In the late 1800s‚ Nasir al-Din Shah a member of the Qajar dynasty‚ lived a life of luxury‚ having many wives‚ jewels‚ and eunuchs (Kinzer 30). To support his expensive lifestyle‚ he sold concessions to foreigners for his own benefit which angered many of his people (Kinzer 31). Tension reached the boiling point when the Shah sold the Tobacco industry in 1891 for £15000 to the British Imperial Tobacco Company. Tobacco was huge
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Asia-Pacific | | | | | Location in western Uttar Pradesh‚ India | . The Taj Mahal : ताज महल‚ from Persian/Urdu: تاج محل "crown of palaces; also "the Taj"[2]) is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra‚ India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife‚Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage".[3] Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture
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A large portion of subsequent analyses have a located the origins of the revolution as the mistakes of the shah and of the West‚ although some scholarly works have come to a conclusion that the cause was due to major socio-economic problems in the area. Iran’s "Islamic revolution" in 1979 has a small ideological resemblance to Iran’s "constitutional revolution"
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TaThe TajMahal (/ˈtɑːdʒ məˈhɑːl/ often /ˈtɑːʒ/;[2] Hindi: ताजमहल‚ from Persian/Urdu: تاج محل "crown of palaces"‚ pronounced [ˈt̪aːdʒ mɛˈɦɛl]; also "the Taj"[3]) is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife‚ Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage".[4] Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the finest example
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Michael Thompson Michael Thompson aka Freestyle studied graphic design at the Jamaica School of Art in Kingston‚ Jamaica‚ now the renowned Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. In the early 1980s‚ he landed an apprenticeship in Kingston‚ and started to experiment with simple‚ silhouetted design concepts suitable or screen printing and print poster art. Thompson has been living in the United States since 1990 and worked as a freelance graphic designer and consultant. He has been
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ally‚ the Shah of Iran‚ was ousted from power and left Iran in January 1979. A revolutionary leader named Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in Iran when he returned in February 1979. Khomeini started rhetoric against the United States as the "Great Satan" that provided young Iranian students a reason to storm the U.S. Embassy and take 66 people hostage. Fourteen people where released during the hostage crisis leaving 52 remaining. (1) From World War II till his overthrow the Shah of Iran
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EN 207 In the epics "Gilgamesh" and "The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam"‚ the two heroes‚ Gilgamesh and Rostam‚ both have to deal with a loss of the most precious person in their lives. Gilgamesh loses his friend and companion‚ Enkidu‚ and Rostam loses his son‚ Sohrab. They have different types of relationships with their loved ones and therefore react to the situations in different ways. Gilgamesh loses his best friend and companion‚ Enkidu‚ in his epic. Before Enkidu is created and the
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and worked to place a new ruler in power in Iran—Reza Shah Pahlavi. From this time forward‚ the U.S. supplied Iran with military equipment and oil flowed to the U.S. In 1963‚ the people of Iran became increasingly anti-western‚ because Shah sent all of the religious leaders including Ruhollah Khomeini into exile in Iraq. President Carter continued to ignore the signs of instability and revolution under the Shah. On January 16‚ 1979‚ the Shah feared for his life so he fled to Egypt‚ and Khomeini returned
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The fall of Mughal Empire Under Aurangzeb’s successors the decay of empire was hastened by several causes and the spirit of lawlessness rampant throughout the land. In such circumstances ruin of Mughal Empire was inevitable. Aurangzeb‚ as a ruler of India proved to be a failure. He hardly realised that the greatness of an empire depends on the progress of its people as a whole‚ largely owing to the emperor’s each of political foresight. The symptoms of the integration of Mughal Empire appeared
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rate was 2.19% during 1963 after that the rate starts going down and it is expected to be less than 1% by 2020 and .5% by 2050 (Shah‚ 2011). According to the statistics the world populations will increase another 50% by 2042 leading to a 9 billion people in world. After 2100 the United Nations projections say that the population will stabilize near to 10 billion people (Shah‚ 2011). It is vital to ensure women ’s rights can be upheld‚ and realizing that women play a crucial role in the development
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