What exactly is an empire? Macedonia‚ Rome‚ Byzantium‚ Ottoman Turkey‚ China‚ Peru‚ the Soviet Union‚ the United States‚ even by its enemies‚ the European Union have all been described as empires. We talk of “informal” and “economic” empires‚ of “business” empires‚ even of the empire of the heart or reason’s empire. “Empire” has become as much a metaphor as the description of a particular kind of society. today the word is generally used as a term of abuse‚ although one that is also often tinged
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European march music Many European countries and cultures developed characteristic styles of marches. British marches typically move at a more stately pace (ca. 88-112 beats per minute)‚ have intricate countermelodies (frequently appearing only in the repeat of a strain)‚ have a wide range of dynamics (including unusually soft sections)‚ use full-value stingers at the ends of phrases (as opposed to the shorter‚ marcato stinger of American marches). The final strain of a British march often has
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This essay seeks to account for the emergence of the plantation system in the Caribbean. Discuss with special reference to the sugar industry. According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary a plantation is a long‚ artificially-established forest‚ farm or estate‚ where crops are grown for sale‚ often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption. The term plantation is informal and not precisely defined. Plantations are grown on a large scale as the crops grown are for commercial purpose
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desires led to European Exploration. The sailing advances in technology include the caravel‚ this design of triangular sails helped sailors to sail effectively against the wind. More advancements include the astrolabe‚ which helped sailors to better determine their location at sea‚ the magnetic compass‚ which allowed sailors to more accurately track direction‚ and cartography‚ the science of making maps. Additionally‚ the desire for money‚ more land‚ and spreading Christianity led to European Exploration
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Aboriginal Canadians and European settlers In the history of contact between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada‚ there has been an imbalance in acculturative influences. Generally‚ Aboriginal peoples have been changed substantially‚ with serious erosion of their cultures and identities. However‚ this dominance by Euro Canadian peoples has also been met by resistance by Aboriginal peoples. Policy and programme changes to alter the relationship between these two sets
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Lobolo or Lobola (Mahadi in Sesotho; sometimes translated as bride price) is a traditional Southern African custom whereby the man pays the family of his fiancée for her hand in marriage (Compare with the European dowry custom where the woman brings assets[citation needed]). The custom is aimed at bringing the two families together‚ fostering mutual respect‚ and indicating that the man is capable of supporting his wife financially and emotionally. Traditionally the lobola payment was in cattle as
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Many species prevalent in England had been added to the cargo to make Australia seem more like home to the settlers. One of the species was Oryctolagus cuniculus‚ commonly known as the European Rabbit or the Common Rabbit. Two types of these rabbits were introduced‚ the domesticated and the wild. The domesticated european rabbit was introduced and raised like other farm animals for meat. The wild rabbits were introduced for sport hunting but were never released into the wild with no supervision or to
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Introduction to African History upto 1884 Course Lecturer: Amos Nandasaba Kundu‚ Phone: 0725662814; Email: amoskundu@yahoo.com‚ hamisiwasike@yahoo.com Course Description The course deals with the history of Africa from the earliest times to the time of European imperialism. It is a course that acts as a foundation in understanding not only the history of Africa but also the history of other parts of the world. The objectives to be achieved and content are as follows: Objectives By the end of the course/unit
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European Petroleum Retail Sector MarketView CBRE Global Research and Consulting September 2013 RENTS STABLE SALES MODERATE GROWTH FUEL VOLUMES SLOWING DOWN BUSINESS CONFIDENCE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE OVERVIEW The West and North European service station networks consolidated further in 2012. Growth was reported in Central and Eastern Europe. Market Overview Country Specific Sector Performance Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Norway Poland
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natural selection operated; he later stated “white European men were wealthier and better because they more highly evolved than white women and people of color” (MoW‚ 753). Darwin also stated‚ “people of color or “lower races” were far behind whites in intelligence and civilization” (MoW‚ 753)‚ these thoughts about how people of color were subordinate to white people caused a rise in slave labor‚ slave trade. These new findings gave white European men the idea that they were better than all the other
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