Under King Emanuel‚ Portuguese power reached its height. From 1497 to 1499 Vasco da Gama made the first voyage to India following the route discovered by Dias‚ and inaugurated a lucrative trade in spices and other luxuries between Europe and South Asia. Led by Afonso de Albuquerque‚ the Portuguese occupied Goa‚ India‚ in 1510‚ Malacca (now Melaka‚ Malaysia) in 1511‚ the Moluccas (in present-day Indonesia) in 1512-14‚ and Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf in 1515. During the same period they opened
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In 2009‚ after the death of her wife Thea Spyer‚ Edith Windsor‚ a white female residing in New York‚ submitted a petition to claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses. She was denied from doing so by the section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)‚ which only recognized the term “spouse” in marriages between man and woman. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) denied Windsor’s petition to claim the federal estate tax for surviving spouses due to the exemption not being applicable
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According to Maria Martinez‚ the unions between the conquerors and indigenous women helped consolidate the Spanish ruling because: “how do you created an empire…without a standing army.” The ruling promoting kinships between decedents and Spanish families that will
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A lot of Latin American ethnic groups have contributed to sustainability by growing organic foods‚ and especially coffee. These groups include the Mayans‚ Mexicans‚ and other groups. They grow organic coffee mostly in Chiapas‚ which is in the southern part of Mexico. Even long ago Mayans have always engaged in practicing sustainable agriculture‚ since it is part of their beliefs and culture. “They [Mayans] knew a great deal about their own ecology‚ and all their systems of land management were
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Cebuano Study Notes Tom Marking 11/7/2005 Cebuano Study Notes Tom Marking November 7‚ 2005 1 Cebuano Study Notes Tom Marking 11/7/2005 For Cathy‚ Without whom my journey into Cebuano Would never have begun Copyright © 2005 by Tom Marking All rights reserved. The reader may download multiple copies of this document from the web site as long as they are for personal use. Commercial use of this document is prohibited. Modifying this document without the written permission
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Legal Aspects of Business Assignment Section D‚ Group 5 12P205 – Karthik K Baradhwaj 12P206 – Kartik Maheshwari 12P207 – Kaushik Mukherjee 12P208 – Kawaljeet Singh 12P209 – Kumar Abhinav 12P210 – Love Kumar Supreme Court of India Deokabai (Smt) (Appellant) vs Uttam (Respondent) on 27 July‚ 1993 Equivalent citations: JT 1993 (4) SC 374‚ 1993 (3) SCALE 255‚ (1993) 4 SCC 181 Author: M M Punchhi Bench: M Punchhi‚ Y Dayal Facts of the Case: 1. The appellant herein Deokabai is an aged widow
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problème principal rencontré en 2003 par Rose Marie Bravo était de repositionner et de rétablir une marque dont l’image et la gestion avaient été brisées. Le but était donc de transformer Burberry et de passer d’un fabriquant de vêtements démodé à une marque de luxe. Tout d’abord‚ l’image de Burberry en 1856 était totalement différente de celle que nous avons maintenant. Les vestes de la marque étaient réputées pour leur qualité et leur durée de vie. Ainsi‚ des aviateurs ou encore des expéditeurs
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Pin-Up or Pin-Down? Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism‚ Sexuality‚ Popular Culture is a book written by Maria Elena Buszek that explains how third-wave feminists are taking back pin-up culture. This new pin-up culture is shown developing through a 150 year time span. Buszek examines old and new female sex symbols as well as the beginnings of this new revival of the pin-up genre. This book illustrates how women are often publicly depicted and the representation of our sexualities since the early 1860’s. Buszek
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EDITOR: Eraldo Da Roma; ART DIRECTOR: Antonio Traverso; MUSIC: Alessandro Cicognini BASED IN THE NOVEL by Luigi Bartolini (Running Time: 90 minutes.) CAST Lamberto Maggiorani (Antonio Ricci); Enzo Staiola (Bruno Ricci); Lianella Carell (Maria Ricci); Elena Altieri (the Medium); Gino Satamerenda (Baiocco); Vittorio Antonucci (the Thief). THE FILM Non professional actors were cast for the film. The main character‚ Antonio Ricci played by Lamberto Maggiorani‚ was himself a factory worker.
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Hispanic Cuisine: A Significant Ingredient in Like Water for Chocolate Eating is a fundamental activity. Food‚ itself‚ is a major component of survival‚ for without it there would be no life on this earth. Throughout the evolution of man‚ it has come to have a greater importance with multiple significances to human beings. In fact‚ it has become a defining factor for families‚ classes‚ and cultures all through history. Hispanic societies are no exception. Furthermore‚ Hispanic women writers
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