succeeded the defeated faction and his uncle as vizier in 1169. There‚ he inherited a difficult role defending Egypt against the incursions of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem‚ under Amalric I. His position was tenuous at first; no one expected him to last long in Egypt
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pretax profit be in 1961? Booker Jones increased production by 20‚000 barrels. If the cost of barrels is $31.50‚ then these 20‚000 barrels would cost $630‚000. This will be added to inventory account and hence will generate pretax profit of $630‚000 – 407‚000 = $223‚000. b. If the change were made retroactively as of July 1‚ 1959 (by adding the cost of barrels to all whiskey in inventory)‚ what would be the effect on i. The balance sheet at the end of 1960? Compared to 1959‚ balance sheet in 1960
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Unjustified Crusades During the middle ages‚ there have been multiple crusades that happened all over the Middle East. The Crusades were missions led by nobles. All of these crusades were meant to liberate and conquer Jerusalem or also called “The Holy City”. The first crusade out of the four main crusades came out as a success. The first crusade did conquer Jerusalem at first until it was taken back from them. The other three main crusades ended up as a failure‚ but the most embarrassing crusade was
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and cult leader Jim Jones Ishtar N. Muhammad Reid Ross Classical School Abstract The Reverend Jim Jones was a popular figure during his time in the 1970s for his establishment of the Peoples Temple and the wanting of social equality in the states. He is also famous for the mass suicide of over 900 temple members on November 18‚ 1978 in Jonestown‚ Guyana. This paper will focus on the psychopath of the notorious group leader of Jim Jones and understand why
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Policy Sciences 35: 269^284‚ 2002. ß 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 269 Bounded rationality and public policy: Herbert A. Simon and the decisional foundation of collective choice1 BRYAN D. JONES Department of Political Science‚ University of Washington‚ Seattle‚ U.S.A. Abstract. By 1958‚ a model of human behavior capable of serving as the micro-level foundation for organizational and policy studies was in place‚ due primarily to the e¡orts of Herbert Simon‚ organization
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The Crusades were military journeys made by Western European Christians. The announced reason for the Crusades was to control the city of Jerusalem and in addition other eastern areas of religious journey from the control of the Muslims. Pope Urban II advanced from Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus for military help against the Turks. Urban accomplished so much to restore Papal honor after Gregory VII. While occupied with a religious voyage through French seas‚ he stop at Clermont 1095‚ and preached
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THE EMPEROR JONES by Eugene O’Neill Information about the play: The Emperor Jones was written in 1920 and staged at the same year in New York City. The production was very successful and helped make O’Neill’s reputation. O’Neill is affected by a real story which tells about the president of Haiti‚ Guillaume Sam‚ who boasts that he would be never killed by a lead bullet but a silver one. As O’Neill is impressed by this story‚ at first he makes the name of the play as The Silver Bullet but
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11th and 12th centuries over opposing religions‚ known as Christianity and Islam‚ are called “The Crusades”. While individual soldiers mostly fought in the Crusades for religious reasons such as being rewarded with eternal life and granting God’s wishes‚ those in power mostly started the Crusades for political gain‚ like in the case of the Pope who desired power over Jerusalem. Long before the Crusades started‚ the Christian Empire was split into two groups-- The Byzantine Empire and the Roman Catholic
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Jasper Jones By: Ciara Mickle The Novel Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey revolves around a young boy named Charlie Bucktin living in the small Australian town of Corrigan in the 1960’s. Charlie is exposed to the confronting issues of racial prejudice‚ injustice and moral duality. He is challenged to question right from wrong‚ has to come to the realization that law doesn’t always uphold justice and we as readers are positioned to understand that people are capable of holding two conflicting
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In Pearl S. Buck’s essay‚ “Indiana”‚ she gives her theory as to why the people in America love ugly houses and buildings‚ and hate beautiful things. Her theory answers H.L. Mencken’s question of why people are in love with such ugly buildings. In Buck’s essay‚ she shows that the lack of connection between generations results in poorly designed architecture. In contrast‚ Mencken solely focuses on the buildings‚ not the people’s family structure. Furthermore‚ “Indiana” and “The Libido for the Ugly”
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