BANK The word “bank” is derived from the word “Bancus or Banque” that is bench. Jews‚ who were considered to be the early bankers‚ transacted their business on benches in the market. As early as 2000 BC Babylonians had developed a system of banks. In ancient Greece and Rome the practice of granting credit was widely prevalent/traces of credit by compensation and by transfer orders are found is Assyria‚ Phoenicia and Egypt before the system attained full development in Greece and Rome. The books
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The civil warfare that raged from 1990 to 1997 and from 2001 to 2003 had a disastrous effect on the Liberian economy‚ with many business people fleeing the country as rebels gained control of vast quantities of gold‚ diamonds‚ natural rubber‚ and tropical hardwoods. Until the 1950s‚ Liberia’s economy was almost totally dependent upon subsistence farming and the production of rubber. The American-owned Firestone plantation was the country’s largest employer and held a concession on some one million
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Earle Richardson created "Employment of Negro Agriculture" as an artwork in 1934. As take a glance at the painting‚ I observe how these African American people worked barefooted in the fields around the United Stated. As can be seen‚ it was an important task‚ since they were raising several baskets of cotton crops. Two of the four African American were women‚ which catches my attention due to the fact that during the Great Depression in the 1930’s‚ women were not able to work since women belonged
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American agriculture has had a long and extravagant history. Furthermore‚ the years 1860-1900 have the greatest impact on the history of farming to date. Many contributing factors have aided quite extensively to the development and farming advancements during this period. The railroad boom allowed easier‚ cheaper and faster transportation methods which in turn triggered economic growth. Man power was overthrown by the transition of animal power (mostly horses)‚ allowing farmers to harvest more crops
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Author Note This business plan is prepared for International Business Strategy Abstract The proposed global business plan – Go Organic is based on production and marketing of organic agriculture inputs in the middle Gujarat region of India. Here the selected entry mode is partnership with a local organization of Gujarat – SRISTI Innovations. In the proposed global business plan‚ the basic activities like procurement‚ production‚ marketing‚ human resourcing‚ financing etc are planned thoroughly
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QUESTION: Zambia uses both appropriate and inappropriate technology in various sectors. Choose one sector of your choice‚ identify and discuss both appropriate and inappropriate technology being used in that sector. Originality and practical examples are encouraged in your easy. Zambia uses both appropriate and inappropriate technology in various sectors. This approach has had both negative and positive impact on Zambia’s efforts to development. And so‚ for us to appreciate this impact‚ let focus
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Advantages of a Agriculture society over a Hunter-gathering society In the prehistoric time‚ where mankind was just developing and we still looked like walking monkeys‚ people lived in small societies. But today I am writing about the Agriculture and Hunter-gathering societies‚ these two are different in many ways for insistence one hunts and the other grows crops and one is more likely to move and follow the herd of animals and is more settled. As I was saying in the first paragraph
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scientific attitude has developed during these years in our national scenario . Enjoy reading ………. ------------------------------------------------- Bane of Indian science -Need to free scientists from babudom In his address to the 97th Indian Science Congress‚ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has admitted that bureaucracy was the bane of Indian science. Later Dr Madhavan Nair said that except in departments under the Prime Minister’s control‚ every other science section suffered from red
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Genetic engineering is an ever-expanding field in the world of science. In the last ten years‚ the process of genetically altering organisms has evolved from experimentation to commercial application. It is taking the place of selective breeding for isolating desired traits in different organisms. Transgenics has also led to a better understanding of gene function‚ allowing for better understanding of human diseases such as Alzheimer’s‚ diabetes‚ and cancer. For some‚ such as the starving poor
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I. Introduction Agriculture and food production are quite literally the skills that feed a civilization. Old Kingdom Egypt excelled in this area. Egypt’s high success in agriculture was due to many things‚ ranging from a near constant climate‚ to the Nile and its annual inundations causing the land to be inexhaustible‚ to Egypt’s vast amount of other natural resources. This paper will only give a general overview of the more popular resources yielded by agriculture and food production in Old
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