meaning “nomad‚ tent-dweller‚ shepherd” in the last centuries preceding the Christian Era (Minorsky 1931: 294; Asatrian 2001: 47)‚ as well as “robber‚ highwayman‚ oppressor of the weak and treacherer” by the eigth through eleventh centuries A.D. (Driver 1922: 498ff; Asatrian 2009: 22ff). Kurds speak several varieties of Kurdish‚ an Iranian-Branch Indo-European language. The language itself is very different from Arabic and Turkish languages. The Kurdish language is sometimes considered to be a language
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2017 Research Paper Outline I. Introductory Paragraph A. King Tut was the 12th king of the 18th Egyptian dynasty‚ in power from 1332 to 1323 B.C.E. After his death at age 19‚ he disappeared from history‚ until the discovery of his tomb in 1922. Since then‚ studies of his tomb and remains have revealed much information about his life and times. B. British archaeologist Howard Carter had begun excavating in Egypt in 1891‚ and after World War I he began an intensive search for Tutankhamun’s
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“A Cold-Blooded Effort to Bolster up the Legal Profession”: The Battle Between Lawyers and Notaries in British Columbia‚ 1871–1930 JOAN BROCKMAN* Notaries in British Columbia have managed to retain authority to offer to the public legal services that‚ in other Canadian jurisdictions (except for Quebec)‚ have been arrogated to the exclusive domain of lawyers. A conceptual framework of professionalization and inter-professional rivalry developed by Anne Witz can be applied to the battles that
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FLAPPERS By: Justin Seamer‚ Fabian Terrones ‚ Luis Sanchez‚ and Edgar Medina WHAT IS A FLAPPER? The term "flapper" first appeared in Great Britain after World War I. It was there used to describe young girls it was somewhat awkward in movement because it had not entered womanhood Flappers were a “new breed” of women in the western 1920’s era A TYPICAL FLAPPER They were known for bobbing their hair Wearing excessive make-up‚ drinking‚ driving automobiles‚ smoking‚ and casual sexual
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Review of Exhibition On Stephen Ahern: Close to Home & Power and Privilege: photographs of the Big House in Ireland 1858-1922 I have visited Gallery of Photography where I reviewed Stephen ’s Ahern ’s exhibition ’ ’Close to home ’ ’ placed in Meeting House Square‚Temple Bar‚Dublin 2 Ireland. Since its inception in 1978 the Gallery of Photography has become Ireland
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Lloyd George: David Lloyd George‚ 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor‚ (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945)‚ was a British Liberal politician and statesman. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led a Wartime Coalition Government between 1916 and 1922 and was the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1926 to 1931. During a long tenure of office‚ mainly as Chancellor of the Exchequer‚ he was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state. He was
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acrimonious and murderous trek that shifts power from one man to another. A power of play. The Tracker‚ an allegorical film directed by Rolf de Heer‚ that offers an allegory of race relations and human accountability. It is set in rough bush country in 1922‚ a fatal‚ unforgiving environment in which a journey into Australia’s black heartland that remains disconcerting and disorientating. . The violent stain in Australian race relations is depicted through intersexuality in a series of paintings created
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Italy witnessed significant widespread civil unrest and political strife in the aftermath of World War I and the rise of the Fascist movement led by Benito Mussolini which opposed the rise of the international left‚ especially the far-left along with others who opposed Fascism. Fascists and communists fought on the streets during this period as the two factions competed to gain power in Italy. The already tense political environment in Italy escalated into major civil unrest when Fascists began attacking
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1914–19 | Born | March 3‚ 1847 Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ UK | Died | August 2‚ 1922 (aged 75) Beinn Bhreagh‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada | Cause of death | Complications from diabetes | Education | University of Edinburgh University College London | Occupation | Inventor Scientist Engineer Professor (Boston University) Teacher of the deaf | Known for | Inventing the Telephone | Spouse | Mabel Hubbard (married 1877–1922) | Children | (4) Two sons who died in infancy and two daughters | Parents
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In order to pay the large costs of the First World War‚ Germany suspended the convertibility of its currency into gold when that war broke out. Unlike France‚ which imposed its first income tax to pay for the war‚ the German Kaiser and Parliament decided without opposition to fund the war entirely by borrowing‚ a decision criticized by financial experts like Hjalmar Schacht even before hyperinflation broke out. The result was that the exchange rate of the Mark against the US dollar fell steadily
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