El Greco was born in 1541 in Heraklion‚ Crete‚ Greece. He is one of the most recognized people from the renaissance and he was known to many as an artist but he is also an architect and a sculptor. His original name was Doménikos Theotokópoulos but he is widely and most famously known as El Greco which meant the greek in spanish. He was trained to be a painter when he was very young‚ later he moved to Venice because at that time Crete belonged to Venice. He then decided to move to Rome and lived
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1) Polis‚ "a city state in ancient Greece‚ especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes"‚ came prominence in the Aegean basin. This happened during the 9th century B.C.E‚ induced by the furthering of relationship and contact between the Greeks and Phoenicians. This formation of society came into eminence and notability‚ as the ancient Greek associations were in dire need of structure and stability. This lead to development of many 1‚000 different polis‚ with city states
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Greece after the Peloponnesian War: • Nature and impact of the Spartan hegemony; role and significance of Lysander‚ Agesilaus - Sparta won the Peloponnesian War. The war had ruined many states economically and spiritually. A true leader was needed. Thucydides believed Sparta would unite Greece and lead through goodwill. However‚ during the war Sparta had medised and sold the Ionian states to the Persians. Sparta could hardly claim to be the ‘liberator of the Greeks’. - Sparta had however earned
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Greek Mythology was a popular religion in Greece during ancient times. It is the base of the myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks‚ regarding their gods and heroes‚ the nature of the world‚ and origins and significance to their own cult and ritual places. Greek religion and Greek mythology has affected Greece in a significant way. The religion was the most popular throughout the time period from 1800 BC to 146 BC. During this time‚ it affected Greece’s architecture‚ political structure
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PEST DEG Analysis for Gaming Industry Gaming industry includes those corporations that develops and distributes gaming and entertainment products through software programs and gaming hardware such as consoles‚ arcades‚ game gadgets and other technologies. Political-Legal • Intellectual Property Rights Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is a term that covers patents‚ trademarks‚ and copyright. This law helps understand that all great products and innovation have an origin such as various
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PEST analysis Business Environments. Arcadia Group ltd. Assignment 2 Module leader: Dr. Marcjanna Augustyn Student ID: 200911496 Module code: 44201 Table of Contents Summary3 Introduction3 Methodology4 Political Factors4 Economic Factors7 Social Factors 8 Technological Factors………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Conclusion………………………………………………..……………...…………………….11 References…………………………………………………….……………………………….12 Summary Report includes political‚ economic‚ social and technological
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both themselves along with their predecessors and successors. The Archaic period saw the decline of aristocratic rule fuelling the rise of the tyrant‚ A. Andrews expresses it best “ The tyrants mark a turning point in the political development of Greece‚ the moment when an old order was breaking down and a new order was not yet established” (3 pg 6 reference for foot note.) The aristocratic rule had seen the control of all religious‚ military and political functions. As city- states grew‚ citizen
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nutritionists‚ as their analysis of fast food effect can influence public perceptions‚ therefore affecting sales. I will examine how McDonald’s has responded to or anticipated future events that have impacted its market and stakeholders using the PEST analysis as a tool. The analysis consists of situational and uncontrollable Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological forces within the macro environment as a means of indentifying the opportunities and threats that will affect the organisation
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PESTE Analysis PEST analysis (Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological analysis) describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. Insurance is one of the service factor that are expected to continue to drive growth in the economy. Thus the insurance sector play important role in supporting economic ‚social and technology development. Economical factor Interest rate at bank very much affect to insurance industry‚ because
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Pest analysis is used to describe a framework of macro-environmental factors which are Political‚ Economic‚ Sociocultural and Technological. This is a part of external analysis when doing the market research. It gives a company an overview of the different factors in the overall environment in order to understand the market growth or decline‚ also understanding the situation‚ potential and operational direction of the company. In 2001‚ McDonald’s Switzerland CEO planned to operate a hotel which
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