The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75‚000 years ago‚ or with earlier hominids including Homo erectusfrom about 500‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilisation‚ which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India‚ was the first major civilisation in South Asia. A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period
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feel we have done something useful‚ which others have not. It may not be useful to us or to others immediately. But from such collections much historical‚ geographical and cultural information can be gained. Many research scholars are eager to have such collections relating to the past. Some collectors have made money by selling rare stamps. Next take gardening. The plants we have ourselves planted and watered blossom into flowers. How happy we feel then. We do not feel any drudgery in the work
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Most of the Asian and some of European students‚ who has limited English language skills‚ wants to experience working holiday in Australia. Many have tried it is different with what they hope or expect it to be. Claudia is one of the people who found that the working holiday in Australia is unfair. She worked in the farm to pick beans but only about $3 per hour and she pick beans about 6 hours and she will just get $20 per day. She didn’t come back after that. According to her‚ she is told the owner
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Running Head: Summer and Winter Inventory Systems SUMMER AND WINTER INVENTORY SYSTEMS Grant H. Yarbrough‚ Darnetta Brown‚ Joel Jones‚ Zehra Ozezer‚ Angela Young QRB/501 March 6‚ 2011 Jeffrey Greene Running Head: Summer and Winter Inventory Systems Inventory systems are the methods by which businesses keep track of their stocks‚ goods‚ and services. Through these systems‚ managers are able to determine shortages in their goods and put in orders to replace those that have
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An Unforgettable Holiday It was December 2001.”The most wonderful time of the year”. A special holiday season for my family because our grandparents were coming to visit us from Argentina after two years of our departure. When my parents decided to leave our country in search for “better opportunities”‚ I was three and my brother was six. Between suitcases and planes we were excited about the coming adventure. We did not know at that time‚ about distances or leaving family behind. Then I realized
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While sailing west in hopes of finding a route to Asia‚ he found lands no one in Europe had known existed. A landing in 1492 led to a colonization flood in what he dubbed the “New World”. However‚ Columbus Day should not be a federal holiday because of his harsh treatment of the Natives and the future voyages that led to the death of many explorers and natives. Foremostly‚ Columbus Day should not be a federal holiday largely because of how he treated the Natives on the island he landed. His
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Biography of Billie Holiday Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan. She grew up in Baltimore which had a lot of Jazz talent in the 1920’s. As a teenager she began her apprenticeship singing alongside Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong in after-hour clubs. Billie moved with her mom to New York and that’s where made singing debut in obscure Harlem nightclubs. She borrowed her name from screen star Billie Dove. Even though she never had any training or couldn’t even read music a participant in what was
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state can cast‚ and to give an equal balance between State Assembly members and the members of the Parliament of India. If no candidate receives a majority of votes‚ then there is a system by which losing candidates are eliminated from the contest and their votes are transferred to other candidates‚ until one gains a majority. Although Article 53 of the Constitution of India states that the President can exercise his or her powers directly or by subordinate authority‚[2] with few exceptions‚ all
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year in reverence of Lord Shiva. Shivaratri literally means the great night of Shivaor the night of Shiva. It is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha month of the Hindu calendar Easter[ Easter is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament. Easter is a moveable feast‚ meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar GURU PURV A gurpurb in Sikh tradition
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Year and it marks the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance‚ which concludes in Yom Kippur. During the Ten Days of Repentance‚ Jews reflect on their actions during the past year and seek forgiveness from those they may have wronged. Rosh Hashanah is characterized by the blowing of a ram’s horn (shofar) and it is customary to eat apples and honey on these days as a symbol of a wish for a sweet new year. Traditionally observant Jews do not work‚ attend school‚ answer the phone‚ drive or use the computer
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