Brief History of Nepal The history of Nepal (नेपालको इतिहास) is characterized by its isolated position in the Himalayas and its two dominant neighbors‚ India and China. Due to the arrival of disparate settler groups from outside through the ages‚ it is now a multi-ethnic‚ multi-cultural‚ multi-lingual country. Its population is predominantly Hindu with significant presence of Buddhists‚ who were in majority at one time in the past. Nepal was split in three kingdoms from the 15th to 18th century
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A Brief History of Braille Braille is a system of raised dots that allows blind people to read and write tactilely. Named for its inventor‚ Louis Jean-Philippe Braille (1809-1852)‚ the Braille code is the universally accepted method of reading and writing for the blind. It is the only system that allows blind people to read and write independently and to do both interactively. Because of its effectiveness‚ Braille has been adapted for almost every written language. Other Braille codes represent
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A Brief History of Taekwondo The name Taekwondo is derived from the Korean word "Tae" meaning foot‚ "Kwon" meaning fist and "Do" meaning way of. So‚ literally Taekwondo means "the way of the foot and fist". The name Taekwondo‚ however‚ has only been used since 1955 while the arts’ roots began 2‚300 years ago in Korea. Known as a martial art and way of life‚ the evolution of Taekwondo was a direct result of the happenings in Korea long ago‚ and knowledge of the history is an important step in understanding
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Syria is an ancient land with great history‚ dating back to the dawn of civilization. Syria is part of the Fertile Crescent‚ and signs of civilization date back to 10‚000 BC. From around 2‚000 BC Syria was occupied successively by the Sumerians‚ Egyptians‚ Hittites‚ Assyrians and Babylonians. Throughout history it went on to be conquered by the great empires such as Persia‚ Rome‚ the Islamic Empire‚ the Ottomans‚ and France. Following World War II‚ Syria became independent from France and spent the
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History of the Guidance Movement Ronna Shanae Williams Texas Southern University History of the Guidance Movement Career counseling was first introduced in the early 1900 as vocational counseling it was used as a means to end poverty during the time when society was in uproar over a demising economy. “This new profession was described by historians as a “progressive social reform movement aimed at eradicating poverty and substandard living conditions spawned by the rapid industrialization
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND Copyright 1994 - AngloPol Corporation -- Distributed by the Polonia Media Network |Part 1 | | | |The Polish State Emerges | |10th-12th
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------------------------------------------------- A Brief History of Badminton A badminton like game was known in ancient Greece and Egypt - a game called battledore and shuttlecock - in which two players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth with tiny rackets. The game was called "Poona" in India during the 18th Century. In the 1860s it was adopted by British Army officers stationed in India. The officers took the game back to England‚ where it became a success at a party given by the Duke
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Amazon.com Real-Time Case 2 12/1/2009 Brief History of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos‚ an entrepreneur‚ created Amazon.com in 1994; the business was originally run out of his garage in Washington. With the additional investments from Nick Hanauer and Tom Alburg‚ Bezos was able to create the more user-friendly website that we are used to. As Amazon.com’s customer base began to grow Bezos realized that he was going to have to add variety to the products Amazon.com offered. Bezos hit on a successful
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A Brief History of Computing - Mechanical Computing Devices © Copyright 1996-2005‚ Credit to: Stephen White Source: http://trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen//history/timeline-MECH.html#17 For reading purposes only by: Lornilo S. Alimpuangon Pictures: credit to Google Hardware History Overview • • • • • Modern computing can probably be traced back to the ’Harvard Mk I’ and Colossus (both of 1943). Colossus was an electronic computer built in Britain at the end 1943 and
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A Brief History of Whitechapel and the Whitechapel Murders Whitechapel is a town in East London that was named for a small chapel that was dedicated to St. Mary. It was the parish church starting in 1338 and was destroyed in World War II. Now it is a public garden. There are two main roads‚ Whitechapel High Street and Whitechapel Road. These two roads were originally part of the Roman road that separated London. It was considered the other half of London‚ the half outside the city walls. All
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