Textiles are defined as the yarns that are woven or knitted to make fabrics. The use of textiles links the myriad cultures of the world and defines the way they clothe themselves‚ adorn their surroundings and go about their lives. Textiles have been an integral part of human daily life for thousands of years‚ with the first use of textiles‚ most likely felt‚ dates back to the late Stone Age‚ roughly 100‚000 years ago. However‚ the earliest instances of cotton‚ silk and linen being to appear around
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SOCIAL SCIENCE GRADE X REVISED HAND BOOK 2014 TERM I Prepared by NARAYANAN MANNANDI The Indian School Bahrain CONTENT Chapters No. Page No. TERM I HISTORY Chapter 4 The Age of Industrialization 2-10 Chapter 5 Work Life and Leisure 11-19 Chapter 7 Print Culture and Modern World 20-32 OR GEOGRAPHY Chapter 1 Resources and Development 34-42 Chapter 2 Forest & Wild life 43-45 Chapter 3 Water Resources 46-48 Chapter
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Changes to Transportation and Telecommunication devices over the years Table of contents | Telecommunication Devices | Figure 1 | Page 1 | Timeline of communication devices | Page 1 | Change to Mobile Phones over the years | Page 2 | 1G Technology | Page 2 | 1G Breifcase-sized | Page 2 | Analog technology to Digital technology | Page 2 | 2G Technology | Page 3 | 3G Technology | Page 3 | 4G technology | Page 3 | Changes to Transportation over the years | History of Transportation
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Free Expression and Freedom of the Press Acorrding to John Keane ‚ “A free press is the ally of happiness”‚ wrote in 1793 (Keane 65). This quote express the long held idea that the free press‚ or in other word‚ freedom of expression‚ should be considered as a basic human right. As Matthew Tindal‚ an eminent English deist author‚ claims “Restrictions on the press are un-Christian and contrary to natural right” (Keane‚ 2011). The “liberty of the press” functioned only as a “bold and infectious
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Oxford was founded in the 9th century when Alfred the Great created a network of fortified towns called burhs across his kingdom. One of them was at Oxford. Oxford is first mentioned in 911 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. According to legend‚ Oxford University was founded in 872 when Alfred the Great happened to meet some monks there and had a scholarly debate that lasted several days. In reality‚ it grew up in the 12th century when famous teachers began to lecture there and groups of students came
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FOLKLORE AND LITERATURE The studies of the British culture and therefore understanding of the national character of the English cannot stand apart from the research of its important product – folklore. The folklore and folk customs of England developed over a long chain of centuries. Some ancient customs were passed from Celtic to Germanic generations and further. Invaders and settlers brought with them their own beliefs‚ which mixed with older traditions. The main reason to uniqueness of British
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CONTENIDO Prologue ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Old English …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Anglo – saxon poetry …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Specific features of Anglo-saxon poetry ……………………………………………………………… 5 Beowulf ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Middle English literature/ 14th century ………………………………………………………………… 7 Geoffrey Chaucer biography ………………………………………………………………………………… 8 The Canterbury Tales ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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Ideas and themes change according to the different times and the historical‚ social‚ cultural and personal context of the time they are written in‚ with the texts either reflecting or contrasting the ideas of that time. Death and mortality and the spiritual and emotional connections are themes that have evolved over time due to the different contexts. These themes are thematically central to John Donne’s poetry written in the 17th century and Margaret Edson’s 20th century play W;t. During the 17th
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• MUST INCLUDE WHEN‚ WHERE‚ WHO/WHAT AND SIGNIFICANCE • *These are arranged chronologically according to lecture notes TRIANGLE TRADE When: 18th century‚ period of Enlightenment Where: Atlantic Ocean‚ Britain‚ Africa and Americas Who/What: Triangle Trade was a system of slave trade in which ships took manufactured goods from Britain‚ brought them to Africa where they traded them for slaves‚ traveled to the Americas to trade the slaves for raw materials and took such materials back to Britain
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Throughout the eighteenth‚ nineteenth‚ and twentieth centuries the representations of adolescents has changed drastically. The concept of an adolescent was not created until the twentieth century and as a result in the nineteenth century the adolescents of today were regarded as young adults with all the responsibilities of a normal adult. In the twentieth century the adolescents began to break themselves away from adults when the Americans banned the use of specific items to a certain age‚ such
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