Lecture notes on Alexander the Great. IN 338 Philip of Macedon defeated the Greek city-states. His son‚ Alexander‚ extended the imprint of Greek culture far beyond its Mediterranean homeland. In a series of whirlwind campaigns between 334 and 323 BCE.‚ Alexander gained control of Syria and Egypt and then destroyed the might of Persia. He took his armies east to the Indus and north to central Asia‚ but died at the age of 33 in Babylon. Map pg 154 (overhead) Alexander the Great was no stranger
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goes back to the Hellenistic Period. After the conquests by Alexander the Great‚ the Hellenistic World had started to grow. “The Hellenistic Age marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open‚ cosmopolitan‚ and at times exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia‚” (“History of Greece: Hellenistic”). Greek was the most influential of all the countries within the Hellenistic Period. During the Hellenistic
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“Global Consumer Culture is a beguiling illusion that completely glosses over the hard realities of national‚ ethnic and religious differences. It is therefore a dangerous fiction for the marketing manager to engage with.” Discuss‚ with examples. Introduction Globalization has made a more variety of products available for all consumers. In this sense‚ globalization increases differences‚ rather than generate homogenization (Lee & Usunier‚ 2009). Moreover‚ global influences are adapted to local
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Assignment 1 – Writing Exercise Post my Bachelor’s degree‚ having completed about 4 years of work at Nokia‚ the time had come for me to consider joining a full-time M.B.A. program‚ to boost my career further. I felt that the time was right‚ and conducted my research on potential schools‚ globally. Going by information that I read online‚ an email I received from our HR team at Nokia‚ along with some very positive feedback I received from a close friend‚ who is currently enrolled in the E.M.B.A
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Londoners sense of superiority in those days‚ the half-formed belief that countrymen‚ and particularly those who inhabited the remoter parts of our island‚ were more superstitious‚ more gullible‚ more slow-witted‚ unsophisticated and primitive than we cosmopolitans”.He is confident of himself and believes to be too “well-educated” to allow himself to believe in superstitious rubbish like ghosts. But even though he is almost snobbish he is still alert and aware of his surroundings‚ as he notices immediately
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METRICAL ROMANCES OF THE MIDDLE AGES The very word ’romance’ conjures up to our mind visions of battlemented castles‚ of fair ladies pining in the enchanters’ castles and waiting for their brave knights to come to rescue them‚ of knights riding forth in search of gloriously impossible adventures.The Middle English romances were each a story of adventure‚fictitious and frequently marvellous or super-natural‚ of tender love making‚ of tournaments and cavalcades. While reading these romances‚ we see
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Q. Explain the factors which make it difficult to amend the US Constitution (15 marks) To amend the US Constitution‚ a bill has to go through a two-stage process: proposal and ratification. The proposal stage has to have two thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Every successful amendment has started this way and even the failed ones. A proposal can also be made by a Constitutional convention‚ which is a one-off body which is put together for a specific purpose‚ and
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the artifacts recovered from the sites make for a very interesting and exciting audience. The city offers an opportunity to interact with not only the Assamese populace but also the immigrants from all adjoining states‚ thus making it a vibrant cosmopolitan city. A visit to Guwahati is incomplete without satiating the taste buds with authentic Assamese as well as Eastern Indian food mix. The visit also demands acquisition of mementos from Assam to adorn the house. There is a wide choice for shopping
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When realizing the average person in America sees approximately 40‚000 ads in magazines‚ billboards‚ and television each year‚ it is obvious that media causes teens to be dissatisfied with their bodies‚ aggressive and accepting of drugs and sex at an early age! Typical Advertisements in today’s society spotlight skinny models that look nothing like the average woman. Media targeting teens stress the idea that the ideal women must be skinny and the ideal man is not only physically fit but muscular
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situations happening at the moment of their empire. Statues‚ paintings‚ manuscripts‚ music and several other small creations were made for decoration‚ for sounds‚ and for history. The Inca and the Aztec Empires have similar Architecture for their “cosmopolitan capitals with monumental ceremonial centers and palaces” (Von Sivers et al. 450). Both‚ Inca and Aztec cities where among the largest in the world‚ and the cities had as many inhabitants as 100‚000 to 200‚000. “Although their monumental architecture
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