The concept of virtual water first emerged in the early 1990s and was defined by Professor John Anthony Allan, as the water embedded in commodities. Producing goods and services requires water and the water used to produce agricultural or industrial products are known as the virtual water of the p...
The consumption of non renewable resources should ensure that scarce minerals are used conservatively and recycled where possible, and that their mining and use have the least possible adverse impact on other resources, and on environmental quality. ...
Soon, at least one quarter of the world population will live where water is scarce. Wood is also quickly becoming a scarce resource, and the steady, constant demand for grain is met with a decreasing grain field space" (http://www.srzg.de/nenglish/1wwa/1short/4actions.htm ). ...
Feudalism in the Middle Ages originated from what is now known as Germany. About 1,500 years ago, in the year 410 A.D., the Roman Empire fell apart in Europe, and it's land was divided. The legions had been pulling out of the northern frontiers such as Britannia (England) and Germania for some time,...
Skinheads, just as many other social movements, have through the years come to be generally identified with neo-nazi politics, uncontrolled violence and football hooligans. Through this paper I"ll explore the origins of the skinhead cult, ultimately indicating that skinheads had originally little po...
Skinheads, just as many other social movements, have through the years come to be generally identified with neo-nazi politics, uncontrolled violence and football hooligans. Through this paper I"ll explore the origins of the skinhead cult, ultimately indicating that skinheads had originally little po...
Cronon stated that " What was a merchantable commodity' in America was what was scarce in Europe." ( Cronon, 20) The colonists relied on New England for things such as ". . . fish for salting, furs for clothing, timber for ships, sassafras for curing syphilis, and so on." ( Cronon, 20) A major commodity to the European settlers in the new world was trees that they could cut down into firewood. ...
"Ballet is a universe of the imagination, a place of magic and enchantment, beauty and romance."" They incorporate poetry, painting, music, and dancing to create elegant and lavish entertainments. "Ballet is sight, sound, and motion, the theatrical form that can tell a story without words or conv...
Gothic Cathedrals "Throughout the earlier half of this millennium, one of the grandest stories in European history was written primarily in stone,"" (Gothic Dreams 1). The Gothic age was a time of overwhelming change in the area of architecture. The origin of intellectual and religious life...
Soldiers working at concentration camps committed horrible acts of cruelty and brutality against Jews and others. Most soldiers enjoyed their job while a few others actually tried to help the prisoners. The soldiers working at the camps were called the Schutzstaffel, or SS for short. The SS began as an elite group of bodyguards for Hitler. The job of many of the SS was to kill every communist party official and every Jew they could capture. ...
The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution It has, been variously called the "Western Miracle" (Rosenberg and Birdzell 42) and the "European Miracle," (Jones) but it is commonly known as the Industrial Revolution. Subsequent to the Middle Ages, populations in Western Europe began de...
U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939 PART I HISTORICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS In reviewing the events which gave rise to the U.S.'s foreign policy toward Jewish refugees, we must identify the relevant factors upon which such decisions were made. Factors including the U.S. government's policy mechanisms, it's bureaucracy and public opinion, coupled with the narrow domestic political mindedness of President Roosevelt, lead us to ask; Why was the American government apathetic to the point of culpability, and isolationist to the point of ir...
Our research set out to improve our understanding of the immigration from 1960s up to 1980s and by exploring the rhythms and realities of everyday life both of immigrants and natives people. This research is based on the immigration policy in Britain, which structured the lives of immigrants. We aimed to investigate the strategies people deployed in the time of far-researching changes, to meet their perceived priorities and needs. The first category includes such details as the economic, political and social condition in the countries of emigration. Understanding why immigrants leave their ho...
