The reason why there are many versions of one myth is because years and years ago people didn't write down the stories; Instead, it was passed down from generations to generations verbally and after a period of time tales were converted into several variants. ... These two variant tale display Midas eating his meal which turns into gold even the wine he tries to drink turns into solid gold. ... Another variant tale of Midas made him greedier than the two other Midas" tale. ... The same incident happened merely like the two other variants when Midas sat down to eat all the food and drin...

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Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner wrote the book The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. ... " Today in American history this is how we explain this period of time (1870-1916). ... With railroads, oil, steel and electricity all coming up in a such a short period of time, America was soon flourishing with development. ... This period of time was later recognized as the Gilded Age by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner3 because of the vast amount of greed it brought and the corrupt politicians that helped fuel that greed. The affects this period of time had on America for centuries to come ...

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Proportionately, Europe progressed at a higher rate than either China or India during the period 1650-1850. ... In order to keep this standard of living, they produced fewer children, which would have competed with the animals for the scarce food resources (Jones 14-15). ... Europeans enjoyed better clothing, more varied food, more furniture and more household utensils than did their counterparts in China and India. ... One harvest failure could cause serious problems; two spaced closely together were catastrophic. ... Four-wheel wagons, which could carry several tons, two-wheel carts and pack...

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The cabin had two rooms for the fifteen members of the family. They grew their own food; his father and older brother went hunting for their meet. ... She was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on a little farm, which was called a dirt farm. ... "Mary Lou told this tale," Larry said. ... Actually in this period of time it is a short distance, but in the 1900's six miles was not considered a short distance. ...

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