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    The origins of European dominance in medieval ages track back to the beginning of human history. According to fossil studies‚ early humans first appeared in Africa around four million years ago and expanded into Asia and Europe three million years later. By half million years ago‚ early human skulls in Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe started being sufficiently similar to those of modern humans. Fossils do not show any human presence in the Americas and Australia by then‚ not until around 40‚000 years ago

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    Factors on civilization

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    religion 3. language 4. agriculture (irrigation‚ domestication of plants‚ etc) 5. specialized skills (pottery‚ clothing‚ etc) 6. trade (to acquire what you do not have and cannot make‚ but need) 7. economic system (bartering or currency‚ etc). Factors that give rise to civilization: A. Geographical location 1. All four of the major centers of early civilization (were China‚ India‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Mesoamerica) arose along major river valleys in arid regions‚ thus having important irrigation networks

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    Environmental Factors Rod Mathill MKT 421 January 14‚ 2013 Ron Rosalik Environmental Factors One can make little argument that the current economic state of the world is largely dependant upon the whole rather than the one. The old days of a country being able to completely sustain itself are coming to a rapid conclusion. Information technology and global shipping and receiving abilities have really created a global link from one country to the next. The United States was at one time

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    horizon‚ be it geographical or metaphorical. It is this urge‚ desire‚ or need to seek the unknown‚ that led the European colonization of the New World. In this case‚ the major goal was to profit from undiscovered and untapped resources‚ enriching the nation-states and improving their standing in the European theatre. Another factor that played a major part in the expansion of European influence to the American Continent‚ was the improved commerce that came about following the ‘Black Plague’. There

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    early seventeenth century‚ relations between American Indians and European colonists were often characterized as much by collaboration and cooperation as by competition. However by the mid to late seventeenth century‚ brutal wars between Indians and colonists broke out in nearly every colonial region‚ from New England down to New Spain. While nearly all colonial regions endured worsening relations between the Indians and Europeans‚ the disputes occurred due to different reasons depending on the colonial

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    given‚ he killed Atahuallpa. They were defeated and this cycle was continued by more Spanish conquistadors until the Native Americans were completely defeated. The Europeans were able to defeat the Native Americans because of advanced weapons/armor‚ agile horses‚ and the transmitting of fatal diseases. One reason is because of the Europeans advanced weapons/armor. Most people would probably have thought that guns played a major role but in reality it played a minor role. All the guns were able to do

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    European Management Journal (2013) 31‚ 1– 15 journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/emj Successful customer value management: Key lessons and emerging trends Peter C. Verhoef a b a‚*‚1 ‚ Katherine N. Lemon b‚1 University of Groningen‚ Netherlands; BI Norwegian School of Management‚ Norway Boston College‚ USA; University of Groningen‚ Netherlands KEYWORDS Marketing; Relationship management; Trends; CRM; Customer networks; Social media Summary In the past decade‚ firms have

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    Factor Analysis Factor analysis is a data and variable reduction technique that attempts to partition a given set of variables into groups (called factors) or maximally correlated variables. 1. Factor Analysis Characteristics i. Interdependence  Technique * Dependent Variable – None * More than one Variable – metric ii. Factor analysis is subjective and creative 2. Factor Analysis Output i. Data reduction from large number of variables to smaller number of factors ii. Factors

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    Shames‚ "The More Factor” In “The More Factor” Laurence Shames‚ attempts to make a connection between the perceived attitude of most Americans that “More is better” and “frontierism” in American history. He describes the “More Factor” as the acquisition of things such as more land and more money. He compares this attitude of acquisition to European countries that have an opposite view of the meaning of what a frontier is. He expresses his feelings that the American attitude of growth and expansion

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    Topic: Power Factor Define the following? Real Power or Active Power Real Power is the power that is actually converted into useful work for creating heat‚ light and motion. Reactive Power Reactive Power is the power used to sustain the electromagnetic field in inductive and capacitive equipment. It is the nonworking power component. Reactive power Total Power or Apparent power is the combination of real power and reactive power. Total power is measured

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