Between fourteen and eighteen centuries before the birth of Christ, on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River swamplands in northeastern Louisiana a group of artificial mounds and embankments were being built. The earthworks themselves are not very unusual; it is their size and age that continues to mystify archaeologists. These are among the largest native constructions known in eastern North America, yet they are older than any other earthworks of this size in the western hemisphere.
This was an eventful time throughout the world. In Egypt, Amenhotep IV, his queen, Nefertiti and the boy pharaoh, Tutankhamen were ruling and the Canaanites were being enslaved. In Turkey and Syria, the Hittite Empire was expanding. In Iraq, Babylon and its lawgiver king, Hammurabi, were in power. Minoan civilization was reaching its peak in Crete and surrounding Mediterranean islands and Stonehenge was being completed in Britain.
This Poverty Point culture and site, at 1500 BC, was the commercial and governmental center of its day, but much remains a mystery. At that time, almost all Indians living north of Mexico were small bands of migratory hunters-gatherers. These types of societies do not normally build huge earthworks like those at Poverty Point. Large-scale construction is possible when large numbers of people settle down in villages and efforts are shifted from the hunting and harvesting to civic and ceremonial duties.
Beginning the 2.6 mile walking tour of Poverty Point, you are first directed to an overlook of the Bayou Macon. The bayou played a major role in the lives of the Poverty Point people. It provided drinking water, food animals such as fish and turtles and a means of transportation. The streams connecting the villages all eventually met with the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers, allowing the Poverty Point people to engage in the trade of many materials. Rocks were the major trade goods because of their value as raw material with which to make many tools.
Why is childhood poverty of importance? What causes childhood poverty? What are the affects of childhood poverty? How can we better solve childhood poverty? ... The author supports this point by providing data from a longitudinal study that showed these kids more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD and MDD into adolescence and early adulthood. ...
There are several different types of poverty laws, that help keep poverty to its lowest point. ... Many people do not understand how or why poverty excists. ... There are so many causes of poverty in the world today. ... In 2002 the blacks were (23.9%-24.1%) in poverty. ... Finally, as far as the non-hispanic whites in 2002 only (8%) in poverty (Poverty In 1). ...
In the Article "What is Poverty," Jo Parker explains what poverty is, and how it affects everything in her life. ... She writes short, direct and to-the-point sentences. ... By changing the reader's point of view, Parker made readers gain sympathy only to turn it to anger. ... Each paragraph is a list of what poverty is. ... Her list is direct, simple, and to-the point, similar to the style and diction that is used throughout the article. ...
The War on Poverty was to break the cycle of poverty that affected nearly 35 million Americans (Greenbaum). ... Johnson's War on Poverty influenced many American lives. ... Johnson's War on Poverty influenced many American lives. What was the War on Poverty? ... We will stop poverty at its sources-- in the streets and on the farms. ...
The most important point to this story is seeing poverty from a personal point of view, and understanding that there is someone behind that face. ... Being an economist gives Author John Kenneth Galibraith great incite into the problem of poverty. ... This story ties directly into the other two by showing that our government does address the poverty situation, maybe not perfectly but it is an earnest effort. Poverty has many facets from the individual who lives in it to organizations trying to help, to our own government helping out. ...
In other words, more than 1 out of 10 families lives in poverty (13). ... Another writer, Bertha Davis, in her book Poverty in America brings up an argument between two parties pointing out that " many liberals, those on the political left, assert that the nation's economic system does not always create enough jobs or the right mix of jobs, so that all able-bodied who want to work can find jobs (23). ... So one way of helping to reduce poverty would be creating more jobs. ... He continues pointing out that these people had to sacrifice other necessities, like food or clothing to be able ...
Poverty In America For centuries many people in the US or abroad have dealt with and are forced to live life in poverty. ... Poverty affects all aspects of life on an individual. There are different types of poverty that exist. ... The point of having a minimum wage is to make sure that every working person will earn the minimum amount of money that is needed to survive without any savings. ... Poverty levels in the central city are at 18.5% and outside the city poverty levels are at 14.4%. ...
The Problems of Women's Poverty This article examines the issue of women's poverty and evaluates how it affects women of all cultures. ... The concept of social constructionism plays a major role with how poverty is viewed through the eyes of "common" middle-class individuals. ... Another point addressed in this article is that women and children make up the majority of those who are in poverty and we therefore need to teach about women, whether it is about women in the United States or women globally. ... Our culture views women as inferior to men and because women are stereotyped...
Poverty is on the rise with or without us knowing. ... I think poverty is a major issue that needs extreme attention. ... We all can relate to this at some point in time. ... It is a very sad situation on how much poverty is on the rise. ... Each and everyone of us at one point in time thought our lives were going to end because of the situation we were in. ...
