regionally distinct cultural grouping‚ united by material culture and language‚ occupying eastern Mesoamerica from the Formative Stage down to the present day. During the Classic Stage from about ad 300 to ad 900 the Maya emerged as the most sophisticated civilization in pre-Columbian America.[1] The Inca were a member group of the Quechuan people of highland Peru‚ who established an empire from Northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest. The civilisation centred on its capital
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What is Minority Protection? The protection afforded to minority shareholders by which to assert the rights of the company in an action for a wrong that is alleged to have been done to the company by the majority. Bit of history: Under the law as it stood until recently‚ aggrieved minority shareholders generally found it easier to kill off the company by petitioning for its winding up under the just and equitable ground. This was because of the procedural obstacles established in Foss v Harbottle
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The Abolition of Slavery The Slave Trade in America was huge part of the economic relations with Britain known as the Triangular Trade. The British ships sailed south towards Africa where they traded African men‚ woman‚ and children in exchange for various items like liquor and cotton cloths. Then‚ the Africans were shipped west in large slave ships‚ which is known as the Middle Passage. Robert Walsh‚ a British abolitionist‚ described the conditions of the slave ships ‘the slaves were enclosed in
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office politics as something very much to be avoided. But the truth is‚ to ensure your own success and that of your projects‚ you must navigate the minefield of Office Politics. If you deny the ’bad politics’ that may be going on around you‚ and avoid dealing with them‚ you may needlessly suffer whilst others take unfair advantage. And if you avoid practicing ’good politics’‚ you miss the opportunities to properly further your own interests‚ and those of your team and your
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political theory (like Socialism: Utopian and Scientific)‚ or works of natural science (like The Origin of Species)‚ this sifting of important and clear ideas from the mess and confusion of experience is what writers like Plato‚ Darwin‚ or Engels are doing. They experience the world in all its messy confusion‚ and then they attempt to abstract from the mess‚ by careful selection‚ a system of ordering principles which other people can comprehend and make use of. In more figurative words‚ they are trying
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Business and Administration Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment Session 7 Handout // Dealing with problems in business The types of problems that may occur in a business environment Minor problems – have obvious‚ easy to implement solutions Major problems – have serious consequences and need careful consideration. Some examples of problems in the workplace include: Pre-ordered supplies not arriving on time A colleague is absent The deadline
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Product Critique: Wii U Nintendo was very successful in the video-game industry for many years‚ but the launch of the Wii U was a complete disaster. In order to understand the failure of the Wii U launch we need to list its positive and negative features and compare them to its direct competitors‚ Xbox One and PS4‚ and indirect competitors‚ smartphones‚ pc’s and tablets. Although the GamePad was innovative‚ it was not enough to attract new customers. The biggest reason was the lack of new games
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CALIFORNIA 84th Annual Meeting Program 138 Dealing with Difficult Clients and Opposing Counsel: Successful Strategies and Tactics Saturday‚ September 17‚ 2011 4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Sponsored by the Solo and Small Firm Section The State Bar of California and the Office of Section Education and Meeting Services are approved State Bar of California MCLE providers. Points of view or opinions expressed in these pages are those of the speaker(s) and/or author(s). They have not been adopted or endorsed
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involves some economic models. Macroeconomics focuses on three data series which are the real GDP‚ unemployment rate and inflation rate. Focusing on GDP the gross domestic product it has emerged as the single most renowned economic indicator for government policies and businessman. Wenzel (2009‚ p 61) defines GDP as the measure of the size of an economy as captured by the market value for all final goods and services sold within a given period of time. As it compounds a whole sphere of economic activity
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The issue of Douglas Haig’s role as a general on the Western Front‚ during the Battle of the Somme in 1916‚ has been thoroughly questioned by many historians to date. Through different views and opinions‚ Haig’s skills have been both heavily celebrated and criticised. Therefore he has been viewed as both ‘Butcher of the Somme’ and the ‘Architect of Victory’‚ much evidence supporting both arguments. However the majority of people seem to favour the idea of Haig being a merciless leader‚ which is completely
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