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What is the purpose of mummification?

The ancient Egyptians believed that the soul of the deceased would live forever in the afterlife and they used mummification to create a body that could continue to house the ka and ba of the individual, which were the nonphysical elements of a person. For this reason, they paid special attention to the external appearance of the mummy. The mummy was designed to make the individual complete in the afterlife and the ancient Egyptians strived to preserve the appearance of the individual as much as possible.

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How was Roman art different from Greek art?

Roman art imitated Greek art in many ways because the Romans learned about painting and sculpting from the Greeks, during the time when Rome conquered Greece. Roman copies of Greek art are sometimes mistaken for being Greek in origin. The Greeks idealized the human form because much of their art was a portrayal of their gods. They also used their finest athletes as models. Roman art was primarily used for decoration, and the artists added quirks to their pieces that added to the humanity. The Romans were less imaginative than the Greeks in many ways, including art and religion, where they copi..

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What pets did the Romans have?

Evidence of Roman pet-keeping is found not only in written accounts but in artistic representations. Roman gravestones often portrayed the departed accompanied by a favorite dog, bird or monkey. Wealthy patrons often posed for portraits with a cherished animal.\nThe Roman historian Suetonius reported that the emperor Tiberias kept a pet snake. Catullus wrote a famous poem about his lady's grief over the loss of her pet sparrow. Cats, weasels and snakes were probably originally kept as a way of controlling the mouse and rat population, but Romans often became emotionally attached to these ..

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Who invented the first computer?

Although the device performed calculations well and even provided hard copies of its output, Charles Babbage lacked funds to develop a fully functional and complete device. He later developed another general purpose device and called it the Analytical Engine. This more advanced device had memory, flow control and an Arithmetic and Logic Unit. For his contributions to early computer science, he is often hailed as the father of computers.

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What is Che Guevara famous for?

Che Guevara was born in Argentina in 1928. Before he started to travel around South America, he spent some time studying medicine. In this experience, he was able to observe a number of things that made him convert to Marxism. Not much later, he partnered up with Fidel Castro to help overthrow the current Cuban government in the late 1950s. He took on a political post. Later, he tried to enact the same movement in Bolivia, but was killed in guerrilla warfare.

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What is a summary of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were written by Roger Ludlow to address basic issues of the colony. Connecticut was first settled by Massachusetts immigrants who wanted faster religious reforms, but they had no legal basis under which to organize. Ludlow was tasked by Massachusetts to create a fundamental document to help the new townships function in an orderly fashion. Working closely with the most powerful citizens of Connecticut's few small towns, Ludlow crafted a document that was adopted by the colony of Connecticut in 1639.\nMuch of the wording and rules in the Fundamental Or..

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Who was Matthew Henson?

Matthew Henson was born in Maryland in 1866 and died in New York in 1955. He took a job as a ship's cabin boy at the age of 12 and spent six years in the position learning literacy and navigation. When he met Pearl, he was working as a store clerk. The store's owner recommended him to Pearl, who hired Henson as a valet for his expeditions. Their first expedition together was to Greenland in 1891. In 1912, Henson wrote a memoir about their final expedition titled "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole." Henson did not receive recognition for his role in their expeditions until late in hi..

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What types of people lived in colonial Georgia?

In addition to coming from diverse backgrounds, the inhabitants of colonial Georgia brought unique skills and practices from their native lands. The northern Europeans, primarily English, established an agricultural system in Georgia. They planted crops and produce, harvested trees and even produced goods such as olive oil.The English, like many Europeans, entered Georgia during the time of the Trusteeship, which lasted from 1732 to 1752. They received financial packages for relocating to Georgia and serving as laborers. In the early to mid-1750s, settlers arrived in Georgia from distant locat..

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What did Karl Benz invent?

Benz was born in 1844 in Baden Muehlburg, Germany. He founded Benz & Company in 1883, and the company focused primarily on designing industrial engines. He then began work on a motor carriage with a four-stroke engine and successfully completed everything in 1885. Benz was given a patent on Jan. 29, 1886, for his gas-fueled automobile, and he officially began selling the vehicle to the public a few months later, in July.

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Why did Reconstruction come to an end?

After the Civil War had been fought and black people were granted the right to vote as true citizens of the United States, there were many people in the South who still believed that the black people should not have the same type of equality as white people. These people began to criticize the decisions made by leadership and began to form secret societies. These secret societies included the Ku Klux Klan, which was one of the largest anti-black organizations. Members who were found to be part of the KKK, including politicians and officials, were prosecuted for their involvement with the hate ..

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