Assess the reasons why there was a crusade in 1095 The first crusade began in 1095 following the Council of Clermont, although the official crusade forces didn’t leave until 1097. It was at the Council of Clermont that Pope Urban II first talked about the idea of a crusade. He explained that the Byzantine emperor, Alexius, had appealed for help as his land was constantly under attack from Muslim forces. Many people answered the appeal and took part in the crusade, however many embarked for
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Introduction I propose to conduct a survey on the topic “Is female independence the main reason behind the increasing number of divorce rate?” This survey will be in context of Bangladesh. The rate of divorce is rising due to increased female independence. High rate of divorce is a common problem in western countries but in Bangladesh it is also following the trend. It is suggested that overall improvement in women’s position in terms of financial and social status has changed the scenario. Women’s
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its market share has now fallen to the lowest of any Indian airline in April. To make things worse, the airline has had to cut the number of its flights to about 120 a day, down from about 340 daily flights. (Hatif T, 2012; Parija P, 2012 ). There were a large number of flight cancellations too. In addition, in May 2012, the Indian aviation director even threatened Kingfisher that it would lose its flying slots if it did not pay the income tax of Rs 269.06 immediately. (Anonymous, 2012; Munshi N
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to establish whether this classification is justified or if it is simply an exaggeration of what a small group of people enjoyed. While it is known that in Rome there were gladiatorial fights, public beatings and the keeping of slaves was legal (and common), it is also important to understand just exactly how advanced the Romans were. The Longman Dictionary of the English Language defines civilised as "of or being peoples of nations in a state of civilisation." And then defines civilisation as "a
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1 Student NAME: Habad Khan Rdi Student no: STU14791 University Registration no: 0811866967624 Enrolment Date: July 2009 Master of Business Administration: MBA University Of Wales. Date: January 2013 Dissertation Title: Change Management in the Police: A Study of Police Control Rooms. Word Count 20600 words ( excluding, Contents page, Declaration and Statements, Diagrams, References and Appendices.) 2 Declaration & Statements This dissertation is a product of my own work
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Unspoken Love A Far Off Place by Laurens Van Der Post is an incredible story of adventure and surviving against all odds set in the 1970s. It centers on Francois, a fourteen year old boy, growing up in the interior of Africa on his farm with only his mother since his father passed away the year before. Nonnie, a young Portuguese girl, was friends with Francois whom she met the year before for a few weeks before having to go off to boarding school while her family’s house was being built close by
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Stereotypes are not only harmful in their own right; they do damage by fostering prejudice and discrimination. After all, if encyclopedia readers are led to believe that Black people have intellectual limitations, why spend time and money educating Black children? As used here, "discrimination" involves putting group members at a disadvantage or treating them unfairly as a result of their group membership. More specifically, "personal discrimination" refers to acts of discrimination committed by
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people. It is the epitome of egalitarian culture where all are treated equally without any bias on the basis of religion, race or color. While there are always some exceptions and few handful people stay away from the normal cultural behavior, Australians are sport loving people, mostly crazy about cricket and they follow Christianity as a religion. They are mostly informal in nature and law abiding. Why we chose it? The only reason of selecting the Australian
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Q1: From your perspective, based on the video and articles for this activity, how did GE create a growth culture important and what are the keys to being an innovative organization? Please explain each. Ans: For an organization to continually grow, innovation must be embedded in its culture. Innovation is a behavior that is required to be a part of every employee’s job. This necessitates an organization to present its employees with platforms wherein they can express their ideas such as the
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Immigration and America’s core culture If one spontaneously were to mention a couple of prominent American figures in the 21st century, names such as Oprah Winfrey, George W. Bush, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Spielberg and the recently elected president Barack Hussein Obama, would usually come to mind. They do all have different religious backgrounds, ethnicities and to some extent culture, but to identify one of them as being “more American” than the others would occur as being weird for most people
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