Pedro Álvares Cabral lived from c. 1467-1520. During his lifetime he made an expedition to India‚ but ended up discovering a new land in the process. He was born in Belmonte‚ Portugal‚ and was the son of respected nobles‚ in turn receiving many privileges from King Manuel I of Portugal‚ such as being made one of his counselors. This is how he got involved in exploration- King Manuel chose him to lead an expedition to the coast of southern India. The king made him the captain of a fleet of 13 ships
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he believed in ruling with strict law‚ and the country is one big military organisation. Appart from burning the books and killing the scholars‚ he also ordered over one million soldiers to work excessively to build the Great Wall and the Terra Cotta warriors without any pay‚ and then buried a lot of his workers alive. Those who tried to run away from the work camps were killed in the cruelest of ways‚ including being ripped apart by horse-drawn chariots. Those who worked on the sites and
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PART-I ------------------------------------------------- GENERAL INTRODUCTION: Through the course of this research the researcher hopes to give the reader an insight of nature and scope of “The Doctrine of Precedent”. The researcher in her efforts to understand the Doctrine and its implication divided the research paper in the three parts. In the first part the researcher will look at the meaning and scope of the Doctrine of Precedent. In the second part the researcher looks at the types of
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well as identifying issues on campaign ethics in Nigeria. Inputs were given by several speakers‚ which included Mr. Echezona Asuzu‚ president of the Alliance for Credible Elections (ACE); Rev. Fr. George Ehusani‚ clergy and executive director of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation; Barr. Stella Odife‚ former deputy governor of Anambra State; A. D. Umar‚ lecturer at the Kaduna State Polytechnic; Prof. Tajudeen Akanji‚ resident of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Ibadan and most
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When non-Italian citizens think about Mafia they picture huge villas in which bosses spend their entire time surrounded by bodyguards‚ beautiful women‚ and a lot of drug. Despite this scenario could resemble a perfect Hollywood movie‚ the Italian Mafia is all but showing one’s power and wealth. One of the most powerful but at the same time more hidden Mafias‚ is the Ndrangheta‚ the Calabrian one. To reflect briefly on the etymology of the word "Ndrangheta" is not merely an academic exercise‚ but
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http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2013/12/05/1264303/war-and-peace-china-seas http://www.ellentordesillas.com/2014/03/30/is-the-philippines-ready-for-chinas-retaliation/ Possible future if Scarborough Shoal issue: Should the Philippines go to war against China? If china attacks the philippines what will happen? Why shouldn’t the philippines give up its claims for scarborough shoal? Who will gain control of the spratleys in the end?The Philippines or China? Who owns spratly islands? Philippines
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As a geologist in the Mars One Project‚ I needed to do a lot of research on Mars‚ its atmosphere‚ its conditions‚ its soil‚ etc. My team’s mission is to find a way to provide nutrition to the astronauts. The contributions I have made with settling on Mars is‚ first of all‚ had to figure out the temperature of Mars. With the information we researched‚ we figured out what temperature we need to have in the greenhouse‚ and what temperature we needed for the plants to grow in. What I did separately
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References: Hunt‚ L. C.‚ & Evans‚ J. (2009). International handbook on the economics of energy. Cheltenham‚ UK: Edward Elgar. Ross‚ C. E. H.‚ & Sloan‚ L. E. (2007). Terra incognita: A navigation aid for energy leaders. Tulsa‚ Okla: PennWell Corp.
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com/story/tim-and-richard-smucker-preserve-an-american -icon-2009-12-03 Application Integration Architecture. (2010‚ December 4). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia. Cecere‚ L.‚ & Bois‚ R. (2007‚ March 22). What is Demand Sensing. Retrieved from http://terra technology.com/demand-sensing CEO Interview: J.M. Smucker Company. (2001‚ July 30). In The Free Library (2001). Retrieved from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CEO INTERVIEW: ROY STANLEY -E -COMELEON (COL.L).-a076876904 Dey‚ R. & Singh‚ M. (2007‚ October
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The Indus civilisation was an ancient civilisation that flourished during the third millennium encompassing the Nile valley and the lands from the Mediterranean Sea east across the Iranian plateau to the greater Indus region. Primarily centred in modern day Pakistan‚ in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab‚ and India‚ in Gujarat and Rajasthan‚ its remains have also been excavated from Afghanistan‚ Turkmenistan and Iran. Historically part of Ancient India‚ it is one of the world’s three earliest urban
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