the same time. They realised that doing nothing would not be acceptable so they sent a small expedition led by Leonidas one of its kings‚ to block the pass until the festival was over and the main army could arrive to back them up. According to Herodotus the army led by Leonidas was also sent in the hopes to rally several of the other allied states into joining them in the defence. Leonidas himself believed that due to a prophecy the Spartans had received from the Oracle of Delphi (Rawlinson 1942
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will ultimately allow an historian to construct a credible and accurate representation of the past. An important aspect of constructing or creating history is using relevant sources to create an accurate and credible representation of the past. Herodotus‚ known as the ‘father of history‚’ is heavily criticized for his fabrication of evidence and sources and for being profoundly influenced by Homer’s works - Iliad and the Odyssey. Munslow‚ however‚ argues that sources are manipulated and moulded in
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Delhi Business Review X Vol. 13‚ No. 1 (January - June 2012) DETERMINANTS RETAIL SATISF CTION TISFA DETERMINANTS OF RETAIL CUSTOMER SATISFACTIO N ORGANISED RETAIL STUDY A STUDY OF ORG ANISED RETAIL OUTLETS IN DELHI Manish Madan * Sima Kumari ** P THE study investigates the detailed information about the growth of retailing industry in India. It examines the growing awareness and brand consciousness among people across different socio-economic classes in India‚ and how the urban and semi-urban
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Jesus Rojas Writing Class Ms. Lawson 2/26/13 Herodotus once said “men are at the mercy of events and cannot control them.” In saying this Herodotus meant that men cannot control any situation‚ but that it is fate that determines what is to occur. Macbeth from Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Katniss The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins prove this statement true. Macbeth from the play Macbeth proves this true. One day he finds three witches that tell him toward the end of their dialogue
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Humanities 101 Midterm Review Weeks 1 and 2 Mesopotamia: Sumerians‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian Euphrates River Tigris River Fertile Crescent Uruk Cuneiform: wedge or nail shape marks pressed into wet clay –used for over 3000 years Sumerians 3500-2350 Located in lower Mesopotamia Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Invented writing and beer (Kassi) Purpose? Records of goods and services 2700 BCE: rough date assigned the historical Gilgsmesh‚ King
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Historically‚ the respective roles of a man and a woman in marriage are different across religious‚ cultures‚ and political borders. Even today‚ different sectors of society have distinctly different guidelines and expectations for the husband-wife relationship. Often what sets apart some societies from others when it comes to marriage is the role that women are allowed to have in the relationship. For centuries‚ and even in parts of the world today‚ marriage was treated as a sacred bond‚ but one
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Assess the reasons for the Greek victory over the Persians in 490 to 480/479 BC. Make a judgement based on outcome‚ results and values. The reasons for the Greek victory against the Persians in 490 to 480/479 BC was a mixture of exceptional leadership‚ skilful tactics and strategy‚ superior weapons and soldiers‚ and Greek unity. Strong leadership was the most important aspect of the Greek defence‚ as without the intelligence and bravery of the leaders‚ the Greeks would have been easily defeated
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Every male Spartan had to pass through the Spartan education system - the agoge. This began at the age of seven and was completed at by the age of thirty when the Spartan would become a full Spartiate and receive the right to vote. The fact that a Spartan spent so much of his life in the agoge meant that there was a long time for the state imposed system to force him to have the same views. Plutarch tells us that the particularly intelligent young men in the agoge were chosen to be part of the
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initiating and regulating biological activity)‚ cell communication‚ and growth. One particularly significant enzyme is amylase‚ which catalyzes the hydrolysis of alpha glycosidic linkages of amylose‚ starch components‚ and other oligosaccharides (Qian‚ et al.‚ 1994). Porcine pancreatic alpha-amylase can be found in pancreatic secretions‚ and works most efficiently at pH 6.9 for the majority of substrates. This ideal pH‚ however‚ has shown to shift to as low as 5.2 for the hydrolysis of some
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LITERATURE REVIEW ON ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING Amanpreet Kaura‚ Kamaljit Singh Bhatiab a‚b Department of Electronics Engineering‚ Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University‚ Fatehgarh Sahib‚ India Corresponding Author:kamalbhatia.er@gmail.com To design optical OFDM using low bandwidth electronics and optoelectronics components‚also low loss comb-line combiner using the IFFT‚lightware centralized Bidirectional hybrid Acess network and also with remodulated ONUS and a coherent
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