Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy. His uncle Maffeo and his father Nicolo were both famous merchants. Marco Polo was educated in literacy skills and arithmetic. He also had a good knowledge of Italian and French. Marco became famous because of his journey to Cathay and his worked with Kublai Khan and also his splendid book called "The travels of Marco Polo". In 1260‚ when Marco was six years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They
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After many long talks with my grandmother’s from my maternal and paternal side‚ they have provided me with a lot of insight to our family history and how we have ended in the United States. On my Dominican side we have not had many family members migrate to the United States until my mother and aunts decided to do so in in the 1970s. Santo Domingo‚ where my mother is originally from is the capital and the largest city in the Dominican Republic (DR). For a while the DR was not heavily populated until
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Enthalpy‚ represented by the sign ∆H in kJ/mol‚ is the heat change in a reaction. It shows whether how much heat is released or absorbed during the reaction. If the reaction is endothermic‚ the enthalpy would be positive and if the reaction is exothermic‚ the enthalpy would be negative. During a chemical reaction‚ which consists of breaking and creating bonds‚ heat is either absorbed or released. In this lab‚ the reaction uses the disassociation of an ionic compound ammonium nitrate shown in the
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Greece has a mixed capitalistic economy with a large public sector that accounts about half of GDP. Besides‚ Greece is a major beneficiary of European Union aid‚ which equal to about 3.3% of annual GDP. In addition‚ Greece is an agricultural country and one of the poorest countries of the European Union with the second to lowest average income‚ after Portugal. In January 2002‚ Greece adopted the euro as its currency. The adoption provided Greece‚ formerly a high inflation risk country under drachma
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Black Death: This started in Asia and spread throughout the Mediterranean and Europe killing thousands of people. The plague created a lot of economic‚ religious‚ and social problems. It took 150 years just for Europe’s population to recover. The most common symptom was buboes in the groin‚ neck and armpits. This effected cultural development as many people died and they had to almost completely start over. Black Death in Medieval Culture: The Black Death had a huge effect on medieval culture
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There were many great directors during the 19th century era of film‚ but one renowned filmmaker of that time was Alfred Hitchcock‚ who “is among the few directors whose films almost constitute a genre unto themselves‚ the suspense-filled “Hitchcock thriller” ’ (2 Dixon & Foster 102). In his career‚ Hitchcock directed many films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s‚ before dying in the 1980s (1Biography.com Editors 1). His first feature film‚ in Hollywood‚ was Rebecca (1939)‚ and then he went on
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Background of Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC) KFC Corporation‚ or KFC‚ founded and also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville‚ Kentucky. KFC primarily sells chicken pieces‚ wraps‚ salads and sandwiches. While its primary focus is fried chicken‚ KFC also offers a line of roasted chicken products‚ side dishes and desserts. Outside North America‚ KFC offers beef based products such as hamburgers or kebabs‚ pork based products such as ribs and other regional
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Background and History Sturm‚ Ruger & Co. (RGR) Provide details on the background/education of their founders and current leaders. Founder‚ William B. Ruger‚ first took an interest to guns when he was a child. He first started building and designing them when he was in high school. Ruger studied liberal arts at the University of North Carolina. He attended college for only 2 years before he quit school and decided to venture on his own to fulfill his dreams of designing and building various guns
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1.0 Background of JUSCO AEON ÆON Co. (M) Bhd. was started from Jaya Jusco Store Sdn. Bhd. In 15 September 1984‚ the first JUSCO store was established in Malaysia. In 1983‚ our Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Dr. Mahathir (Now known as Tun Dr. Mahathir) visited Tokyo and then met the JUSCO Co. Ltd. President‚ Mr Takuya Okada to discuss the proposition of bringing JUSCO to our country. Luckily all of the talks ended with a positive note‚ and then Dr. Mahathir invited JUSCO to set up store in Malaysia
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1. Excecutive Summary 1.0 Introduction FRANKROJEIAN Snack House start-up a small bakery that rent in 1.1 The Company FRANKROJEIAN Snack House is a Partnership business‚ this will be under supevision of the five partners as the owner of the business. The business wiill be renting a space at the Sienna building Alunan Avenue near government offices‚ schools and private sectors. 1.2 The Products and Servies FRANKROJEIAN Snack House offers the following food and beverages to customers • Cakes
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