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THE APPEARANCE AND SPREAD OF CUNEIFORM Cuneiform is the name of the many writing systems found throughout Mesopotamia that were in use from the fourth millennium B.C.E until the late first century C.E. The word cuneiform means “wedge-shaped,” due to the wedge shape being one of the two elements that describes the writing style. It was carved on clay tablets and could also be found on stone and metal works (Zorman 2014:103-104). The use of clay was advantageous as it could be molded into many…

Ignored and Abused, forgotten and unwanted, women and children lack freedom both in the household and in society. The One-Child Policy heightened the injustice they face and continued to restrict women’s reproductive rights. “In the nineteen-eighties, female factory workers were forced to show their stained menstrual napkins to prove they weren’t pregnant” (Demick). Although China has gone along way to make revisions to the One-Child Policy, there needs to be an end to sex-selective abortions in…

The hukou registration system creates inequality between agricultural and non-agricultural citizens. Gong states, “Migrant populations could be vulnerable to discrimination and stigmatization, and also might become stressed by finding work, housing, schools for their children, and health care without the protections and benefits afforded by hukou registration” (Gong, 846). In China, a permanent residency system designates citizens as either non-agricultural or agricultural depending…

Bringing Light to College Students Loneliness Haley L. Earhart ENG-105 Students enter college with high expectations due to the rumors spread by society. There are many things that college students do not expect when entering college, and one such thing is loneliness. Frank Bruni writes about something that he deems is often underestimated in the college freshman life, and that is the loneliness freshmen experience during, what is most students first time away from home. Bruni brings to light…

Within psychology there are many different psychological perspectives that can be related to health and social care. As described by Saul McLeod, a psychological perspective is a view “that involves certain assumptions (i.e. beliefs) about human behaviour: the way they function, which aspects of them are worthy of study and what research methods are appropriate for undertaking this study.” (Saul McLeod, 2007). One of these perspectives is referred to as the behaviourist approach. The…

The opening scene was introduced with a muscular, bare-torso man slowly striking a huge gong with a deep resonant sound, twice. During the sequence, the text ‘The J. Arthur Rank Organisation presents’ appeared over the gong. The ‘Gongman’ was actually an opening trademark for the Rank Organisation, the largest production and distribution house in the history of British cinema. After about 10 seconds, the camera blacks out and the introduction was followed with an established shot of an…

natural beauty. While men should not adorn themselves with fake virtue because a true emperor should also be able to recognize a man disguised as a lowly servant to be one full with talent. For example, in the story of Jiang Tai-gong, King Wen was able to recognize Tai-gong as a military mastermind even though he dressed as a poor fisherman (CP1, p.17). This story also creates a metaphor between Zhaojun’s love for the emperor to the loyalty of a government official. Zhaojun “wrote…

China, the types of aspirations are affected by contemporary values rather than societal values like caste. There are no restrictions on one’s growth as long as one possesses a zeal for hard work and success. To prove this, the writer uses the case of Gong Hainan, who was a low peasant but rose to become a millionaire. There is also the case of Lin Yifu, a Taiwan officer who rose to become a top World Bank economist (Boo 65). The book is full of other cases of ordinary citizens, who actualized…

Researchers and scientists have come together to gather information and make predictions about how the intensity and occurrence of wildfires have increased and how our governments can become better prepared for the future. Climate change is becoming an increasingly dangerous factor as scientists attribute these stronger fires with the effects of climate change. Also, with the high danger that comes along with wildfires, it is pertinent that we examine and analyze all the information we have so…

The first artifact that show evidence of ritualism in Ancient China the Mao Gong Ding. This artifact shows how successful of a ruler King Li and King Xuan were. It was also something to represent how ethical of a ruler they were. This artifact was created by Duke of Mao, who was assigned by King Xuan to take care of all governing matters. The Duke of Mao created this piece of work to honor King Li and his reign. The Mao Gong Ding is a big three – legged cauldron made out of bronze (bronze was…