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• Bhutan Facts and Figures.

  Male 55.8 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 94 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 19,703 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 625 people (1999) Literacy rateTotal 47.3 percent (2000) Female 33.6 percent (2000) Male 61.1 percent (2000) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.1 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 38...

• Nepal - geografía.

  sherpas, que son conocidos por ser guías y porteadores en las expediciones de escaladores, y los gurung, tradicionales soldados. Los gurkhas, expertos soldados elegidosentre varios grupos étnicos nepaleses, han servido en las fuerzas armadas indias y británicas. 3.1 Características de la población Nepal tiene una población (según estimaciones para 2008) de 29.519.114 habitantes, con una densidad de 206 hab/km². La esperanza de vida al nacer es de 60,9 años. Lamayoría de la población se concentr...

• Coffee - biology.

  States law, the addition of chicory or any other substance must be clearly stated on the brand label. IV HISTORY Exactly where and when coffee was first cultivated is not known, but some authorities believe that it was grown initially in Arabia near the Red Sea about AD675. Coffee cultivation was rare until the 15th and 16th centuries, when extensive planting of the tree occurred in the Yemen region of Arabia. The consumption of coffee increasedin Europe during the 17th century, prompting the...

• Cobra (snake) - biology.

  Most cobras prey on small rodents or other small mammals. They also eat birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, insects, and even eggs. Water cobras catch fish and kingcobras specialize in eating other snakes. Similar to other venomous snakes, cobras use venom to subdue their prey before swallowing it whole, generally head first. Thevenom may contain substances that also break down the prey for digestion. Despite their potent venom and dramatic threat displays, cobras are hunted and eaten by a num...

• Diamante - ciencias de la naturaleza.

  Refracción de la luz en diamantesEl brillo de los diamantes se debe a su elevado índice de refracción, aproximadamente 2,4. El índice de refracción de un materialtransparente indica cuánto desvía los rayos de luz. La habilidad del joyero reside en tallar las facetas de modo que cada rayo de luzse refleje muchas veces antes de salir de la piedra. El índice de refracción es ligeramente distinto para cada color de la luz, por lo quela luz blanca se divide en sus componentes dando lugar a los fuegos...

• Woman Suffrage - U.

  form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. For many years thereafter the association worked to advance women’s rights on both the state and federallevels. Besides Stone, Anthony, and Stanton, leaders and supporters of the association included the noted American feminists Harriet Beecher Stowe, Julia Ward Howe,Clara Barton, Jane Addams, and Carrie Chapman Catt. Largely as a result of agitation by the association, suffrage was granted in the states of Colorado (1893), Utahand Idaho (18...

• Badminton.

  Once play has started, players tend to hit straight, low-flying shots called drives. When the shuttle remains close to the center of the court, net shots can be a goodoption. Net shots can be hard-hit or delicate. They are aimed at the front area of the opponent’s court, forcing the opponent to play the shot close to the net. If the opponent manages to return a net shot, the return must be hit high to clear the net. This gives the player a chance for a smash—the deadliest attacking stroke inbadm...

• Dance I INTRODUCTION Dance Archive Films/BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.

  features in its dance styles. The ordinary potential of the body can be expanded in dance, usually through long periods of specialized training. In ballet, for example, the dancer exercises to rotate,or turn out, the legs at the hips, making it possible to lift the leg high in an arabesque. In India, some dancers learn to choreograph their eyeballs and eyebrows.Costuming can extend the body's capabilities. Toe or pointe shoes, stilts, and flying harnesses are a few of the artificial aids employe...

• Tobacco - biology.

  quality cigars are made entirely by hand, most cigars are manufactured by machine. Chewing tobaccos are generally made from thick grades of leaves to which binders and flavorings are added. Chewing tobacco is formed by pressing the tobacco intoblocks known as plugs. Snuff is made by grinding tobacco into fine powder, which is then allowed to ferment for a long period of time. Frequently, snuff is scented withspices, such as jasmine or cloves. V TOBACCO INDUSTRY Over 6 million tons of commercial...

• Population.

  year AD 1, and it took more than 1,500 years to reach the 500 million mark. Growth was not steady but was marked by oscillations dictated by climate, food supply, disease, and war. Starting in the 17th century, great advances in scientific knowledge, agriculture, industry, medicine, and social organization made possible rapid acceleration inpopulation growth. Machines gradually replaced human and animal labor. People slowly acquired the knowledge and means to control disease. By 1900 the worldp...

