The popular period TV series‚ Mad Men‚ set in America in the mid 1960’s‚ donned a peculiar reference to a mid-20th century anthropological work in the fifth episode of its fourth season. Aptly titled The Chrysanthemum and the Sword‚ the episode follows the creative director of an ad firm‚ Don Draper‚ as he attempts to win over the Japanese owned Honda Motorcycle Corporation. Don successfully tricks a rival agency into producing a high budget commercial to win the account (a violation of the rules
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The Abbasids were also different from the Umayyad because they weren’t a conquering dynasty. The Abbasids occasionally battled with the Byzantine empire‚ clashed frequently with nomadic people from central Asia‚ and in 751 defeated a Chinese army at Talas River near Samarkand. This battle was important because it ended the expansion of China’s Tang Dynasty into central Asia‚ and supported the spread of Islam to Turkish people. The Abbasid hardly spread their empire by conquest. The dar al- Islam continued
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Introduction Indians aspire for their country to be a large‚ rapidly growing economy‚ and also to be respected as a great nation. In India‚ 480 million are less than 19 years old. India has 20% of the world’s children. [1] The recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in youth violence‚ often lethal violence‚ all around the nation. Anecdotal evidence of increase in violence by young people against women and old people‚ of road rage‚ of violence in schools‚ and other violent actions to get
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attached to the corresponding shark carcass” (Neville). There are not only federal laws‚ but also state laws to control shark finning. Hawaii‚ California‚ Illinois‚ Maryland‚ Delaware‚ Oregon‚ Washington‚ New York‚ and territories Guam‚ American Samoa‚ and the Northern Mariana Islands have all passed laws to put an end to shark finning. International laws include the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of
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The Legend of Lewis “Chesty” Puller By: SPC Fournier‚ Shawn Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller was an officer in the United States Marine Corps with a career spanning thirty-seven years from 1918 – 1955. His career included three wars and ten distinct battles. Puller retired from a highly decorated career in the United States Marine Corps on November 1‚ 1955 due to failing health‚ but his legacy as one of the most decorated members of the Marine Corps with five Navy Crosses and one
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|Dahomey - Independence Day August 1 | |Haiti - Independence Day January 1 |Switzerland - Confederation Day August 1 | |Western Samoa - Independence Day January 1 (Celebrated on June 1) |Upper Volta - Independence Day August 5 | |Sudan - Independence Day January 1 |Bolivia - Independence Day August 6
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Several factors led to the rise of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800’s. New technologies like steam engines‚ railroads‚ and telegraphs made communication and transportation easier. The ability to source and transport materials across the country with ease turned many local businesses into national companies. Workplace innovations‚ such as the assembly-line method of production‚ allowed these companies to produce goods on a mass scale. In the late 1800’s‚ the American railway system became a
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Progressive Era through the Great Depression The Progressive Era Around the 1910’s‚ most Americans were anxious about the rapid economic and social changes that confronted the United States‚ including industrialization‚ the rise of powerful corporations‚ the growth of cities and the mass arrivals of immigrants. This period was known as the Progressive Era. Two major historical turning points that took place during this time were (1) Women earned the right to vote and (2) Education
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Abstract * Historians take national states as focus (since mid-19th century) * Realize importance of large-scale historical process * Sea/ocean basins as framework for analysis * Not well for absolute/definitive category * Contour/characteristics change dramatically over time * Useful to bring focus to exchange * For > century European/Euro-American treat history almost exclusively to national states * Leopold focus on institution‚ constitution
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Sarah Nobles Mr. Wetmore- 3rd period World History AP 25 February2013 The Battle of Midway: Turning Point of the Pacific War During WWII It is difficult to imagine living in a country without the freedoms that are so easily provided for us in the United States. “Life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness” (Declaration of Independence) are things that we have all grown up having‚ and most of us have not even thought twice about. Had the tables been turned in the Pacific War during World War
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