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Ancient Egypt
1674 Words - 7 Pages.... also considered the relationship of man to society,
but regarded other people as savages. They captured and enslaved thousands of
men and women from other lands.
The Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile, because
floodwaters of this great river deposited rich, black soil on the land year
after year. Egyptian farmers planted their crops in this fertile soil. Sandy
plateaus and towering cliffs bordered the river valley. Beyond these waters
stretched the barren wastes of the Sahara desert. On the edge of the desert,
the Egyptians built giant pyramids as burial places for their pharaohs. They
carved the Great Sphinx out of solid rock as a guardian of ....
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Egypt : The People
1024 Words - 4 Pages.... routine of their lives is relieved only on a
few occasions-the group prayer in the mosques on Fridays, religious feasts, and
family events such as weddings or the circumcisions of young boys.
A farmer's most valuable possession is the water buffalo, cow, or ox
that helps him with the heavy farm work. The water buffalo or ox draws the plow,
turns the waterwheel, and pulls the nowraj. The nowraj is a wooden platform
mounted on four or five iron disks. The sharpened edges of the disks crush the
stalks of wheat so that the grain can be separated from the chaff. The water
buffalo or cow also supplies the fellah's family with milk and with calves that
can be sold. Very oft ....
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Australia
3711 Words - 14 Pages.... held company since 1973. It was incorporated in the State of
Massachusetts. Any U.S. legal conflicts fall under the jurisdiction of the
Massachusetts state court system. It's annual North American sales of sunscreen
products are in excess of $20 billion. Sun Cosmetics created Oceana's
development team for the express purpose of penetrating Australia's regional
markets. Its members were selected based on their cultural appreciation and
adaptability, their research expertise, and their discerning abilities with both
primary and secondary data.
Cheri Brown, Vice President of International Operations
Robert Roy, Director of International Sales ....
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Alexander's Empire
1858 Words - 7 Pages.... gave much thought to Macedonia. The area was so primitive
that it seemed to belong to another age- it was a rude, brawling, heavy-
drinking country of dour peasants and landowning warriors. The language was
Greek, but so tainted by barbarian strains that Athenians could not
understand it. Macedonia remained an outland. Growth of trade in the early
fourth century promoted the rise of several cities, yet when Perdiccas III,
king of Macedonia, fell in 359 B.C. while fighting the Illyrians the
seaboard of his state was largely under Athenian control or in the hands of
the Chalcidian league, grouped about Olynthus.
Philip (382-36), brother of the dead king, was made reg ....
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China
1391 Words - 6 Pages.... if there will
ever be success in the global market.
The Marxist theory is based on a classless society where the proletariat
or working class is given the opportunity to exist on an equal social level with
the remainder of the people while given a form of leadership of its own for the
first time. The dictatorship of the proletariat in communist China called the "
peoples democratic dictatorship " is considered by the Chinese Communist Party
to be truly democratic, since it is the dictatorship of the vast majority, the ‘
people' over a tiny minority of reactionaries. The Chinese Communist Party
formed in 1921 is founded upon strict Marxist beliefs that coincide with id ....
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Athens Adn Sparta
589 Words - 3 Pages.... and later became known as Draconian law. The Athenians decided that a change in the political system need to be made, and they chose Solon. Changes were to be made to make Solon gain trust and respect from the people of Athens and turn it into a democracy. He introduced economic and constitutional changes in which all free Athenian men were made magistrates. The jobs of the magistrates were to keep records for the Assembly and account for anything they had done. Solon started a council called the Boule which was set up in order to prepare business for the Assembly. Solon introduced ideas of democracy to Athens, but did not please all the people of Athens ....
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Spain
1260 Words - 5 Pages.... chains, is
270 miles long. They are practically impassable to humans because are formed
from only steep gorges that lead higher summits.
Spain is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean called the Gulf of Cadiz. The Huelva,
Rota, and Cadiz ports lie on this coast and further up the Guadalquivir River is
the ancient transportation center Seville. Some other major rivers in Spain are
the Douro, Tagus, and Ebro rivers. Spain's currency is the peseta and is
currently equal to one hundred centimos. The exchange rate has one U. S. Dollar
for 134.61 pesetas.
More that thirty-nine million people reside in the country of Spain. That is
because it is made up of a large ethnic diver ....
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Russia
1041 Words - 4 Pages.... per year.
The value of Russia's money, the ruble, has dropped from the rate
of 2/3 of a ruble for every one dollar in 1988 to more than 1000 rubles
for every dollar in 1993. The large government deficit, equals about one-
fifth of total yearly economy.
The total work force in Russia numbers 72.5 million. Industry is
the country's leading employer, with about 30 percent. Agriculture takes13
percent of all, and construction has 12 percent. Only about 1 million
people, 1.5%, are registered unemployed, but the unemployment rate is much
higher. Thousands work with no pay or with very few hours.
Russia was the main country in the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics(USSR). ....
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