It Emerged in the 19th century when Glasgow was flourishing financially with exceptional economic buoyancy and urban growth in engineering and shipbuilding. While Glasgow was the second city of the British Empire there was a prosperous middle class and a extreme amount of poverty. In 1831 the population trebled from 77‚385 to 200‚000 this lead to overcrowding and extreme deprivation‚ which then further
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Suppose you are working for an agency that is participating in a tender for a contract to improve the (internal) branding at Wartsila: write in 500-700 words an evaluation of your impression of Wartsila’s current branding strategy and -implementation as you perceive it from studying their website‚ Mr. Bos’s talk and maybe some other information you’ve observed on the Internet or in the news. Tell them what in your opinion is strong and weak about it and what you would like to help improve. Wärtsilä
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Reflecting on the first chapter‚ I was exposed to a great deal of events contributing to the birth of American civilization. The importance of connections‚ wealth‚ power‚ and influence on the citizens is demonstrated through these examples in history. In 1492‚ Columbus landed on a Caribbean island containing citizens from all over (mostly from central Siberia and Asia). Paleo-Indians followed‚ contributing to the growth of communities by settling and establishing gender-specific roles as well as
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of migration to the Americas was thought to be a land bridge of the Bering Strait called Beringia. Beringia connected North America and Asia‚ it was a natural bridge made by the dropping of sea level. People migrated in pursuit of animals - it was the only food When it’s the only food source - you follow it. It was believed that people hunted mammoths‚ saber tooth cats ‚ and muskox. The Columbian Exchange was the trade of new plants‚animals‚foods and diseases
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The four British colonies in North America can be known as the New England colonies‚ the Chesapeake colonies‚ the Middle colonies and The Carolinas. All four of these colonies have various similarities and differences that characterized and influenced the settlement‚ including religious beliefs‚ laws‚ government corruption‚ economics‚ disease‚ and population. The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Maryland
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The Chesapeake colonies wealth mainly came from big plantations. The main crop that they grew was tobacco‚ but they also farmed other crops like indigo and rice. On the other hand the New England colonies mainly relied on fishing‚ whaling‚ and shipbuilding. The New England colony people did farm but it was just to maintain their own family. Furthermore these two sets of colonies had different social lives. The New England colonies mostly had big families and people of all ages. On the contrary the
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HOMER First seeds of poetry were born among the Greeks even before writing was invented. Poets were bards‚ chanting gripping narrative epic war poems and emotional ballads. Homer was a Greek poet‚ to whom are attributed the great epics‚ the Iliad‚ the story of the siege of Troy‚ and the Odyssey‚ the tale of Ulysses’ wanderings. The place of his birth is doubtful‚ probably a Greek colony on the coast of Asia Minor‚ traditionally is described as blind and is believed to have lived in Ionia around
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Susquehanna River‚ the Delaware River‚ and the Hudson River attracted diverse business. Fur trappers moved along these rivers‚ and there was enough flow to enable milling with water wheel power. Abundant forests attracted both the lumbering and shipbuilding industries to the Middle Colonies. These industries‚ along with the presence of deep river estuaries‚ led to the appearance of important ports like New York and Philadelphia. While the Middle Colonies had far more industry than the Southern Colonies
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• How did the colonists benefit from being part of the British Empire? Being a part of an already established nation such as England afforded the colonists of the “New World” many benefits that without may have very well caused their untimely demise. England’s “Royal Navy protected American shipping (p.122) creating an environment situation where the colonists could trade with impunity; thereby “enriching the colonies” (p. 122). Equally important‚ “lax enforcement of the Navigation Acts allowed
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Towards the end of the 17th century‚ Russia began undergoing dramatic‚ yet selective‚ internal changes. Peter the Great led the first westernization of Russia in history‚ permanently changing Russia and providing a model from which westernization attempts elsewhere were based on. Westernization was used by Peter and his successors to promote Russia’s expansionist empire without intending to transform Russia into a truly Western society. By the end of the 17th century‚ Russia had become one of the
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