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    British Rule

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    The British rule over India changed the course of history in India. The British came to India at the start of the seventeenth century. This was the time when the British East India Company was established in India to break the Dutch monopoly over spice trade. With time the East India Company increased its powers and started to administer the country. However its policies were disliked by Indians and together they revolted against the company. This led to the downfall of the company and the administration

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    The British Renaissance Produced Many Types of Literature and Was Influenced By Shakespeare‚ Marlow‚ and Spenser The British Renaissance produced many types of literature for the world to see. Shakespeare‚ Spenser‚ and Marlowe all contributed to the shaping of the time period. Christopher Marlowe’s "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" portrays one of the typical love poems that can be seen from the Renaissance. A man is in search of the love of another girl‚ or woman. Sir Walter Raleigh

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    To what extent was the Tsarist economy transformed between 1881 – 1905? The torpor of the Russian economy compared to other European Great Powers was a prominent predicament to both Alexander III and Nicholas II. In order to sustain Russia’s Great Power status‚ both Tsars engaged in a policy of economic renewal between the years 1881 and 1095. Despite success in managing to proliferate economic growth rates‚ the attempts of economic reform between 1881 and 1905 weren’t sufficient in order to make

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    British Council

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    Organogram Advertisements British Council has created a number of Ads so far in order to meet their marketing strategy. Some of the are listed below: |Advertiser |Brand Name |Title |Agency |Country |Category |Released | |Advertising Council|The British |Meet Your Hero |M&c Saatchi Sydney|Australia |Corporate image & |June 2008 | | |Council | |

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    British Telecomm

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    British Telecommunications Case Study Foreign Equities Valuation U.S. investors should value foreign equities as a way to diversity their portfolios and reduce risk. Since foreign markets and U.S. markets do not correlate exactly it is likely that if U.S. markets are to perform poorly then foreign markets are likely to be performing better‚ and vice versa. Thus an investor that has a well-diversified portfolio is more likely to obtain a better combination of risk and return than another investor

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    British Culture

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    British Literature Annual Booker Prize is televised as an important national event‚ causing a great deal of discussion. The rich variety of theatre performance available in London is one of literature attractions to visitors. Early Writing: much early British writing was concerned with Christianity: Anglo-Saxons produced beautifully illustrated. Few people in this period were literate‚ because the English language was so different that make native English people give up reading. One of the

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    Colony Textile Mills

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    History Colony Group is one of the leading and oldest Textile Manufacturing group in Pakistan. The 1st industrial venture of the group was in cotton ginning sector back in 1881. Gradually the group diversified in to flour milling in the early 1900s. First textile spinning plant was put up in 1946 under the name of Colony Textile Mills Limited. The Group further ventured in to Banking‚ Insurance‚ Cement‚ and Power Generation & Distribution. By 1952 Colony Textile Mills Limited was a composite

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    On the night of February 13‚ 1945‚ The British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) carried out Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris’ plan to bomb Dresden. The RAF launched a raid on the night of February 13/14‚ 1945 and the USAAF bombed during the days of February 14th‚ 15th and March 2nd. The allies air forces used area bombing (bombing the target and surrounding area to ensure the target is destroyed) for the mission because the technology at that time did not allow

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    business interests of the British imperialists had a mixed outcome.Great Britain expanded into India‚Asia‚and Africa.There were three main causes that are linked to the causes and reasons os imperializing(political‚social‚economic).Overall‚imperialism is a progressive force‚and both the “oppressors”are equally effected by imperialism in both positive and negative ways. The causes of British Imperialism were tied to economic‚social‚and political reasons.socially‚the british believed that they were

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    Southern Colonies Religion

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    Southern Colonies Religion | Southern Colonies claimed to have religious freedom but that tended to be a superficial idea. In these colonies Anglican faith was the most predominate. Anglican included Presbyterian and Baptist. While Protestants were somewhat tolerated most were Anglican. They didn’t really consider Native Americans and slaves religion to be an actual religion. Several people tried to convert slaves and Native Americans to their religion. When slaves began to give in they

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