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    1. Opportunities 2.1 旅游产业发展迅速 2004年,我国入境旅游全面恢复振兴并有新的突破性大发展。全年入境旅游人数达1.09亿人次,比2003年增长18.96%,比2002年增长11.37%:其中外国人1693.25万人次,比上年增长48.49%,比2002年增长25.99%。 In 2004‚ China’s inbound tourism revitalization and has new breakthrough in big development is fully restored. Throughout the year to 109 million‚ the number of inbound tourism increased by 18.96% than in 2003‚ up 11.37% from 2002‚ 16.9325 million people‚ including foreigners an increase of 48.49% over the previous year‚ up 25.99% from 2002

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    Aside from clothing being an art unto itself‚ the earliest forms of sculptured art found as early as 500 B.C. in West Africa consisted of distorted human statues and masks. It is speculated that these statues and figures inspired Picasso’s experiments with Cubism. The Yoruba people of Ife also influenced lost-wax cast metal art‚ also known as Benin Art after the people of Benin perfected the art to the highest quality. The Village craft workers had extensive knowledge of pottery and metalworking

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    Wild West shows‚ it consisted of a former Pony Express rider and Indian fighter‚ and the hero of popular dime novels for children. This show romanticized the West and the life of the cowboy. :"Buffalo Bill;" Killed over 4000 buffalo in 18 months while employed by the Kansas Pacific. The Great Plains : Runs from Northern Texas all the way up to Canada. The plains was a strip of flat land with poor dry earth. There were not a lot of rain or trees. : a vast prairie region extending from Alberta

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    If I were an African American living in the South between 1890 and 1928‚ I believe that times would be very hard. Being an African American living and working during that time was very hard. Discrimination and racism were at their highest during this time. It was extremely hard for an African American to find a good job or have a great life. African Americans faced great challenges during these times. I would continue to live in the South. The South is an area that I would have known all my life

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    when they came into my village and took me. I can’t remember much from my life before being a slave girl‚ but my masters have told me I am from a small village in West Africa.” Late one night‚ in a small village in Africa‚ when all had gone to sleep‚ they came like ghosts in the darkness. They took Rain from her mother’s arms and bond her father. They were crammed into pens on the back of carts like animals. The men from the boat did not speak and Rain quickly learned not to speak to

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    Expansion 1840s vs 1890s

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    Compare the debates that took place over American expansionism in the 1840s with those that took place in the 1890s‚ analyzing the similarities and differences in the debates of the two eras. The 1840s and 1890s saw an expansion of American territory‚ as a result of several economic‚ political‚ and cultural factors. The expansionist movements of the 1840s and 1890s were similar in their justifications‚ but the arguments against each differed greatly. Both expansion movements used virtually

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    Assess the impact of westward expansion of Native Americans between 1803 and 1890 Westward expansion was a predominant objective during the 19th century in the USA; the desire to discover the frontier proved detrimental to the Native Americans. The Native Americans found few benefits from Westward expansion. Not all tribes were as badly affected by westward expansion however the general consensus was that the Native Americans were persecuted due to Westward expansion. Before the Louisiana Purchase

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    West

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    The question that is being asked here is what is the West? The west can be defined as many different things‚ but According to Levack‚ B.‚ Muir‚ E.‚ & Veldman‚ M. (2011) the west is a “place” (p. 2). The west is thought of to be traditionally compromised of certain regions like Europe‚ the Americas‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand. There are in fact many ideas that are evolving around western civilization such as form of governments‚ methods of scientific inquiry‚ religions‚ and languages just to name

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    What Is Freedom? Reconstruction 1865-1877 Four days after the meeting Sherman issued Special Field Order 15: It set aside Sea Island and a large area on the South Carolina and Georgia coasts for the settlement of the black families on 40 acre plots of land. He offered them broken mule too. With Slavery dead‚ which black institution strengthened after the war? a. The free blacks’ church b. The secret slave church c. The back family d. The free blacks’ schools e. ALL OF THE ABOVE- Correct

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    The shift of economic power from east to west In this essay I will talk about how the world power has shifted from the east to the west. If we see today’s modern world‚ we would be astonished and fascinated as to how the world power has shifted from the great east to the west. What are the main reason and factors that lead to the shift in the power? Pardon me‚ if I have condemned the knowledge and thoughts of the great thinkers‚ but I am writing this essay with a limited knowledge of

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