The Armenian population inhabited the region of the Middle East (Asia Minor) that bordered the Black‚ Caspian‚ and Mediterranean Seas for many years. The Armenian land was invaded multiple times but remained strong in their pride and identity as Armenians. Armenia also became the first nation to name Christianity as its state religion‚ and experienced an era of peace and prosperity. But the Armenian lifestyle changed when the Turkish attacked Armenia in the eleventh century and began the Turkish
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Cambodian Genocide By Ryan O’Leary We all continue to remember the genocides‚ of Cambodia and the Holocaust and all of their horrors. They each killed millions of people‚ but if you dig into the genocides even more you will see distinct similarities and distinct differences. Although both the Holocaust and the Cambodian Genocide both were caused by powerful leaders seizing power and they both have similar ways of killing large amount of people‚ they differ in the effects of the genocide such as the
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. GENERAL INFORMATION OF CAMBODIA Cambodia is a country with area of 181‚035 km2‚ located in Southeast Asia; bordered to the northwest by Thailand‚ the northeast by Laos‚ the east by Vietnam and the southwest by the Gulf of Thailand. Population: young; 14‚139‚000 people (in 2010) 2007 2008 2009 2010 GDP growth (%) 10.2 6.7 0.1 6.0 GDP per capita (current US$) 632 749 744 795 Inflation‚ consumer prices (%) 7.7 25.0 -0.7 4.0 Interest rate: Commercial bank
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The Philippine cinema is the youngest of the Philippine arts‚ and still is considered as one of the popular forms of entertainment among the Filipinos. It directly employs some 260‚000 Filipinos and generates around PHP 1.5 billion revenues annually.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Overview 2 History 2.1 Origins 2.2 American period 2.3 World War II and Japanese occupation 2.4 1950s 2.5 1960s 2.6 1970s to early 1980s 2.7 Contemporary period 2.7.1 Late 1980s to 1990s 2.7.2 2000 and beyond 3 See also
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South East Asia was in a time of unrest with things such as the Vietnam War. While the Vietnamese and the United States were engaged in a war across the border‚ Cambodia had its own struggles to deal with. Cambodia‚ at the time‚ was led by Prince Sihanouk. However‚ a politician named Lon Nol‚ with the help of the United States‚ successfully led a Coup d’état against the Prince. The Prince retaliated by summoning his allies in the Khmer Rouge‚ led by Pol Pot‚ to aid him in defeating Nol. The Vietnamese
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Cambodia: A Country in Poverty? Walter Sartin Berkeley College Online Global Social Change Professor Lyzbeth Makely Cambodia: A Country in Poverty This paper will review the government of the Cambodia‚ and how it impact international affairs. Information will be provided pertaining to this nation’s population‚ health care‚ and educational system. Consideration will be given to the dominance of its government in international politics and review advantages and disadvantages that may
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After more than a decade of spectacular growth‚ Tourism has played an important role in the development of Cambodia. It has brought employment‚ improvements in infrastructure‚ training and general education and living standards for many people‚ and raised the international profile of Cambodia. Its growth has helped diversify economic activity‚ and broaden the base of foreign earnings. Tourism statistics of Cambodia In recent years‚ the question of how to increase the yield from each tourist;
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Name Teacher AP US History September 20‚ 2012 President Richard M. Nixon’s administration had to face many international and domestic challenges in the United States between 1968 and 1974‚ some positive and some negative. His achievements in expanding peaceful relationships with both China and the Soviet Union are contrastingly different with his continuation of the Vietnam War. In the end‚ Nixon’s scandals and abuse of presidential power caught up to him‚ and his administration did much to
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My favorite leader –Zhou Enlai Abstract As is known to us all‚ Zhou Enlai‚ as a communist party member‚ the first premier and foreign minister of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ has a high reputation from home and abroad. This paper includes four parts in total. It starts with the brief introduction to Zhou Enlai and then pays more attention to the second part about his contributions. Following is the third part about evaluations from domestic and international. The last part comes to the
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