, spear throwers, bows and arrows. Maya soldiers typically carried long flexible shields of hide or smaller rigid…

them. "An almost naked Indian was very slowly climbing down the ladder from the first-floor terrace of a neighboring house-rung after rung, with the tremulous caution of extreme old age. His face was profoundly wrinkled and black, like a mask of obsidian. The toothless mouth had fallen in. At the corners of the lips, and on each side of the chin, a few long bristles gleamed almost white against the dark skin. The long unbraided hair hung down in grey wisps round his face. His body was bent and…

The Eternal Champion is a fascinating character who fights with a special weapon that is often a manifestation of the Black Sword. The stories in Phoenic in Obsidian and The Eternal Champion are particularly enchanting with the character struggling against his destiny as he vaguely remembers his past, and has no inkling of what is to come. Event though the Champion has the advantage of knowledge and perspective…

water, or other resources needed for survival. They also came across the dangers of natives, but, they didn’t think it was that big of a problem, since the colonies had troops that were more armed than the native warriors that had stone, wood or obsidian weapons. A positive effect of the conquistadors going into the New World was the exploration of the Americas, as well as the new riches brought back to Europe. Another positive effect was that this led to the colonization of the Americas, and…

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shouldn't have walked all the way out here, she might put more strain on herself more than usual. Black rubbed against my leg to snap me out of my stupor and trotted towards his owner. Hastingly I rushed after him and yelled out, "Hey, Ellen!" Her obsidian eyes seemed to widen in surprise at my sudden outburst but quickly turned into a smile as she replied, "Hey to you to Viola." As Black and I were a foot away from her I started to chastise her "Viola I told you to wait for me to help you. What…

actually not west it is the Middle East. The word “civilized” is subjective; each person can have a totally different idea about what it means to be civilized. 2. Farmers in Mesopotamia benefitted from rich agriculture, and from a pottery and obsidian tool production. The wheel had been introduced and improvements were made in the irrigation network. When the rivers rise in the spring, they depositing immensely fertile soil. To deal with the dry seasons and to keep…