The human rights commission of PakistanSince independence and partition from British India in 1947‚ Pakistani political institutions have been dominated by the military. Pakistan has had a military government for thirty of its fifty-eight years of independence. The Pakistani military is a descendent of the British Indian Army and has retained the institutional structure‚ culture‚ and imperial ethos of its colonial predecessor. (Ghafoor 2007 101-18) Similar observations can be made about the next
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have been the most capable and experienced of the Julio-Claudian emperors‚ due to his military‚ administrative and diplomatic abilities. He was a capable and forceful leader‚ who enforced justice within the government of the provinces‚ maintained the integrity of the frontiers‚ and monitored the finances of the empire. Despite his abilities‚ he became unpopular in Roman society‚ and his time as emperor has been described as a reign of terror due to his cruel nature‚ and the events that occurred during
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profitable exploration intended to use the Mississippi River as a communication route and increasing the trade with the native Indians. President Thomas Jefferson organized a group to explore the previously uncharted territory and to discover a northwest route to the Pacific Ocean. In 1803 Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark¡¦s Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. He wanted to know what lay ahead‚ what they found have contributed
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towering over U-shaped valleys and deep fiords that extend many kilometres inland. This Arctic Cordillera occupies the northeastern fringe of the Northwest Territories and Labrador. These represent the only major mountainous ranges of Canada outside the western Cordillera. Back to map Atlantic Maritime The Atlantic Maritime ecozone covers all of the provinces of New Brunswick‚ Nova Scotia‚ and Prince Edward Island. Mixed-wood Acadian forests‚ sand dunes stretched along seaboards‚ and coastal islands
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farmers (Spain controlled port of New Orleans) 2. Inept settlement of western lands frustrated land speculators and pioneers 3. Confederation’s default on national debt 4. Regional and ideological conflicts WEST Native Americans vs. 200‚000 frontier settlers (Kentucky especially – “that dark and bloody ground”) Decades of warfare between the Iroquois and Cherokee gave Kentucky its name‚ the "dark and bloody ground." The Dark and Bloody Ground State: This nickname refers to the Indian battles
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the Romans great love for these games. * The second triumvirate was formally passed by magistrates during November 43BC. It consisted of the following three leaders: Octavian‚ Marc Antony‚ Lepidus. * Through the triumvirate the western provinces were divided: * Octavian: Africa‚ Sicily‚ Sardinia * Antony: Transalpine‚ Cisalpine‚ Gaul * Lepidus: Spain‚ Gaul * The triumvirates carried out many proscriptions (killing of opponents) which resulted in the death of 2000
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Uttar Pradesh (Northern Province"; formerly known as United Provinces) is a state located in northern India It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950. Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. On 9 November 2000‚ a new state‚ Uttarakhand‚ was carved from the mountainous Himalayan region of Uttar Pradesh. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west‚ Haryana and Delhi to the northwest‚ Uttarakhand and the
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or with earlier hominids including Homo erectusfrom about 500‚000 years ago.[1] The Indus Valley Civilisation‚ which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India‚ was the first major civilisation in South Asia.[2] A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period‚ from 2600 to 1900 BCE.[3] This Bronze Age civilisation collapsed before the end of the
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The Atlantic Region (also called the Maritimes) Provinces and capital cities: Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John’s) Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) Nova Scotia (Halifax) New Brunswick (Fredricton) Around 2.3 million people live in the Maritimes. The region is known for fishing‚ farming‚ forestry‚ and mining. Aside from its natural coastal beauty‚ the area is also rich in history‚ with Nova Scotia known as the gateway to Canada‚ and Newfoundland and Labrador as the oldest colony of the British
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disputes to unilateral claims of one sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international terrestrial and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the US Department of State. References to other situations involving borders or frontiers may also be included‚ such as resource disputes‚ geopolitical questions‚ or irredentist issues; however‚ inclusion does not necessarily constitute official acceptance or recognition by the US Government. 1.Greenland : Transnational issues managed
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