Maastricht University School of Business and Economics A Guide to Academic Writing Skills Second edition Robert Wilkinson Jeannette Hommes ©2010 Robert Wilkinson and Jeannette Hommes‚ Maastricht University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording or by any information storage and retrieval system‚ without prior permission from the copyright owner‚ or‚ as the cases may be
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Wilson’s peace plan was an end to secret treaties. One issue that caused World War I that was addressed in that idea was entangling alliances between the countries. Another idea was a limit on weapons. The issue that lead to World War I that was addressed in that idea was militarism. The most important of Wilson’s Fourteen Points was a League Of Nations‚ to protect the independence of all countries. The issue that caused World War I that was addressed in that was also the entangling alliances.
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Alliances During World War 1 Although there were many underlying reasons for the European nations to break out in war‚ the early days of the fighting between Serbia and Austria caused the expansion of the war‚ along with the alliances which failed to remain peace and actually contributed to the war. Also‚ the possibility of remaining neutral and prepared is always another alternative‚ rather than forming allies that may require the nation to enter a war. A war between Serbia and Austria caused
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The Water Crisis Table of Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 3 ABSTRACT 4 INTRODUCTION 5 DISCUSSION 10 CONCLUSIONS 14 RECOMMENDATIONS 15 REFERENCES 17 List of Illustrations Figure 1: Rain Water 5 Figure 2: Surface Water 6 Figure 3: Underground Water 6 Figure 4: Rock catchment area and rock holes 7 Figure 5: Dams 7 Figure 6: Excavated Dams 8 Figure 7: Bores and Wells 8 Figure 8: Wells 9 Abstract This report deals with the water crisis in Lebanon‚ causes and problems
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WHAT IS THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF RELIGION? RUSSELL T. MCCUTCHEON DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Comparison and Theory understood as strange‚ sometimes as familiar)‚ early scholars of religion were interested in collecting and comparing beliefs‚ myths‚ and rituals found the world over. After all‚ early explorers‚ soldiers‚ and missionaries were all returning to Europe with their diaries and journals filled with tales that‚ despite their obvious exoticness‚ chronicled
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During World War 1‚ submarines were used in the British Navy during World War one. The design of the submarines in world war one was very similar to the ones which were used in world war two. There was a volunteer branch in the Navy called the British Submarine Service who worked in the early designs of the submarines. The first ship to be sunk by a submarine was called ‘Housatonic’. It was destroyed using a spar torpedo from the submarine. The submarine in this process also destroyed itself. There
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the late 15th century‚ many people came to the Americas and brought diseases that started to kill a lot of people that weren’t immune to the diseases - Conquistadores were able to dominate because the empires were becoming weak from low population 1. America Before Columbus - at first people lived as hunters and gatherers‚ but then had agriculture - civilizations were then built and were as varied as they were in Europe a. The Civilization of the South o the Incans built an empire in Peru and
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Samir Hadzic PDP World History 3rd Period Chapter #15‚ pgs 296-301 I. Introduction A. Main Idea- The Middle Ages were a time period filled with a shocking amount of chaos and calamity‚ although accompanied by a large amount of intellectual prosperity‚ political expansion‚ and rebirth. i. During the High Middle Ages (eleventh to thirteenth centuries) 1. The Latin Church became a strong spiritual authority in Europe. 2. Revolution in agriculture. Increased food supplies and populations. 3
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A sovereign state is a political organization with a centralized government that has supreme independent authority over a geographic area.[1] It has a permanent population‚ a government‚ and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states.[2] It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither dependent on nor subject to any other power or state.[3] The existence or disappearance of a state is a question of fact.[4] While according to the declaratory theory of state recognition
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technological ideas from the invention of the wheel to the hand crank pump have transformed how millions of people live. The way technological ideas have accumulated over time and the effects they have had on society is one of the main themes of world history. Shortly before 3000 BCE‚ Mesopotamians invented a technological idea which ended in a writing system called cuneiform that increased communication‚ record keeping‚ and abstract thought. Through symbols written on wet clay tablets that
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