Why does oil prices rise and fall? Of all industries in the world‚ oil industry is indeed an international business which affects most countries in the world. As the oil is the most consumed energy‚ it plays a vital role in daily lives as well as economy and social development. Also‚ the oil industry leads to new technology development both directly and indirectly. It has been deployed as a means for economy and political negotiation. Nevertheless‚ “crude oil” when refined into various petroleum
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Basma Rasheed May 24th‚ 2012 Rise of Dictators For many nations‚ WWI peace had brought not prosperity but revolution fueled by economic depression and struggle. The postwar years brought the rise of powerful dictators driven by the belief in nationalism. Germany: * Germans saw the fact that the Treaty of Versailles blamed them for the starting of the war to be unfair. They did not find security in a settlement that stripped them of their overseas colonies and border territories
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1700 Indo- European invasion of Greek peninsula 1400 Kingdom of Mycenae; Trojan War. 800-600 Rise of Greek city- states; Athens and Sparta become dominant. c.700 Homerian epics Iliad Odyssey; flowering of Greek architecture. 550 Cyrus the Great forms Persian Empire. 509 Beginnings of Roman republic. 470-430 Athens at its height: Pericles‚ Phidias‚ Sophocles‚ Socrates. 450 Twelve Tables of Law 431-404 Peloponnesian Wars. 359-336 Phillip II of Macedonia 338-323 Macedonian Empire‚ Alexander
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the state. Hitler used his book Mein Kampf to create a plan to create a racially pure state. Hitler in January of 1933 started his fascist dictatorship with the opening of his campaign for racially pure nation which soon lead to the holocaust("The Rise of Adolf Hitler"). To grow his empire Hitler created the Gestapo and twenty five points that were to be forced on the people of Germany. Some of the points made by Hitler are: "immigration of non-Germans must be prevented‚ no one should do anything
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Castro Rise The Power Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz became involved with political protests as a young student. After Batista’s coup in 1952‚ he went to court and tried to have the Batista dictatorship declared illegal. However‚ his attempt to peacefully bring down the Batista government did not work‚ and so in 1953‚ Castro turned toward violent means. On July 26‚ 1953‚ Castro led a group of men to attack the Moncada military fortress. However‚ his little rebellion was immediately crushed
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The rise and expansion of Islam has had a significant impact on the role and rights of women throughout history. Since its origin in the seventh century until modern times‚ the Muslim faith has somewhat broadened‚ but has mostly restricted women’s rights in numerous Islamic communities. The history of Muslim women is complex‚ as it involves many advances and declines in numerous locations‚ such as Egypt‚ Afghanistan‚ and Iran‚ concerning several subjects‚ including both civil and social rights. Thus
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Cybercrimes continue to rise KUALA LUMPUR: Cybercrime is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide with more than a million people becoming victims every single day‚ according to the Norton Cybercrime Report 2011. The victims of cybercrime also paid dearly with a total loss of US$388bil (RM1.21bil) to cybercriminals in 2010. Effendy Ibrahim‚ director of consumer business at Symantec Asia Pacific‚ said that cybercrimes don’t only cost victims financially but emotionally too. “On average‚ it takes
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Rise of Reformist ReligionBuddhism & Jainism History Project Project Submitted by: Aayush Raturi VI- B Roll No-33 Acknowledgement I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher Mr. Anamitra Dutta ‚ who game me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic “Rise of Reformist Religion-Buddhism & Jainism”‚ which also helped me in doing a lot of research and I came to know about so many new things. I am really thankful to him. Secondly I would also like
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A group of literati known collectively as the yangban dominated society during the Chosôn dynasty (1392–1910). Like its meaning‚ “two orders‚” yangban were divided into two classes‚ civil (munban) and military (muban). The yangban was expected to hold public office‚ follow the Confucian doctrine through study and self-cultivation‚ and help cultivate the moral standards of Chosôn society. As an elite class‚ the yangban enjoyed special privileges and actively sought to preserve the purity and exclusivity
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Political: • Businesses benefited from friendly government policies that protected private property‚ subsidized railroads with land grants and loans‚ supported US manufacturers with protective tariffs‚ and refrained from either regulating business operations or heavily taxing corporate profits. • Government policies gave 170 million acres of land to railroad companies for expansion of business. • Land grants and cash loans made poor construction and increased corruption in government. • Since
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