• History of United States Business.

  their lives. But the rewards were worth it; a few lucrative voyages and a merchant could buy a townhouse, a carriage, perhaps a summer retreat. The merchant couldclimb the social ladder and circulate among the powerful in this highly materialistic society. This prospect of riches and the honor that accompanied them made Americancolonists willing to engage in highly speculative enterprises, such as shipping flour to the West Indies or importing goods from England by the thousands without beingcer...

• Money.

  A Early Monetary Regulations In the American colonies, coins of almost every European country circulated, with the Spanish dollar predominating. Because of the scarcity of coins, the colonists alsoused various primitive mediums of exchange, such as bullets, tobacco, and animal skins. Many of the colonies issued paper money that circulated at varying rates ofdiscount. The first unified currency consisted of the notes issued by the Continental Congress to finance the American Revolution. These no...

• Globalization.

  higher living standard for their people. The World Bank made loans to developing countries for dams and other electrical-generating plants, harbor facilities, and otherlarge projects. These projects were intended to lower costs for private businesses and to attract investors. Beginning in 1968 the World Bank focused on low-cost loansfor health, education, and other basic needs of the world’s poor. B International Monetary Fund The IMF makes loans so that countries can maintain the value of thei...

• Soc.Indi

• INDIA ACTS

• Cricket World Cup Winners.

• Cricket World Cup Winners This competition was first held in 1975.

• en quoi L'hi&toire e&t-eLLe à La toi& un &avoir indi&pen&able et une &cience impo&&ible ? Nous ne remettons guère en...

  en quoi L'hi&toire e&t-eLLe à La toi& un &avoir indi&pen&able et une &cience impo&&ible ? Nous ne remettons guère en cause l'idée d'un enseignement de l'�istoire, comme nous le faisons habituellement avec la-philosophie. Pose-t-on la question: à quoi sert l'histoire? Elle se présente en ce sens comme un savoir dont nous ne saurions nous passer. Et pourtant, la considère-t-on de la même manière que les mathé­ matiques, la physique? Ne lui refuse-t-on pas le statut de science? Comment alors compre...

• Lenguas de Asia meridional - geographia.

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• Calcuta - geografía.

• Asia meridional: político - geographia.

• Mohammed Ali Jinnah - biography.

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  To conclude, because of a problem of construction of the society in India there is a lot of inequalities between men and women. Many people hasn't an access to the power.

• Delhi - geografía.

  1947. En la actualidad, es, después de Bombay, la segunda ciudad más grande de la India. Población (2001), 12.791.458 habitantes. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993--2008 Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos.

• The indian Tragedy (résumé)

  Analysis   of   crime data and regulatory framework proves the necessity   of   separate   women   law   code and establishment   of   special   women   courts in India.

• Jawaharlal Nehru - Biography.

• Religiones de Asia meridional - geographia.

• Comment l'Inde a-t-elle été décolonisée ?

  En 1947, c'est donc la volonté de la ligue musulmane d'Ali Jinnah qui s'impose, certainement grâce au soutient desbritannique dans leur cause.La partition est ainsi finalement acceptée à contrec½ur par la direction du Congrès comme étant le seul moyend\'éviter une guerre civile dans tout le pays entre musulmans et hindous. 4. D'abord on peut considérer l'indépendance de l'Inde comme dramatique car elle à aboutie à la partition, c'est-à-dire la division de ce pays en deux pays souverains, l'Inde...

• Vasco da Gama I INTRODUCTION Vasco da Gama (1469?

• Vasco da Gama.

• Vasco da Gama - explorer.

• Progress

  considered as a burden just like the father says in the second document: « She will become a burden to us, a drain on our family. ». Therefore, families would sell them because they can’t do any physical work to earn money. But the current generation is over this point of view and more and more women are high earners and high placed in the working business. To sum up everything, we can say that India is a figure...

• La época de los descubrimientos: Castilla y Portugal a la conquista del mar

  Los avances técnicos que mejoraron la navegación:   se desarrollaron nuevos mapas pensados especialmente para la navegación, en los que se señalaba la distancia más corta entre los diferentes puertos. se extendió el uso de instrumentos de navegación que ayudaban a orientarse mejor, como el astrolabio, la brújula y el cuadrante. se crearon nuevos tipos de barcos, como la carabela. Su nombre procede del árabe “Karabos”, que significa escarabajo. La carabela tenía mayor v...

