French Wars of Religion‚ 2004). The Edict of Nantes was implemented to give religious rights to the Huguenots (Wikipedia‚ Edict of Nantes‚ 2004); what kind of effect would this place onto the Catholics? It should not be alarming that the Edict of Nantes raised the anger of the Catholics - I have made the assumption that maybe it was one of the reasons why Francois Ravaillac‚ a fanatical Catholic‚ killed Henry IV. The question here is‚ is it really because of the Edict of Nantes which caused Ravaillac
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History is defined as the study of past events or series of past events specifically in human affairs or connected with someone or with something. The study of history plays a crucial role in our lives as it represents our present. It is said that the events in history alter the lives of mankind‚ and human civilization never remains the same after that‚ and things change permanently‚ for better or for worse. Many events have taken place in our past history that has truly impacted the lives of humans
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Tourism in India Tourism is the largest service industry in India‚ with a contribution of 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. India witnesses more than 5 million annual foreign tourist arrivals and 562 million domestic tourism visits.[2][3] The tourism industry in India generated about US$100 billion in 2008 and that is expected to increase to US$275.5 billion by 2018 at a 9.4% annual growth rate.[4] In the year 2009‚ 5.11 million foreign tourists visited India.
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Money as a means of payment‚ consists of coins‚ paper money and withdrawable bank deposits. Today‚ credit cards and electronic cash form an important component of the payment system. For a common person though‚ money simply means currency and coins. This is so because in India‚ the payment system‚ especially for retail transactions still revolves around currency and coins. There is very little‚ however‚ that the common person knows about currency and coins he handles on a daily basis. Here is an
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| | |The Guptas did not produce as dynamic a leader as Ashoka‚ but they did provide classical India with its greatest period | | |of stability. | | |The greatest of the Mauryan emperors was Ashoka (269-232 B.C.E.). | |
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The essay explores the significance and influence of the Gospels in the Roman Catholic Church during the time of 313-500 AD. I cannot deal with all the topics‚ but I will briefly cover all the time periods and I will concentrate and deeply explore the period of 313-500 AD. In the period of 100-313 AD Christians were persecuted‚ but the gospel of Christianity continued to spread throughout the whole Roman Empire. Between 500-800 AD monasticism began to grow this provided help to farmers‚ monastic
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Today I just read about the gentleman named Pingali Venkayya. I believe only 30% of us knows who is he ! Well.‚ for the remaining 70%‚ I shall tell who he is. He is none other than the man who designed the Indian National Flag. The Inspiring Personality‚ but unknown to most of us. Request you all to share this and make our friends & relatives aware ! Early life :Pingali Venkayya was born in Bhatlapenumarru‚ near Masulipatnam‚ the present day Machilipatnam of Andhra Pradesh‚ British India to
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Gogol is a man who believes all of his problems originate from his exotic name. Gogol’s unique name comes from Nikolai Gogol‚ a Russian author that Gogol’s father‚ Ashoka‚ reads before he miraculously survives a train crash. Since Gogol’s parents only tell him the real reason behind his name when he is an adult‚ Gogol despises the name for making him stand out. He lashes out against his parents‚ claiming that “no one
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would not have become so widespread if it were not for King Ashoka. In the beginning‚ Buddhism was only an Indian religion. However‚ after King Ashoka had spent a lot of his time fighting in battlefields to be able to rule more land‚ he decided it was time to end all the violence after witnessing a horrifying event. From that moment on he started to act in a nonviolent way and even began to speak out about many Buddhist values. King Ashoka wanted to spread these new principles to many areas past India
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victories no less renounced than: By the word victory we generally understand the winning of a battle. We know the history of victories of great conquerors like Alexander‚ Changiz Khan and Napoleon. But like heroes like Buddha‚ Ashoka and Akbor won greater glory by bringing to mankind the blessing of peace. We have seen the two devastating world wars. They crippled the world economy‚ maimed and killed millions of people. Civilization is the slow achievement of workers in peace
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