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    Civilization was the birth of Civilization itself. According to Chiron, the birth of Western Civilization was when Prometheus gave fire to humans allowing society to progress (156). Moreover, when Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are in Hades’ palace, “skeletal warriors…from

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    The Scythians were a collection of nomadic tribes who wandered throughout the land that the Greeks called Scythia, which consisted of “ a vast expanse between the Black Sea and Mongolia” (source). These people roamed these territories from “the seventh century B.C. until the fifth century A.D” (source). In the previous paragraph I spoke about an archaeological site, it was at this same location that a woman was

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    Asgarda Tribe

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    The Asgarda – Women Empowering Women Who Are They? The Asgarda is a group – an all female assembly – which was led by a self-professed descendant of the Amazon warriors. As you may know, legend has it that the Amazon tribe was for women only. Men were not allowed to join, as they were mainly the reason for the union. The revolutionary club belongs to Katerina Tarnovsa, a preschool instructing, award winning kick boxer who founded the organization in early the 2000s. Katerina got her muse

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    Morgan Le Fay

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    Morgan Le Fay Medieval Story The contemporary stories of Morgan le Fay are based on Christianized versions found in the Medieval writings of the Vulgate and Malory. She is depicted as an evil and lusty enchantress who tricks her brother, good King Arthur, into an incestuous relationship with her, resulting in the unnatural birth of their son, Mordred. She tricks Arthur’s wizard, Merlin, into divulging his magical secrets to her, then disposes of him inside the trunk of a tree, or a crystal cave

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    Sitting Bull Thesis

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    Pham Hist 1302 Sitting Bull Sitting Bull, the legendary chief of American Indian, who was described as a great warrior with many great fighting virtues of bravery, strength and insight. People cannot talk about Sitting Bull without mentioning the historic war known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Around 1831, a child was born in Hunkpapa Lakota, a tribe of Sioux residing in Grand River known as present-day Dakota for a very long time. That child was named Jumping Badger by his family; however

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    Signed by all 10 chiefs of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people, it significantly reduced the hunting grounds formerly agreed upon in the Treaty and created, once again less land for the reservation around the Sand Creek and Arkansas River. The treaty included an agreement to change these Native Americans from hunters to farmers. Many problems came out of this agreement. Although the Native people understood it as an agreement to each tribe, local settlers believed it to include all

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    are you on my land, Saudi?” I asked furiously. “This belongs to me. My land runs a mile from the river which happens to be where your tribe is.” Saudi explained. “This is our land and you will never have it.” Someone said from the background. “Saudi this belongs to me, now go.” I declared. He glared at me then finally turned his back and mumbled, “We will be back for our land.” He and his two warriors stormed away.  I can’t think of anything to say to comfort my tribe. We all know Saudi and the Gangani

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    Venezuela's indigenous past. Maria Lionza was an indigenous Goddess, She was born around 1535. She was the daughter of the Chief of their tribe known as “Yaracuy”, the granddaughter of Chief Chilua and the great-granddaughter of Chief Yare, all great warriors and leaders. During that period, every time that a Native Indian Chief had a daughter, they had to make sure that the child had dark eyes; otherwise, they would have to kill her because it was against their beliefs and culture. The shaman of the

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    The Pyramid Of Giza

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    One example of hieroglyphs on artifacts is the Rosetta Stone. Egyptians also used hieroglyphs to keep accurate records and maintain their empire. Hieroglyphs are Egyptian Ink Another invention of the ancient egyptians was black ink. The egyptian people could not only make black ink, but also multi colored ink and dye. The process and depth of color utilized in the Egyptian invention of ink and dye was so marvelous that these brilliant hued colors can still be seen today, thousands of years later

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    Crazy Horse Essay

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    fiercest opponent, the Lakota also known as the Western Sioux, who inhabited most of the Great Plains. The Oglala tribe, a branch of the Sioux nation were key in the resistance against the white man. At the heart of their resistance stood crazy horse, a warrior that had no equal. Crazy Horse fought for the traditions of his people, until those same people wearied of war and in some cases, turned against him. Chief Crazy Horse led an extraordinary life and will always be remembered. Crazy Horse was born

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