history‚ Nepal was ruled by the Shah dynasty of kings from 1768‚ when Prithvi Narayan Shah unified its many small kingdoms. In 2006‚ however‚ a decade-long People’s Revolution by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) along with several weeks of mass protests by all major political parties of Nepal culminated in a peace accord‚ and the ensuing elections for the constituent assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the abdication of the last Nepali monarch Gyanendra Shah and the establishment of a federal
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Gray‚ C Luban‚ D. (2003) McMahan‚ (2005) Reiff‚ M. (A) (2010) The Use of Force: Self- Defence. Found at: https://blackboard.manchester.ac.uk/webct/urw/lc5116011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct Accessed on: 03/03/10 Reiff‚ M Riesman and Armstrong‚ (2006) Shah‚ N
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fiction‚ biographies‚ essays‚ a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were translated into several Indian and foreign languages.[1][2] She is most remembered for her poignant poem‚ Aj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu (Today I invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah")‚ an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet‚ an expression of her anguish over massacres during the partition of India. As a novelist her most noted work was Pinjar (The Skeleton) (1950)‚ in which she created her memorable
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creating strong central administrations‚ he was able to finance‚ equip‚ train and mobilize gunpowder armies. The Safavids of Iran‚ beginning with Shah Ismail I set up a gunpowder empire in the early 16th century which continued under Shah Abbas the Great until 1722. The Shah’s army carried muskets and used large artillery weapons like the canon. Shah Abbas hired English advisors to train soldiers in firearms. The Mughals of India under Babur and then Akbar was able to consolidate power in Central
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described in atrocious detail by Doctor Qari Shah in a page-long description (Kushner‚ Homebody 31-32) that brings‚ this time verbally‚ the body to the centre of attention. Interestingly‚ one of the main events of Homebody/Kabul—whatever happened to the Homebody in Kabul—is not shown on stage but only recovered through narration. But it is not recovered univocally because we get two vastly differing narratives‚ the first one representing the account of Qari Shah‚ a representative of the Taliban establishment
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Ramzi Yousef Wali Khan Amin Shah and Abdul Hakim Murad appealed from judgments of conviction presented in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges pertaining to a conspiracy to destroy twelve U.S. commercial airliners in Southeast Asia. Ramzi Yousef entered into the U.S. airliners‚ to stage his attacks. Ramzi mission sent him to place bombs within twelve U.S. aircraft which headed in the direction of Southeast Asia by five members. The conspirators made
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revolution‚ however only a few are major reasons. One of the larger reasons to overthrow the government was because the Iranian population did not accept the policies of westernization that Shāh Mohammad Rezā Pahlavi had imposed. The Iranians believed that these policies were an insult to their culture and that the Shah was being controlled by the united states of america. The oil boom was another reason for which the population of Iran was not content with the Pahlavi government. Iran had invested close
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to modern Iran; lasted until 1722. 7. Sail al-din: Early 14th century Sufi mystic; began campaign to purify Islam; first member of Safavid dynasty. 8. Isma’il: Sufi commander who conquered city of Tabriz in 1501; first Safavid to be proclaimed shah or emperor. 9. Chaldiran: Site of battle between Safavids and Ottomans in 1514; Safavids severely defeated by Ottomans; checked western advance of Safavid Empire. 10. Abbas I‚ the Great: afavid ruler from 1587 to 1629; extended Safavid domain
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she constantly holds conversations with God. Her close relationship with her religion caused her to feel certain ways about things‚ like when she is devastated and confused at finding out that God did not actually choose the Shah. Religion also shows up in the book when the Shah begins to enforce the religion more strictly upon the country. The women are forced to wear the veil‚ alcohol and parties are banned‚ and posters‚ tapes‚ and memorabilia no longer are allowed into the country. The Guardians
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Brian Lee 4/5/2013 Ms. Suri Period: 5 The Aztec In the ancient Americas‚ the Aztec‚ Incas‚ and Mayans were superior civilizations‚ but of those 3 the Aztec were exceptional. The Aztec represent multiple city states formed by an alliance into 1 civilization. The original “founders” of the Aztec civilization were tribal nomads known as the Mexica‚ who wandered to Mexico. There they were kicked out by settlers who
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