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    Finance is a vast field. The interview questions will depend on what the prospective employer is into or what will be your probably responsibilities. Some of the probable general questions can be as follows: Explain various financial ratios. How and interpret them? What is Time value of money?  How inflation impacts capital budgeting?  What are Derivatives and how they are useful? How to determine exchange rate and cross rates in foreign currency transitions? You may be given two way

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    The period of the mid 1300’s until at least 1600 is generally accepted as the time of the Renaissance. This was a time marked by movement away from stagnation in the fields of art and science and towards one that praised progression and discovery. While many people are aware of the Renaissance’s influence in Europe‚ there was also significant progress occurring in the Middle East and North Africa‚ particularly through the works of Ibn Khaldun. Khaldun’s works are best known for the waves they made

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    The Renaissance was a period of time between 1300 and 1600‚ following a devastating outbreak of the bubonic plague. It gets its name from the French word for rebirth‚ because of the positive political‚ economical‚ and intellectual changes that came after the Black Death. People gave less power to religion and to the church‚ instead focusing more on secular topics. The idea of humanism arose‚ and the Feudal System of government failed. The most influential people from the Renaissance were the artists

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    China and Japan are two unique civilizations that went through similar‚ yet vastly different changes throughout their histories. Their growth and response to other nations differed in many ways in government‚ lifestyle‚ and general well-being. One of the main causes for such difference between the countries is the way the West influenced each region‚ and the way China and Japan responded to this influence. China focused more on the idea of being a "status oriented" society‚ while Japan was more

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    Ancient Greeks thought themselves as “one people.” Greek people had the same religion‚ language and culture. Young men and women from the Greek city states were sent compete in the Olympic Games. Ancient Greek was divided into several independent city states (Polis). Even though Greeks thought themselves as one people‚ politically they defended their independence from each other. Relation between Greeks and Phoenicians increased during ninth century B.C.E. Geeks adopted the Phoenicians alphabets

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    millennium for his invention of the printing press. The printing press had a tremendous influence on the spread of humanism‚ literacy‚ and protestantism. We would not have many of the ideas and knowledge we have today if it weren’t for Guttenberg’s invention. The printing press had a huge impact on the spread of Humanism. People reprinted works of the Greeks and Romans‚ which helped launch The Renaissance. More books led to the spread of more ideas‚ and really got people thinking about things

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    For early civilizations‚ the major necessity that drove them was food. This major force in their life would determine where they would live‚ hunt‚ and how they would store it. As the population of the world grew‚ other forces began to drive the civilizations. Geography would determine if the people would depend upon agriculture‚ hunting‚ trade‚ etc. to sustain their lives. The natural resources that were available to early civilizations could also be considered a driving force. They would use

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    ROME 1. Macedonian professional army-advantages included a wide range of specialists‚ strict discipline and elimination of large numbers of noncombatant servants 2. Battle of Chaeronea- ended Greek city state freedom once and for all. 3. Philip of Macedon-by his death he had installed his despotic rule throughout Greece 4. Alexander-was motivated by the desire for personal power and glory 5. Despotism-absolute power- of authority of rulers who represented themselves as at least semi-divine

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    much to Western civilization. They have contributed many of the things we use and think about in modern day America. One of the things that the Greeks had thought of was democracy. They believed that all people should have the right of advancement‚ political decisions‚ and the right to serve the public. . Not only did the civilizations of Ancient Greece influence us in the areas of government‚ recreation‚ education‚ religion‚ theater‚ and the arts‚ but they also had a great influence on architecture

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    marriage was less about love‚ and more about the union of the two individuals’ families. It was a social and economic necessity‚ the details of which are agreed by the families of the bride and groom rather than baked on love. On the other hand Western Civilization has made love in marriage the main factor. Because of the benefits that it has on the family‚ the future of the married couple‚ and the stability and advantages of them‚ I think that arranged marriage is a better choice over dating. Arranged

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