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Wikipedia Trail: From Vritra to the Tang Dynasty

Vritra I chose to start with Vritra because I am using him as a main character in my storybook project  He is a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought, and adversary of Indra. Vritra was also known in the Vedas as Ahi He appears as a dragon blocking the course of the rivers and is heroically slain by Indra. Source: Vritra Wiki Metal I ended up on the Wiki for metal because on the Vritra page part of the story about how Vritra is defeated by Indra says that he could not be attacked with anything made of metal, wood, or stone. Source: Metal Wiki Currency I then went from metal to coinage and ended up on the wiki page for currency "In the most specific use of the word, currency refers to money in any form when in actual use or circulation as a medium of exchange, especially circulating banknotes and coins. A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money (monetary units) in common use, especially in a nation." Source: Currency Wiki Tan...

Tech Tip: Einstein Generator

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Week 12 Reading A: Sita's Ramayana Comic Book

Part A pages 1 - 36 starts with a pregnant Sita wandering into the Dandaka forest and awakening it the forest wonders why she is there says she is the daughter of the earth, princess of Mithila, and the last queen of Ayodhya asks the forest to let her live there because the world of man has banished her then the forest asks her to tell the story of how she came to be there and the story begins the story is told in Sita's voice Sita tells how her husband, Rama, and his brother Lakshmana were exiled from their kingdom and she came with them to live in the Chitrakuta Forest Sita enjoyed the peacefulness of forest life but Rama and Lakshmana were restless because they were meant for a life of palaces, war, chariots, and weapons One day Surpanaka, the princess of Lanka and a demoness, came in the form of a beautiful woman and desired Lakshmana  Lakshmana was on guard and saw through her disguise and cut off her nose with his sword, spurred on by his brother Rama ...