1‚ Definitions: 1.1. Tourism: according to F.W. Ogilvie (1933)‚ tourism can be defined as ‘persons who go to somewhere rather than home or workplace for a period of time and spend money in that place’. But this definition has its limitations as it is too broad and it does not have specific standards or criteria to define tourism. Many organizations have been tried to come up with an accurate definition of tourism‚ but till now they only commonly accepted some factors that help to define tourism
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back does mythology goes and how it is common with antigone. I also want to see how mythology may have had an impact on our society today. “ It could be that a number of gods and goddesses whom we think of as purely Greek may have started off in Crete not humans.” 2 . Bryant‚ Joseph. “Intellectuals and Religion in Ancient Greece: Notes on a Weberian ” The British journal of sociology no. 269-296 (2004) This E-Journal fully breaks down Greek Religion. It is a great source because it talks about
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SOIL NAILING FOR STABILIZATION OF SLOPES Abstract: After its development in early 1980’s it become widely used in method of providing permanent and temporary support for earth‚ and stabilization of slope on many engineering projects in world wide. In starting of this period soil nailing was only performed on that project where geotechnical contractor provide this as an alternative to other soil improvements techniques. Now a days soil nailing is accepted only because of its performance and effectiveness
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Ancient Beginnings The Byzantine Empire during most of its history was one of the most influential empires in the Mediterranean. However‚ to find out how everything started‚ we need to go back to 657 BC‚ when the Greeks founded the colony of Byzantium or Byzantion along the European side of the Bosphorus Strait‚ which would become Constantinople (now Istanbul)‚ the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This land would later be incorporated into the Roman Empire. In 330 AD‚ Roman Emperor‚ Constantine the
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1. Introduction Nowadays the level of awareness is quite high that tourism has a general impact on the destination. Many times it is talked about the economical impact which is mainly considered positive as it creates jobs in that area and brings people to the destination that spend money there etc. The environmental impact is a popular topic as well that is covered continuously in the news mainly by claiming the airplanes for their carbon emissions but also stating the destroying impact of mass
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first punches and dies used to make seals and currency in ancient times. The typographical principle‚ that is the creation of a complete text by reusing identical characters‚ was first realized in the Phaistos Disc‚ an enigmatic Minoan print item from Crete‚ Greece‚ which dates between 1850 and 1600 BC. It has been put forward that Roman lead pipe inscriptions were created by movable type printing‚ but this view has been recently dismissed by the German typographer Herbert Brekle. The essential criterion
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mind is the story of Cronus and Zeus. “Cronus had learned that one of his children was destined someday to dethrone him and he thought to go against fate by swallowing them as soon as they were born‚” (page 7). When Rhea delivered Zeus‚ she took him Crete where he grew up there. When it was time for Cronus to eat him‚ Rhea gave him a rock instead. Zeus was eventually old and strong enough to face off his father‚ and he got his siblings back. What I see in this
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India is a fascinating country where people of many different communities and religions live together in unity. Indian Population is polygenetic and is an amazing amalgamation of various races and cultures. It is impossible to find out the exact origin of Indian People. The species known as Ramapithecus was found in the Siwalik foothills of north western Himalayas. The species believed to be the first in the line of hominids (Human Family) lived some 14 million years ago. Researchers have found
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Theseus Athens Great Hero At birth Theseus an unknown father. His mother ‚ Aethra ‚ was friendly with both Poseidon and Aegeus (Hunt 3-6). Before Theseus was born Aegeus said to Aethra ." If we are to have a son ‚ when he is grown have him take my sword and sandals from under this boulder to me ‚" then he was off to Athens. Theseus was born in a small town called Troezen and grew up there‚ in a normal way. When Theseus was old enough Aethra took Theseus to the boulder where the sandals and
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either a romantic rebel or a damning folly. This excerpt‚ “His waxen wings did mount above his reach‚ And‚ melting‚ Heavens conspir’d his overthrow‚” makes a reference to Icarus‚ which is a story told about a man named Icarus and his attempt to escape Crete using wings that his father had made out of feathers and wax. Icarus ignored instructions not to fly too close to the sun‚ and his wax wings melted and caused him to fall into the sea where he drowned. The main theme of Icarus is the structure and
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