• Lions.

  since ancient times. They have also hunted the animals lions need for food. In many places, people havedestroyed the areas where lions lived by building towns, roads, and farms. There are about 100,000 lions left in the world. Only a few hundred Asian lions live in India. Most lionslive on game reserves in Africa. Thousands of lions also live in zoos and circuses around the world. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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• Hinduism.

  they do not share any basic terms. B Sanātana Dharma Evidence from inscriptions indicates that Hindus had begun to use the word dharma for their religion by the 7th century. After other religions of Indian origin also began to use this term, Hindus then adopted the expression san ātana dharma to distinguish their dharma from others. The word san ātana, meaning immemorial as well as eternal, emphasized the unbroken continuity of the Hindu tradition in contrast to the other dharmas . The Bu...

• Asian Theater I INTRODUCTION Asian Theater, live performance, featuring actors or puppets, native to Asia, a continent with more than 2 billion people of many nations and cultures.

  III THEATER IN EAST ASIA Theater in East Asia includes the traditions of China, Japan, and Korea. Most Chinese theater is urban, secular (nonreligious) entertainment, influenced by the ethics of Confucianism. However, a belief in spirits influences rituals performed by ethnic minorities in China, and Buddhism dominates traditional Tibetan performance. Japanesedramatic forms combine native shamanistic performance, secular entertainment, and cultural or religious influences from China and Kore...

• Yemen Facts and Figures.

  Female 33.2 percent (2005 estimate) Male 72.5 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 10.6 percent (2001-2002) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 30 students per teacher (1998-1999) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution 16 April 1991; amended 1994, 2000, 2001 Armed forcesTotal number of military personnel 66,700...

• Colonialism and Colonies.

  by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...

• Colonialism and Colonies .

  by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...

• Summer Olympics Medal Standings.

  Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912.Par...

• Summer Olympics Medal Standings.

  Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912Part...

• Descubrimiento de América - historia.

  ganó la confianza del gran kan, quien le nombró su secretario y más tarde gobernador de Yangzhou. Recorrió Marco Polo grandes extensiones de China siendo, por ello, suconocimiento muy directo y sus experiencias ricas. Tras diecisiete años de estancia, regresaron los tres viajeros, pisando al fin tierra veneciana en 1295. No faltaron en sufamoso Libro páginas que ponderaban las riquezas de Oriente, la corte del gran kan, el Catay, las especias, las perlas, el preste Juan, el Cipango. Por la inf...

• caste in Hinduism

• Myanmar - geografía.

  La población de Myanmar en 2008 era de 47.758.181 habitantes. La densidad demográfica media era de 73 hab/km², una de las más bajas del Extremo Oriente. El 69% dela población es rural; la mayoría de las áreas urbanas son en realidad pueblos agrícolas. 3.1 Características de la población La población indígena de Myanmar es fundamentalmente de raza mongoloide o xantoderma. Más de dos tercios de la población son birmanos, racialmente semejantes a lostibetanos y los chinos. Además, varias minorías...

• Sismo - ciencias de la naturaleza.

  como ocurre en la falla de San Andrés en California y México, o es subducida (se desliza bajo otra). Los sismos de las zonas de subducción son casi la mitad de los sucesossísmicos destructivos y liberan el 75% de la energía sísmica. Están concentrados en el llamado Anillo de Fuego, una banda estrecha de unos 35.000 km de longitud quecoincide con las orillas del océano Pacífico. En estos sismos los puntos donde se rompe la corteza terrestre suelen estar a gran profundidad, hasta 645 km bajo tierr...

• Buddhism.

  Although never actually denying the existence of the gods, Buddhism denies them any special role. Their lives in heaven are long and pleasurable, but they are in thesame predicament as other creatures, being subject eventually to death and further rebirth in lower states of existence. They are not creators of the universe or incontrol of human destiny, and Buddhism denies the value of prayer and sacrifice to them. Of the possible modes of rebirth, human existence is preferable, because thedeitie...

• Afghanistan - country.

  D Climate Most of Afghanistan has a subarctic mountain climate with dry and cold winters, except for the lowlands, which have arid and semiarid climates. In the mountains and afew of the valleys bordering Pakistan, a fringe effect of the Indian monsoon, coming usually from the southeast, brings moist maritime tropical air in summer.Afghanistan has clearly defined seasons: Summers are hot and winters can be bitterly cold. Summer temperatures as high as 49°C (120°F) have been recorded in thenorth...

• Camel - biology.

  of water in the stomach or hump as was once commonly believed. Unlike other mammals, however, the camel can survive as long as three weeks without drinking,depending on the water content of its food. It can survive a water loss of about 40 percent of its normal body weight. In comparison, a loss of 15 percent is usually fatalfor humans. Camels can go without water due to several unique adaptations to their environment. The camel conserves more water in its body than any other mammal. It excretes...