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    Now, the incredible Hebrew in the Americas in 1,000 B.C. In 1973 Dr. Joseph Mahan in Atlanta, Georgia, an expert in ancient Indian ethnology of the southeastern Indians of the United States had samples of pottery uncovered from the waters around the Bahamas. That Indians legends, including that of the Yuchis people, had migrated to the area of Florida and Georgia from the region of the Bahamas because the island sank beneath the sea and they fled for their lives according

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    build all 17 structures. All 17 structures were interconnected and constructed of steel girders, wire mesh and hand packed mortar and concrete. He adorned the structures with discarded and unwanted mosaic tiles, pieces of glass, sea shells and pottery set into the

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    based upon principles such as interchangeable parts, large-scale productions, and the high volume assembly line. In the early 1800s, a man named Josiah Wedgwood started his own pottery business using mass production, they made pottery for Europeans who liked to always keep their tea from porcelain because without the pottery cups the flavor would spoil. He hired many labors to press down the clay, glaze pieces, carry things, while others put handles on cups. Mass Production adapted to make workers

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    The Aztec Civilization

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    gold into basic molds. Their lapidaries carved and polished bright-colored gems, such as jade, turquoise, and quartz, to create mosaics and jewelry, or to decorate objects such as clothing and weapons. The last form of art the Aztecs practiced was pottery, which was not made with a wheel but with simple tools. Women would use

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    they traded with. The Athenian people traded with people all around the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black seas. They traded with peoples in modern day Libya, Sicily and other Greek city states. Their pottery was discovered in Egypt. They exported various goods including cereal, wine, olives, and tools. Pottery was a very important export for ancient Athenians too. They imported many other good including slaves from Egypt and lots of Grain from the Black sea because the area around Athens was not very fertile

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    behind it. Beardsley gives us the example of a historian who tells us that a piece of pottery is from a certain time period, the reader then asks how he knows that is true and is told because of radiation. By continuing to ask how the historian knows what he does as well as the physicist later the reader the gains the knowledge of each person beliefs (Beardsley 7-8). Had the reader just accepted that the pottery was from a certain time period they would never have gained the knowledge that the historian

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    Ancient Sudan (Nubia)

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    century BC. Nubian pottery from the earliest periods represented the basic plastic material employed in Nubia and Egypt. Primitive drawings and engravings on Nubian pottery had a form identified of some geometric and symbolic patterns. These forms have been used on the surface of decorated pottery such as circles, squares, or triangles which represented the initial signs of most ancient civilizations. During the Neolithic period, people of this time covered their tools and pottery products with different

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    had to come up with the wooden horse plan in order to defeat The Trojan. Therefore, it proves that Homer's story could possibly be true. In addition to the city ruins, ancient artifacts such as weapons and armor, Hittite clay tablets, and ancient pottery could also be evidence to prove the existence of Troy and The Trojan War. Weapons and armor believed to be from the Bronze Age, the time when the Trojan War occur, have been discovered at Greece and during the excavation of Troy VI and Troy Vlla.

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    Throughout the centuries, the roles of Nigerian women have continuously evolved. During the pre- colonial era, women in Nigerian tribes were not only child bearers and wives, but also free adults. They played critical roles in food preparation, weaving, pottery, and the economy. However, the impact of British rule in Nigeria made a significant shift from the pre-colonial to the post- colonial era. The influence of the Catholic Church, Western style education, patriarchal government and modern ways of making

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    Essay on History of Japanese Art

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    Throughout many centuries, art has portrayed an exceedingly dominant role in Japanese culture. These forms of artwork varied from everything from pottery to clay figurines. Overall, the majority of Japanese art was and still is considered to be of high importance in Japanese history. However, the most intriguing and unique form of art was the Isho-ningyo and Iki-ningyo dolls, otherwise known as the "fashion doll" and the “living doll”. Both the Isho-ningyo and the Iki-ningyo were merely two of the

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