Chapter 10: In the Fertile Crescent‚ plants and animals spread quickly into Europe and North Africa. Innovations such as written language and wheels spread similarity quickly as well. People used domesticated crops rather than those that grew naturally. This shows that people easily adapted the Fertile Crescent’s food production. Chapter 10: Eurasia has covered the largest East to West area of any continent. Diamond believes that this is yet another r advantage for Eurasia. Eurasia had “amber
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ARVIND MILLS Environmental Factors POLITICAL LEVEL – Inability to anticipate & manage risk NAFTA – ▪ Poor prediction (Thought NAFTA impact would be 10 years; but impacted in less than a year) ▪ Mexico emerged as a new garment cluster (Competition) ▪ 17% Duty for outside of NAFTA made Arvind non‐competitive Lack of vision ▪ Got carried away by its success‚ hype by media‚ stock market and industry FUNCTIONAL LEVEL Blind expansion /Careless /lavish spend p
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This chapter opens up with the mysterious Phaistos disk that was found by archaeologists on the island of Crete in 1908 and its interesting technological aspects. Many inventions were made not for need but for mere curiosity and hobby. Diamond makes two main conclusions about technology is that it develops cumulatively and that most technology seems to have been invented for curiosity‚ therefore its uses are developed after it is made. To determine if an invention will be accepted there are four
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jered Diamond Chapter 14: From Egalitarianism to Kleptocracy The thesis of this Chapter from “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel” by Jered Diamond‚ describes the development of civilized mankind from the last Ice Age until modern times: the ways in which people evolved from small groups called “Bands‚” to the way almost all of us live today‚ which is in “States.” The topic is interesting but the author rambles his way through this evolution. I think that this chapter could be
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the home‚ the Cuisinart Multiclad Pro Stainless-Steel Cookware set is one to consider. Not only is the Cuisinart MCP-7 going to give you all pieces you need in one kit‚ but when purchasing the Cuisinart MCP-7‚ you are also going to get the best prices and savings. The Cuisinart Multiclad Pro Stainless-Steel Cookware features a 18/10 stainless steel exterior and interior space‚ drip free rim and cool grip area on the pans‚ and professional stainless steel covers on all pans in the Cuisinart MCP-7 set
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Chapter 1 1. The main lesson of chapter one was explaining how humans came to be and major jumps in our development. 2. I agree with diamonds ideas because it is scientifically proven that humans started by evolving from monkeys in Africa 3. That people developed certain things suddenly instead of gradually‚ that the clovis was responsible for many mass extinctions of large mammals around 11‚000 B.C. Chapter 2 1. Looks at the effect of the climate on the civilization being a small group of
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Chapter 16 Summary Most of the world’s largest countries are extremely multicultural. China is a great exception. The vast majority of Chinese people speak Mandarin or a similar language‚ and most Chinese families have considered themselves Chinese for millennia. Diamond theorizes that China was once as linguistically and culturally diverse as Russia or Brazil‚ but that China began its process of unification far earlier. To support this point‚ Diamond turns first to Chinese languages. Mandarin
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WILSON Department of Physics *‚ University College‚ University of New South Wales‚ A ustrafian Defence Force Academy‚ Campbell A CT 2600‚ A ustrafia Received 15 August 1986 Spheroidal samples of high purity iron‚ cobalt and nickel and carbon steel have been examined in a low field (10 -3 to 103 Am -1 rms) ac magnetisation study of their hysteresis losses. Detailed comparisons of the field dependences of the fundamental and higher harmonic components show that only cobalt exhibits the features
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The Demise of Steel Manufacturing The steel industry had an enormous impact on Industrial America. During the Second Industrial Revolution‚ America also witnessed a substantial incursion of immigrants. The downfall of the steel industry left many people it had once given an opportunity for employment on the unemployment line‚ and facing destitution. The conditions and terrible wages factory workers were forced to endure if they wished to be employed was and still is outrageous‚ how negligence‚ poor
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What techniques did Mittal utilize in order to dominate the world steel market? ArcelorMittal is currently the world’s leader and largest producer of steel. The company was founded in 2006 by Lakshi Mittal‚ the current Chairman and CEO. Currently there are around 220‚000 employees and profits of $7.94 billion. The company was formed through a takeover of Arcelor by Mittal. Mittal utilized a hostile takeover that was replacing a planned merger of Arcelor and Severstal. Therefore the company was formed
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