...They mastered metalworking and their architectural style predates some other cultures. Carved gourds and textiles depicted animals turning into other beasts as well as doubled or reversed images. The South American architecture was composed of U shaped flat-topped platforms. Many of the buildings had small chambers on them. These buildings were constructed out of uncut stones and adobes. The temple Chavin De Hauntar resembles some of the sacred complexes in South America. The Paracas culture was known for their funerary textiles that they used to wrap up the dead. Most are of woven cotton with designs embroidered onto alpaca wool. From Nasca, the ceramics had round bottoms and double spouts. Paintings on these ceramics were mostly plants, animals, and humans. Sometimes they had mythological creatures as...
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...columns holding it up in the middle. The pantheon, built by the emperor Hadrian, was symbolically important. It was designed as a temple for all the roman gods. Nearly perfect in its shape, the vast dome represented the heavens which were seen by Romans as an enormous sphere. (The Pantheon, Lesley A. Dutemple. 2003). Plan: The building was designed into three parts. The first, the rotunda , which is the main portion of the building, is an...
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...decades a number of significant collections of Thracian treasures have been discovered in present-day Bulgaria, providing much of our present knowledge of ancient Thrace. Golden mask of a Thracian king Bulgaria’s ancient Thracian heritage was thrust into the spotlight in 2004 with a number of key archaeological discoveries in the so-called Valley of the Thracian Kings. A team of Bulgarian archaeologists, led by Professor Georgi Kitov, discovered a 2400-year old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king on August 19. The mask bears the image of a human face and is made of 500 grams of solid gold. The discovery was made near the town of Shipka, in the heart of the Stara Planina Mountain. Dozens of Thracian mounds are spread throughout this region, which archaeologists have called ‘the Bulgarian valley of the kings,’ a reference to the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, which is home to the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. “The unique mask looks even better than the famous image of King Agamemnon, the Greek anti-hero described by Homer in the Iliad,” Kitov said after making the discovery. “This is the first Thracian mask of solid gold ever found,” he said. Previously, archaeologists had only found masks covered with golden foil. It is suggested that the mask could belong to King Seuthes III, the Thracian king who in the fifth century BCE ruled the territory that now is in today’s Bulgaria. Later however, he and his team changed their view, and...
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...Skylar Holly IAS8 Ancient Americas To what extent were civilization of the Americas shaped their environment? I will be focusing on three different civilizations, the Incas, the Aztec empire and the mound builders. Each civilization had different environmental settings that shaped their way of life. Hence, the civilizations of the Americas were largely shaped by their environment. The Mound Builders, a North American tribe, were known for building mounds out of mud. These mounds were valued and served as temples and houses. They also used complex earthwork mounds to build river systems for food and agriculture. They made use of their environment by having their diets consist mostly of fish and deer, as well as available plants. This shows...
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...1)What does the study of humanities involve? What is the relevance of humanities in architecture? 1.The study of humanities involves academic disciplines that study human culture and history. The humanities include ancient and modern languages ,literature, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. We learn about distant cultures or past cultures. Through the exploration of humanities we learn how to think creatively and critically to reason and ask questions. These efforts preserve the great accomplishments of the past help us understand the world we live in and give us tools to imagine the future. 2.What are the broad divisions of human history? Write a brief on each. Prehistory (meaning "before history", or "before knowledge acquired by investigation", from the Latin word for "before," præ, and historia) is the span of time before recorded history or the invention of writing systems. Prehistory refers to the period of human existence before the availability of those written records with which recorded history begins. More broadly, it can refer to all the time preceding human existence and the invention. The term "prehistory" can refer to the vast span of time since the beginning of the Universe, but more often it refers to the period since life appeared on Earth, or even more specifically to the time since human-like beings appeared.[4][5] In dividing up human prehistory, prehistorians typically use the three-age system, whereas scholars...
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...In David La Vera’s (2007) book Looting Spiro Mounds: An American King Tut’s Tomb he discusses the history of Spiro mounds in both ancient and modern times. Throughout his analysis of Spiro’s history La Vera describes the culture of Spiro’s ancient inhabitants, and the cultural clash that began at Spiro between professional archaeologists and grave robbers- or “pot hunters” as they were fondly called. Through these description La Vera is able to show how culture affects the relationships that are formed in and between groups and how it almost lead to the near complete destruction of Spiro mounds, still considered to be one of the greatest archaeological tragedies in America’s history to date. Due to this travesty Looting Spiro Mounds shows...
