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Final Analysis of a Nonfiction Text The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone was created by James Cross Giblin. This paper is about the finding of this precious stone and the attempt to decipher the Stone. Many scholars struggled to decipher the Rosetta Stone. As James Cross Giblin introduces readers to various scholars and their attempt to decipher the Stone, he highlights their confusions, failures, and ultimate success. The story begins when the Greeks asked everyone in Egypt what the hieroglyphs…

Introduction The seven wonders of the ancient world are wonderful pieces of architecture. The lighthouse of Alexandria was one of them. They were seven; two of them were located in Egypt, The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Others are The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and The Colossus of Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria is the tallest and the most magnificent lighthouse in…

Could a period that lasted for 300 years change a continent’s history forever? If yes, how? Developed in Italy, around the year 1350 to 1700, Europe fell into a period of realizing changes, intellectual excitement, art and literature blossomed, and groundbreaking scientific advanced. During this time, people in Europe experienced new interests, and this led them to identify another part of them. Peasants became less dependent, serfs gained their freedom, merchants and banker increased, literacy…

The two millennial old highway known as the Silk Road, stretched from Spain to the Southeastern Asia’s ports . Human intercommunication was essential for the advancement of human history and technology, the Silk Road was the first and an effective human invention bringing a way for the Eastern and Western cultures of Afro-Eurasia to interact, thus not only; spreading religion, reformation of governments, intercommunication between diverse ethnicities for the first time, making advancements in…

back into the Greek city states. He founded dozens of cities which he names after himself. Shortly after his defeat of the Persian Empire, Alexander passed away. His Empire separated into smaller kingdoms. Mostly run by his top ranking generals. Ptolemy I Soter founded the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, Palestine, and S.E. Anatolia. Seleucus I Nicator founded the Seleucid Empire centered in Mesopotamia and extended east to the Indus River was the largest of the successor kingdoms or diadochi. In…

compliment her in such a way, until the end in which he suggests that she is manipulative and scheming, for she used a guise as well as using her 'schemes' to get her into the city, as well as into the palace by night without the knowledge or notice of Ptolemy. The majority of what Cassius says is, at face value, complimentary of how the Egyptian woman looks, rather than what she is like as a person, and persistently refers to her looks throughout the passage. It isn't until the last line of the…

Nicolaus Copernicus wasn't only an exceptional scholar or a famed astrologist, but a pioneer who paved the base of space travel. Known mostly for his astronomical accomplishments, Copernicus also thrived in other fields such as medicine and economics. Cleary, Nicolaus Copernicus is the most influential person in european history because his accomplishments in economics, and astrology, and his strong will to defend his theories despite the population opposing him. Although Copernicus is…

My whole life I have heard it said that the Roman Empire mainly dwelled on the Roman general Julius Caesar. On the one hand, I agree that Julius Caesar played a critical role in the collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. On the other hand, I have come to the conclusion there is much more when it comes to the topic of the Roman Empire. Of the numerous topics involving the Roman Empire the ones that struck me most were the Punic Wars: Carthage and Hannibal, the Crusades-…

Geometry and Eratosthenes In Professor Russ physical science class, there’s a plethora of subjects you, as a student, are bound to cover. This semester we had discuss over twenty different fields of science; the first being Geometry and Eratosthenes computing circumference of earth. We started the final semester off with two worksheets. The first was the “Angles of a Triangle”, we had to cut out the three angles of the triangle and piece them together in a shape. The three angles form a…

The Aquarius zodiac sign originates from the constellation, that was recorded by the Greek Astronomer Ptolemy. The latin meaning of the word Aquarius is “cup bearer” and “ water bearer”. The Aquarius constellation is in the Southern Hemisphere and is one of the oldest zodiac signs. This constellation can be seen in the during the spring in the Southern Hemisphere and during the fall in the Northern Hemisphere. It is said that people have similar traits to their correlating zodiac sign. I believe…