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The rise of the Mongols was absolutely dependent on Chenghis Khan. Chenghis Khan was a unique and intelligent leader. The movie started with Chenghis Khan choosing his bride with his dad, but later his dad was poisoned by another clan. Chenghis Khan didn’t give up on himself from his dad’s death; instead he swore to revenge for his dad. After his father’s death, Chenghis Khan’s clan fall and people rebelled, Chenghis Khan’s tried to escape, but he was captured over and over again no matter how…

will find when you get there. As soon as you put a feet on Honduran soil, you will realize this is not like any other place around. I am going to show all of you why Honduras is one of the top places to visit on vacations. Honduras is located in Central America, near the equator. For its warm weather it is precisely what we need to have a beautiful day at the beach, to get a tan, to go kayaking, and also fishing. One of the Honduran biggest tourism sites is Roatan; this one is one of the…

indigenous population is CARE. CARE has been present in Guatemala since the 50’s, and focuses on human rights development for women, namely, health, education, representation and economic development (Blum 2001) (CARE website). CARE used to have one central office in the capital city, but now has regional offices that work with smaller groups of people (blum 2001). A criticism of this model is that larger NGO’s that are forced to decentralize begin to act like businesses and corporations, ending…

The latitude and longitude lines are 14.63330 N and 90.5000 w The capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City. Some of the important cites in Guatemala are Dospilas, Elbaul, and Andlximche. Some animals in Guatemala include monkeys, the Ring Tail Lemur, jaguars, Harpy Eagle, the toucan, and the Boa Constrictor. The Guatemalan tropical areas have a huge variety of plants. In the mountains, they have oak and pine trees. The population in Guatemala is 14,099,033 in the years 2014. In Guatemala it is hot…

The federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks charge each other to lend Federal Reserve funds overnight. These funds maintain the federal reserve requirement. The reserve requirement prevents them from lending every dollar they get. Make sure they have enough cash to start each business day. The Federal Reserve uses the federal funds rate as a tool to control US economic growth. Banks use the federal funds rate to base all other short-term interest rates. Banks also base the prime rate…

War One World War One was a war between over 100 countries, and two alliances, the allied powers and the central powers. To sum up there were countries from many different places including Africa, Australia, America, and Asia. The Primary countries in the allied powers where Siberia, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, and the United States. The primary countries in the central powers were Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. In the alliances each country…

The country of Costa Rica is relatively located in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua, and located at the absolute location of 9.95° N, 84° W. It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. Roughly half the size of Iceland and smaller than the state of West Virginia, Costa Rica has 19,560 square miles of land. Costa Rica lies in the formal region of Central America and Costa Rica itself. An example of one of the country’s functional regions would be the range of the…

The Silk Road - named for its main export, silk – was, in fact, a series of routes that revolutionised trade in the ancient world. Established in the 2nd century BC, the road connected almost every major ancient super power (Jenkins, 2012) (Mark, 2014). This expansion of intercontinental trade and travel brought about by The Silk Road significantly impacted Asian societies. The adoption of Buddhism in China and economic growth of towns along the route exemplify such change. The Silk Road was…

She starts by revealing the fact of how women are shown how they are meant to look from youth, thus forming an ideal image of beauty within one’s head. “The Western man uses images and spotlights to freeze female beauty within an idealized childhood, and forces women to perceive aging—that normal unfolding of years—as a shameful devaluation” (255). Moreover, the author supports her thesis by enlightening how an Eastern woman can elude her quandary since it is evident to society, whereas in…

Five main areas of Eurasia; China, SE Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and Europe, all became part of a world trading system under Yuan rule. At the time travelers from all over came to China and Mongolia. Many Christian missionaries travelled to the region in search of new people to convert and to gain allies…