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Karna I started my Wikipedia Trails with Karna, because I thought his character was interesting in the Mahabharata. I was interested in Karna because of his role against the Pandava brothers, despite being their brother. Surya From Karna, I clicked on Surya's link. He is the Sun deity and a primary deity in Hinduism. Ashoka From Surya, I went the Ashoka's clink because the previous Wikipedia link said he had ancient works attributed to him. Ashoka the Great was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty. Maurya Empire Maurya Empire is the Dynasty that Ashoka was the emperor of, so I wanted to learn more about it. It was a historical power based in the Magadha and founded by Chandragupta Maurya. Territories of the Maurya Empire  ( Wikipedia )

Naga I started my Wikipedia Trail with nagas after reading about them in the Mahabharata. Nagas are half-human half-serpent beings that reside in the underworld. They are brought up in the Mahabharata when they attack Bhima when he is in the underworld. Garuda Next I clicked on a link to Garuda, since he is an enemy of nagas. Garuda is a bird or bird-like creatures in Hindu mythology. Indonesia uses the Garuda in a a different form for it's national symbol.   Phoenix Indonesia uses the symbol of the Garuda intertwined with a phoenix, which led me to my next Wikipedia link. A Phoenix is associated with the sun and obtains new life by rising from ashes. It represents renewal, as well as concepts such as the Roman Empire, time, and the Sun. Roman Empire I clicked on the Roman Empire because it was one of the things a phoenix symbolized. I was also interested because I took Latin the past two semesters, so we were constantly learning about the history and people in the Roman Empi...

Catalyst I started my Wikipedia Trails with catalyst. I have a test in my biology class this week and was learning about catalysts right before I did my online work, so I decided to start my Wikipedia Trail with them. Formaldehyde From catalysts, I clicked on formaldehyde. I have a lot friends in anatomy lab right now, and they always complain about the smell of formaldehyde, so it grabbed my attention. Milky Way Galaxy From formaldehyde, there was a link to the galaxy. I've always been interested in the stars and space, so the a link to the galaxy seemed interesting to me. Galileo Galilei From the Milky Way, I clicked on the link about the "father of observational astronomy" Galileo Galilei. I clicked on the link of Galileo because I was interested to learn about his contributions to astronomy and what he observed. Galileo Galilei (Source:  Wikipedia )

I started my Wikipedia Trail with  Meiosis because that's one of the topics were learning about for my biology class. Simplified, meiosis is a process that that exchanges genes between to the pair chromosome given by each parents which produces genetically unique recombinant chromosome. This causes us to be genetically distinct and look different from our parents. The second article I went to was about sea urchins . I clicked this link because everything else in the previous article was science based, and I wanted to read something other than science. I also thought it was interested that meiosis was first discovered in sea urchin eggs. The third article I was linked to was about the  abyssal zone . I was drawn to this link because this layer of the ocean remains in perpetual darkness. Since this layer is dark, plants cant grow, so it can be a death trap for many organisms. The last article I clicked was the  Deepsea Challenger , which was the submarine designed to...