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...ultimately helping to reconstruct the culture of the people and how they lived. First though, I would reexamine all the previously collected data and artifacts. Utilizing radiocarbon dating I add more specific dates to the chronology that was developed earlier. I’m careful in my work as to not cause any harm, which would destroy the history and render our knowledge incomplete. I definitely would not attempt to recreate the architecture of the place by adding floors, walls, and stairs as Stanley H. Boggs did (he seriously added modern cement thinking it looked sufficiently authentic). After studying the main pyramid and the artifacts around it, like bone fragments and jade tools, I conclude that the pyramid was most likely used as a ceremonial temple. This tells me more about the people who lived there as a culture and that the inhabitants performed sacrifices and other techniques. The presence of the sculpture of an Olmec deity also shows that they interacted with people in Mexico as well as traded with nearby peoples as suggested by different architectural styles and understanding the context of the region. The gold artifacts found also bear significant importance. After dating them to around the 8th century I see how the technology increased over time and learn that the people at Tazumal were...
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...Tourism in Bangladesh Bangladesh as a vacation land has many facets. Her tourist attractions include archaeological sites, historic mosques and monuments, resorts, beaches, picnic spots, forest and wildlife. Bangladesh offers opportunities for angling, water-skiing, river cruising, hiking, rowing, surfing, yachting and sea bathing as well as bringing one in close touch with Mother Nature. She is also rich in wildlife and game birds. HISTORY: The history of Bangladesh has been one of extremes, of turmoil and peace, prosperity and destitution. It has thrived under the glow of cultural spiendour and suffered under the ravages of war. The earliest mention of Bangladesh is found in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata (the story of Great Battle-9th century B.C). Evidence also suggests that there was a strong Mongoloid presence as well. Soon after, in the 5th and 6th centuries B.C. came the Aryans from Central Asia and the Dravidians from Western India. Then came the Guptas, Palas, Senas, who were Buddhist and Hindus. From the 13th century A.D. the flood of Muslim invaders and the tide of Islam swamped the Buddhist and Hindus untold 8th century. Sometimes there were independent rulers like the Hussain Shahi and Ilyas Shahi dynasties while at other times they ruled on behalf of the imperial seat of Delhi. From 15th century the Europeans, namely; Portuguese, Dutch, French and British traders exerted an economic influence over the region. British political rule over the region...
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...world to places like Italy, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the northern parts of Mexico, but the pyramids of the Maya civilization have always intrigued me. Copán is located on the western corner of Honduras, close to the Guatemala border and is one of the most significant cities of the Maya civilization. Archeological records indicate that settlements in this area dated back to 2000BC and by 200AD it was a thriving tribal settlement. In 426AD, a warrior-prince named, K’inich Yax K’uh Moh, from Mexico took control of the city of Copán and declared himself the king. (The Maya Ruins of Copán) Over the next 400 years, there would be 16 dynasty’s overseeing the city’s growth and expansion. Each new temple was built following Maya tradition, larger and taller than the previous temples. Pyramids were constructed to provide support for the...
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...Analyzing Civilizations/Cultures Pre-Columbian America The Pre-Columbian era entails all period subdivisions in the American history, which starts from the time when there was original settlement of the Americas to when Americas got colonized by the Europeans. This is the period of time when during the indigenous cultures of America until they got conquered by the Europeans. Civilizations during Pre-Columbian era established features such as permanent settlements, cities and towns, agriculture, architecture and societal hierarchies. The lithic stage is known to be the earliest era of occupation by humans in America, which occurred during the late Pleistocene period to earlier than 8,000 B.C. This period refers to the cultures of the post glacial collectors and hunters in South America. The period was called Lithic because of the Lithic flaked stone tools that first appeared. The period embraced two types of stone technology that included unformulated and unspecialized flake and core industries, and industries that exhibited a blade technique that was more advanced and improved of the stone working. There are stone tool traditions in South America of the lithic stage that show localized adaptations to the continent’s diverse habitats. People lived in small mobile groups that depended on hunting, plant gathering and fishing. Due to the extreme and continued use of wild animals and plants, it resulted into changes in genetics to some of the species and ere eventually...
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...Core Assessment Project Corinna Sullwold |Religion Name |Cult of Pharaoh - Ancient |Mayan/Aztec - Ancient | |Origins of the religion: |Between 10000 and 7000 BCE a group of ancient Egyptians settled in the Nile Valley. |Mayan religion was founded c.250AD which is the rise of the Mayan civilization | |It's Founder, dates, Key Figures, Historical |7000 – 3000 BCD the people became organized into separate villages. After 3000 BCE |(http://www.religionfacts.com/mayan-religion) | |Development, Cosmogony (creation stories), |hieroglyphics were developed after the independent villages become united under one |Aztec formed between the 12th and 15th centuries AD. | |Myths |kingdom. They were then ruled by one imperial Pharaoh. |(http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-timeline.html) | | | |Religion for both cultures was a central part of their daily lives. They prayed and | |HOW THE RELIGION STARTED … ...
