RAWAN TAHA HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION ANCIENT WOMAN OF EGYPT Unlike many women from different regions of the world‚ Ancient Egypt’s women have the same equivalence with men. They had a better status if not the best at that time‚ was even better than Europe in that era. In manuscripts found‚ Egyptian women would have enjoyed the same legal and economic rights‚ at least on paper. The problem in ancient Egypt was never about gender discrimination but about social hierarchy. You might not get to
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WOMEN AS PHARAOHS IN ANCIENT EGYPT Even though men seem to have dominated ancient cultures‚ it appears that women in Ancient Egypt kept an important position in society. Their intelligence‚ determination and wisdom gave them different and independent roles from those of men; although for the most part‚ they have been given less importance than men‚ whom they supportedand advised. Nevertheless‚ some of them had the chance to rule as Pharaohs and many have quite interesting stories in their own
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characterize the two governments of Egypt and Mesopotamia. For example‚ both civilizations had manuscripts and inscriptions. These were written down to make sure that civilians would understand‚ follow‚ and obey their laws. These law writers were called Scribes. Their job would be writing things down. Sometimes‚ there were the only people in the land who were literate. This way‚ when people were caught disobeying a law‚ they could not escape the consequences. Also‚ both Egypt and Mesopotamia had to pay taxes
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Introduction China has more than 5000 years of history‚ and was a mysterious country to most occidental people. Because of the influence of the culture and history‚ China use to be closed to foreign countries until 1979. Chinese people have their own accounting rules that are totally different from occidental countries’ accounting rules. With the development of China’s economy and the implementation of the reform and opening policy‚ Chinese economic system became from planning economy
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all correspondence to Dr Li-Qun Wei‚ Department of Management‚ Hong Kong Baptist University‚ Kowloon Tong‚ KL‚ Hong Kong‚ E-mail: weiliqun@hkbu. edu.hk. IKEA in China: Facing Dilemmas in an Emerging Economy In mid-2003‚ the president of IKEA China‚ Ian Duffy‚ and some executives were discussing the market strategies of IKEA China in their Beijing office. After a review of IKEA China’s market development‚ the executives brainstormed about possible solutions for the difficulties experienced in the
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Economic environment Until the 1970s China was a closed off agricultural based economy‚ in the late 1970s China opened up to the world‚ and since then China has become the largest exporter of goods in the world. China has still maintained some of its agricultural roots by remaining the leading exporter in agricultural goods such as rice‚ wheat‚ and tea(CIA Fact Book). China’s economy is a fast and rapid growing economy with a GDP of $12.61 trillion in 2012‚ making it the 3rd highest GDP in the
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NORTH/SOUTH KOREA North Geographical Background: Korea is a 600-mile (966km) peninsula jutting out from Manchuria and China (and a small portion of the USSR). North Korea occupies an area—slightly smaller than Pennsylvania—north of the 38th parallel. It is located in east Asia on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea shares a border with three states‚ including China along the Amnok River‚ a border with Russia along the Tumen River‚ and South Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
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INTEL IN CHINA – CASE REPORT Mr. Tang and Mr. Li are the participants of an interesting incident in the Beijing’s division of Intel China that can be analyzed with the help of some important Chinese concepts like face‚ hierarchy and preservation of social harmony. Mr. Tang is the new manager of the marketing programs of Intel China in Beijing‚ and has a background of Western education and years of working experience in the United States. Mr. Li is a young but skilful account manager‚ enthusiastic
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Online Society in China Creating‚ celebrating‚ and instrumentalising the online carnival Edited by David Kurt Herold and Peter Marolt Introduction Noise‚ spectacle‚ politics: carnival in Chinese cyberspace David Kurt Herold The Internet in China was developed at about the same time as the Internet in Europe and America‚ but its structures and set-up were quite different. During the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ academic institutions in China began to set up intranets on their campuses
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Market in General 3 1.2 Situation of GM China 4 2. Defining the Problem 5 2.1 Technology “Shakedown” 5 2.2 Going down-market vs. Securing Quality-Image 5 2.3 Problems in Home Market 5 2.4 Increasing Competition 5 2.5 Possible Take-Over of GM China by Chinese 5 3. Problem Causes 6 3.1 Technology “Shakedown” 6 3.2 Going down-market vs. Securing Quality-Image 6 3.3 Problems in Home Market 6 3.4 Increasing Competition 6 3.5 Possible Take-Over of GM China by Chinese 6 4. Alternative Solutions
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