Disney Company was founded in 1923 and developed extremely fast. Today‚ there are five Disneyland theme parks: Disneyland in Anaheim‚ California (1955)‚ Disneyworld in Orlando‚ Florida (1971)‚ Disney Paris (1992)‚ Tokyo Disneyland (1982) and Hong Kong Disneyland (2005) (Lane‚ 2009). Until 1992‚ the Walt Disney Company had experienced nothing but success in the theme park business. Its first park‚ Disneyland‚ opened in Anaheim‚ California‚ in 1955. The park created a unique destination built around
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Jasmine Weber Renaissance ▪ New golden age/"rebirth" ▪ Began in Italy ▪ Georgio Vasari coined the term "renaissance" ▪ Beginnings of individualism‚ personal recognition and less glory for God ▪ Printing press allowed the movement to spread ▪ At the time‚ italy was under the control of the HRE ▪ Urban underclass: popolo minuto "the people" ▪ Wealthy class: popolo grosso ▪ Ciompi Revolt: Florentine revolt of the popolo minuto. They gained control for a short period of time. ▪
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Section A The most famous footballer referred to in Passage A is George Best. He was honoured by having a documentary on television. The opening game of Euro 96 was held on June 8th at Wembley. Adam Sweeting comment “Not so much a football tournament‚ more another excuse for a round the clock orgy of comment analysis‚ name dropping‚ beer drinking and statistic swapping”. This quote explains to the reader that throughout the tournament football supporter‚ television commentators
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AP Euro Chapter 12: Terms and Review Questions Terms Great Famine- Almost all of Northern Europe suffered from this in the years of 1315-1322. Many crisis struck early in the fourteenth century. This all started with bad weather‚ which caused universal crop failures. Black Death- Another name for the Bubonic Plague. Buba- A boil that is caused by the Bubonic Plague‚ usually on the neck‚ armpit‚ or groin and causes excruciating pain. Flagellants- Group of people that whipped
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Important Nineteenth Century Guys Charts Note: Legacies are gone into detail in the charts Tsar Alexander II Positives | Negatives | * Introduced emancipation edict‚ gave the right to peasants to own land‚ marry their own choice‚ bring suits to court. * Peasants were given their own land. * Zemstvos (local assemblies) were put in place by Alexander‚ they could levy taxes and took charge over matters of education‚ famine‚ public projects * Local and provincial courts were made. *
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Europe Chapter 13 covers Europe’s social and political order from 1600-1715. In the early century‚ inflation was such that prices were four times what they had been between 1525 and 1550. Three great powers contested for dominance – the Ottoman Empire‚ the Spanish Empire‚ and France‚ under Louis XIV and Richelieu. Each had a mass of about 17 million people. In spite of the presence of these great monarchies‚ there were still areas all over Europe from southern Italy to Scandinavia and from Scotland
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which had to be met by each Member State before it could adopt the Euro. This was to ensure that economic development within the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is balanced so that all Member States joining the Euro entered on the basis of similar economic conditions and sound public finances.1 Thus‚ the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) ensures EU Member states continue to observe the Maastricht convergence criteria. Adopted by the euro zone in 1997‚ the SGP was a political agreement that was set up
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The Plague struck Europe in a series of waves beginning from the mid-1400s. During that time‚ people didn’t know the filth they lived in and the unsanitized streets caused the spread of the plague. It is estimated that the first wave killed 25 million people‚ which is about one third of the population of Western Europe. Sporadic but deadly outbreaks continued throughout Europe into the eighteenth century. The plague didn’t regard any status‚ age or even gender. During Plague there were also many
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RESEARCH ON RESEARCH Justice ® Dr. Munir Ahmad Mughal Introduction Research is a field in every discipline of studies. What‚ why‚ when‚ where‚ who‚ whom‚ how and other queries or questions concerning it have been raised and answered in this paper. The object is to create inquisitiveness in the readers and to study critically and carefully this subject so that it may be useful and fruitful. What is research? Literally‚ research means to get certitude concerning anything after thorough
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Response Machiavelli’s suggestion that a ruler should rule like both a lion and a fox is exemplified to very different degrees with the monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain‚ and Louis XI of France. Isabella and Ferdinand were strong‚ ferocious leaders who implemented local and state level authority impressively. They also cleverly established a guilded appearance as religious figures connected through diplomatic alliance to the Catholic church. They follow Machiavelli’s suggestion to the T
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