nation in the history of China. Afterwards‚ he made himself the highest ruler and claimed himself as "Huang-Di" which is emperor in Chinese. Some historians praise Qin Shihuang for his achievement during his time. Some historians criticize him for his cruelty and some questionable decisions. For his achievements‚ he established the system of prefectures and divided the entire nation into 36 prefectures. Moreover‚ he unified laws‚ weights
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The Romans had many accomplishments; however the three important achievements impacted the Romans discussed‚ imperialism‚ eclecticism‚ and practicality. Imperialism made a huge different in several ways‚ with philosophy‚ government‚ civics and art. The Romans culture and cavitation time lead to shape the way people live today. A few ways they did this was with stoicism important philosophy that taught Romans kinship and law and justice for all their people as today. Stoicism was very important
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summited Mount Everest at age 70 on May 22nd‚ 2003‚ he summited again in 2008 on May 26th‚ at the age of 75‚ and became the only man on earth to summit Everest twice after becoming 70! He then summited one last time at the age of 80 in 2013. Miura’s achievement eclipses that of a Nepali man who climbed Everest at age 76 in 2008‚ so of course Yuichiro had to summit again. When Yuichiro summited in the 2013 expedition‚ Yuichiro was the team leader‚ his son Gota was expedition Sub Leader‚ sherpas also climbed
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Evidence of the presence of wheat and some legumes in the 6th millennium BC have been found in the Indus Valley. Oranges were cultivated in the same millennium. The crops grown in the valley around 4000 BC were typically wheat‚ peas‚ sesame seed‚ barley‚ dates and mangoes. By 3500 BC cotton growing and cotton textiles were quite advanced in the valley. By 3000 BC farming of rice had started. Other monsoon crops of importance of the time was cane sugar. By 2500 BC‚ rice was an important component
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financialAnnual Financials for Nike Inc. Cl B View Ratios Fiscal year is June-May. All values USD millions. | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 5-year trend | Sales/Revenue | 19.08B | 18.96B | 20.89B | 24.12B | 25.31B | | Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl. D&A | 10.91B | 10.61B | 11.47B | 13.62B | 14.28B | | COGS excluding D&A | 10.56B | 10.27B | 11.12B | 13.23B | 14.28B | | Depreciation & Amortization Expense | 346.9M | 337.2M | 351M | 395M | - | | Depreciation | 335M
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Advertising Strategy of Adidas: A comparative Study 1 INTRODUCTION Adidas was formed by German sports apparel by the founder Adi Dassler during 1920s. While Dassler was in his mother’s wash room he decided to begin an athletic shoe. After he made the shoe he had help from his brother and twelve other people to produce around 50 handmade shoes per day. These athletic shoes were made for running and training. “For over 80 years‚ Adidas has been part of the world of sports on every level‚ delivering
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Adidas Human Rights Policy and Euro 2000 Since the late 1990 Adidas has struggled to find a new strategy concerning 4 principal trends: carry out a total organizational restructure face a growing environmental uncertainty by elaborating a contingency strategy maintain and improve it’s public image threatened by social activist programs manage an external supply chain In the end of 1980 and the beginning of 1990 adidas was brought to the brink of bankruptcy‚ representing inflexible‚ rudderless
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Introduction: In 2005‚ Adidas the renowned footwear company from Germany was in a raging war with it’s U.S competitor Nike over market share in the field of football footwear and accessories. In the war over market share Adidas acquired Reebok the prominent company in basketball footwear to further gain a share in the U.S. Nike has also gained a lot of grounds in the field of football footwear by it’s aggressive marketing and sponsoring strategy that included the Brazilian national team and other
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Chapters 1‚ 2 and 5 [pages 99-104] Notes from The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing Closed-form writing consists of • An explicit thesis in the introduction that informs readers of the point of the entire essay • Unified and coherent paragraphs • Sustained development of that thesis without digressions Open-form prose consists of • No reduction to a single‚ summarizable thesis • The use of story or narrative as an organizing principle through which a point emerges
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Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher and scientist that lived from 384 to 322 BC. He is ranked with Socrates and Plato to be one of the most famous philosophers. Aristotle was born at Stagira‚ in Macedonia‚ as the son of a physician to the royal court. At the age of 17‚ he went to Athens to study at Plato’s Academy. He remained there for about 20 years‚ as a student and then as a teacher. When Plato dies in 347 BC‚ Aristotle moved to Assos‚ where a friend of his‚ Hermais was ruler.There he
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