The Conrad-Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles for the Roman‚ Han Chinese‚ and Gupta Empires Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: State-level government: Rome: republic then empire with emperor Han: kept most of Qin centralized government in place Gupta: decentralized; regionalism High agricultural potential in the area: Rome: wheat‚ grapes‚ cattle Han: wheat‚ millet‚ pigs Gupta: cotton‚ wool‚ calico (chief revenue – tax on agriculture) An environmental mosaic
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How Messed up Education Can Be Just couple weeks ago‚ I took my little sister to school; it was her first day as a 7th grader. As I walking in the hall‚ memories of the time I spent here‚ started to come back to me. Nothing had change‚ these walls‚ painting and the decoration. It felt like I never left‚ all the teachers greeted me‚ and asking about my college life. So just like any other year‚ students have to attend the opening ceremony; my little sister sat down in the last rows
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Homophobia Homophobia is a commonly used term in today’s world. Introduced in 1972 by psychologist George Weinberg in his book Society and the Healthy Homosexual‚ the term generally means fear or phobia of homosexuals. The idea of homophobia refers to the intolerance of homosexuals in society. Its importance has given place for organizations‚ scientists‚ experiments‚ and general awareness of the state of mind that in most people’s opinion in the recent past‚ is a problem. In psychology there
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Crockett to talk about managing through the recession. Here are edited excerpts: ON SPENDING PRIORITIES We continue to invest in our core strengths. First‚ we don’t skimp in understanding the consumer. Second is innovation. Our capital spending will go up in 2009 for new engineering and manufacturing technology. And third is branding. Although we actually are spending fewer dollars on advertising because the price of media has gone down‚ we’re delivering more messages to our consumers. ON PRODUCT FAILURES
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during sleep enhance memory. [1] 3Learn how to make mind maps‚ cluster maps‚ PowerPoint slideshows and other memory aids. Mind maps are graphical illustrations of a subject and a great memory tool to use‚ especially during exams. These tools are great for flash-carding and memory-retrieving. Create Good Study Habits for Exams Step 3.jpg 4As soon as you finish a topic‚ take out a book from the library and read more information about the subject. Look up questions you had and try to clear any confusion
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Investigation Problem: • We are going to find out what is communication and how do we communicate in different ways through different things. We are writing a investigation now to understand what are we going to do for creating a new movie about communication. Guiding Questions: • What is communication? Communication requires that all parties have an area of communicative commonality. There are auditory means‚ such as speech‚ song‚ and tone of voice‚ and there are nonverbal means‚ such
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How does Apple do it? Case Study on Premium Pricing In the previous post we discussed how you can charge premium price without losing sales and still have customers love your products. No one does this as well as Apple‚ the most valuable company in the world by market value. Apple never competes on equal playing field with their competitors. They write their own rules and come up with innovative products that no one has dreamed off year after year. Their slogan explains how they have been able do
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Concepts that make up the Research Process The first step in the research process is to identify a problem or develop a research question; the antecedent or phrase. It may be something viewed as a problem‚ such as my choice‚ addiction. Or it may be some knowledge of information that is needed. It could be a problem or concern within the community or that affects society. Addiction and co-morbid mental illnesses will serve as my focus of study for analyzing a concept. Next is reviewing the literature
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depends‚ and by increasing the cost of investment‚ lowers the potential return. It also reduces the government’s resources and hence its capacity for investment. Common to other South Asian countries‚ corruption in Pakistan is unique because it occurs up stream‚ it has wings which encourage flight of capital rather than wheel which encourage reinvestment and it often rewards rather than punishes as the legal processes to fight corruption are weak in themselves and the lower judiciary is amenable
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wanted was an ultra-nationalistic party controlled by one group‚ his‚ with him as the leader. The Italian Fasci di Combattimento (“Band of Combat”) or Fascist organization was founded in 1919 in Milan. The Fascist were a political organization made up of members‚
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