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The medieval city of Fatehpur Sikri Introduction Fatehpur Sikri is a town located in Agra, India. This complex palace was built by Mughal emperor jalal'ud-Din Muhammad Akbar son of Humayun. Fatehpur Sikri is a famous monument in India that attracts a lot of tourist from all over the world. It is located 120 miles away from the Delhi which is the capital of India. After the Mughals invaded India in the 16th century, they captured a large area of the country and ruled it for more than 300 hundred…

gravity pulling the water downward, the ground was eventually loosened and a rapid landslide was triggered. Geological analysis of the La Conchita cliff revealed that the upper portion of the cliff was less dense (made up of siliceous shale and sandstone) and was sliding at a faster rate than the bottom portion of the cliff, which was more dense, made up of mostly mudstone and marine sediment (Goldberg,…

o History of Colonisation After the arrival of the Europeans in 1788, the aboriginal group living around the Eastern Coast of Australia, Sydney (Guringai and Darug Nations) were forced off their traditional land. Soon after the Europeans were polluting the water, introducing diseases, eating large quantities of food such as fish leaving little to none for Aboriginal people to live off, claiming the land as their own (Terra Nulius) this disempowered and forced the Aboriginal people to live in…

staff and his sword leads to the symbolic significance of these items within the context of Brom’s past life, his seemingly dull existence in Carvahall, and his brief return to glory as he travels with Eragon. “They laid Brom inside the unfinished sandstone vault with his staff and sword” (Paolini, Eragon 276). The sword represents his days of glory before he came to Carvahall and the toil he underwent to get there. The staff holds true to the fact that he would lie dormant for a time, as a…

The United States Capitol Building is perhaps one of the most symbolic architectures in America. In there, both the Senate and the House of Representatives meet together to discuss policies, debate on issues, and form new laws for the nation. It is located on East Capitol Street, NE and First Street, SE. The history and construction of the U.S Capitol Building dated back to two centuries ago. In 1792, Thomas Jefferson proposed to hold a design competition (The United States Capitol Building)…

They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters. Background: Highgate wood is designated as semi-natural ancient woodland. This supports a large number of species, a number which are listed as vulnerable, particularly those species that require stable unchanging conditions in order to survive. In terms of diversity, there are over 900 invertebrate species, 338 moth species, 353 fungi species, 70 bird species, and 7 bat species have been recorded. Current management action:…

water disposal wells permit and logs from the Utah DOGM website were used to verify the depth of the two sections of the Birds Nest. The total volume number will be the 100 percent of the Birds Nest, including anything inside this aquifer (i.e. sandstone, shale, etc.). Only one percent of the total volume will be selected to represent the porous area that can receive fluids for this study purpose as a base scenario to investigate if is possible for injected water to migrate outside the aquifer…

"The only sustainable competitive advantage is to learn faster than your competition and to be able to act on what you have learned." ~ Jack Welch (Former CEO, GE) While Samsung has held on to its leadership position in the market, it is noteworthy that Micromax is growing faster. Despite being a homegrown and a new-born mobile phone manufacturer, Micromax has snatched market shares of big multinationals from South Korea and Finland. In the end of Quarter II, 2014 Samsung stood first with 17%…

The Niagara Escarpment is an escarpment in the United States of America and Canada. This escarpment has been very important to humans, animals and plant life. This escarpment houses over 479 species of wildlife and over 100 varieties of special interest floras that make up almost 40% of Ontario’s rare floras. Here the escarpment has some of Ontario’s best skiing, camping, swimming, fishing, boating, hiking and scenic viewing, generating over $100 million. This escarpment stretches from…

Joy Morounfolu Wilkerson AP Language and Composition / Period 4 1 December 2015 An American Childhood Task 1 Paper In An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard, Dillard conveys the events that occurred throughout her life. Annie Dillard displays these events through what she is able to remember mentally and physically. Due to that, I chose to write various diary entries through Annie Dillard’s perspective. Because a diary is mainly used to record various events and experiences that occur in one’s…