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    1750-1850: A brief survey Great Social Thinkers Inventions 1750-1800                                         1752 1755 1757 1758 1761 1769 1774 1775 1784 1785 1791 1792 1794 1796 1799 * Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod. * Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary * John Campbell invents the sextant. * Dolland invents a chromatic lens. * John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude. * James Watt

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    * Lifestyle of Portugal: The population of Portugal is around 10 million. Out of this number‚ only a third lives in a city. The rest live in the beautiful rural areas of this relatively undiscovered country. The Portuguese are a social group of people. It is very common to see them in groups eating‚ drinking or dancing. The family is very important in Portuguese culture. Despite their easy going mannerisms‚ formality rules when people are introduced. However once friendships are established‚

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    EXPLOSION IN 1750s

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    know that then‚ and also so they die from diseases. Magic Midwives‚ which was after 1750 midwives started caring for patients more to stop illnesses until they were better‚ and and by that time some rich hospitals had also got maternaty bedsso pregnant women and children didnt have to lie on the floor while the they were in labour. Jenners jabs was when after 1796 Jenner vaccinated against like Smallpox (Britains worst disomg usher ease)‚ so less people died from the disese. Cleaner Cities was that

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    During the period between 1450-1750‚ Western Europe has gone through various religious upheavals and drastic changes. Some of these changes have led to conflict‚ often bloody‚ and subsequently shifts of power within the West. In contrast‚ some of these changes have also led to the technological advancement of the West and the eventual world dominance of Western Europeans in economics‚ politics‚ and innovation. These revolutionary changes and eras include the Renaissance‚ Protestant Reformation‚ the

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    Renova Case - Portugal

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    $13b disposable tissue sector‚ which includes toilet paper‚ kitchen towel rolls‚ facial and pocket tissues and napkins. The tissue market has been suffering from anemic growth of 2.4% per year for the last three years in Western Europe and even slower in Renova’s home market of Portugal. The sluggish sales across Western Europe and Portugal are directly related to stagnant customer population growth and market saturation. The toilet paper market in Western Europe is highly commoditized‚ has sluggish

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    Portugal Research Paper

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    Portugal Portugal is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in South Western Europe. It largest city is Lisbon which is also the capital city. The official language is Portuguese and the population is increasing just over ten million. Portugal has a unitary semi-presidential republic (Assembly of the republic). Portugal is an integral part of PIGS – which is a particular economic group in the Euro Zone. Geographic Location: Portugal is located on the western coast of the Iberian Peninsula and plateau

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    Portugal Drug Policy

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    Compared to several other countries‚ including the United States‚ Portugal has taken a very liberal approach to addressing the drug problem in their country. In the early 2000’s‚ Portugal moved to decriminalize all possession and use of drugs ranging from marijuana to heroin and cocaine. A lot of good has resulted from Portugal’s progressive drug policy. At first‚ many were skeptical about whether or not this new policy would work‚ or if it would actually exacerbate the drug problem. People also

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    The early colonial empires of Portugal‚ Spain and England sought to gain economic footholds in the New World and relations with the Indians and Africans for trade and resources. Behind there motives were similar ambitions for conquest‚ and wealth‚ but what made each empire unique in its reasons? Portugal was bent on conquest and used massive firepower to subdue the natives and plunder valuable resources such as gold rather than barter. Amassing wealth in these new lands was top priority and was

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    subjects. Christopher Columbus’s voyage to America and triumphant return signaled the beginning of a new era of exploration. Likewise‚ Prince Henry the Navigator’s expeditions along the West African coast led to increased trade with Africa. Long isolated from the rest of the world‚ the Native Americans’ lives were drastically changed by the presence of European explorers‚ and later‚ colonists. Some aspects of life‚ such as domination by the elite in Europe‚ trade in Africa‚ and Native American ways of life

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    “The meeting of two eternities‚ the past and future….is precisely the present moment.” Infante D. Henrique of Portugal‚ better know as Prince Henry the Navigator‚ was born in Portugal in 1394. During his time alive‚ Henry was a big supporter of multiple sea voyages‚ mapping the west African coast along the way. Henry not only encouraged sailors in his homeland‚ but was also able to spread encouragement to other sea explorers for years to come. Without Henry the Navigator‚ Europe would lose one of

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