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    ORIGIN The subcontinent has been the center of different types of cultures and traditions since a long time‚ this area has a vast and colourful array of people who originate from different tribes and cultural heritage. The origin of the Chenchus tribe from India‚ is connected with the Lord Mallikarjuna of the Srisailam temple‚ who was the personification of Lord Shiva. There was a couple who lived in a small hut near the Srisailam temple. This couple lived happily but there was an empty space between

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    What theories did people developed to try to explain the origins of disease? Through the years‚ the spread of diseases developed around the word. Many people didn’t understand what the cause of disease‚ so they believed evil spirits was the cause of sickness. These people use multiple of methods to find a cure as they: prayed to God‚ visited witch doctors to do spells‚ and special ritual dances to find a cure. People created these theories to explain human disease for millennia. Even the Greek physician

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    Origin of International Law

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    ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW PRELUDE: Man is a social animal‚ in the past it has been living in caves‚ as the time passed man gradually became civilized and started living in communities. In past there were no laws and rules to be followed by the human being. In the long march of mankind from the cave to the computer a central role has always been played by the idea of law- the idea that order is necessary and chaos inimical to a just and stable existence. Every society has a framework of

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    The origin and purpose of superstitions Superstitions are part of every modern culture in today’s world. They help us overcome issues difficult to understand and aid us in transitional years‚ often telling us what is ethically writ and wrong. I say modern culture because I regard superstitions as elements of "earlier versions of our culture". Every culture has an evolution of its own‚ and as we advance in science‚ technology‚ art and humanity in general‚ our culture evolves and changes. What

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    What is the origin of vanilla? History Originating from Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico coast‚ the Totonac Indians was indeed the first who cultivated this bean. They used it especially for medical purposes such as; venomous bite‚ cough‚ stomach pains and congestion. Later‚ the Aztecs then conquered the Totonacans and took over the growth of the orchids in the 15th century. The Aztecs by then developed the fermentation process of sweating and drying the beans to develop the vanillin. They used vanilla

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    Sun Dance Origin

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    According to the origin of the Sun Dance‚ which is a sacred annual summer ritual that was performed by some twenty tribes of the Plains Indians (the nomadic tribes of the American mid- west). The performance of the Sun Dance varied among different tribes people‚ but certain activities were common throughout the various Plains Indian tribes. In a word‚ the performance types and structure are different between varies tribes. Just like other native dance and music‚ the purpose of the Sun Dance‚ which

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    TESCO Group evaluation1. Identify the development directions that Tesco had followed from its origins as a UK based grocery retailer. 2. Identify the development directions ’available’ to the company in the future and assess the relative suitability of each of these options by ranking them (using Illustration as an example). 3. For each of the top four development directions in your ranking compare the relative merits of each development method (internal‚ acquisition or strategic alliance). 4

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    Rocio Gonzalez Professor English 101 3 March 2013 Evaluation of Story Origins The story The Color of Water takes place in several different regions from Suffolk‚ Virginia to the city of Harlem‚ New York. James McBride is the author and it is an autobiography of his life‚ and his mother‚ Ruth. The story reveals James’ life with eleven other siblings‚ the hardship of being interracial‚ the struggles of poverty‚ and his mother’s strong character. Ruth’s strong determination led her twelve kids

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    Cold War Origins

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    The origins of the Cold War lie in the differences between the systems of both the United States and the Soviet Union. It is an interplay between ideology and pragmatic power politics‚ and the creation of tension and mistrust which had been evident since the Russian Revolution. During World War II differences were put aside‚ but the problems reappeared‚ and it was a changing post-war world. There are three major common explanations for the origins of the Cold War: traditional‚ revisionist‚ and post-revisionist

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    Origins of Modern world

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    Review of the Origins of the Modern World Second edition by Robert B. Marks Welcome to a brief history of the modern world as we know it‚ and how it came into existence. Over the course of less than six centuries through globalization‚ the rise and fall of empires‚ revolutions‚ the discovery of The New World‚ war‚ trade‚ slavery‚ disease‚ geography and several other factors this book provides‚ you will come to understand the progression to the modern world. The Biological Old Regime was a

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