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The Bubonic Plague was spread from China to Italy in 1347 when a fleet of merchant ships returned home from a trip to the Black Sea. As they docked in Sicily many of the crewmembers had already died. The disease spread rapidly through the city and surrounding countryside. By the following August the plague had…

In 1922, the King himself invited Benito Mussolini into government. This was the result of numerous factors stemming from both, Mussolini’s ambition and ability and the favorable circumstances of the early twentieth century. Primarily the weakness and subsequent fall of the Liberal Regime laid the foundation for Italy’s future embracement of fascism however it was…

The development of a national railroad system was hampered by which of the following? A. The absence of a national standard for track width b. The publics fear concerning the safety of rail travel c. The refusal of most financial institutions to grant loans for rail construction d. The cost of both buying land and…

Modern French dramatist, Jean Anouilh, is a great tragic playwright of the twentieth century. His best known work is Antigone, a modern version of Sophocles’ tragedy. Anouilh’s Antigone also provides a commentary on the Nazi occupation of France. In rewriting the myth in modern times, Anouilh revives the issue of free will under the power…

The autochthonal society of Australia has been estimated to be around for 10s of 1000s of old ages. The contrast between non-indigenous and Autochthonal society across all facets of societal and economical constructions has been widely debated. reported. monitored and theorized. Autochthonal Australians are significantly more deprived so non-indigenous people in assorted societal facets such…

The Islands of the Bahamas, located just southeast of Florida is a chain of islands that make up a tiny yet proud country in the Caribbean. Currently the government of the Bahamas, based on the British parliamentary system, is debating on the legalization of a national lottery for the country. Since the Bahamas is a…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as for his major prose work Biographia Literaria. Throughout his adult life, Coleridge suffered from crippling bouts…

Before the 1700s, three of the major imperiums were called the Gunpowder Empires: the Ottomans of Turkey, the Safavids of Iran, and the Mughals of India. Although the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires had strong bureaucratisms and economic prosperity, they besides had absolute swayers who denied their citizens basic civil rights. One of the strengths…

Before the decision to convert to foreign production, Lo was already facing both strategic and execution difficulties at the company’s quarters. In attempts to counteract the difficulties, Lo planned to institute a balanced scorecard management system to combat four of five challenges: unclear business strategies, weak execution, difficult performance assessment, and weak management systems. With…

Rationale: “The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. ” – Benjamin Disraeli In the light of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo’s reform agenda that focused on service to the people, it is our turn to paid tribute to his legacy by…