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1497-1498

These journal entries written by Vasco de Gama relate incidents in his voyage from Africa to India (1497-1498 CE). He and his crew anchored at the Bay of St. Helena, present day South Africa. They remained there eight days to clean and make repairs on their ships. During their brief encounter with the natives of the bay Vasco de Gama and his men showed them a variety of items such as cinnamon, cloves and gold in an attempt to determine if such merchandise could be found in that region, but they soon realized that the natives were not acquainted ...

1. Purpose: The Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) are found in their entire geographic range of habitation prefers cliffs to sleep. But, a specific group of Hamadryas baboons in Ethiopia were found to choose doum palm trees (Hyphaene thebaica) exclusively to sleep instead of cliffs, simultaneously other bands of Hamadryas baboons were found to choose cliffs to sleep. Purpose of the study was to observe the specific band of baboons and their behaviour with another band of baboons on the basis of their day to day activities to ascertain the cause for such variation.
2. Aim: Though the characteristics ...

- Does Pericles claim that Athens is a generous city?
Pericles claimed that the city of Athens held an outstanding record for generosity, with a firm belief in practicing philanthropy. The Athenians believed in a friendship in which favors are granted rather than accepted. The person at the giving end was the one who was more loyal than the one at the receiving end. The favors were steadily bestowed upon in a way that the recipient got indebted to a state where the return of a favor in form of a gift seemed nothing more than a mere repayment. The donor neither considered the value of ...

Article Analysis

The first article talks about the problems women encounter in the modern world. The author concentrates on two issues: inequality at the work place and sexual harassment. It not a long time since women became active participants in the business. Not many of them can boast of being chiefs and directors of large enterprises. Nevertheless, a big progress was made since 1900s when the labor movement appeared. The author provides an example of her mother who is not always heard at the meetings of the company she works. Sexual harassment and physical violence are other issues which women are afraid to ...