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    the first day of the New Year‚ which usually happens on 20 or 21 March each year‚ older people usually give a gift to the younger ones. (^__^) Haft Sin (هفت سین) is a major traditional table setting of Nowruz. Haft is the Persian word for the number seven and sin is the Persian word for the letter S. Literally‚ the haft-seen table means a “table of seven things” that start with the letter ‘S’. The Haft Sin items are: -Sabzeh (سبزه‚ sprouted wheat grass) symbolizing rebirth and renewal of nature

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    Marketing Communication Analysis #3 Fancy Feast Michele M. Chenette Excelsior College Abstract Cats have been known to delight their owners for many years. A recent study indicated cat owners are less likely to die of a heart attack or stroke than people who do not own cats. (McClatchy Newspapers‚ 2008). While that statistic is interesting‚ people do not adopt cats because of their health benefits. Many people‚ like me‚ are life long ailurophiles. We just cannot get

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    By: ale Fairness and Equality in Ecuador Ecuador is small country in south America. is situated over Perú and beneath Venezuela and Colombia. It ’s population is 12.500.000. there are different ethnic groups in Ecuador‚ there is mestizo (mixed Amerindian and Spanish) 55%‚ Amerindian 25%‚ Spanish 10%‚ black 10% (-1-). The predominant religion is Roman Catholicism. 90% of the population knows how to read and write. Ecuador is also very rich in tradition and it has been blessed with tons of natural

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    The Persian Empire was a series of successive Iranian or Iraniate empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau‚ the original Persian homeland‚ and beyond in Western Asia‚ South Asia‚ Central Asia and the Caucasus.[1] The first Persian Empire formed under the Median Empire (728 BC-559 BC) after defeating and ending the Assyrian Empire with the help of Babylonians. Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 BC) was the largest empire of the ancient world[2] and the most widespread entity of it was under Darius

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    area of succession; with no clear rules established by the time of Xerxes. Herodotus‚ as the focal primary source for Xerxes’ rise to prominence; must be indefinitely treated with due caution‚ given his Greek heritage‚ tendency to caricature the Persians‚ and overplay their power in order to increase the ‘underdog’ nature of the Greeks. There are various factors to be considered in Xerxes’ rise to power; particularly other claimants to the throne; most notably Artobazanes. However‚ Xerxes held greater

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    The essay about the Persian Empire The particular history-achaemenid The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). Persia’s earliest known kingdom was the proto-Elamite Empire‚ followed by the Medes; but it is the Achaemenid Empire that emerged under Cyrus the Great that is usually the earliest to be called "Persian. The first record of the Persians comes from an Assyrian inscription from c. 844 BC that calls them

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    Persian Wars Persians wars were sequences of conflicts contested between Persia and ancient Greece‚ where the two were both ancient civilizations. The Greeks were successions of sovereign city states‚ and the most influential cities were Sparta and Athens. Athens had numerous celebrated philosophers and thinkers along having the privilege of being the first world’s democratic government. The people of Athens mostly depended on trade to obtain resources to be used to run the government. On the other

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    Grace Whittemore 4/20/13 The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera is a story with many themes and many storylines‚ such as love‚ hatred‚ and good vs. evil. The theme that trumps the rest is that appearances are not what they seem. In The Phantom of the Opera‚ by Gaston Leroux‚ appearances are not as they seem in the Opera Populaire. This is true from the way that the owners believe in the Phantom‚ how Christine is involved with Erik‚ and Raoul’s journey to learning about Erik. The

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    Stewart show” (Petinsurance‚ 2012‚ Para.1). The Himalayan cat is unlike any other for it has a unique history. The Himalayan cat is derived from the Genus/Species Felis catus and is a result of the breeding of two very prestigious breeds of cats: the Persian and the Siamese cat. As a result of this unique breeding the Himalayan cat was created and has since been a symbol of elegance due to there “very unique body characteristic that distinguishes them from any other member of the feline family” (Helgreen

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    I believe a good example of perception and emotion was when the Persian store owner went to the Mexican locksmiths house to get revenge because he believed the locksmith is the one who terrorized and robbed his store. He took the gun he had purchased with intentions to kill the locksmith‚ and when he gets to the house they get into a confrontation. The Mexican’s little girl was looking out the door and when she seen the Persian man pull the gun out she ran out to protect her daddy because she

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