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    Why Did The Rashid Decline

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    9th and 10th century fits in with the assumption of a mainstream ’decline’ in Islamic civilisation. Thomas Arnold wrote “As the power of the Abbasids declined‚ soon after the death of Hārūn al-Rashīd‚ the essential features of the caliphate gradually disappeared‚ until there remained nothing but the name. The weakening of Abbasid caliphal authority can be attributed to the interrelationship between many factors that contributed to the Abbasid collapse in the early 4th/10th century. It can be argued

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    Why We Have No Plans for Marriage The Hapsburgs of Austria used marriage to control parts of Germany‚ Naples‚ the Southern Serbs‚ all of Iberia‚ and the entire Latin American world. Marriage once‚ in the western world‚ was mostly about monetary and social gains. As time progressed marriage has become less about money and territory and more about companionship and love. While I am looking for a girlfriend‚ I have no interest in finding a wife. In contrast by the time my grandfather graduated college

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    Why did the nations of Europe gang up against revolutionary France? How were the revolutionary leaders able to withstand this onslaught? A system of alliances between the ‘Great Powers’ of Europe had survived the wars of the Spanish and Austrian succession in the first half of the eighteenth century‚ but the French-Indian War forced a change. In the old system Britain was allied with Austria‚ who was allied with Russia‚ while France was allied with Prussia. However‚ Austria was chaffing at this

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    Why Should We Have Pets?

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    Why should we have pets? (More reasons) 1. What are the reasons why pets should be allowed in the Marco Polo building? * Pets make loyal‚ lovable friends * Pets teach you how to take care of others * Pets teach you about responsibility * A pet can help you learn about animals * Playing with pets can make you feel happy * Having a pet can keep you from feeling lonely or depressed * Pets are good for your health * Your whole family can share the benefits of

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    growing problems all over the world. Every day about 105 people take their own life in America‚ and that’s about one person every 13‚7 minute‚ and 1 million people every year all over the world. Most used ways to commit suicide today is by firearm‚ suffocation (drowning or hanging) or by poison (painkillers and etc.) Studies show that 90% of people who have committed suicide‚ have a diagnosable and treatable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death. Today‚ many teenagers have thoughts about death

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    most would simply sum up this one-liner as “PR represents Problem Resolution” which many PR practitioners and personnel does as a communication strategy and tactics to resolve many and varied problems for customers and organizations Many would ask what exactly are the criteria and key attributes needed to excel as a Public Relation professional. A person entering Public Relations may develop a career in numerous areas of this increasingly diverse field. Similarly‚ the variety of personal traits and

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    During the 19th centuryEurope went through many changes. The Industrial Revolution changed manufacturing and lead to the production of more higher quality goods. Nationalism was also fully adopted in the 19th century and lead to people wanting to break away from autocratic rule and form their own government ruled by people of the same ethnicity. These knew ways of thinking eventually lead to conflict which would be extremely detrimental to Europe and set the stage for more problems down the road

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    arena where he has been most successful and where his internal turmoil need not affect him—namely‚ the battlefield. Unlike many of Shakespeare’s other tragic heroes‚ Macbeth never seems to contemplate suicide: “Why should I play the Roman fool‚” he asks‚ “and die / On mine own sword?” (5.10.1–2). Instead‚ he goes down fighting‚ bringing the play full circle: it begins with Macbeth winning on the battlefield and ends with him dying in combat. Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most

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    During the 19th century new inventors helped farmers‚ important people owned big businesses‚ the economy was thriving‚ etc. On top of that‚ businesses from small to big continued to prosper causing the economy to continually rise. However‚ big businesses contributed the most with the rise of the economy‚ and also caused most of the problems. Problems and benefits were the help of industrial giants that built their businesses‚ transfer of goods by railroads‚ and workers placed under bad conditions

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    Why do many cars have a gearbox? Introduction Gearbox is an enclosed system of assembled gears that transmits mechanical energy from a prime mover to an output device. A gearbox can also change the speed‚ direction‚ or torque of mechanical energy.[1] Gearbox was invented in the 19th century and it is still being widely used today. In the early age and in some part of the world‚ gearbox is also known as transmission. Merriam-Webster defines transmission as: an assembly of parts including the speed-changing

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