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Cleopatra was an influential part of ancient civilizations because she changed the history of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she reigned beside Julius Caesar, and restored power in Egypt with Mark Antony. The Ptolemaic Dynasty bred some of the most memorable people in ancient history. Including the Egyptian Queen who is above all else remembered the most for her extravagant beauty and way of ruling, even though it is not certainly known what she looked like given that there was never an actual accurate depiction

A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Types of Museums vary, from large institutions, covering many of the categories, to very small institutions focusing on a specific subject, location or a notable person, categories include: fine arts, applied arts, craft, archaeology, anthropology

The years c. 2700-2200 B.C.E. was a period deemed the Old Kingdom which consisted of the Third through Sixth Dynasties in Egypt. Egypt is a country that connects the Northeast corner of Africa to the Southwest corner of Asia (“Location and Climate.” ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM). Therefore, this makes Egypt not only a part of one larger country but two. The Old Kingdom occurred after the ancient Greeks no longer had control. The Greeks had given the previous Kemet the name Egypt.

manufacturers. This played a large role in paving their road to inventing the first successful airplane. They owned their own bike shop in Dayton, Ohio. “Thanks to the bicycle business booming at the time they were able to have funds for learning about and building planes. They had great mechanical skills they learned from working on bikes.” (The road to the first flight). Their work influenced their belief that an unstable vehicle like a flying machine could be controlled and balanced with practice. They often

Stefano Rivolta COMM401 March 10, 2010 Contextual Analysis: “The Mexican-American and the Church” The impact of one single speech can essentially affect the entire world. Granted, there are different degrees of impact felt: those present at the speech, those who watched/heard the actual speech from somewhere else, those who heard some things about it from someone else, and so on and so forth. As the speaker’s message experiences a sort of ripple affect, it calms and becomes less and less

Henry Ford was an American industrialist, he was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He was born on July 30, 1863 and died on April 7, 1947 due to a Cerebral Hemorrhage at age 83 in Fair Lane. Cerebral Hemorrhage is also known as Brain Hemorrhage, it is an emergency condition in which ruptured blood vessel causes bleeding inside the brain. Although Henry Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile the many middle class Americans could

Peale (1741 – 1827), the patriarch, was painter, scientist, inventor, founder of museums and art societies; he founded the Philadelphia Museum or the Peale Museum in 1786; later the Peale's Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts occupied the first building erected as a museum in the United States; Rembrandt Peale opened this museum on August 15, 1814. Charles Willson Peale was one of the universal men of the Eighteenth Century, a man whose talent and interests ran in a hundred

Authorial/Historical Background and Point-of-View Fittingly born on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, James L. Swanson has always had a fascination of our 16th president’s life. At only ten years old, Swanson’s grandmother gave him a very peculiar gift for a child: “a framed engraving of Booth’s Deringer pistol, along with an April 15, 1865 Chicago Tribune clipping.” The newspaper story he received relived the terrible day of Lincoln’s death, but as Swanson read, he realized the ending of the story was

Running head: COMPUTER RECYCLING Computer Recycling June 29, 2009 Computer Recycling Over the years, tons of electronics equipment with hazardous materials have been thrown away with standard garbage. Over time, these materials leak out of the electronics causing damage to the environment. In order to try and reduce the threat, many local, state and federal governments are enacting legislation that requires proper disposal of old electronics. Most computer equipment becomes outdated anywhere

because of four aspects: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. This is because big armies become potential threats to other countries, other countries started forcing alliances in order to secure land. Imperialism was caused because building an