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Demonstrate your Knowledge – a Short Writing Task There are…

Demonstrate your Knowledge – a Short Writing Task There are many paths to civilization – People can be brought together by tribal affiliations, by herds and crops, by religion and ideology, by topography, or by a need to stand against a common enemy. But just as reasonable as it is to seek the causes that created a civilization, it is also reasonable to examine the causes that prevented or slowed a civilization’s development. The term ‘dark ages’ while commonly connected to the Middle Ages, in general defines any period of stagnation – a period in the history of a society that it is characterized by a lack of knowledge and progress. In this course we examined several times where a civilization experienced a ‘dark age’: Example 1 – While the cause of what ended the Myceneans is a mystery (possibly by earthquake, invasion or in-fighting); The “Greek Dark Age” is the interval between the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization (around 1200 BCE) and the rise of the Greek Archaic Period – several centuries later (around c. 800 BCE), when the Greek culture regained its prestige with the first signs of the Greek poleis. Example 2 – The First Intermediate Period, is often described as a “dark period” in ancient Egyptian history. It spanned approximately one hundred and twenty-five years (from 2181–2055 BCE) after the end of the Old Kingdom. It was characterized by chaos, disorder and famine in the real world, and as such, we saw the emergence of coffin texts among the peasant class – a collection of funerary spells written on the walls of their caskets in hope for peace and prosperity…at least in the Afterlife. Your Task Focusing on either the Ancient Greeks or the Ancient Egyptians, discuss how a period of stagnation – a dark age – had a significant impact on the civilization. You can focus on either of the following prompts: A period of stagnation occurs in any civilization – the ability to rise again from the darkness, is the hallmark of a GREAT civilization! A period of stagnation is the early death knell of a civilization, signalling to its enemies that it is weak and open for invasion. In your written response demonstrate your knowledge of the civilization (Greek or Egyptian) and provide details that would prove/support your prompt. Examples of proof would be such details such as trade, exploration, architecture, art, literature, military endeavors, social advances, etc. Word Count: 350 – 500 words approximately (3 – 5 paragraphs) (25 Knowledge/Understanding, 15 Thinking/Inquiry, 10 Application)

In the textbox provided,  Write a python program to achieve…

In the textbox provided,  Write a python program to achieve the following requirements: ===================================================The program will ask the user for a pocket number on  a roulette wheel.and then DISPLAYS/PRINTS the pocket color. The program should display an error message if the user enters a number that is outside the range of 0 through 36. *** You MUST use ONE if statement or if..then..”elif” statement” ********** **************************************************************************************************20On a roulette wheel, the pockets are numbered from 0 to 36. The colors of the pockets are as follows: Pocket 0 is green. For pockets 1 through 10, the odd-numbered pockets are red and the even-numbered pockets are black. For pockets 11 through 18, the odd-numbered pockets are black and the even-numbered pockets are red. For pockets 19 through 28, the odd-numbered pockets are red and the even-numbered pockets are black. For pockets 29 through 36, the odd-numbered pockets are black and the even-numbered pockets are red.