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...Tabernacle and Temple Comparison The Tabernacle was a sanctified place where God chose to meet his people, the Israelites, during the 40 years they roamed in the desert under Moses’ guidance. The leaders and people came together to worship and offer sacrifices. The detailed layout of the Tabernacle and its courtyard is important because it shows God’s given way for man to approach Him. This setup informed the Israelites they could only come to God in the way he prescribed. The Tabernacle entailed a tent-like structure covered by rug-like layers for a roof, and an exterior courtyard. The Tabernacle was separated into the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies (The Tabernacle Place, 2006). It was made of acacia wood boards coated with gold and fitted together to form the walls. On top, four layers of curtains represented a roof to protect the Tabernacle from sun and rain, the innermost layer was knitted with good linen and embroidered with angel figures, the second layer was made of goat’s hair, the third layer was made of rams’ skins dyed red, and the outermost layer was made of porpoise skins (The Tabernacle Place, 2006). The curtains were held to the ground with loops and clasps. The Tabernacle was enclosed by a tall fence made of lined draperies (The Tabernacle Place, 2006). The whole compound was surrounded by a high fence with only one entrance. The gate was concealed by a curtain or screen made of finely twisted linen with the colors blue, purple and...
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...PROJECT ON COUNTRY BRANDING: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY SUBMITTED TO: ISHTIAQUE ARIF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SOUTHEST UNIVERSITY SUBMITTED BY: NAME | ID | MD.AMRAN AHAMMED BHUIYAN | 2008110000092 | MD.ABDULLAH AL-MASUD | 2008110000106 | A,K,M JAHANGIR KABIR | 2008110000074 | MD.MISKET HOSSAIN | 2008110000099 | BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY As a student of introduction to Branding (MKT-4164) we have conducted a report on country branding. This report is based on branding Bangladesh. We have tried to give our maximum afford to complete this task. We focus our report including the most beautiful place in Bangladesh & historical place of Bangladesh. We made the main focusing point of branding Bangladesh is “beautiful Bangladesh”. INTRODUCTION A brand is the identity of a specific product, service, or business that can take many forms, including a name, sign, symbol, colour combination or slogan. The brand is the personality that identifies a product, service or company. Some people distinguish the psychological aspect, brand associations like thoughts, feelings, perceptions, images, experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and so on that become linked to the brand. Branding Bangladesh as "Beautiful Bangladesh". We like to see our country as a popular tourist destination, but definitely not at the cost of making compromise...
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...the culture and background of the society, which it was created. To examine artwork in relation to the culture of the each society, the artwork must be analyzed in variety of ways. The artwork that will be examined will be the Parthenon from the Classical Greece period, The Scraper from the Hellenistic Period, and the tombs from the Etruscan Civilization. The Parthenon is a great example of the Doric style of architecture from the Classical Greek period, as shown in Figure 1. The Parthenon was built by Perikles, the great Athenian leader. It was built on the highest point and was the largest building on the mainland. (Benton & DiYanni, 2008, pp. 66-121) The Parthenon was made of marble and was built in 447-432 BCE. Parthenon is a temple dedicated to the Goddess Athena. ("The Parthenon") An image of Athena made out of gold and ivory stands in the Parthenon. (Benton & DiYanni, 2008, pp. 66-121) The Greeks believed she helped them defeat the Persian Empire during the Persian Wars. The Parthenon is known to symbolize wealth and power of the Athenians. Tax money of the people was used to pay for the building. Ironically, the building was used as a state treasury, which held tax money that the Dalian League collected. The society was proud of its culture and political achievements. ("The Parthenon") The society also formed the first Democracy. The society saw themselves rising to the same level as the Gods. Perfection was very important to this culture. Their representation...
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...found here are mostly the stone tools including spear points, arrowheads, knives, stone axes etc. The Stone Age and the hunter- gathers are the examples of the pre-historic sites. It begins with the human behaviour of manufacturing the stone tools and ends with the fully modern human hunting and gathering socities3.The Protohistoric archaeology refers to the study of regions or periods using the archaeological methods where only a partial or very limited historic record is available4. The late Iron Age and the roman periods may be considered as Protohistoric sites. The historic archaeology refers to the study of the people with a written record. The second one are based on the function of the sites, such as habitation sites, burial sites, mound sites, underwater sites, kill sites, ceremonial sites, trading sites and quarry sites. These sites are the...
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