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Income Per Capita 100 000 People
2,106 wordsUntil the late 1770 s Middle Tennessee was largely unexplored, until a contingent of men and livestock made the difficult trek from Hillsborough, N. C. They traveled during the coldest winter of the century in total isolation in the undeveloped territory. They arrived on Christmas day 1779, and were met six months later by women and children. A fledgling community had been created. Expansion happened almost immediately for this small farming community. At the same time the Colonies had fought fo...
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Myths And Legends Rules And Regulations
1,614 wordsThe Haida, meaning The People, once were numbered at over 10, 000. They occupied the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Colombia. Their numbers were numerous and their life was prosperous. In 1774 there was the first European contact (Gunn) and the Haida, unknowingly, let the lion out of its cage, they let white man enter their territory. The Europeans brought trade, but they also brought colonization. A word the Indians did not know would cause them such horror. Smallpox and many other epidemic...
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Washington D C George Washington
657 wordsThere are many choices for a person looking to go on a vacation. Tourists travel for a variety of reasons. Some travel to better educate themselves, others travel for entertainment purposes, then there are those who travel simply to relax and have a good time. What ever the reason, a person looking for any or all of these things can find them in Washington D. C. If one is looking for education, what better place to find it than our nations capital? Washington D. C. has a vast selection of places...
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British Museum Performing Arts
1,379 wordsThe Cambridge Dictionary Online defined museums as places of study, buildings where objects of historical, scientific or artistic interest are kept, preserved and exhibited. To The Museums Association, a museum is an institution which collects documents, preserves, exhibits and interprets material evidence and associated information for the public benefit. Since 1998, this definition has changed. Museums now enable the public to explore collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment. They a...
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British Museum London Routledge
1,283 words... ). Educating the public about various community groups also helps to promote cultural tolerance and understanding as it is in human nature to accept the familiar and shun the non. The African World exhibit at The Horniman Museum and Gardens aims to provide glimpses into the richness and complexity of Black cultures, both in Africa and elsewhere in the world. In addition, The British Museum displays artefacts from all over the world to illuminate the histories of various cultures for the bene...
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Publicly Funded Art People
417 wordsShould Mapplethorpe be a publicly funded exhibit or should it be exclusive to whoever will pay the entrance fee to gaze upon beautiful art? In the big picture, the Mapplethorpe exhibit is truly a one of a kind art demonstration and most museums of art are publicly funded so excluding this exhibit would not be politically correct because a minority feels that its indecent. If government officials are now able to decide what is 'decent and respectful' art, where does that leave protest or politica...
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Oil On Canvas Everyday Life
559 wordsOn April 7, 2002, I visited the Menil Collection, the Cy Twombly Gallery, and Richmond Hall. I arrived at the Menil Collection at around 2: 00 pm and stayed until approximately 4: 45 pm visiting the three collections. As I drove to the museums, I was challenged with normal Houston traffic clutters, but nothing out of the ordinary. The weather was musty, full of humidity in the air with light sprinkling rain, and it seemed that it was about to start pouring outside but never did during my visit t...
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World War Ii Simon Wiesenthal
544 wordsThe main distinguished features, I think, are the following: slaves usually were people of different nationalities; they were not exterminated with such cruelty and maniacal tendency as Jews. Slaves were subjected to tortures but that tortures were nothing compare to experiments that were carried out on Jews. No slaveholder in good mind will purchase a slave only for killing him. While six million Jews were being systematically and brutally massacred by the Nazis during WWII, most of the world s...
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Vel Zquez De La
2,523 wordsCosta Del Sol It is possible that the Neolithic revolution, the discovery of agriculture the passage of nomadic to sedentary peoples, reached Europe by way of Africa through what is known today as Andalusia. This historical center of influence, an east west displacement, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic began with a revolution that introduced the usage of metals and the arrival of colonizers from the east. A confluence of fertile lands, of metallurgy and fishing activities took place in th...
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Walls Are Painted Artificial Lights Light
756 wordsThe Purpose of Architecture is to shelter and enhance man s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence. Every Saarinen Architecture establishes the atmosphere in which we create, live, and complete our existence. It can manipulate our emotions, our decisions, even our actions. With this in mind, architects must establish the correct ambiance to correlate with the buildings purpose. In other words its form must follow it function. Many factors are involved in creatin...
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Greek Orthodox Israel
975 wordsSocioculture in Israel Introduction Israel is a country with very a very interesting culture because it is such a young country and also because it houses the city of Jerusalem, a very important religious city for many religions. A third reason would be because it was a state that was fought for, for many generations. Israel is very effected by Judaism, it? s prime religion. Everything, almost, is effected by this fact. Religion The three major religions in Israel are Judaism, Islam, and Christi...
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Museum Industry Technology Craze Museums
684 words. The obsession of our era with museums is an intriguing phenomenon with many possible causes. Perhaps the first query we need to ask of ourselves is what has changed in society to cause this shift in priorities which has stimulated the massive new interest. The trends towards self improvement and the recent technology craze are two of the central influential trends which I feel have most directly caused the recent influx of museum interest. With more direct links to the public through mediums s...
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Pot Of Basil Isabella And The Pot Painting
2,065 wordsJust a Pot of Basil At the age of eight one of my favorite things to do was dream about living in a time where gigantic beasts loomed over the earth. Form the gigantosaurus to the brontosaurus I enjoyed anything from the Precambrian period. I grew to appreciate the monstrous creatures even more after I took my first trip to the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh. I had never seen such elaborate displays of marvelous full-scale dinosaurs, since I was accustomed to seeing them no larger than the height...
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