Alexander in Central Asia The Persian king was no longer in control of his destiny‚ having been taken prisoner by Bessus‚ his Bactrian satrap and kinsman. As Alexander approached‚ Bessus had his men fatally stab the Great King and then declared himself Darius’ successor as Artaxerxes V‚ before retreating into Central Asia to launch a guerrilla campaign against Alexander. Darius’ remains were buried by Alexander next to his Achaemenid predecessors in a full regal funeral
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Introduction South Asia is a volatile region. In particular‚ India and Pakistan have‚ since the end of the Cold War‚ been widely regarded as the two countries most likely to become involved in a nuclear war. The cultural‚ religious‚ and ideological tensions that underlie the state-tostate antagonism are very deep-seated. The long and contested border‚ frequent armed conflict and mutual distrust result in an inherently unstable situation between the two nuclear armed rivals. This study will summarize
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The University of Asia Pacific Assignment No:5 Submitted To: Eng. Asaduzzaman Chowdhury Course Coordinator University of Asia Pecific Submitted By: Moushumi Roy Reg No:12306016 Roll: 16 Department Of Business
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Blackberry became popular because of its appeal to companies. The Blackberry smart phone has robust security features. It is loved by IT managers because of its reputation of being safe for email transmission. This‚ however is becoming less of the norm because employees are buying other smart phones with their own money and begging to use them for work purposes. Companies are seeing that they can save money by allowing the use of Android and iPhone simply because employees are footing the bill. The
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The Geopolitics of South Asia From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age Graham P. Chapman Centre for Advanced Study‚ Oslo‚ Norway Professor Emeritus of Geography‚ Lancaster University‚ UK From Chapter 14 The Greater Game The New Security Agenda The United Nations Development Programme in 1997 outlined the seven areas of new security; economic‚ nutritional‚ health‚ environmental‚ personal‚ community and political. Since then the more crystallised term ‘New Security Agenda’ has been pushing
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Controversy on Modern Language People have often wondered why everyone around us says different sayings and talks in an unusual way. It mainly deals with modern technology and new generations. Although most Americans speak the same language‚ there is a controversy on modern language today because of the use of cell phones‚ regional area slang‚ and background origin. Cell phones have become a necessity to Americans in today’s world. Many Americans may have a personal cell phone plus a business
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undercutting former monopoly operator Malaysia Airlines with promotional fares as low as RM1 (US $0.27). AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since 2001‚ to become an award winning and the largest low cost carrier in Asia. Organization A new budget terminal‚ the first of its kind in Asia was opened in Kuala Lumpur International Airport on 23 March 2006. Built at a cost of RM108 million (US $29.2 million) and spanning some 35‚000 square metres (116‚000 square feet)‚ the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT)
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Air Asia is using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) as their performance measurement system. This performance measurement system is putting customer at the heart of the business. It satisfies the customer needs and wants. It is strategy and process of acquiring‚ retaining‚ and partnering with selective customer to create superior value for company and the customer. This will then increase the shareholders wealth and company value in the long term. According to the Chairman of Air Asia‚ Dato
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In Seamus Heaney’s oem‚ “Blackberry-Picking”‚ Heaney utilizes diction‚ alliteration‚a nd rhyme in order to express his discontent in how fleeting life’s beauty can truly be. Heaney wishes to present this ideas to us as the reader through very callous diction. Every so strongly does the poet juxtapose the “summer’s blood” (7) in his poem to the succulent blackberries‚ admiring the fruit for its life-giving goodness and necessity in life. Had Heaney chosen weaker diction‚ one reading this poem would
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CHANGE AND CONTINUITY OVER TIME ESSAY TOPICS Students should organize these essays with three chronological paragraphs. Each essay will traditionally cover only one historical period but each period has numerous sub-periods. The periods in AP World History include: I. Broad Historical Periods and Sub-Periods A. Foundations Period 1. Prehistory: 1‚000‚000 BCE to 5000 BCE 2. River Valley Civilizations: 5000 BCE to 1200 BCE 3. Classical Civilizations: 1200 BCE to 600 CE B. Post-Classical
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