Genghis Khan‚ or Ghengis Khan as he is more widely known‚ was born about the year 1162 to a Mongol chieftain‚ Yesugei‚ and his wife. He was born with the name of Temujin‚ which means ’iron worker’ in his native language. When Temujin was born his fist was clutching a blood clot which was declared an omen that he was destined to become a heroic warrior.Very little is known of Temujin until he was around age 13 when his father declared that his son was to find a fiancée and get married. After several
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Akram Khan “Abide With Me” In the opening ceremony of London’s 2012 Olympic Games‚ Akram Khan had been asked by artistic director‚ Danny Boyle‚ to devise choreography constructed on the theme of mortality‚ accompanied by the hymn “Abide With Me” sung by Emile Sande. The inspiration for the concept being “mortality” derives from the victims who suffered the July 7th‚ 2005 bombings in London‚ hence the video tributes that appear in a short period of the performance (the appearance of the victims
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Kubla Khan The poem begins with a fanciful description of Kublai Khan’s capital Xanadu‚ which Coleridge places near the river Alph‚ which passes through caverns before reaching a dark or dead sea. Although the land is one of man-made "pleasure"‚ there is a natural‚ "sacred" river that runs past it. The lines describing the river have a markedly different rhythm from the rest of the passage:[29] In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph‚ the sacred river
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After the death of Khubulai Khan‚ the four uluses divided forming their own independent states. These four powers remained autonomous‚ until the territories internally began to divide and ultimately fall apart. The first of the khanates to collapse were the Yuan Dynasty and the Ilkhanid‚ while the Chagatai and the Golden Horde were able to stay in control relatively longer. It is most likely that these two uluses were the first to dissolve because Mongol steppe and traditional life never prospered
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Abul Khair Khan Battles Against Jungars Prepared by Smagulov Alim Biography Khan of the Little Zhuz Muhammad Abulkhair Ghazi Bahadur Khan‚ was born in 1693. He grew up in an environment where Kazakh Khanate were attacked by the Jungaria and Kalmyks. XVIII century In the history of the Kazakh nation was particularly tragic‚ the constant attacks from the Jungar invaders did not allow people to develop steadily. Abulkhair showed special courage and intelligence to protect the cities of Tashkent
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Khan Academy ! Case study! Bus 490 How did Khan Academy start? • In late 2004‚ Khan began tutoring his cousin Nadia in mathematics using Yahoo!’s Doodle notepad. • When other relatives and friends sought similar help‚ he decided it would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on YouTube. • Khan to quit his job in finance as a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management in 2009‚ to focus on the tutorials (then released under the moniker "Khan Academy") full-time
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proponents of military action had upheld it‚ calling Ayub Khan a saviour. A new system was evolved which replaced the federal parliamentary system leading to absolute dictatorship. With unfair intentions he took every step which consolidated his grip on power. After 11 years of independence‚ Pakistan was going through experiments in governance‚ with no constitution‚ no democracy. The fallout of this cast deep influences on the years to come. That Ayub Khan was an ambitious person is evident from his own writings
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Running Head: Chingis Khan 1 Throughout history‚ many a great empires have been built. Some so vast‚ that on them the sun never set. These empires however were built by multiple individuals over a period of hundreds of years. The largest empire‚ however was built by a group of tribal nomads led by an orphaned prince. It was the mongols under Chingis Khan who built the largest empire to ever be conquered by one man. Over the course of only a few decades he shook the world and changed history
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Explanation of “Kubla Khan” in Post-Colonial Context Post Colonialism is the interactions and reactions of the colonialists and the imperialistic powers. Literature which reacts by challenging the content and form of colonial influence and expresses its ideas in its own voice and vernacular language‚ is deemed to be Post-Colonial. Kubla Khan is a poem written by S.T coleridge.This poem describes Xanadu‚ the palace of Kubla Khan‚ a Mongol emperor and the grandson of Genghis Khan.But if we interpret
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ASSIGNMENT NO:1 SUBMITTED BY: Ashrafullah khan BE-CE 2012 SECTION:C SUBMITTED TO: Mr.Qaisar Choudary C0mparison of smartphones Design The Nokia Lumia 920 follows a similar design trend seen on the company’s previous Lumia phones like the Lumia 900 and the Lumia 800. It’s constructed from a single piece polycarbonate which is coloured all the way through in the manufacturing process‚ so any scratches to the surface won’t be too noticeable. The colours on offer (particularly yellow‚ red
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