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    Jessica Banks Creation Civilization Order of Chaos During the early years of civilization “chaos” was known as a dark‚ silent‚ formless and infinite oddity with no trace of life. Within the history of chaos begins with mythological accounts that were constructed by diverse ancient civilizations such as Greek (Theogony)‚ Hebrew (Genesis) and the Egyptian creations. According to Hesiod’s Theogony (700 B.C) in the beginning there was chaos as a primeval state of its existence. Mother Earth

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    the cultures. Even though most cultures may seem very different‚ they have similar beliefs. Many of these beliefs are expressed in a culture’s creation myth and by comparing the myths from different cultures you can find many similarities. The African and Chinese myths for example‚ show a close similarity in the creation of humans. In the African myth "The Creation of the Universe‚ Ife‚ and Human Beings‚" Obatala becomes lonely and decides to make humans for companionship. He starts digging in the

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    The Incas religion the Inca civilisation was a colony of millions and stayed that way because of their religion and the name inca came from a king he was descended from inti the sun god Competing gods + christianinity The most powerful god of the Inca religion was Viracocha he was believed the creator of the universe the Inca are more closely associated with Viracocha’s most god Inti the sun god The Inca leader Pachacuti the patron god of the Incas sacred city Cuzco‚ and erected a magnificent Temple

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    The Popol Vuh One of the most common mysteries to the human mind is the speculation of how the world came about. Every culture has their belief‚ but no idea is certain. Therefore wonderful stories are made by the pondering cultures of each region. The Mesoamerican culture has its own unique stories of creation. The Popol vuh is a story of creation‚ which depicts the Maya imagination of how they believe this world‚ came about. There for we are able to extend our knowledge about that culture by interpreting

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    Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Video Questions/ Answers Episode 1 Name: Cindy Liu Per______ Jared Diamond has a theory about what causes huge discrepancies among different countries‚ and he says it boils down to geographic luck. What was great about the “Fertile Crescent”? The big four livestock animals; cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ and goats‚ were native to the Middle East. Also‚ due to its fertile land‚ the Fertile Crescent housed the best crops in the world. The great crops and animals it had benefited the civilizations

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    Aztecs: Incas At the time the Spaniards arrived to the New World they found different Indian civilizations with many similitude and differences. In Mexico the Spaniards found a very stable empire called the Aztecs; the Aztec empire controlled a region stretching from the Valley of Mexico in central Mexico east to the Gulf of Mexico and south to Guatemala. The Aztec built great cities and developed a complex social‚ political‚ and religious structure. Spaniards found another Indian civilization

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    E. the inca could travel all over horses or even inventions like the wheel or water bottles or cup they had to make all of that stuff out of stone kinda like how they had to make tools weapons out of sticks rock vines and stone and even obsidian. The most modern day resource was mortar which was used to make houses schools and temples for priests.The people that built the temples would decorate the temples with gold and silver jewelry for the holy gods like the inti. For food the incas would

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    “Breathe Me” By: Sia Help‚ I have done it again I have been here many times before Hurt myself again today And the worst part is there’s no one else to blame Be my friend Hold me‚ wrap me up Unfold me I am small and needy Warm me up And breathe me Ouch I have lost myself again Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found‚ Yeah I think that I might break I’ve lost myself again and I feel unsafe Be my friend Hold me‚ wrap me up Unfold me I am small and needy Warm me up And

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    The Inca civilization was a very powerful civilization. The Incas were very successful in the field of culture. They had many different accomplishments and the Spanish Conquest had many effects on the Incas. They carried many different artifacts from their time. One category that the Incas were very strong in was culture. Many of the Incan people wore cloaks and dresses. In the artifact of Simple Dresses (Zuidema 62)‚ the early kings were wearing dresses. As well as women‚ the men had standards

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    The Inca Empire‚ was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative‚ political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru in the early 13th century. From 1438 to 1533‚ the Incas used a variety of methods‚ from conquest to peaceful assimilation‚ to incorporate a large portion of western South America‚ centered on the Andean mountain ranges‚ besides Peru‚ large parts of modern Ecuador‚ western and

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