Eurasia

1984 The consequences of living with a totalitarian government has never been so clear before, having privacy is no longer a right you have. In the novel 1984, English novelist and journalist George Orwell, illustrates the alarming abusive nature of a totalitarian government, but even more so it 's penetrating analysis of the psychology of power and the ways that manipulation of language and history are used as mechanisms of control. Throughout the eye-catching novel, the author attempts to…

minorities is known as the Armenian Genocide and included the Assyrians, Pontian, Anatolian Greeks, and the Armenian minorities ( “The Armenian Genocide”, 2015). For about three thousand years the Armenian people had a made a home for themselves in Eurasia. For some of that time the kingdom was a self governed area but, generally, control of the land moved starting with one realm then onto the next. Amid the fifteenth century, Armenia was consumed into the Ottoman Empire. The rulers of the…

It is a nightmare to citizens born and raised in the United States, but it’s a reality to citizens of North Korea. It’s not just any nightmare, it’s an Orwellian nightmare to be more precise. A place where citizens are oppressed under one undefeatable superpower government that has complete control over everything that happens. It’s an ugly truth that not many people know that is a reality in countries like North Korea. The novel, 1984, by George Orwell is about a dystopian world called Oceania.…

“In fourteen hundred ninety-two/Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” (Marzollo)1 That is the famous beginning to the poem “IN 1492” by Jean Marzollo. In 1492, Columbus sailed from Palos Port in Palos de la Frontera, Spain, to San Salvador in the Bahamas. This famous voyage gave the Europeans a route to go to the newly “discovered” land--the Americas. Since then, this route was used for many trades and exchanges which later became known as the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian Exchange indeed has…

Austrian pine (Pinus nigra) tolerates well both hot and colder temperatures, also drought. This is due to the dense horizontal root system that goes deeper than most Pinus species'. (Magyar 1960) As a tree that feels itself home mostly in continental mountain ranges and the Mediterranean climate, its home range stretches from Iberia through the Alps to the Taurus mountains in Asia Minor. It is medium to fast growing with a pyramidal crown. It is mostly resistant to breakage. (Gilman-Watson,…

Marketing mix is that who promote the brand or product in the market. It is that set of action those company use to promate the product. In marketing mix we see the 4Ps that make a typical marketing mix- Price, Product, Promotion and Place. Today the marketing mix include several other Ps like Packaging, Positioning, People and even Politic . Coca-Cola is those brand who have the highest brand equity. No doubt the company has always gone the ups and downs to reach the position…

achieve a feat that no one had been able to perform by inventing the first known watercraft. (Diamond 41-42) Therefore, the society inhabiting New Guinea was innately intelligent and capable of innovating, even more so than the currently developed Eurasia. By attempting to provide proof that the New Guineans were more intelligent than the Eurasians, Diamond is expressing that all individuals are born with the same capacity to contribute to their society, regardless of the civilization’s current…

In This Fleeting World, author David Christian attempts to cover world history in a mere 120 pages. David divides his book into three periods: the era of foragers, the agrarian era, and the modern era. Within these periods he describes the various lifestyles our ancestors lived in, the advancements achieved, and what ultimately brought upon the succeeding era. In essence, David Christian goal in writing his novel is to filter out the unnecessary jargon in world history and convey a more concise…

Leadership is an important quality that increases the efficiency of work being done, but only if it’s done with consideration for others. “With great power comes great responsibility” is a well-known quote that rings true, no matter how much time passes. When a person takes up a position of leadership, they also gain power. It’s a matter of how a leader uses that power to influence others. I think that the book 1984 failed to show many outstanding qualities that leaders should have, unlike…

Torture is inflicting pain on someone to get them to say or do something.Torture is one of the crimes that humans have committed for many centuries. Many rulers used torture to gain insight into their enemies movements and plans and used torture to gain insight on their subjects actions. Today torture is frowned upon, and no one wants to admit that it is happening. Those who admit the relevance of torture today want it to end, they know that it can leave mental and physical scars. Torture is…