China launched military campaigns which brought all of China under “centralized imperial rule” according to Traditions & Encounters a global perspective on the past by Jerry Bentley. After the Carolingian empire in Europe divided‚ European nobles according to Traditions & Encounters a global perspective on the past by Jerry Bentley “built a decentralized society” because they pursued to protect their land and maintain public order. Europe also encountered economic growth and social occurrence. In China
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of exploration such as a portable device used by sailors to help them find their way. Another tool was the magnetic compass which was the mariner’s first technological application of magnetism and one of the oldest scientific instruments. Based on Bentley‚ “Portuguese mariners encountered Arab sailors in the Indian ocean using simpler and more serviceable instruments for determining latitude…” (Bentley370). Lastly‚ a caravel was invented that has multiple masts that could take advantage of whatever
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freshman and shaping their leadership off of hard but fair role models. 3. Bobby Bentley was a freshman who was unable to control his bladder when being reamed by upperclassmen. His buddies abandoned him at one point and refused to help him through the hard parts of the year. However‚ in a final act of solidarity when Bentley soiled his pants‚ his peers soiled their pants as well. This was the last time anyone ever saw Bentley. 4. Will’s great teacher theory revolves around teachers inspiring and challenging
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The Rescue As he got out of bed‚ John‚ who has pale skin‚ dark hair‚ and blue eyes‚ rushes downstairs and eats his breakfast. Pondering where his parents could be‚ John gets dressed‚ ready for school. He sprints to his formal‚ spacious‚ neat private school‚ Wisconsin School of Arts‚ and walks to meet his best friend‚ Mike‚ who has dirty blonde hair with beaming brown eyes. John and Mike walk into their school‚ enter their untidy‚ dirty‚ unpleasant classroom‚ and find a seat. All of a sudden‚ Mrs
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their loved ones‚ such as not recognizing them. Additionally‚ families “ struggle... often without support and resources that could vastly improve their quality of life” (Dresser‚ 2014‚ pg. 39). Since Mr. Bentley is the only caregiver for his wife‚ he has to face these difficult changes. Mrs. Bentley is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and
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Me and My House by Sinclair Ross and The Diviners by Margaret Laurence aspects of regionalism are very prominent. The central characters in each novel develop identities which reflect the regions in which they live. Ross’ characters‚ Mr. and Mrs. Bentley‚ develop the hollow existence and aversive attitudes that are common in small prairie towns. Laurence’s characters‚ Morag and Pique Gunn‚ develop an identity that reflects the history of the land and the happenings associated with the imagined town
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According to the Health and Wellness Resource Center‚ people with high IQ’s‚ especially those who abuse drugs‚ are most likely to commit suicide. In the novel‚ Mockingbird by Walter Tevis‚ humans are dependent on narcotics to live through a world of illiteracy which results in suicidal thoughts throughout the population. As it was written during the years leading up to1980‚ Mockingbird is somewhat a reaction to the author’s world as it portrays the rise of narcotics in the 70’s‚ while contradicting
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story "O’ Youth and Beauty!" by John Cheever is about the Bentley family‚ who live in Shady Hill as a happily married couple‚ who have their fair share ups and downs. Cash Bentley‚ the father of the household‚ is a former track star who has many money problems‚ and at times can be very touchy. Cash also had a charming quality of stubborn youthfulness‚ and felt they he always need to prove his youthfulness to his peers. Everytime the Bentleys went out drinking with their friends Cash would be reminded
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Far off in the dim moonlit country‚ over a viaduct and down a valley‚ a train rushed along whistling like a lost metal thing‚ nameless and running. Tom went to bed shivering‚ beside his brother‚ listening to that train whistle‚ and thinking of a cousin who lived way out in the country where that train ran now; a cousin who died of pneumonia late at night years and years ago— He smelled the sweat of Doug beside him. It was magic. Tom stopped trembling. “Only two things I know for sure
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the communication of beliefs and negotiation of values across cultural boundary lines‚ but a process that had the potential to bring about a thorough transformation of an entire society. 3. What are the three Patterns of cultural conversion that Bentley discusses? Political‚ Social‚ Economic 4. What pre-modern group were the key instigators of voluntary conversion? Islamic merchants 5. How did the Silk Road lead to conversion? It helped the spread of different religions and faiths such
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