Countryside Destination T hese are rural areas away from town and cities and not necessarily specific named resorts. They are areas that incorporate a number of features‚ such as mountains‚ lakes‚ forests‚ hills etc. They are perfect for people‚ who love to be in the “nature”‚ like camper‚ hiker or just persons‚ who need fresh air. They enjoy natural environments and landscapes. The way they spent their time there is always different. Accommodations are one of these. They can stay in a big
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growing threat of the Muslim expansion against the Holy Roman Empire and the rest of Europe‚ Pope Urban II set forth a hazardous request at the Council of Clermont in 1095 for an army of Eastern and Western Christian warriors and nobility to fight a Holy War against the Muslims and other religious heretics. Four crusade missions were led‚ three of which were sent in hopes of recapturing the Holy Lands in Palestine from the Muslims‚ but ultimately failed. The Fourth Crusade was funded by the Venetians
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symbol of the cold-war division of Europe—came down. Earlier that day‚ the Communist authorities of the German Democratic Republic had announced the removal of travel restrictions to democratic West Berlin. Thousands of East Germans streamed into the West‚ and in the course of the night‚ celebrants on both sides of the wall began to tear it down. The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the culminating point of the revolutionary changes sweeping East Central Europe in 1989. Throughout the Soviet bloc
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Reformation is the religious revolution that took place in Western Europe in the 16th century. It arose from objections to doctrines and practices in the medieval church‚ loss of papal authority and credibility as well as other societal‚ political and economical issues of the time. This revolution had a major impact on Europe and it gave way to short term and long-term consequences‚ which still can be seen today. There were many causes of Reformation‚ some go as far back as the fourteenth century
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Survey of Restaurant Receipts and Purchases [pdf] Available at [Accessed 19th Jan 2013]. 4. Press Release Distribution‚ 2011. PR Log website. Chinese Food: The Most Popular Ethnic Food in Europe with 42% Market Share. [online] Available at: http://www.prlog.org/10032587-chinese-food-the-most-popular-ethnic-food-in-europe-with-42-market-share.html [Accessed 20th Jan 2013]. 5. Wing‚ 2010. Cafe de Coral in Uptown Plaza‚ Tai Po. [electronic print] Available at: [Accessed 20th Jan 2013]. 6.
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that they have success in European market like in US market. Their strategy in Europe focus on brand segmentation and operational efficiency. They created a brand portfolio segmented by price. For example‚ Bauknecht is a high-end product while Inis is a low-end‚ value brand. The Philips/Whirlpool brand filled the middle range. In 1995‚ Whirlpool was the most recognized appliance brand name in Europe. Moreover‚ they also increased their operational efficiency through reducing costs‚ reducing
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The Black Death The Black Death almost wiped out all of Western Europe. The Black Death was carried by flea infested rat. These rats came from ships coming from Asia. The rats thrived in the filthy streets of Western Europe. The Black Death killed 1/3 of Western Europe’s population. Although the Black Death devastated Western Europe it also had many benefits such as higher wages for peasants‚ job opportunities for women‚ and innovations in the work place. One of the benefits of the Black
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Comparing and Contrasting the Post Classical Era Europe and China were two civilizations in the post classical era that thrived in religion and philosophy. Europe and China were similar in that they both had monasteries to teach and spread their religion and gender was unaffected‚ but different because China had rival religions. Europe’s Christianity was similar to China’s Buddhism because they both had ways of teaching and spreading their religion. In China there were several Monasteries where
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Although most historians the Black death as being one of the most devastating events in human history‚ it could also be argued that the Black death changed Europe for the better. The black death is a disease that formed on a victims body. Black death is also called Black Plague because most scholars believe struck Europe was ̈Plague ̈. The plague took pneumonic and septicemic forms. The black death was an epidemic of bubonic plague‚ a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that
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The Bubonic plague was a disease that spread throughout Europe in the 1300s‚ specifically in the years of 1347 through 1352‚ however several more outbreaks of the disease occurred in the years to follow. The disease affected people of all ages and of every level of the feudal system from the peasants up to the king. The cause of the disease to be spread at an alarming rate was because of rats carrying the disease through the fleas on them. They roamed through the streets spreading the disease to
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