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    Gold Dinar

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gold dinar was gold coins used as a medium of exchange by Muslims through out the Islamic history. Today‚ the gold dinar‚ sometimes referred as Islamic Dinar is a bullion coin made from 4.25 grams of 22-carrat (k) gold. There were renewed interest in gold as a medium as exchange globally. More economists now prefer gold over money paper‚ to be precise fiat money. In a fiat money system‚ money is not backed by a physical commodity‚ for example gold. The only thing that gives money

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    Separation of Gold

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    decided to do is gold separation. Gold separation can be done in a number of ways but there is not always one way to do it‚ but the combination of a couple of these processes to extract pure gold. Gold is obtained form the lithosphere. It is separated from the ore found in the lithosphere. Gold’s symbol is Au. Its atomic number is 79 and has an atomic mass of 196.96655 amu. Its melting point is 1064.43°C‚ while its boiling point is 2807.0 °C. It is a transition metal and is yellow or gold in colour

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    Jamestown v.s. New England

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    Aamir Khan September‚ 2013 Period 7 AP History Jamestown Colony vs New England Colony: Views from a Colonist A colonist‚ Paul‚ remembers when he departed from the English empire to reside here in the “New World”. He worked hard to cross the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Susan Constant but things did not get better. He struggled to survive in a harsh environment in our settlement‚ which was Jamestown Colony. But living conditions started to improve but then they went way down and he urged himself

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    Gold Rush

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    INTRODUCTION: The Australian gold rush affected Australian society in many ways. One example can be the Eureka Stockade‚ Australia’s only armed protest by gold miners POPULATION: The gold rushes in the second half of the 19th century would completely change the face of Australia. Before 1851‚ Australia’s combined white population was approximately 77‚000. Most of those had been convicts sent by ship over the previous seventy years.  The gold rush completely changed that however. In the two

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    Gold Rush

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    The Gold Rush is an important event in the history of California. The Gold Rush led to an increase in population. The spread of gold craze came over the whole country and even the whole world. Hundreds of thousand of gold seekers rushed to California‚ hoping to makes their fortunes by land or by sea. They were Americans‚ Europeans‚ South Americans and Chinese. Even soldier and sailor deserted by hundreds to find gold. The gold craze spread to Hawaii‚ Oregon‚ and Utah and even to Mexico‚ Peru and

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    early years‚ Jamestown nearly failed due to the area in which the settlers chose to place their new settlement and the Virginia Company. Colonists set foot in North America in 1607‚ “the colonists established Jamestown on a site they chose mainly for its easy defense” (Hewitt‚ & Lawson‚ 2017‚ p. 46). The Englishmen were only looking out for their best interest in choosing a place that was easy to defend. These new colonists probably did not realize their mistake at first in placing Jamestown in this certain

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    The Gold Rush

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    In 1848‚ the Gold Rush was a major factor of the United States expansion. There was this massive open land with the promise of gold and no government or laws to tell people they could not have it. Numerous people from the East coast traveled to California to be a part of the gold. This brought more than men to mine the land. Businessmen and merchants also came to California. With all these people looking for gold they needed every day basics like entertainment‚ places to eat and where to leave

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    How Did Jamestown Die

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    Why did so many die? Have you ever imagined turning to cannibalism‚ drinking water with waste in it‚ or even eating your family’s pet to survive? The colonist of Jamestown were forced to these inhumane methods of survival to stay alive during the hard times that occurred during the existence of Jamestown. A large percent of Jamestown’s population died because of the constant lack of fresh water‚ food shortages‚ diseases brought by mosquitoes ‚ and the Powhatan Native Americans that neighbord the

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    Gold Mining

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    Gold Digging Gold mining is one of the most destructive industries in the world. It can displace communities‚ hurt workers‚ destroy environments and contaminate drinking water. Water and land become polluted with mercury and cyanide which endangers ecosystems‚ animals and people. the health of people and ecosystems. Toxic mine waste contains many dangerous chemicals including arsenic‚ cyanide‚ lead‚ acids‚ merry and petroleum byproducts. Mining companies worldwide dump toxic waste into

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    Gold Rush

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    How did the Australian Gold Rush effect Australia’s immigration and multiculturalism? During the gold rush period‚ immigrants from all around the world came to Australia to find wealth and riches in the gold fields. The majority of these immigrants came from England‚ Ireland‚ Scotland‚ Wales‚ America and Germany. But the largest foreign contingent was China with over 40‚000 coming to work in the gold fields. The Chinese worked in large groups with one leader who was in charge. They worked hard and

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