The geography of Egypt's natural defences kept Egypt safe from attack from others because it is protected on all sides by natural barriers. ... The Nile River The Nile River is the longest river in the world and one of the few rivers that flow north because of the geography. ... The Nile River is made up of two rivers the White Nile and the Blue Nile. ... These two rivers meet in Sudan and then other tributaries join the White Nile further south. ... Each year, The Nile floods left a thick layer of alluvial soil that is rich in nutrients and perfect for growing wheat, flax and other cr...

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The Indus River Civilization ran along the Indus River. ... Along with other parts of the structures of the culture, this also had an importance to the people. ... Religion is a big part of the Yellow River culture. Shang Ti was the head god among all the others. ... For a long while, the culture had one main religion and a side religion off of which they could base their daily life. ...

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The situation of the Cucapa is an example but what other affects have there been? ... This is caused by the rainclouds coming off the sea and onto the land, being forced up to try and cross the mountain range but as they rise they lose their moisture as rain and so no moisture reaches the other side. ... Its flow is so unreliable that at certain times some of it's tributaries are reduced to dried yup river beds while at others they and the Colorado could become a raging torrent as sudden flash floods carry thousands of tons of sediment downriver clearing everything in their path. .....

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Upon the Cotton Blossom were white and black people living side by side. ... When Joe sings "ole Man River", he tells how hard labor is what blacks of that time were expected to do. ... We see in throughout this story many hard and peaceful times, which can be related to the rough or smooth waters of the Mississippi River. ... The showboat family, in general, treats each other with as much decency as the Mississippi law will allow. This illustrates good family values and how we can overcome whatever happens and no matter what " Ol" Man River Keeps On Rolling Along." ...

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Two Faced The River Sutra, written by Gita Metha. ... To do this he retires to the Narmada River, the most holy river in India, and lives in a small bungalow owned by the government. ... Not to mention all of the encounters he has had with others that had come to seek refuge on the banks of the Narmada. ... Throughout out the entire story the book is a double sided coin where there are always two different view and parts to every situation. ... This is obviously the reason that Gita Metha tried to convey this message over any other, for she saw it and wanted society to see it as well....

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This represents the way the two characters are feeling at the time, free from society's grip and able to quickly change their views and attitudes about each other. However, images of society are given along side the sides of this river, even though Huck and Jim are trying to escape them. ... It brings them floods and criminals, among other things. ... So, the river is not always on the characters" side. ... Again, showing that the river can go against the characters and not take their sides. ...

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I spent many of my summers relaxing on the water of the Deschutes River in Maupin Oregon. ... You were able to see kids playing on the banks of the river, rafts floating down the river, and family's spending time with each other on the shores. ... We head in the left side of the raft is in the air, that's when I realize I am going swimming. ... We would do 6 maybe 7 runs a day, just going back and forth up and down the river. ... Fifteen years later I still am going to the Deschutes River, but with my kids and family. ...

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Mississippi River Levee On a gloomy Sunday afternoon in February I decided to take a relaxing walk along the Mississippi River Levee. ... This may be due to the fact that it is fall in New Orleans, or because of the affects that the levee and river have placed upon the shores of the coast. ... Not to mention the fact that the laws of dog curbing still don't apply even this far down the river, being that the dog poo was still out and about. ... On the other side of the river there were a lot of houses that probably enjoyed the "view" that they had in front of them. ... However, rig...

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In other words, "history can be defined as a discipline, which is a branch of knowledge that systematically deals with past events (Obenga). ... History can also be defined through the perspective of other cultures. ... Sadr feels that God has created a system in his creation that links the historical process to each other. ... The first one is the materialistic side, and the second one is the metaphysical side. The materialistic side consists of man and nature creating an impact on the process, and the metaphysical side has Deities having full control. ...

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By far the most important agricultural aspect of Egypt was the Nile River, the longest river in the world. ... In addition to naturally fertile soil, the land was naturally irrigated by the river as well. ... An extreme on either side would often severely hinder the harvest that season, leading to famine and flooding for the Egyptian people. ... Despite the intricate process and helpful river, a decent amount of the crops were unfit to be eaten. ... On the other hand, it seems as though every animal the Egyptians saw became associated with a god. ...

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From 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE, many aspects of life changed around the Nile River. ... The Egyptians created their own settlement in Egypt on the other side of the Nile in 3000 BCE making 3 separate kingdoms. Although Egypt and Mesopotamia were on opposite sides of the Nile, they produced their own civilizations with some similarities and many differences. ... The city-states traded food, merchandise, and supplies with settlements across the Nile River. ... On the other hand, Egypt had social classes such as nobles, slaves, and many fewer merchants. ...

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This is one of the main reasons why the Egyptians built more temples than any other ancient culture in history. ... Some temples were also used for other activities like fests and festivals where the Egyptians worshiped the respective god of the temple. ... A sacred temple was always to be built on the west side of the Nile River, which was the closest to the rising sun. ... The other kinds of temples that the Egyptians built, and perhaps are the most widely recognizable are the tombs. ... All of the temples constructed along the Nile River were oriented on the east-west axis according t...

