Culture

When people travel abroad they often face culture shocks, sometimes people discover that things which are totally normal in their own culture are completely frowned upon in other cultures. It takes a while to adjust to the new culture that you move in any time you make it work. All cultures are different and we need to accept this reality of things

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Travel in ancient times was full of danger as well as exciting adventure

Travel in ancient times was full of danger as well as exciting adventure

Imagine yourself a medieval traveler, perhaps-en-route from the Mediterranean to East Asia in search of exotic spices, silks, jewels, and perfumes. On the road, hundreds or thousands of miles from home, you meet your fellow travelers: merchants from the East and the West carrying trade goods, pilgrims on their way to religious shrines, knights in […]

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A very very old India

A very very old India

The rich soil of the Indus Valley made productive agriculture possible. Farmers cultivated a variety of crops including wheat, rice, and barley; they also raised chickens, cattle, and buffalo. To irrigate their fields, the farmers created a series of canals and ditches.   Trade was also an essential element of life in the Indus Valley.

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The Roman Empire was by far the most influential of all time

The Roman Empire was by far the most influential of all time

The Roman Empire collapsed more than 1,500 years ago, but in many ways it never died. Instead, it continues to influence people throughout the world even today. Take language, for example. The Romans based their alphabet on that of the Etruscans who had borrowed theirs from the Greeks, who had borrowed theirs from the Phoenicians.

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There really is a need for genetic diversity in our world

There really is a need for genetic diversity in our world

Generating Genetic Diversity is of a great deal of importance to the survival and continuity of Humanity. Paradoxically, the evolutionary process is both revolutionary and conservative. It is revolutionary in that the pace of evolutionary change is quickened by genetic recombination, much of which results from sexual reproduction. It is conservative in that change is

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