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    History of Statistics

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    population‚ area‚and wealth of the territories that it controlled. During the Middle Ages in Europe fewcomprehensive censuses were made. The Carolingian kings Pepin the Short and Charlemagneordered surveys of ecclesiastical holdings: Pepin in 758 and Charlemagne in 762. Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066‚ William I‚ king of England‚ ordered a census to be taken;the information gathered in this census‚ conducted in 1086‚ was recorded in the DOMESDAYBOOK.Some scholars pinpoint the origin of

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    AP World Group Outline 1

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       ­gets land for church through alms giving because no money to give ­ church owns 35% of  land in Europe    714 ­ Charles Martel → Frankish king who expanded in Germany and converted them   ­began hereditary hierarchy in warrior elite and creates fiefdoms     800 ­ Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor (shows relative weakness)  = protection  for Pope against Orthodox Church (iconoclastic crisis = challenges popes authority)‚ zenith of  Islam‚ Roman magnates‚ and Lombards  ­He creates the feudal order with its hierarchy

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    The world and the people in it have always been influenced by words. In particular‚ the ability to record and share words in a written format has changed the world. Today‚ type is all around us. Some fonts like Helvetica are familiar and comforting. Others‚ like Comic Sans‚ should never be seen unless you are a five-year-old girl writing a story about rainbows and unicorns. As one of the great Classic typographers‚ John Baskerville had a great impact on typography and printing. At the young age of

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    The general view of the Vikings between the 9th and 12th century is that of raids‚ pillage and destruction. However‚ ’In recent years the role of Vikings in stimulating international trade and peaceful commerce has been emphasised‚ and their war like activities played down.’ Their skills at trading were unparalleled‚ opening up new routes between eastern and western Europe. Wealth therefore flowed through Britain and Northern England where the Vikings chose to settle. Their lasting footprint on

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    |HIST208-13B (HAM) | |Religion‚ Superstition & Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe | Early Medieval Period: Mid-5th – mid 9thC (c.450-850CE) Augustine died in 430 as the Vandals were besieging his city of Hippo. Some 20 years before‚ Rome had fallen. In the West the ancient empire was a thing of the past; in

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    Dark Ages in Europe

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    DARK AGES IN EUROPE Dark Ages is the term that was formerly used to describe the decline of Roman culture and the turmoil in Europe in the 5th and 6th centuries after the collapse of the Roman Empire. Modern historians avoid the term with its implication that only Roman values were civilised values. Many Germanic peoples traveled through Italy‚ Germany‚ France‚ Spain and North Africa‚ settling wherever they could. Many groups formed their own kingdoms. The label employs traditional light-versus-darkness

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    Greece and Roman civilizations process of improving the borrowed technology often led to accomplishing advances that prior civilizations failed to achieve. As the chapter closes‚ the success of the new European society would profit from the borrowed ideas that Romans converted to match their needs would prove beneficial for the upcoming Europe society that would continue to inherit other technologies much like the Romans did. In continuation‚ the third chapter is titled “The Not so Dark Ages” which

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    Ap World Notes

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    - No solid political system - While China rose to power they did not believe in a certain god while India believed in many gods. - Male dominated society‚ women had virtually no rights Mauryan/Gupta India Political – Caste System‚ Regionalism + diversity‚ Ashoka (grandson of Chandra Gupta‚ led military‚ converted to Buddhism and the promoted peace throughout India‚ wrote on rocks all through India encouraging peace and unification throughout India) Economics – traded + merchants (lots

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    raises Greece ’s credit rating” (Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20773955) Begg‚ I. et al. (2011) “European Governance – Impulses for Crisis Prevention” (Europe in Dialogue 2011/2‚ Bertelsmann Stiftung‚ Gütersloh/Berlin) Belke‚ A Charlemagne (2012) “All hope is not lost” (The Economist‚ available at: http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21568769-euro-has-survived-2012-it-will-be-long-time-it-cured-all-hope-not-lost) Chibber‚ K Eichengreen‚ B. (2010) “The breakup of the euro area” (NBER

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    Analysis of Bonds Market

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    A2(Online). New York: Market Watch. Available at: http://articles.marketwatch.com/2009-12-22/news/30878113_1_debt-rating-greece-moody-s-investors-service (accessed: 1st December 2012). Charlemagne. 2012. A bail-out by any other name(online). Brussels: The Economist. Available at: http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2012/11/greeces-debt (accessed at 5th December 2012). Inman. P. 2012. Quantitative Easing Explained(online). London: The Guardian. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/05/quantitative-easing-explained

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