... Script. I will also inform you on why they were important. I will start by discussing Egyptian Hieroglyphics. The Egyptian writing system was called hieroglyphics. The Egyptian carved picture symbols on pieces of slate. These pictures symbols were called hieroglyphs, which stood for objects, ideas, and sounds. The Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system consists of several hundred picture signs. The signs can be divided into ... ...

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... analyzing this process the viewers are able to feel what the artist is feeling in that moment. One example of Hung Liu's paintings is the Relic. The painting includes many symbols: the circle of pi which symbolizes the universe, the butterfly representing change and joy, the red square with the Chinese symbol for female, and the main focal point being the ... ...

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... got the name the "Abacus" If the abacus or counting board had never been invented, we probably wouldn't have calculators or computers. We would probably still be drawing dots and symbols in the sand to represent amounts of items (i.e., Thirty-four dots in the sand equals "34"). As you can see the abacus has made a difference in the past and today ... ...

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... for buddha in china. In W. China there is Buddhist monument. Buddha wrote nothing, everything was passed down orally. Ying - yan A popular belief and theory used to understand laws of nature (symbols and beliefs that permeated land, water and animals) and the workings of the universe. Based on the assumption that the cosmos (world/ universe/order) came into being on its own ... ...

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... a good point of comparing Leprechauns on St. Patrick's Day to the Chinese Man standing in the cafeteria representing the "Chinese Food Night". During the many parades in America Leprechauns are symbols of Irish remembrance during St. Patrick's Day. But they don't necessarily represent Irish-American citizens. They are decorations for St. Patrick's Day, which to most Irish-Americans is a special holiday ... ...

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... the gang members did not associate with each other on a continuous basis. Burn marks and tattoos usually represent the membership in a gang. Hand signs and graffiti on walls will remain symbols of gang participation. Once a member entered into the gang, they have to participate in their activities: Not all gangs performed the same rituals. Gang characteristics are what set a part the ... ...

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