Explain why the Arab invasions of 710 and 711 were so successful. In answering this question we must first appreciate the difficulty historians face in discovering the real truth of the early Arab invasions‚ a fact well demonstrated in the varying estimates of Arab invasion forces (ranging from 1‚700-9000 in current publications). Scant contemporary evidence exists beyond a short narrative present in a Spanish chronicle of 754‚ a vital surviving Islamic administrative document of the time‚ and
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Case: Phillips Furniture 1. On what activities would you tell Mr. Phillips you intended to focus? Why? There are several different things that Mr. Phillips should focus on. The first thing that needs to be done is a mission statement. This is important because the business needs to have a purpose and objective. Mr. Phillips and all the other managers should sit down and discuss this matter and lay out a goal for where the company stands today and where they want to be in the future. By knowing
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A King at War With Parliament The English Civil War began in 1642 between King Charles I and Parliament. Wealthy nobles‚ known as Royalists‚ supported the king. Supporters of Parliament included Puritans‚ who were led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell eventually became commander-in-chief of Parliament’s army. A number of battles took place between the king’s troops and Cromwell’s army‚ some of which are shown on the map below. The first battle‚ which took place at Edgehill‚ did not gain ground for either
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The Loyalists were the people who didn’t want to be divided from the Britain. The Loyalists were loyal to the Britain although they weren’t being treated as a human‚ by the Patriots. If you were a Loyalist you would be hanged or immediately sent to jail. And families that were patriots and loyalist would be separated. The patriots stayed in the thirteen colonies and the loyalists came to what is known as Canada now. Loyalists ancestors descend from places like England‚ Scotland‚ and Ireland. The
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in writing What are the characteristics of early American literature? – Who were America’s earliest writers and what were their concerns? – Thomas Paine‚ Phillis wheatley‚ brad street What can you learn from primary sources about early life in the colonies? - What are the elements of persuasive writing?- What arguments for or against the use of Native American mascots exist? What does the poetry of colonial America show us about the period? - How does the structure of a poem affect its
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evidences differences in performance. Matsushita accomplishes important growth regardless of economic downturns but Philips sales stagnate as a consequence of difficulties to implement strategic decisions. Between 1919 and 1970 Philips and Matsushita were able to develop and implement its corporate strategies that allowed each company to develop different capabilities. Philips Matsushita High focus on R&D Low focus on R&D Local production facilities Global production / Economies of scale Decentralized:
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Response Essay Question One Between 1689 and 1763‚ the “Wars of Empire” was occurring between‚ France‚ Britain‚ Spain‚ and their colonial possessions ( Era Introduction). Of course in the end Britain came out on top which put them in a position of high power‚ but they did not do it by themselves though. How did the English colonies become the most successful colonial power in North America by 1763? It was because many settlers were drawn to their political systems which encouraged cultural diversity
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THE PHILLIPS CURVE The short-run relationship between inflation and unemployment is often called the Phillips curve. In 1958‚ economist A. W. Phillips published an article in the British journal Economica that would make him famous. The article was titled “The Relationship between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wages in the United Kingdom‚ 1861–1957.” In it‚ Phillips showed a negative correlation between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation. That is‚ Phillips showed
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The Mexican war was mainly a war that President Polk wanted in effort to obtain more land for the United States. The people who wanted the war were mostly Democrats and Southerners. Southerners supported the war because they were in hope that more land would be acquired meaning more states would be admitted into the union as slave states. For this same reason the Whig Party opposed the war because they were abolitionists. Abolitionists opposed slavery so with the addition of new slave states‚
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The French Revolution made revolution part of the worlds political tradition. The French Revolution was successful because‚ the biggest cause was an example furnished by the American Revolution‚ which led to the Revolutions in Latin America. One of the greatest causes of the French Revolution was example furnished by the American Revolution. The American Revolution was a political disturbance that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Revolution began‚ because the colonists did not like
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