9. TOURISM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC‚ HISTORICAL CENTRES ON THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST‚ TOURIST REGIONS. Size: approximately 78 800 km2 population 10 million people geographic position – country located in central Europe Head of state: President Capital: Prague Official language: Czech Czech Republic is divided in three parts: Bohemia‚ Moravia and Silesia‚ collectively often called the Czech Lands. Czech Republic is landlocked country. The country is bordered by Poland to the north and
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Dominican Republic is the second largest and most diverse Caribbean country‚ situated just two hours south of Miami‚ less than four hours from New York and eight hours from most European cities. Known for our warm and hospitable people‚ Dominican Republic is a destination like no other‚ featuring astounding nature‚ intriguing history and rich culture. Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the north and the Caribbean Sea on the south‚ our lush tropical island paradise boasts nearly 1‚000 miles (1‚609
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Introduction Ancient Rome existed for a long time and changed economically and politically over time. Kings ruled in Ancient Rome however‚ when they expelled the last King- Tarquin in 509 BCE‚ the Roman Republic was established. The Republic was ruled by Rome’s aristocrats. The aristocrats were mainly the patricians. (Gill‚ June 7‚ 2017). The society was divided into class‚ the aristocrats (the patricians)‚ the people (plebeians) and the slaves. The patricians and plebeians were citizens while the
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Machiavelli’s criticism of Plato’s The Republic states that a ruler who possesses an inherent quality of that which is consistently good will never have the authority to rule his or her people successfully. If a ruler always treats his subjects in a manner‚ which can be qualified as good‚ then he will ultimately meet his demise‚ as his subjects will rise against him. Machiavelli claims that it is unrealistic to assume that all the people of a kingdom will conduct themselves in a manner that will
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A republic is representative democracy ruled by government officials. A democracy is direct government ruled by the majority. The key component of a republic is that the head of the government is elected by popular vote. Law makers and other officials are also elected by the citizens of a particular state to represent their interest in government. In a democracy citizens vote for polices and laws directly‚ not through elected officials. In my opinion I believe that the framers of the constitution
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Is it worth losing a republic in order to gain an empire? For: The age of Augustus could be shown as classic example of the benefits of having a empire instead of a republic. He himself ascended to the throne after the assassination of his adopted father and‚ brought peace throughout the total empire which lasted for over two centuries. This was possible as he successfully defeated all the threatening forces to the empire. “Indeed he attracted everybody’s goodwill by the enjoyable gift of peace
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Civil War and the Destruction of the Republic By the time Gaius Marius became a consul in 107 B.C.E.‚ opposition to reform was widespread within the Senate. Nevertheless‚ Marius reorganized the military by allowing landless citizens to join the army in return for land as a retirement pension. He then created a professional army with standardized training and equipment that was more effective for waging the growing number of extended military campaigns the Republic was involved in. Because their pensions
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America: Democracy or Republic? Despite popular belief‚ The United States of America is‚ in fact‚ not a democracy according to the true meaning of the word. America is in actuality a republic. Although it is often referred to as a democracy‚ a democracy in its truest form is a nation in which the people do the actual voting on the issues at hand. A true democracy would place the power completely in the hands of the people‚ which can prevent matters from being handled in a timely matter. The founding
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those fatty foods? The real secret that you might have not explored before is the 5 day soup diet. Not many people are aware that the power of soup is stronger than they might have imagined before. You might be one of them. For you‚ soup is a part of your regular main course‚ which only delivers health benefits‚ without any impact in losing weight. As a matter of fact‚ consuming the ’right’ soup for five consecutive days will deliver such an amazing result
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Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic By the late 1780’s most Americans were not satisfied with the deficiencies of the Articles of confederation. In 1787‚ they created the Constitution. It derived most of its principles from state documents. Americans agreed that the document was nearly perfect‚ but disagreed on how to interpret it. Framing A New Government Advocates of Centralization People thought that they had fought the war to avoid tyranny and now they wanted to keep
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