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    Lydia‚Caria and Lycia that rebelled against the geographical enormous persian empire. During the arcade age a lot of Greek cities sent out expeditions to colonise the mediterranean‚Herodotus the father of western history‚gives the only greek historian text about the only persian wars written at the time of the period .Herodotus had stated that the cause of the revolt was due to the overwhelming amount of anti terance feelings within the society.The ionians were mainly helped in their anitional movement

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    Introduction: In ancient times‚ Greece was not a united country. It was a collection of separate lands‚ called city states where Greek-speaking people lived. There were hundreds of city-states in ancient Greece‚ some really small ones and some really big ones with large populations. The following are the five most powerful city-states in about 550 B.C.E; Athens (A-thens)‚ Sparta (Spar-ta)‚ Corinth (Cor-inth)‚ Thebes(the-be-s) and Argos (Ar-gos). Ancient Greece consisted mainly of a mountainous

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    Discuss the Importance of Documentation in Professional Engineering Jiahao QIAN (A1622061) Introduction Documentation is documents with information‚ provided on paper or other material for people to read to transit certain information from one person to another. Such as tenders‚ instruction books‚ on-line helps. Discussion Every people access documentation commonly in life‚ teaching‚ studying‚ marketing‚ requiring. As for professional engineers‚ documentations are also used in every part of

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    Packaging Of Fruits and Vegetables for Vienna’s Food Trade Austrian Institute for Applied Ecology Christian Pladerer Markus Meissner Abstract June 2005 WASTE PREVENTION INITIATIVE in Vienna Supported by Vienna’s environmental councillor Mag.a Ulli Sima On behalf of the MTV-Abstract ABSTRACT Packaging is of big importance for an economic system. As soon as packaging has served its purpose‚ it usually turns into waste. Considering the shortage of resources and sustainability it is indispensable

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    Persian Empire

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    The essay about the Persian Empire The particular history-achaemenid The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). Persia’s earliest known kingdom was the proto-Elamite Empire‚ followed by the Medes; but it is the Achaemenid Empire that emerged under Cyrus the Great that is usually the earliest to be called "Persian. The first record of the Persians comes from an Assyrian inscription from c. 844 BC that calls them

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    Thales

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    Thales (624 BC-546 BC) lived in Ancient Greece and was arguably the world’s first philosopher and scientist. Prior to Thales‚ supernaturalism was considered to be the cause of most if not all things. For example‚ the answer to a question such as‚ "Why does the wind blow?" or "What caused the epidemic?" would invariably involve a supernatural explanation such as‚ "It is the will of the gods." Explanations based on supernaturalism‚ however‚ are not really explanations at all. They represent non-rational

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    The Nile River in Shaping Egyptians Life “Egypt is the gift of the Nile!” Herodotus The Nile‚ the World’s longest river‚ extends for 6400 km. It starts in the heart of Africa (the Lake Victoria) to pass Uganda Sudan‚ Ethiopia and Egypt to finally flow into the Mediterranean Sea. The Great Nile consists of several tributaries. The two main of them: the White and the Blue Nile meet in the Sudan capital of Khartoum to create a magnificent water line. This is the only river that crosses Sahara

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    Thyroid Cancer

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    results of linkage with the California cancer registry. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology‚ 189(4)‚ 1128-1135. Retrieved September 24‚ 2012‚ from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14586366 W. J. Mack‚ S. Preston-Martin‚ L. Bernstein‚ D. Qian‚ and M. Xiang (1999).Reproductive and hormonal risk factors for thyroid cancer in Los Angeles County females. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention‚ (8)11‚ 991–997.Retrieved September 24‚ 2012 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Reproductive%20and%20hormonal%20risk

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    Yunfeng Qian‚ MS in Information Technology Worcester Polytechnic Institute Abstract Outdoor training enhances teamwork by helping participants examine the process of collaboration. In the case of Home Rehab Day At Tymco‚ Maria Cortez ’s company had a good start of teamwork building by organizing home rehab day. However‚ Maria still needs to do a lot of things next to improve the chances that the home rehab day results in genuine team development. Keywords: outdoor training‚ teamwork‚ chances

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    processing information about the physical earth and environment. Evolution of Surveying: The oldest historical records in existence today which bear directly on the subject of surveying state this science had its beginning in Egypt. Herodotus recorded that sesortris (1400 B.C.) divide the land of Egypt into plots for purpose of taxation‚ as consequence of the work‚ early Greed thinkers developed the science of geometry. Their advance‚ however was chiefly along the lines of pure science

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