Essays on Geography & Travel

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Australian Identity in Literature: Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey and The Turning by Tim Winton

3 pages / 1145 words

 Did your grandparents ever tell you that they rode a kangaroo to school? It was all a load of BS. That’s right your oldies have been telling you lies this whole time. And you fell for it. We have all heard that Australians rode the...

Australia Jasper Jones

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The Advantage of Practicality Over Interesting Architecture in City Planning: New Urbanism

4 pages / 2041 words

Introduction The New Urbanism is a movement for urban design that promotes the creation of small, mixed land use and mixed-income human settlements. This shift started as an incremental change in the conventional styles of low-density car-oriented, separate use sprawl that changed the urban fabric...

City Modern Architecture New Urbanism

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The Mystery of The Bermuda Triangle and What Things Go Missing There

2 pages / 1112 words

The Bermuda triangle or devils triangle is a large triangular area covering from the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where there has been multiple mysterious disappearances. Over the past century, more than 1,000 ships and planes have disappeared in the area of the triangle without...

Bermuda Triangle Mystery

460

Australian Red Cross Blood Service: Encourage Blood Donation Through Advertising

2 pages / 1031 words

Introduction The visual text is an advertisement enticing the reader to donate blood. It was composed by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. The purpose of this advertisement is to inform and persuade the intended audience of healthy Australians over the age of 18 years...

Australia Red Cross

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Ocean as Mysterious Place: Bermuda Triangle

5 pages / 2365 words

The aim of this essay is to investigate the causes why the majority of people believed. The Bermuda Triangle is cursed to provide a conclusion. The Bermuda triangle may also be known as The Devil’s Triangle or Hurricane Alley. Which was written about by Larry...

Bermuda Triangle Ocean

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Peru-mexico Relations: The Importance of Economic Development

4 pages / 1870 words

Peru is the third country with the largest export of avocado food products, generating approximately 250 million dollars a year. The purpose of the essay is the analysis of their relationship and the history between Peru and Mexico in matters of export-import in many sectors....

International Relations Mexico Peru

463

The Most Glorious Time of China History - Ming Dynasty

2 pages / 843 words

China wasn’t interested in colonies like Europe was. In colonies like Europe China wasn’t involved. For Ming China, both economic pressure and a totally different cultural perspective – so interwoven I’ll be willing not to help but speak about it all, almost simultaneously – influenced...

China Chinese Dynasties Ming Dynasty

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Sacred Sites of Incas Machu Picchu

1 page / 442 words

The Incan empire is often referred to as one of the last strongholds of the native population of South America before there was an influx from Europe of a newer civilization with their own ways of life, customs, and religions. Machu Picchu city – this...

City Machu Picchu Tourism

465

The Possibility of Iran to Start a Nuclear War by Getting Nuclear Weapons

1 page / 653 words

Many people see Iran as a hostile country due to a combination of concerns over development of ballistic missiles and nuclear capabilities threatening the region, the Iran hostage crises, where the US embassy was violated, and Americans were held hostage illegally under international law. Those...

Iran Nuclear War Nuclear Weapon

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Invasion and His Impact on Ming Dynasty in China

1 page / 637 words

Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasion was one of the first big events for Modern East Asia, the invasion had huge impacts on Japan as well as Korea, but also on China.  Political impacts from Hideyoshi’s invasion were a significant impact during the period, when looking at the...

Global Change in Asia Japan Ming Dynasty

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A Look on How Was a Life During Ming Dynasty in China

2 pages / 1020 words

To start with, the Chinese Empire was vast and controlled most of Asia at one point in time. One of the dynasties that ruled the empire was the Ming Family. During the Ming dynasty, villages had their own ordinances. Even though ordinances cannot control all...

China Chinese Dynasties Ming Dynasty

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Jaffna - a City that Keep a Trace of Portuguese Culture

1 page / 341 words

The Portuguese established Jaffna as a city and their administrative center in 1621. Jaffna was primarily occupied by Catholics and merchants from Portugal, largely because it served as a key port to Sri Lanka. During the colonial period, the city was populated with Sinhalese, Tamils,...

Adventure City Portuguese

469

The Kissing Sailor at Times Square

2 pages / 1088 words

August 14, 1945: a day of victory and celebration for the Allied Nations as the Japanese declare their much-awaited unconditional surrender. After over half a decade of conflict, the announcement that signified the end of the devastating war gave a sense of relief, happiness, and...

Photography Times Square World History

470

The Culture of South African Music and Its Origins

4 pages / 1729 words

What is South African Music? South African Music reflects the complex history of African and Western traditions, and of conflict and determination. South Africa lies at the very southern end of Africa and it is home to a myriad of indigenous cultures – it is...

African Music Jazz South Africa

471

Times Square and Its Famous Billboards

1 page / 466 words

Times Square, located in the heart of Manhattan, New York City, is an iconic landmark and one of the busiest tourist destinations in the world, attracting approximately 39 million visitors annually. Stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets, it serves as a major commercial...

Architecture New York City Times Square

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Egyptian Civilization: Pyramids, Religion and Culture

1 page / 507 words

Introduction In today’s world, despite the many modern technologies and developments, people still talk about the ancient Egyptian civilization. Questions often arise: Why did they build those pyramids? How many gods did they believe in? How did they create laws? What about their pharaohs, rules,...

Ancient Egypt Egypt Pyramids

473

Yellow Fever - The Biggest Health Problem in Brazil

1 page / 589 words

The largest country in South America and the fifth largest nation in the world. Brazil, is known for its hot, arid, and humid dense forests, including the Amazon, the world’s biggest jungle in the north. Not only that but the immense plateaus, and long coastal...

Brazil Infectious Disease Yellow Fever

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A Brief Review of Pyramids Around The World

3 pages / 1207 words

Pyramids have been a great fascination since time immemorial. The reason being, their construction is impeccable – at a time, when there were no machines to aid with precision. Why, even the tools used by humans had not been developed to any great extent –...

Ancient Civilizations Pyramids Pyramids of Giza

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Brief Description of All The Beauties of Niagara Falls

1 page / 519 words

Imagine this, you book a trip to one of the most wonderful National Parks in the world. Well that National Park is, Niagara Falls. When you arrive, you will see the tallest waterfall in Northern America. Niagara Falls is a huge waterfall that borders the...

National Parks Niagara Falls