The epic of the Trojan War have two names that stand out even more than of its protagonists: Homer and Heinrich Schliemann. Homer‚ the greatest poet of all time‚ compiled stories of an oral tradition that sang the heroic deeds of a war that pitted the city of Troy with a coalition of Greek States to the 8th century BC. A war that happened five centuries before and that was the last heroic deed of a powerful civilization whose track would disappear from history soon after until little more than one
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There are different levels of social class in Egypt. There is a higher class‚ a middle class‚ and a lower class. The higher class received better rewards and praise than the lower. All of the classes hold together the Egyptian structure. They work with each other to form a society. The higher class was made up of pharaohs‚ nobles‚ and priests. The pharaohs were believed to be gods in the form of humans‚ so people worshipped and obeyed them. “Only nobles could hold government posts”‚ so they received
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1 (a) According to the information from the question‚ Hei Lau’s letter amounted to an offer to sell his second-hand car and the offer would remain open for one week. Although Chiu Chor made the first letter to Hei Lau for inquiring “whether he would take HK$40‚000 for the car”‚ the original offer was still valid because this inquiry was a mere request for information about the offer rather than a counter offer‚ it does not imply a rejection of the offer. An example of a mere request is the case
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There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead on the tracks there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are some distance off the tracks on a footbridge standing next to a very large or fat man; we will call him the portly fella. You can push the man off the bridge‚ and his body will fall onto the tracks and stop the trolley from killing the five people‚ but will kill the portly fella. You have two options: (1) Do nothing
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Botswana’s transformation and diversification agenda. This important role that TVET can play in supporting social and economic development goals is also echoed by the World Bank‚ African Union (AU)‚ and the United Nations (UN) through one of its Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)‚ and it is reflected in the various ‘poverty eradication strategies’ that have been developed and are now being implemented by the intergovernmental organizations in collaboration with countries participating in such initiatives
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because of it including the Red Apple boycott‚ the Crown Heights Riot in 1991‚ the 1993 killing of five and wounding of 19 on the Long Island railroad‚ etc. In 1990 a Haitian woman‚ Giselaine Fetissainte‚ was allegedly struck by a Korean-American shopkeeper. Fetissainte
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6 [pic] Mobile: +91 9597529535 E-mail: mani2008bca@gmail.com Career Objective To have a well challenging career and adopt with the growth of organization by providing my skills and obtaining a successful future in development. Academic Records |Course |Institution |Board / |Year of |Marks % | | |
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03/20/12 Outline The New Millenium I.Subtopic #1: Y2K A.Panic and Fear because computers were heavily relied on to carry proper information. B.Time and resources were spent to prevent the problem from happening. C.The Y2K problem was never experienced. II.Subtopic #2: 2000 Election confusion A.Florida’s 25 electoral votes proved to be the deciding votes. B.Some argued that a confusing ballot layout‚ known as the "Butterfly Ballot" led some voters to cast their
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shoe polish when they returned to their home country. They told all their friends and co-workers of their experience in Fiji. "Imagine if everybody who holidayed in Fiji never spent a cent on handicraft because they were cheated by dishonest shopkeepers on a previous holiday‚" they said. The couple said they were frequent travellers and believed that a few people could ruin the craft trade. They vowed they would never purchase handicraft on future trips. Mr Wong said it was unfortunate because
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Cisco Systems: New Millenium – New acquisition strategy The case deals with the acquisition policy implemented by Cisco‚ by giving some real samples. The most interesting point concerns the way Cisco acquired companies during 90s with 4 main goals: a shared vision‚ shareholders’ satisfaction‚ motivating value added for employees‚ shareholders‚ customers and partners and a perfect “chemistry” (P.9). Contrary to the global trend of big companies’ acquisition‚ Cisco was involved in smaller companies
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