ancestors of modern Thais are believed to have come from southern China. They migrated to Thailand between the 10th century and the 13th century AD. Meanwhile between the 9th century and the 13th century much of what is now Thailand was ruled by the Khmers‚ a people from what is now Cambodia. However in the 13th century several small states in Thailand in the Mekong River valley united to form a kingdom called Sukhothai. It is regarded as the first Thai kingdom. However the first Thai kingdom did not
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The Good Society Volume 19‚ Number 1‚ 2010 E-ISSN: 1538-9731 Print ISSN: 1089-0017 DOI: 10.1353/gso.0.0097 Some Moral Minima Lenn E. Goodman Some years ago I took part in an international meeting of philosophers. Around 180 thinkers attended. Many took the occasion to showcase their values. Socialism was still much bruited in those days‚ and several speakers scrapped their prepared remarks to sing its praises. I admired Hilary Putnam’s courageous confession when he branded the socialist ideal
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Old age From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "Old people" redirects here. For the Khmer Rouge term‚ see New People. Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes (1656). Royal Museums of Fine Arts‚ Brussels Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings‚ and thus the end of the human life cycle. Euphemisms and terms for old people include seniors (American usage)‚ senior citizens (British and American usage)‚ older adults (in the social
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ADB Economics Working Paper Series Cambodia: Rapid Growth with Institutional Constraints Hal Hill and Jayant Menon No. 331 | January 2013 ADB Economics Working Paper Series Cambodia: Rapid Growth with Institutional Constraints Hal Hill and Jayant Menon No. 331 January 2013 Hal Hill is Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies‚ Australian National University. Jayant Menon is Lead Economist‚ Office of Regional Economic Integration‚ Asian Development Bank. We acknowledge with thanks
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“Give War a Chance” is an article written by the American economist‚ historian and military strategist Edward Nicolae Luttwak in 1999‚ in the American magazine Foreign Affairs. It make an easily understandable “buzz”‚ since its main assumption is that most kind of peacekeeping or humanitarian operations are‚ in an objective point of view‚ a bad thing for the peace‚ and that it tends‚ paradoxically‚ to slower its establishment. We will analyze here the main hypothesis that Luttwak is developing among
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HUMAN DIASPORA HISTORY EUROPEAN DIASPORA European history contains numerous diaspora-like events. In ancient times‚ the trading and colonising activities of the Greek tribes from the Balkans and Asia Minor spread people of Greek culture‚ religion and language around the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins‚ establishing Greek city states in Magna Graecia (Sicily‚ southern Italy)‚ northern Libya‚ eastern Spain‚ the south of France‚ and the Black Sea coasts. Greeks founded more than 400 colonies. Alexander
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Introduction: It is important that we know that we share this world and are connected to it. We all have our suburb community‚ school communities‚ our state community‚ and national community‚ but most of all we are all apart‚ little or big‚ black or white‚ female or male‚ African or Australian‚ we are all apart of this bigger picture‚ the global community. I think that it is important that we aren’t to consumed in national pride to not except global pride. It’s important that our smaller communities
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The Vietnam War and the United States The Vietnam War (1965-1975) was fought between the North and South Vietnam. The North was called Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the South was the Republic of Vietnam which was supported by the United States. The war was extremely costly‚ United States spending over $150 billion dollars. It started with good intentions that got lost in the lengthy battle for the North’s freedom and hopes that America would put a stop to the communistic presence from overtaking
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Genocide * Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part * Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group: Why? * There has been considerable research on why a perpetrator should want to destroy a group or‚ if not destroy the group as such‚ murder people because of their group membership. Motives are often complex and intertwined‚ but one can usually pull out among the mix a major motive.
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