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    Geographical Importance of Pakistan PAKISTAN GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATION: Location: Southern Asia lies between 24 and 36.75 northern latitude and between 61 and 7505 eastern longitude. Area: 7‚ 96000 sq.km. Towards north apart from the state of Kashmir is china. It shares 400 km long boarder with china. Towards north Tajikistan though no boarder but a narrow strip as Wahkhan strip separate the two. Towards east‚ Punjab-Rajasthan boarders which is 1650 km long Towards west‚ Afghanistan and

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    Discuss how "political time" is different than ordinary time‚ in terms of resistance groups. For instance‚ the resistance fighters in Viet Nam fought first the French‚ in Indochina‚ then the Americans‚ from 1945 until 1975‚ for thirty years. How is it possible to motivate subordinates to fight that long? “Political time” differs from that of ordinary time in the amount of time it takes to reach an end result. As ordinary time may take anywhere from a few days to several years‚ “political time” refers

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    roles of ordinary people. The author starts off with the men. He suggests that men lie with the wolves. I believe it’s expressing that men were extremely hard working. Men were thought to be better than woman‚ which is why the author put them first. He also is saying that men work very hard until the day they die. The author then moves onto the topic of woman. When the author suggests that the woman watch the dawn with a sinful gaze‚ suggests that woman were performing sinful acts. He also suggests

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    Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Countries Nasim Basiri EFL University‚ India ‚ 2013 nasimbasiri@gmail.com[->0] INTRODUCTION For centuries women were not treated equal to men in many ways. They were not allowed to own property‚ they did not have a Share in the property of their parents‚ they had no voting rights‚ they had no freedom to choose their work or job and so on. Now that we have come out of those dark days of oppression of women there is a need

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    wouldn’t be Greek mythology if it weren’t for some jealous person to throw some shenanigans. Apollo‚ Artemis’ brother‚ wasn’t very happy with his sister’s love choice and he had a plan to get rid of the Orion. Apollo sent a gigantic scorpion after Orion‚ which Orion of course tried to flee. Orion jumped into the sea and tried to swim to another island but Apollo changed his plan to kill the poor man. When Orion was nothing more than a dot to the visible eye‚ Apollo told his sister that the man who fled away

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    Religious specialists are very important to their community. African communities‚ like many others‚ have seasonal festivals‚ perform rites of passage‚ and communicate with the unseen world. In order for the communities to perform such events‚ they must have religious specialists. A religious specialist‚ either men or women‚ ranks above ordinary humans. They each have a vital force and knowledge‚ that gives them the ability to mediate between society and the invisible world. The goal of all religious

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    Terrorism: political‚ psychological and religious aspects. Today terrorism is very much a concerning issue which has dominated our lives‚ most particularly‚ since the attack on the twin towers in the New York City in September 11th 2001. Thus‚ it has been the centre of much discussion and has gained unprecedented importance. Apart from this terrorists struck at targets around the world became a central front in the global war against terrorism and the locus of so many deadly attacks against civilians

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    primarily by religious devotion or by the desire for political and economic gain? Explain your answer and use sources and ideas to back up your answer. Source 1: Pope Urban II‚ 1095 …."Although‚ O sons of God‚ you have promised more firmly than ever to keep the peace among yourselves and to preserve the rights of the church‚ there remains still an important work for you to do. Freshly quickened by the divine correction‚ you must apply the strength of your righteousness to another matter which concerns

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    those from Africa for many reasons. The Portuguese were one of the first European nations to establish outposts in West Africa. In West Africa‚ and to a further extent Africa itself‚ slavery was already an old tradition. Upon discovery of the new world‚ areas in places such as Brazil were converted to cultivate highly profitable crops (such as sugar). Since the natives were very susceptible to European diseases‚ they were not a good source of labor. ("Africans in America | Part 1 | Narrative

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    Africa 10 A frica lies south of Europe and southwest of Asia. Geographically it is about three times the size of the United States‚ excluding Alaska and Hawaii. At its northeast corner is Egypt‚ which is connected to the Sinai Peninsula—and hence to the Asian continent by a very narrow strip of land. This is the only spot where Africa touches another continent; otherwise‚ it is surrounded by water. The Mediterranean Sea separates it from Europe in the north; the Red Sea and Gulf of

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