Western culture, also known as Western civilization, Occidental culture, or Western society, is the heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies of the Western world. The term applies beyond Europe to countries and cultures whose histories are strongly connected to Europe by immigration, colonization or …

The history of printing starts as early as 3500 BCE, when the proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in clay. Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints, and cloth printing.Initially a method of printing patterns on cloth such as silk, woodblock printing for texts on paper originated in China by the …

The short-lived Irish Copper Age and subsequent Bronze Age, which came to Ireland around 2000 BC, saw the production of elaborate gold and bronze ornaments, weapons and tools. There was a movement away from the construction of communal megalithic tombs to the burial of the dead in small stone cists or simple pits, which could be situated in cemeteries or in circular …

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Common cultural definitions and common denominators regarding what comprises old-growth forest, and of the variables that define, constitute and embody old-growth forests include: . The forest habitat possesses relatively mature, old trees; The tree species present have long continuity on the same site; The forest itself is a remnant natural area that has not been …

The original core of the city, in the neighbourhood of the present-day street, Cuesta del Rosario, dates to the 8th century BC, when Seville was on an island in the Guadalquivir. Archaeological excavations in 1999 found anthropic remains under the north wall of the Real Alcázar dating to the 8th–7th century BC.. The town was called Spal or Ispal by the Tartessians, the indigenous pre …

Fredericton (/ ˈ f r ɛ. d r ɪ k. t ən /; French pronunciation: [fʁɛdeʁiktœn]) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city.The river is the dominant natural feature of the area. One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick, the ...

Humans have inhabited Jamaica from as early as 4000–1000 BC. Little is known of these early peoples. Another group, known as the "Redware people" after their pottery, arrived circa 600 AD, followed by the Taíno circa 800 AD, who most likely came from South America. They practised an agrarian and fishing economy, and at their height are thought to have numbered some 60,000 …

Amnesty International, “ List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries,” Report ACT 50 / 01 / 99, April 1999 D. Baker: “ A Descriptive Profile and Socio-Historical Analysis of Female Executions in the United States: 1632 – 1997 ”; 10 (3) Women and Criminal Justice 57 (1999) R. Bohm, “ Deathquest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United ...

The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made. Fermented soy foods include soy sauce, fermented bean paste, nattō, and tempeh.Fat-free (defatted) soybean meal is a …