Essays Tagged: "cultivation"

Marijuana

historical manuscriptsas early as 2700 B. C. in China. (Grolier ElectronicEncyclopedia, 1995). The cultivation of themarijuana plant began as far back as theJamestown settlers, around 1611, who used ...

(2 pages) 90 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The secret of success

o succeed in our work. Many successful men say that they owe much of their prosperity to the cultivation of good habits in early life. Here are some rules that are helpful in forming a good lif ...

(2 pages) 111 0 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

A little rundown on Brew

tion and barley flourished as a dietary staple.The climate of the Mediterranean was perfect for the cultivation of barley, and was used as the primary ingredient in breads, cakes, and other common foo ...

(8 pages) 92 0 4.5 Jan/1994

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The Civil War arose out of the issue of the rights of states and both the economic and political rivarly between the South and the North.

imethe owners of the slaves used their slaves because of the growth of the cottoneconomy. Since the cultivation of cotton was not suitable in the North, the Northhad much less demand for slavery. Arou ...

(3 pages) 108 0 3.9 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Slavery and the Underground Railroad.

are talking. Slavery in America thrived and continued to growbecause there was a scarcity of labor. Cultivation of crops onplantations could be supervised while slaves used simple routines toharvest t ...

(5 pages) 81 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Quality control processes of the cuban cigar industry.

remained the same and there have no been any significant changes in then from 1960 till present day.CULTIVATIONThe Cuban archipelago is very close to the Tropic of Cancer. Its western region--where th ... o de Monterrey cigar. They, too, are absolutely necessary to maintain the product's top quality.The cultivation process begins in the seed bed, an area in which the seeds are planted under the best co ...

(8 pages) 85 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Dynastic Chinese History Paintings & Ceramics.

y to master its many appearances and this passion for realistic detail was the artists form of self cultivation. Landscape became a vehicle for conveying human emotions. Landscapes display the general ...

(2 pages) 84 2 2.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

This essay is about Food As Magic, How food helps someone to get cure.

ce are most probably to be found in the moist tropical and sub-tropical regions of India and China. Cultivation spread throughout Southeast Asia and to Korea and Japan. The Arabs who had long establis ...

(3 pages) 38 0 1.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Slavery.

re talking. Slavery in America thrived and continued to grow because there was a scarcity of labor. Cultivation of crops on plantations could be supervised while slaves used simple routines to harvest ...

(6 pages) 112 0 4.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

This essay about marijuana.

istorical manuscripts as early as 2700 B. C. in China. (Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, 1995). The cultivation of the marijuana plant began as far back as the Jamestown settlers, around 1611, who use ...

(3 pages) 57 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

All about deforestation. - by Laura Aberle.

s according from rainy and sub-tropical to cold in the high mountains. These environments allow the cultivation of rice, sugar cane, tobacco, jute and cereals. Since 1953 it has been estimated that ha ...

(2 pages) 40 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

On the basis of The Great Learning and Analects discuss the Confucian conception of the relation between the family and the state.

a moral and spiritual leader and regard his teachings as an ideal which should be aimed for in the cultivation of a good life. The Chinese culture, in this aspect, reflects some of these teachings th ... able to regulate themselves, then society should thus also be orderly. Confucius goes on about the cultivation of oneself as the basic building block of civil society today, whereby once the individu ...

(6 pages) 56 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

The "Agricultural Transition"

oser social ties and the formation of long lasting settlements.In the Middle East, wheat and barley cultivation began approximately around 8000 B.C.E then spread to the Balkans (6500 B.C.E). The Nile ...

(3 pages) 42 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

How agriculture cropped up

"Probably at first cultivation was an incidental activity of the women while their lords were engaged in the really ser ... nored sites outside the hilly flank zone. Jarmo was an early Neolithic site with evidence for early cultivation practices and domestication (Braidwood 1958:1426). As Braidwood worked to prove his theo ... as a result of a response to the demographic pressure on the marginal zones, which resulted in the cultivation of wild varieties of cereals. Binford and Flannery assumed that Late Pleistocene hunting ...

(14 pages) 87 0 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology

Community Gardens: A City in Need

opose that Baltimore City create certain tracts of land throughout the city to be designated to the cultivation of gardens, both floral and vegetable, tended to and cared for by the citizens of Baltim ... fe's necessities.Teenagers benefit the most from gardening experience. By devoting more time to the cultivation of life, they are becoming less involved with drugs and alcohol, violent situations, and ...

(8 pages) 101 0 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

COLLECTIVIZATION IN SMOLENSK essay on impacts of collectivisation under stalin's 5 year plans

lensk area had been one of the centers of flax and hemp culture. After the Revolution, however, the cultivation of flax and hemp declined sharply; population pressure and the expanding needs of home c ...

(13 pages) 42 0 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Management 222 Assessment C: Individual Project

(around 1960) you are likely to find a definition of culture that looks something like this: "1.The cultivation of soil. 2. The raising, improvement, or development of some plant, animal or product" ( ... product" (Friend and Guralnik 1958)1. The word culture arises from the ancient Latin word cultura, "cultivation" or "tending," and its entry into the English language began around the year 1430. Howev ...

(7 pages) 46 0 0.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Ethics - Moral Philosophy

descends from the classical Hellenistic tradition represented by Plato and Aristotle, in which the cultivation of virtuous traits of character is viewed as morality's primary function. I believe that ...

(2 pages) 196 0 4.7 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Making Sense of Culture - A 2nd Year Visual Literacy Oral Presentation

ained a great deal of contradictory meanings over the years.It can be defined as anything from the "cultivation of civilisations", "human faculties or manners", "the improvement of the intellect by me ... s", "human faculties or manners", "the improvement of the intellect by means of education", to the "cultivation of plants or animals".As you can hear, these are invariably broad and quite long-winded ...

(3 pages) 49 0 4.2 Sep/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Living In The Environment Principles, Connections, and Solutions : Miller 12th Edition Chapter 2 Outline

ide)Agricultural Recolution-10,000- 12,000 years agoEarly ways of agriculture Slash-and-burn cultivation- Cutting down trees and other vegetation in a patch of forest, leaving the cut vegetatio ... pical forest areas. Plots must be abandoned after a few years (typically 2-5 years) Shifting cultivation- Clearing a plot of ground in a forest, especially in tropical areas, and planting crops ...

(4 pages) 69 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science