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    The Atlantic World

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    What is The Atlantic World? In order to truly understand what the Atlantic World is‚ one must first be informed of its history. Throughout the course of the time period between the 1500’s and the 1800’s‚ the Atlantic Ocean was used in ways that completely shaped its past. It was no longer to be simply seen as a large body of water‚ but instead as a passageway that connected various groups of people. From European Vikings to fishermen‚ the Ocean was covered with countless clusters of nations whom

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    16th through 19th century Europeans enslaved those from Africa for many reasons. The Portuguese were one of the first European nations to establish outposts in West Africa. In West Africa‚ and to a further extent Africa itself‚ slavery was already an old tradition. Upon discovery of the new world‚ areas in places such as Brazil were converted to cultivate highly profitable crops (such as sugar). Since the natives were very susceptible to European diseases‚ they were not a good source of labor

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    The Explorer Doughter

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    The Explorer’s Daughter Background Kari Herbert‚ whose father was a polar explorer‚ lived as a child with her family in northwest Greenland in the Arctic. She was so fascinated by the place she returned there later as an adult to write about it. The book from which this extract is taken is partly a memoir (a form of autobiography) and partly a travel book‚ giving the reader information about this strange and beautiful place‚ its people and its animals. She found that the way of life of

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    Cultural Encounters This piece of text reflects clearly the cross cultural differences of the Europeans and the people of Western Africa. It does not mention the relationship in the 15th and 16th centuries with the Portuguese traders who revered the Benin people‚ if you look closely at the way that it has been written‚ the biased opinion towards the European community is quite unfounded. The Europeans had little knowledge of the Western African people; they heard stories of sacrifice cannibalism

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    Virgin Atlantic

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    Introduction The company I’m going to investigate is Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic is a British airline‚ which was founded almost 25 years ago; it is a leading player of Sir Richard Branson ’s Virgin Group‚ who own 51% of it and Singapore Airlines owns 49%. Its headquarters are located in Crawley‚ West Sussex‚ England‚ near London Gatwick Airport‚ they also have Technical Engineering Centers and other buildings and offices for cargo and Logistics in Manchester and Norfolk. It operates between

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    speluncean explorers

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    Question 1 Write a short summary of the facts of the case-.i.e.‚ what happened to the spelunkers The facts of the case from judge Truepenny‚C.J. The case of the Speluncean Explorers came about after five members of the Speluncean Society became trapped in a cave they were exploring after a landslide .this event occurred in May‚4299 in the Central Plateau of this Commonwealth. After they failed to return home their families notified the Secretary of the Society‚ who then sent a rescue team to

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    Environment of Business Paper for Thursday January 29 What is law; The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers To define law is no simple task for any one person. To fully understand law and be able to define it‚ one must understand the foundational theories of law first before being able to accurately do so. Theories such as natural law‚ positive law‚ classical formalism‚ and legal realism all apply to the definition of law and “The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers” serves as a great study when analyzing each

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    nature‚ known as ‘European Imperialism’ started. A strong nationalism of that time (an idea of national superiority) veiled under ‘the Social Darwinist Movement’ (Europeans felt that they had the right to take control over weaker areas/regions) set what is known as ‘a Scramble for Africa’. West Africa was already known/researched/investigated to Europe‚ but the interior was untouched/undiscovered/very little was known about the inner parts of the continent‚ so‚ some/numerous explorers (Charles Darwin)

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    Atlantic Canada

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    Atlantic Canada - located on the eastern edge of Canada‚ the first entry into the continent was by Europeans. - Its natural resources have been exploited for centuries‚ making it an ’old’ resource hinterland. - Its small and highly dispersed population offers only small markets and few manufacturing opportunities. Distance from the markets of Central Canada has curtailed its trade within Canada and thus dampened its economic development. For that reason‚ its natural resources are exported

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    Look Look

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    Marketing Chapter Five Case Study 5.2 1. How does Look-Look use technology to gain insights on the teen and young adult markets? Lee and Gordon felt the that younger people themselves were not given a very large part in the to play in the market research process‚ even though they were in the best situation to give complete accurate information about youth trends. So they created an internet communication system and enlisted young people to provide up to date information‚ right from them

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