Question 1: What evidence indicates that the Polynesian settlement of the islands of the eastern Pacific was the result of planned expeditions rather than accidental wandering? Both DNA evidence and linguistic similarities indicate that the Polynesian settlement of the islands of the eastern Pacific was planned and not an accident. Question 2: How‚ and by whom‚ were the islands of the Caribbean settled? In the Americas‚ early Amerindian voyages form South America colonized the West Indies‚
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Rome itself‚ and it seemed at the beginning of the fourteenth-century that this might be plausible. Yet‚ this had not been the only envisioned ‘empire’ at the start of the fourteenth-century; there was the imagined papal monarchy‚ reigning supreme over all of Italy‚ or perhaps even all Christendom‚ the Plantagenet Empire dreamed of by King Edward I of England‚ or the Capetian Empire of King Philip IV of France‚ or even King Alfonso XI of Castile’s united Iberian Peninsula. These “fantasy kingdoms”
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GIORDANO HOLDINGS LIMITED Situation Giordano Holdings Limited is a clothing retail company based in Hong Kong. Started by Jimmy Lai in 1980‚ He made a company that believes in offering quality casual clothes at affordable prices. Since the opening of its 1st store‚ Giordano has experienced notable success in its different regions. Gives employees better benefits that competitors‚ gives them excellent and continuous training which leads to excellent customer service/customer satisfaction
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Novotel Pacific Bay Resort An economic enterprise operating at a local scale Location Pacific Bay Resort is located on Charlesworth Bay‚ three kilometres north of Coffs Harbour on the north coast of NSW. It is located on the Pacific Highway and is about 7 hours from Sydney and 5 hours from Brisbane by car. It is about one and quarter hours by plane from Sydney. There are many features that attract tourists to the region. Coffs Harbour is an established tourist centre in NSW‚ with the CSIRO
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Du Pont Analysis of Taste Holdings Limited: Inputs: Feb 2013 Feb 2012 Revenue: 506 431 304 264 Net profit 24 775 21 071 (attributable to the parent) Total Assets 369 667 341 365 Total Equity 189 246 171 840 (attributable to the parent) *Assumption: RoE will be calculated using the profit and equity attributable
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City life or the country life Opinion Essay What is better: Living in a city or the country Student’s name: Roman Galyapin ID: 20141148 Foundation English 5 ENG 0005 KIMEP Instructors: Bibigul Duisengaziyeva‚ Tamara Bogdanova 8 August‚ 2014 Opinion Essay Outline Topic: What is better: Living in a city or the country I. Introduction Thesis statement: In my opinion‚ living in
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The Giant Pacific Octopus This paper is about octopus dofleni‚ which is a bottom-dwelling octopus that lives on coasts of the pacific ocean‚ from Northern Japan to California. This essay will provide a brief overview of its life‚ habits and other characteristics of this‚ intelligent and creative invertebrate and member of the Octopodidae family. The life of the pacific giant may begin at any time of the year. The mating season however tends to peak in the month of December‚ with most of their
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series the pacific‚ there were two key concepts that could be used to attempt to explain and understand the marine’s perspectives of the people they encounter in Okinawa. In addition to the brutality presented in the film. The first concept is the ethnocentrism‚ a perspective that the marines in the film take when they view the people they are fighting Okinawa and their culture. With this view the American marine’s compare the Okinawan people and the island itself to their own people and country‚ using
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Zorlu Holding & The Vision Of The Company Mehmet Zorlu‚ established their Group’s first company in the early 1950s‚ he laid the ground rules for the Zorlu Group’s subsequent growth: integrity‚ perseverance’ and unconditional commitment to quality. Integrity is the Group’s cornerstone value and they expect it to govern every aspect of their business. Hard work and perseverance are essential for the day-to-day success of their enterprises as they are for the undertaking) of a new venture
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Chapter 14 – The Expansive Realm of Islam I. Chapter Intro A. “In 632 CE the prophet Muhammad visited his native city of Mecca from his home in exile at Medina‚ and in doing so he set an example that devout Muslims have sought to emulate ever since” (B&Z 355). Each year hundreds of thousands of Muslims travel to Mecca by land‚ sea‚ and air to make the hajj (“the holy pilgrimage to Mecca”) and visit the holy sites of Islam. As years went by the pilgrims decrease‚ but in the 9th c. it had
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