from Ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia and Ancient Greece approximately B.C. 2500. Mesopotamians produced glass objects for religious ceremonies and daily usage and spread their glassware to Anatolia. However, the glassware in Mesopotamia started to decline at approximately B.C. 1500 due to continuous wars between Mesopotamian states and foreign invasions. II.1.2. GLASSWARE IN SYRIA AND EGYPT The glassware in Syria was started by Phoenicians but it was brought by Ancient Egyptians. Ancient Syrians
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urban population of developing regions has been declining recently. It was estimated to be 3.9 per cent per annum during 1980-85, which declined to 3.79 per cent per annum during 1980-85, 3.62, and 3.43 during 199095 and 1995-2000 respectively. The decline in the rate of urbanisation is also continuing in developed regions of the world. As a result, some of the European countries have experienced negative urbanisation during 80s ( U. N. 1993 ). However, the continued absence, namely, adequate data on
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Background There was a huge evolution in container ships industry in past 50 years. In 1960s decade was the start of the shipping companies’ competition for building the biggest container ship. Companies like Maersk Line and Hapag Lloyd introduced their first vessels constructed for carrying containers. Apart from the running cost dramatically reduced by using bigger container ship and it is also contributed to environment which is one of the hot topics in recent world. ”When you get bigger
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Asses the significance of economic reasons influencing Britain’s relationship with its empire in Africa in the period 1870-1981? Britain’s relationship with Africa was a very volatile one. By 1914 Britain was able to took control over nearly 30% of Africa’s population and most of African territory (5 million square miles) where under British control. By doing this Britain was able to gain the ‘Lion’s share’ over the other European powers which were competing for control in Africa. On the other
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of the Gupta dynasty. The 4th century CE Sanskrit poet Kalidasa, credits Guptas with having conquered about twenty one kingdoms, both in and outside India, including the kingdoms of Parasikas (Persians), the Hunas, the Kambojas tribes located in the west and east Oxus valleys, the Kinnaras, Kiratas etc. The high points of this cultural creativity are magnificent architecture, sculptures and paintings. The Gupta period produced scholars such asKalidasa, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Vishnu Sharma and Vatsyayana who
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in Pakistan. Subsequently, vestiges of the civilization were found as far apart as Sutkagen Dor, near the shore of the Arabian Sea 300 miles (480 km) west of Karachi, also in Pakistan, and Rupnagar, in India, at the foot of the Shimla Hills 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to the northeast. Later exploration established its existence southward down the west coast of India as far as the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay), 500 miles (800 km) southeast of Karachi, and as far east as the Yamuna (Jumna) River basin, 30
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Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand Kaylin West XECO 212 August 23, 2013 Roger Pae Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand The Great Depression started in 1929 ending ten years later in 1939. The Great Depression was known as the deepest and longest-lasting economic downfall in the history of the Western industrialized world. The Great Depression began after the stock market crashed in October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Several
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particular country (like India) while in the US engineers sleep * As a result the national product turns into a global product * The emergence of global institutions: * WTO, GATT, IMF, UN * Drivers of Globalization: * The decline of barriers since the end of World War II * The technological change in communication, information processing, and transportation technologies (aircraft, super-freighter, containerization) * Declining trade and investment barriers:
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and Modern Russian history. Fitzpatrick wrote a historical interpretation of the increase to power of the Bolsheviks called The Russian Revolution. Fitzpatrick did not compose an introduction on the Revolution, but rather on the advancement and decline of the Revolution; particularly social, cultural, and political themes from 1905 through the Stalinist era. The Russian Revolution includes the Stalinist revolution and the Great Purges of 1937-38. Fitzpatrick opposed with the old-style Western understanding
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The Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the Prague Spring of 1968 were key events that shaped the outcome of the Cold War. Both countries were under the Soviet control during the post-war period. After the death of Stalin, when Khrushchev became the leader and the secret speech of destalinization have seen the daily light both countries introduced their own paths to socialism, first Hungary and 12 years later the Czechoslovakia. Both of the events had similar and different causes and consequences, which
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