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I was standing in the gym of Hood River High School. The Hood River Tourney was a round robin tournament, a tournament were every team duel meets every other team. ... The one I would win said "Hood River Tournament 103 Pound Winner" on the side. ... He is on his back with his legs up in the air and you are on your side next to him. ... I could hear cheering and shouting on both sides, both names being called. ...

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Eerie and dangerous things will occur since other explorers never came back. ... Things become worse when Marlow travels deeper into the river. ... (Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad p.110) "I don't know how it struck the others: to me it seemed as though the mist itself had screamed, so suddenly, and apparently from all sides at once, did this tumultuous and mournful uproar arise. ... The Congo River was treacherous and dangerous, which seems your pathway to hell. The Congo River "looks like a flower but stings like a bee;" looks can be deceiving. ...

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While southerners focused primarily on the farming of cotton, there was production of grain, cattle, and other foods in the North, as well as a developing factory system. ... Another tool of transportation was the river system, in which the South grew on. Cotton, the main stay of the southern economy, was shipped up and down the Mississippi River, north and south, to the rail lines in Ohio to the port of New Orleans. ... Cotton thrived because it grew on the rich soil of the southern river delta and could be shipped from the ports of river cities and towns on the Mississippi away to ocean harb...

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For father and sons that place comes to be the Big Black Foot River. ... He needed to return to reason and faith, to learn the natural side of God's order and how to follow the word of God. ... God is in the river, God teaches us differently in the natural world. ... Every afternoon, I was set free, untutored and untouched until supper, to learn on my own the natural side of God's order. ... Maclean the word of God encompassed nature and all its glory like no other. ...

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On the other hand, its design while slightly similar, it is actually quite different. ... While noted that each side of a pyramid faced a certain direction, each corner of a ziggurat faced a specific direction as well. Located in North Egypt, slightly west of the Nile River is where the Great Pyramids can be found. ... Mesopotamia was located between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. The pyramids were assembled with limestone floated in from quarries to the base of the Nile River. ...

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The novel A River Ran out of Eden by James Vance Marshall introduces two characters, Jim Lee and Howard Hamilton Crawford who are both alike but have sides to them that are totally different making them very dissimilar. ... But on the other hand, Crawford also promised not to kill the golden seal after bribing Eric into telling him about the seals whereabouts, "God strike me dead if I break my promise." ... In a River Ran out of Eden, Crawford is put forward as a determined and suspicious character but Jim Lee is caring and not very selfish indicating how dissimilar Crawford and Jim are, bu...

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When the United States Congress devised the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, the vast amount of land between the Allegheny River and the Mississippi River was opened up. ... On October 15, 1788, John Cleaves Symmes was granted a charter to search and survey the land between the Great and Little Miami Rivers. ... On November 18, 1788 Benjamin Stites led a party of 26 settlers to the opposite side of the Ohio River to a site about one mile west of the Little Miami River. ... On December 28, 1788 Mathias Denman along with 25 other settlers settled on the land opposite of the Licking River, which they...

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The wider effect of mining generates employment on a national scale through the supply of core industrial material to industry (i.e quarry mining for road chip) logistics and transport support to export markets, which all feeds other industry. 'The volume of New Zealand mining operations is heavily dominated by minerals used predominately for roading and construction purposes' (http://ips.ac.nz ) On an environmental front, the land mass required for mining is much less than that of other industries, for instance the Dairy Sector. ... TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE PIKE RIVER DISASTER SHOWN ...

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Siddhartha learns from the river that both sides of life, abstinence and indulgence, are connected. ... He debates with others on religion, proving his intelligence. He bathes in the river and uses it for ablutions. ... The river teaches him many valuable life lessons. Most of these lessons however are things he could not have learned if he had not experienced both sides of the river first. ...

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The manufacture of cement and other building materials is also a source of dust pollution in the atmosphere. ... As a result, iron and other metals penetrate the soil. ... We can observe this especially on the sides of our roads and highways. ... Pesticides can affect the immune system by causing cell-mediated immune deficiency, allergies, and other autoimmune conditions. They can affect the central nervous system, and other body systems, as well. ...

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A part of himself desires to be bad and to do things even though he knows they are wrong, while the other parts of him desire to do good and do what is right. The river symbolizes this aspect of Huck's personality through the different changes of the river's appearance. ... This illustrates the side of Huck's personality that desires to do good, to be polite and calm, and to do the right thing. ... "(77) it demonstrates Huck's bad side that wants to steal, get into trouble, and cause mischief. ... The ideas of loneliness and feeling unloved, good and evil sides of Huck...

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The land that was given to the Jews, west of the Jordan River, was only about 22% of Palestine. ... In 1946, Britain partitioned Palestine and gave the TransJordan, the east side of the Jordan River, it's independence. ... If other nations want to really help, then help the UN in negotiating. It is a business deal whether either side admits it or not. ...

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In the essay "Culture Etiquette: A guide", by Amoja Three Rivers indicates that, "[It is] ethnocentric to refer to us as minorities"(502). ... I don't think it is appropriate to label us as minorities just because, when we are placed side by side to the white people, we are automatically inferior to them. ... We should all be able to control what we say about others before we speak. ... Amoja Three Rivers tells us, "sometimes we need some time and space apart from the dominant group"(503). ... Ultimately, I have a habit of repeating myself a few times, until we both understand each other....

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