The Terrace

Under harsh environments and geological challenges, many people couldn't survive under this condition, but two groups of people, managed to adapt, and worked around their surrounding and make the most out of it. These people are the Puebloans cliff dwellers from Mesa Verde, and the Incas from Machu Picchu. The Puebloans from Mesa Verde adapted to their surrounding and lived within cliffs. They build large cliff dwellings called 'The Alcove' which the biggest of them contains 150 rooms and 23…

The Maya, Aztec, and Inca were all theocracies. Maya temples were religious and governmental centers. In these temples, priests performed rituals dedicated to their gods. The Maya believed their gods controlled everything that happened on Earth, and that these gods were visible in the stars and the moon. Like the Maya, the Aztec organized their society around religion. However, the Aztec thought human sacrifices were essential for contenting their gods, keeping their world safe from destruction,…

Desjardins and Fernald (2010) wanted to discover whether fighting an opponent is similar to fighting a mirror image. These male fish are territorial and tend to engage in fighting when they encounter another size-matched male. Thus, Desjardins and Fernald (2010) measured differences in behavioral, hormonal and brain activity between the different conditions. They also measure the immediate early genes such as the egr-1 and c-fos in four brain regions: dorsomedial telencephalon (amygdala),…

the construction of chinampas. Chinampas were raised fields that were developed to feed the great population. The chinampas, could produce up to seven crops a a year, while a field could only produce one (Smith,11). The Aztecs also built hillside terraces and irrigation canals within…

Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt during the 18th dynasty, from 1473 BC to 1458 BC, was a well-known female ruler of ancient Egypt. Her story is interesting in Egyptian history, Hatshepsut reigned longer than other female pharaohs of her time. Thutmose I, had many wives, and many children. However, Hatshepsut was the only child, of Thutmose I and his main wife Ahmose. Hatshepsut, was the favorite child, over her other brothers. She was beautiful, smart, and had an alluring personality…

temples are in upper section. The construction designs were specially adapted for mountain region. There are approximately 200 buildings throughout the parallel terraces around an central square. The eastern and western sections were divided by usage. The eastern side was used for residence and the west side for religious ceremonies. In the terrace of the ceremonial rock there is a three sided building, which was used as guard house. One of the major landmark is the Intihuana stone. Intihuana…

dynasty, from about 166 to 156 BCE. The altar is adorned with a 370-foot long marble frieze which depicts the Gigantomachy from Greek mythology. Like the Parthenon in Athens - another icon of classical antiquity - the Zeus Altar was constructed on a terrace of the acropolis overlooking the ancient city of Pergamon, situated on the west coast of Anatolia (now Turkey) in Asia Minor. However, unlike the Parthenon, it was not a temple but merely an altar, possibly connected to the Doric Temple of…

In this text, the authors move from their old home to a new one in Langston Terrace. Though the speaker doesn’t want to move at first, she soon falls in love with her new community. This is shown when she writes, “Best of all, I wasn’t the only new person. Everybody was new in this new little community” (pg. 573). This quotation…

The Romeo and Juliet by Francesco Hayez in 1823 and the Romeo and Juliet by Ford Maddox Brown in 1870 is very similar and yet different in some senses in terms of the subject matter, composition, technique and symbolism. Both of the subject in the two paintings are Romeo and Juliet’s last kiss before they eventually went for sentimentalism together, sacrificing themselves for love. A feeling of depression and melancholy can be sensed through the motif, but still the scene provokes the hope of…

The first piece of art that I have decided to discuss is a prehistoric monument in Ireland called Newgrange. It was built during the Neolithic period around 3000 BC to 2500 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids. The Newgrange monument primarily consists of a large mound, built of alternating layers of earth and stones, with grass growing on top and a reconstructed facade of flattish white quartz stones studded at intervals with large rounded cobbles covering part of the…