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    Serikbay Bagdat Serikbay 1 Moldir Oskenbay English group 110 History of Kazakhstan 24 september 2014 Geography of central Asia 24.09.2014 Central Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north. It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia‚ and‚ colloquially‚ "the ’stans" (as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have

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    Economies Traditional Economy‚ Command Economy & Market Economy Traditional Economy Definition A traditional economy is an economic system where customs‚ traditions and beliefs determine the goods and services created by the society. It is dependent on agriculture‚ hunting and gathering‚ fishing or any combination of the above. Also called a subsistence economy‚ it may involve use of barter trade instead of currency. Characteristics Traditional economies are often based on one

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    types of whales. In the 18th‚ 19th and 20th century whaling fleets set their voyages from Europe and North America; they sourced the whales for their oil‚ whalebone for corsets‚ ambergris for perfume and meat for villages. The Japanese Whaling history goes back as far as 10‚000 B.C. when whales were driven into nets and harpooned repeatedly‚ then they would dispatch with a long sword or a wooden plug driven into the blowholes to ensure they were deceased. Whale meat would feed their families and

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    Advantage of Reading There are so many ways reading is an advantage to your learning. People read so they can improve on their vocabulary by reading words that they don’t know‚ and using the dictionary they will know what the word means. Reason why reading is an advantage is that it gives you a glimpse into other cultures and places in the world. While reading like “National Geographic” it gives you an insight on other people lifestyles‚ customs and their ethnicity of their people. It also

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    I. Country’s Background Mexico has a total area of 1‚964‚375 square meters. 5‚127 square meters of which are islands and the rest is the continental area. It is located near the United States‚ Guatemala and Belize. The north of Mexico resembles a desert‚ while the southern part is a mountainous forest. It is regarded as one of the most bio-diverse nations. Its capital city is the metropolitan city of Mexico. Mexico City is the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western hemisphere. It has

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    I have been tasked with writing this 1000 word essay on the importance of accountability of sensitive items within the military. The reason I have been assigned to do this task is due to my failure of being attentive that cause me to wash and utterly destroy my meal card on the night of 07MAR2014 at approximately 2350 hours. I had just came back from playing some playing billiards and having some drinks with some friends (no I did not drive). After checking to see if any washing units were available

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    if you can’t learn from the past your doomed to be stuck in it. He who is living by hand to mouth isn’t getting up and living a new future‚ he’s living the same thing over and over (hand to mouth). Is history purposeful‚ in a way history is by all mean purposeful? There is a saying that stats history is doomed to

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    Max Beerbohm once said‚ “History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other." Beerbohm’s quote completely differs from what historians do. Historian’s jobs are to study history of a particular period‚ geographical region‚ or social phenomenon. Even though historians may look at same issues‚ each historian brings a particular knowledge to the issue that may have never been noticed previously; therefore Beerborhm’s quote can be challenged. One way to see the different viewpoints historians may have

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    Cherokee origin story of how corn or “maize” came to be‚ you will see that you see a much more interesting perspective on its creation rather than the claims that archeologists have came up with to determine maize’s origin. According to archaeologists‚ maize was developed and cultivated in what would be present day Mexico around 6000 BC. Scientists do not know exactly how maize was first developed‚ but they know that maize gradually spread from present day Mexico up north into what is now the United States

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    1950’s The 1950’s where so called the birth of popular music. The first half of the decade was run by popular music‚ or classic pop. This more vocal driven music had replaced the earlier big band style. Artists such as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra where the leaders of this age of traditional pop. Often the most popular musicians that play this genre also played very well on the television and sometimes they would be featured on music special shows‚ or perhaps even have a music variety of their

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