Ottomans gained more land throughout this war‚ and extended their territory. About 90 years later‚ the Ottomans and Safavids were in another battle‚ but this outcome had the Safavids taking back land for themselves from the Ottomans; a town named Azerbaijan (“Safavid Dynasty”‚ Gale in Context World
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The Indian Subcontinent Achieves Freedom: Chapter 34 Section 1 I. Setting the Stage A. People are reconsidering the policy of colonialism. 1. After WWII‚ people questioned whether dictatorship was a good idea. 2. “All nations should be free from the power of other nations.” 3. Keeping colonies had a high cost. It wasn’t worth it. 4. Colonized people pressed harder for freedom. Ex: British-held India II. A Movement Toward Independence A. The Indian’s strive to freedom intensifies
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Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the fetus. The selective abortion of female fetuses is most common in areas where cultural norms value male children over female children‚[1] especially in parts of People’s Republic of China‚ India‚ Pakistan‚ Korea‚ Taiwan‚ and the Caucasus.[1][2] Sex-selective infanticide is killing a child based on the child’s sex‚ usually shortly after birth (sex selective neonaticide). A 2005 study estimated that
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------------------------------------------------- 2012 Summer Olympics medal table The 2012 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Approximately 10‚800 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports.[1] Of the 204 NOCs participating‚ 85 received at least one medal; 54 won at least one gold medal. Bahrain‚[2] Botswana‚[3] Cyprus
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Judit Karfner Poland’s Comprehensive Gas Supply Security Strategy 2005-2013 The present gas supply security strategy provides the national framework for a key strategic issue‚ serving as a point of reference in the gas sector. The overall objective is to harmonize gas supply security with political and economic strategies‚ and developmental plans to ensure sufficient‚ reliable and affordable gas supply for Polish domestic consumption in the following period. According to the Polish Energy
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“Dropping of Olympic wrestling shatters Dreams all around the world” Wrestling is one of the oldest sports known to man. Wrestling has been around for longer than just about any sport that has ever participated in the Olympics. Wrestling has been around since 708bc when it was a part of the first Olympics ever. On February 12th‚ 2013 the IOC decided to drop Olympic Wrestling from ever participating in the Olympics again. People all around the world were shocked by the decision of the IOC‚ and
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his page is a list of countries by ecological footprint. This table is based on 2007 data from the Global Footprint Network published in 2010. Data is given as global hectares per capita. The world-average ecological footprint in 2007 was 2.7 global hectares per person (18.0 billion in total). With a world-average biocapacity of 1.8 global hectares per person (12 billion in total)‚ this leads to an ecological deficit of 0.9 global hectares per person (6 billion in total). If a country does not
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Clash of Civilizations THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS Samuel P. Huntington Foreign Affairs. Summer 1993‚ v72‚ n3‚ p22(28) from the Academic Index (database on UTCAT system) COPYRIGHT Council on Foreign Relations Inc. 1993 THE NEXT PATTERN OF CONFLICT World politics is entering a new phase‚ and intellectuals have not hesitated to proliferate visions of what it will be--the end of history‚ the return of traditional rivalries between nation states‚ and the decline of the nation state from the conflicting
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| INTERPOL: KEY FACTORS OF SUCCESS | | INTRODUCTION Today we are witnessing the creation of a new society‚ in which nation-states develop new long-lasting connections between each other. Political‚ economic and social interactions between the states call for development of International Organizations (IO) that can regulate and contribute to the international system. With the creation of IOs‚ another issue arose – how can IOs function in the world still accustomed to sovereignty of
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FREE-ZONE Chabahar Free Trade- Industrial Zone (CFZ) is an Iranian free trade zone on the coast of the Gulf of Oman in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. It is formed according to the law on the establishment and administration of free trade-industrial zones. It was established in 1992 along with the two other free trade zones‚ Qeshm and Kish Island to use global expertise‚ mostly from South East Asia‚ as a tool for the development of the country‚ accelerating the accomplishment of infrastructures
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