This chapter ‘North American in the Atlantic World‚ 1640-1720” covers in spite of being taken from Africa‚ the sweat and blood of these Africans contributed to the birth of the beautiful nation that would eventually recognize their descendants as equals. There were people crying for freedom and liberty from tyranny built a nation out of greed and unethical acts. The rapacious desires of a nation to gain wealth and possessions lead to the emotional and psychological trauma of West Africans and African
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Leonardo da Vinci‚ Virgin and Child with St. Anne‚ 1510‚ oil on panel This piece‚ painted in about 1510‚ was rumoured to have been commissioned by Louis XII to celebrate his daughter’s birth in 1499 but by the time da Vinci had finished the piece and was satisfied with it‚ it was too late. Two women and a small infant child dominate the frame and are all seated in a very idealistic outdoor‚ natural setting. St Anne is seated centrally‚ her body covered by the Virgin Mary who sits on her
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end of Problema I‚ Kierkegaard discusses the Virgin Mary to compare the greatness of Abraham to that of Mary‚ and to further emphasize the distinction between tragic hero and knight of faith. He writes‚ “for she was no heroine and he no hero‚ but both of them became greater than that‚ not by any means by being relieved of the distress‚ the agony‚ and the paradox‚ but because of these (Kierkegaard 94).” Mary‚ like Abraham‚ is tested by God through her virgin birth. The indignity put upon Mary resembles
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CASE ANALYSIS: ATLANTIC COMPUTERS-A BUNDLE OF PRICING OPTIONS SUBMITTED BY: KRITIKA JAIN PG20112055 Atlantic computers are the largest manufacturer of servers and other high tech products with a 20% market revenue share in the segment. The company plans to launch a basic server TRONN and software PESA due to growth in demand for basic servers. Important Details * competitor: ONTARIO ZINK * CAGR: 3%(BS segment) * TRONN along with PESA works FOUR times more efficiently. * Value
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Name: Mouza Salem AL Khatri ID: H00224958 Section: BB2 Teacher: Karoline Gottschild (1367) words Part 1 Apple Inc is an American multinational corporation that designs and creates iPod and iTunes‚ Mac laptop and desktop computers‚ Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating system and the revolutionary iPhone and iPad. “Established in Cupertino‚ California on April 1‚ 1976 “for the first 30 years the company was called Apple Computer‚Inc but “dropped the word (Computer) on January
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When something is added to the environment which is very harmful‚ poisonous or fatal to the animal‚ people surrounding it and other living things is called as pollution. In simple term pollution is a contamination by a chemical or other pollutant that renders part of the environment unfit for intended or desired use. It is triggered by industrial and commercial waste‚ agriculture practices‚ day to day human activities and most notably‚ modes of transportation and many the other sources. Pollution
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Virgin and Child Scuplture After several visits to the information desk and walking through about two dozen different galleries‚ I finally found the sculpture of Virgin and Child. She stands on a pedestal totaling approximately 6 feet tall‚ but the sculpture alone is only about half the height. There is a placard on the pedestal citing historical information. The sculpture is French Gothic and is made from marble. She was sculpted somewhere between the years 1325 and 1350. It is also noted
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Atlantic World 1492-1750 In 1492 to 1750 there were some social and economic changes that occurred between Africa‚ Europe and the Americas across the Atlantic. Continuities were the desire of Europeans for raw materials like sugar and spice. Changes were the enslavement of Native Americans and Africans destroying their societies in the process. The continuities from 1492-1750 were that the Europeans had a strong demand for sugar spice and raw materials .In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed across
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Most of the world enslaved africans in the atlantic world and it affected many things in the atlantic world and everything after that until current time. There are many ways that caused savery in the atlantic world one reason was because the colonists in the 1500’s decided that they wanted cheap labor. The colonists figured out that african slaves were better than european slaves. African americans had been exposed to european diseases and built up an immunity to the diseases. They also had experience
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1) What are Virgin Group’s distinctive resources/capabilities?The Virgin BrandFirstly‚ the Virgin brand is valuable in the form of brand equity‚ where ‘Virgin’ is one of the most recognised brand names in the UK‚ and is also well-known in other important markets including Europe and the U.S.A. Based on 1990s research‚ the Virgin brand was recognised by 96% of UK consumers (Case‚ p.685). Secondly‚ it is rare for a brand to have such positive consumer perceptions; which include value-for-money‚ fun
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