technological era‚ others are still in modern Stone Age? How did such differences in evolution occur when we all emerged from the same place? These are just some of the riveting questions Jared Diamond attempts to answer in his book‚ Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. This Pulitzer Prize winning document is different from the rest as it explores several worldly themes and factors to support his thesis‚ such as racism‚ conflict‚ technology‚ and political and social structures. Diamond’s book is a monumental historical
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Reflection on Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond: A Genius or a Nut Case? My Review of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel It was the prehistory of the world that drew attention to Diamond’s brain that gave him the wonderful thought of writing this book about how our world is today‚ with the differences of culture‚ cargo‚ religions‚ skin color‚ etc. One simple question his friend Yali asked‚ “Why is it that you white people develop so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little
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The Michigan and Ohio State football teams are both great‚ but they have a number of differences. Such as National Championships won‚ the number of players from each team who have won the Heisman Trophy‚ and the number of wins and losses against each other. One of the biggest differences between these great teams is national championships won. Ohio State has won seven and Michigan has won eleven. Ohio State won their championships in 1920‚ 1942‚ 1954‚ 1957‚ 1961‚ 1968‚ and 2002. Michigan won theirs
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The Ride of Steel has many safety features to keep the passengers safe. In the initial climb up to point A‚ 12‚000 moving parts make up the large gear and chain assembly that pulls the car to the top. There are over 40 sensors that monitor the climb so that if at any
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MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA IN SOUTH AFRICA BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION Mahindra and Mahindra is a leading multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Mumbai‚ India which started as a steel trading company in 1945 by two brothers J.C Mahindra and K.C Mahindra. M&M has a labour force of 13000 and in 2001 profit before tax was 45 billion rupees. Currently the company has also extended its operations to small turbo prop aircraft and has a presence in the transportation media across land
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Investment South Korea is a role model country that has‚ over the past 40 years‚ successfully evolved into a country of notable economic growth. Possessing a highly achieving educational system‚ South Korea has emerged from a low-income‚ low education region to a thriving nation of scholarly professionals. High levels of education‚ a substantial domestic economy‚ and excellent profitability are elements that make South Korea an attractive site as a foreign direct investment. South Korea is recognized
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century Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata met steel makers in Pittsburgh to get the most advanced technology for his plant. It is said that he got the idea of building a steel plant when he heard Thomas Carlyle declaring that "the nation which gains control of iron soon acquires the control of gold" in a lecture in Manchester. At the turn of the twentieth century‚ Jamshetji Tata asked geologist Charles Page Perin to help him find the site to build India’s first steel plant. The search for a site rich in iron
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Written by Sherwood Anderson in 1919‚ Winesburg‚ Ohio‚ a collection of short stories‚ allows us to enter the alternately complex‚ lonely‚ joyful‚ and strange lives of the inhabitants of the small town of Winesburg‚ Ohio. While each character finds definition through their role in the community‚ we are witness to the individual struggle each faces in trying to reconcile their secret life within. A perfect example of two characters are Alice Hindman and Enoch Robinson. The loneliness and illusion that
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Over VIew South Korea was the one of the poorest country in the world in 1953 and GNP per person was $67. However‚ South Korea started to develop rapidly since 1960 and reached 10 million dollars of national income in twenty years. Now Korea is one of the G20 members with GDP of $ 1.116 trillion ( 2010 ) . Country studies Korea’s economy was based on agriculture in early days. However‚ contribution of agriculture decreased as Korea industrialize . Agriculture and domestication of Korea
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Ancient Heroism of Western and Eastern Have you ever thought about the differences and similarities in the heroines in two far-away lands with two totally different cultural backgrounds in ancient time? The river of history is flowing slowly; every country and every era have its own heroine who is being recognized by their own ways. In the story of the Bible‚ a woman named Judith in ancient Israel who made the ignominious defeat of the Assyrians‚ an army bent on world domination. Meanwhile‚ on the
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