.... they have really evulutioned all by itself without much outeside activity. Chinas history did not really have (or mention) leaders, it really just mentioned dynesties. Chinas had three dynasties. The first of which was the Xia (2,000 b.c. to 1,500 b.c.) except for ancient legions one really doesn't know much about the Xia rulers. In 1,500 b.c. the Xia rulers were overthrown and the Shang dynasty came into focus and into place. During the Shang dynasty, Chinese artists were busy making beautiful art figures, religious stuff, and were making weapons out of bronze. .....

.... Interestingly, Kemp started the book with a statement that really piqued my curiosity. "Indians who once roamed the area had known that the spring had medicinal qualitites, but, with characteristic reticence and secretiveness, they did not reveal this fact to the white man. They held the secret in their hearts as they gave ground and moved westward from the surging horde of white immigrants . . . " (1). To my mind, this sounded like a fallacy; how did they know the Indians knew if they never told anyone? Could I find out if the Indians considered the water medicinal? .....

.... rations consisting in large part of onions and garlic. The pyramid of Pharaoh Zoser that Imhotep erected at Sakkara was the world's first large stone structure, a tomb copied in stonework from earlier brickwork piles (Peck). In its most common form, a pyramid is a massive stone or brick structure with a square base and four sloping triangular sides that meet in a point at the top (Pyramids 810). However, the pyramids are anything but simple. Pyramids have been built by different people at various times in history. Hundreds of thousands of men were used to construct these .....

.... are located by waterways to make transportation readily available for it's transport's. Coal, limestone, and many other kinds of mines use the Great Lakes to transport, which happens to be in the middle of the Industrial Heartland. They usually have tons of material to move so water transportation can carry lots of material, it's cheap, but it's also slow. Another important route in this region is the St. Lawrence Seaway, which was an significant factor in the decision of industries to locate in this region. Other main waterways in this region are: Ohio River, Mis .....

.... is Japanese. The other languages are minority languages. The religion in Japan is made up of 85% of Shinto and/or Buddhism and the other 15% are made up of others such as Shinko Shakyo (new religions) and Christianity. People in Japan have the ethnic backgrounds of 99% Japanese. The other 1-% includes Koreans, Chinese, and Ainu. The food and drink that is eaten here is mostly rice. The drink is sake, which is a strong alcoholic beverage. Sake is the drink that is used when the people in Japan and the people who are Japanese perform a spiritual drinking ritual. The lif .....

.... growing gardens with all kinds of flowers and other plants. -BEACHES- Calais offers many options to anyone. There are many fine resorts including Le Tourquet. These resorts are elegant and offer sandy beaches, luxury rooms, casinos, and nightlife. Their guests are pampered and spoiled. -SEASIDE- The beautiful seaside is a great place to spend an evening if you don’t want to spend your time at the attractions that are dotted along the coastline. -SAILING- This is also a great way to spend your afternoon, out on a private sailboat enjoying the spectacula .....

.... of about 202 per sq mi. Spain is increasingly urban, with more than 80 percent of the population in towns and cities. Principal Cities The capital and largest city is Madrid (population, greater city, 1991, 3,010,492), also the capital of Madrid autonomous region; the second largest city, chief port, and commercial center is Barcelona, capital of Barcelona province and Catalonia region. Other important cities include Valencia, capital of Valencia province and Valencia region, a manufacturing and railroad center; Seville, a cultural center; Saragossa, and Bilbao (369,839), .....

.... made with horses in mind, and now cars. Here the streets are wide and either made of pavement or asphalt. Vienna’s roads are narrow and many are still cobble stone. Language is very different even though English was made from mostly German. American’s have over 900,000 words to choose from. A great many more that the 500,000 the Germans have. The chief reason form this is because where English made a new word, German speaking peoples have just combined two. Map and Landcarte for example. The transit systems are the most different of the three. Vienna has over 80 busses, 40 Stra .....