China and began the construction of the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal was extended north from Hangzhou‚ across the Yangzi to Yangzhou and then northwest to the region of Luoyang. The dynasty began when Emperor Wendi’s daughter became the Empress Dowager of Northern Zhou‚ along with her stepson as the new emperor. After defeating an army in the eastern provinces as the prime minister of Zhou‚ Wendi took the throne by force and proclaimed himself emperor. Emperor Wendi then initiated a series of reforms
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SOCL356-1004A-02 American Diversity Phase 3- Individual Project Student- Angela C E-mail To: Mayor From: Angela Clark Subject: Cultural Differences between India and Pakistan Many people‚ especially in the United States see people from another country and somehow connect them‚ or think that they are all the same. The fact is that there are many different cultures and at times they may resemble
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Pakistan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the country. For other uses‚ see Pakistan (disambiguation). Islamic Republic of Pakistan اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاكِستان (Urdu) Islāmī Jumhūriya’eh Pākistān Flag Emblem Motto: ایمان، اتحاد، نظم (Urdu) Īmān‚ Ittiḥād‚ Naẓm "Faith‚ Unity‚ Discipline" [1] Anthem: Qaumī Tarāna قومی ترانہ "The National Anthem" MENU 0:00 Area controlled by Pakistan shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled territory shown in light
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1000km wide Indian territory between them. On the West‚ Pakistan borders with Afghanistan‚ whose one kilometer narrow Wahkhan strip kept the defunct Soviet Union away from Pakistani frontiers. To the North‚ she has the Peoples Republic of China. The oil rich heart of the Persian Gulf region-Iran‚ is in the northwest of Pakistan. In the South‚ the Arabian Sea‚ the northwestern extension of the strategically important Indian Ocean washes Pakistan’s coastal shores. The vitality of Indian Ocean has remained
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When Dans Weren’t Damned: The Public Power Crusade and Visions of the Good Life in the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s Author(s): Wesley Arden Dick Reviewed work(s): Source: Environmental Review: ER‚ Vol. 13‚ No. 3/4‚ 1989 Conference Papers‚ Part One (Autumn - Winter‚ 1989)‚ pp. 113-153 Published by: Forest History Society and American Society for Environmental History Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3984393 . Accessed: 05/12/2011 13:41 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance
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ancient civilisation that flourished during the third millennium encompassing the Nile valley and the lands from the Mediterranean Sea east across the Iranian plateau to the greater Indus region. Primarily centred in modern day Pakistan‚ in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab‚ and India‚ in Gujarat and Rajasthan‚ its remains have also been excavated from Afghanistan‚ Turkmenistan and Iran. Historically part of Ancient India‚ it is one of the world’s three earliest urban civilisations along with Mesopotamia
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In 1976 as part of the land claims negotiations between the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (then called the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada) and the federal government‚ the division of the Northwest Territories was discussed. On April 14‚ 1982‚ a plebiscite on division was held throughout the Northwest Territories with a majority of the residents voting in favour and the federal government gave a conditional agreement seven months later. The land claims agreement was decided in September 1992 and ratified by
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Transpn Res.-A‚ Vol. 32‚ No. 4‚ pp. 261±269‚ 1998 # 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0965-8564/98 $19.00+0.00 Pergamon PII: S0965-8564(97)00013-X 12 3 ASSESSING THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGIES: AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MILO W. PECK‚ JR. Department of Accounting‚ Fair®eld University‚ Fair®eld‚ CT 06430‚ U.S.A. CARL A. SCHERAGA* Department of Management‚ Fair®eld University‚ Fair®eld‚ CT
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Settlement (the Metis’ land) become the province of Manitoba. He purchased Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s bay Company. That land became the Northwest Territories. Throughout the 1860’s MacDonald worked to build up Confederation. In 1866‚ New Brunswick‚ Nova Scotia and the province of Canada decided to confederate. Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island didn’t want to yet. The British parliament added British Columbia to Confederation in1871‚ making it the sixth province. MacDonald had to convince them to
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Anglo Texans greeted the end of the U.S-Mexican War in 1848 with the hope that federal troops would at last put an end to violent encounters with Indians and Mexicans along the state’s western and southern borders and open the vast frontier to settlement. All too quickly the lure of nearly free and unbroken land attracted a multitude of pioneers. So rapidly‚ in fact‚ that it thrust some white settlers far beyond the protection of the eight new military installations established at war’s end‚ running
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