Taj Mahal Essay

Spotted Lake is a Lake near Osoyoos town, (British Columbia), Canada. The Lake has no input or outlet and contains extremely high levels of various minerals, mainly magnesium sulphate, sodium sulphate and calcium. A priori it may seem that a lake does not give much play beyond its beauty or its geological origin. But it is enough to pose the view on the surface to see that it looks nothing like others. Since during World War I a daily ton of minerals were extracted for the manufacture of ammunition, curiously with Chinese labor. In summer, most of the water evaporates and the remaining provided lots of round puddles. Pools have different colors depending on the minerals they contain and around water accumulations hardens leftover mineral to form natural walking routes. It is fifteen hectares that occupies and its contemplation provokes a sensation similar to that of seeing an abstract painting. It was in the hands of the Smith-Ernest family until in 1979 came the idea of building a spa there.

After the trial had taken place, I decided that Genghis Khan and the Mongols were uncivilized. During the time of the trial I learned much more of the brutality that had taken place during his reign. The barbaric attitudes and actions of himself and his followers is what led to him being found guilty of being uncivilized. More specifically, my reason were as follows: their treatment of many people in the regions that they conquered, destruction of property, and caused much devastation across the lands.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or as more know him Mahatma Gandhi fought and died for the independance of India, even through all the cruelty people say that the British ruling helped shape modern India, did the British really help shape modern India?

The Taj Mahal and the Pyramids of Giza are two of the great seven manmade wonders of the world. They are astounding achievements that mark the legacy of the vast empires that built them. Both these architectural achievements were built near rivers, surrounded by exceptional features, and constructed to honor the deaths of historical figures in the empires. However, they differ in stylistic backgrounds, artists, subjects, artistic periods and symbolic reasons of creation.

St Pete Beach has a rich history and is most notable for being a very popular tourist coastal city. The city incorporated in 1957 and at the time was named St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. Local officials changed the city 's name in 1994 to lessen confusion and to give it a unique distinction from St. Petersburg, which is a nearby city to the east.

Although Tennessee and the Bahamas have their similarities, they also have their differences, such as climate. The weather in both places make a huge impact on ordinary life, which gives each place a separate feeling than the other. The weather may be hot and humid during November in the Bahamas, where as in Tennessee, the weather may be freezing with snow depending on the day. Summer is equally as different between the two destinations. Temperatures are quite mild in Tennessee with low humidity while in the Bahamas the temperatures can soar with high humidity. Climate plays an enormous roll for these destinations, and the difference between the two are

In Marietta, tourism plays a large role. To help bring tourists in the Marietta-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes the town through various forms of advertisement. This semester I volunteered at this organization, assisting with anything they need to promote events in Marietta and increase tourism. My jobs was to help with tasks that would help produce the annual visitors guide. Volunteering here has taught me the importance of different styles of followership and has given me an experience as a follower in a facilitative style of leadership.

In 1979 a group of Ladies, interested in Historic Preservation, form a non- profit organization called “League for Historic Preservation “ to save many historic building and have some nominated as historic landmark. We were quite successful, we save few, and promoted historic preservation. We work very closely with the National Trust for Historic Preservation . My best voyage with the group was on a journey to see the Italian, Greek, Yugoslavia cost, ending in the grand canal in Venice.

The Ajuran Sultanate or Ajuran Empire was known as a Somali Muslim empire that ruled over the large parts of the Northeast Africa consists of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia and dominated the regional trade during the 5th to the 15th century during the era of Medieval Ages. Ajuran Sultanate was very well-known during 13th century until the late 17th century because of their strong centralized administration and has an aggressive military towards invaders. This empire also left an extensive architectural legacy, including castles, fortress building and pillar tombs fields attributed to the Ajuran engineers. Because of the theocratic nature of the Ajuran government, many peoples come from many regions in East Africa had converted to Islam.

There are many aspects of the Persian Empire under the rule of Darius I that contribute to its grand success, but there are other features that could be improved to make it an even greater empire. One of the items that has contributed to the fame and success of the empire is the invention of standard coinage. However, things like the one hundred thousand plus men in the army that are untrained and how much King Darius I relies on his “eyes and ears,” or messengers, to get information from the twenty different satrapies could contribute to many problems that will arise in the future.

Tourism may have been long determined to be the city’s uprising tourist destinations but the impressive aspect of this inviting city is the fact that it maintained the timorous and somewhat unassuming atmosphere that is only found on unspoilt locations hiding on some remote places of the world. The place is beautiful and the progress of tourism and the multiply of its visitors didn’t overshadowed the natural exterior that remained to be as it is from the very start.

DHL is one of the leading company worldwide in the logistics industry. DHL is based in more than 220 countries including Singapore, which will be the chosen country to be focused on in this essay. This essay will be looking into the company 's and country 's background, PESTLE analysis and Porter’s five forces. Also, at the end of the essay, recommendations and suggestions will be given based on the PESTLE analysis and Porter’s five forces.

The carpet is Persian handmade, took 4 years to finish, weight 21 tons, and covers the prayer hall in one piece. The chandelier have Swarovski crystal, it is 14 meter long, and 8 meters wide, placed in the center of the men’s prayer

“Governments should play active roles in managing short-run instability in the economy caused by unemployment and inflation problems.” I strongly agree with this statement as far as my own country is concerned. Singapore, although a very small island of about 700 square kilometres in the South East Asia, is an international business hub. The population is about 5.7 million as of July 2015 which consists of Chinese, Malays, Indians and other emigrants like Filipinos and Caucasians. Singapore has an ever growing free-market economy and compared to other developed countries, the Gross Domestic product is relatively higher. (Cia.gov, 2016).

Owing to military concerns and Empire’s consolidation the Agra Fort (1565-71), is noteworthy for its impenetrable 70 ft high walls, its bastions, moat and its colossal Delhi Gate/Hathi pol. The main Delhi Gate and walls, Asher says were meant to reflect the patron’s imperial power. Brown says the fort is also noteworthy for its smooth red sandstone exterior masonry. The palace plan follows typical Islamic style as do all other mughal palaces, since various sections of the palace are separated by large courtyards and gardens, unlike Rajput palaces which were internally connected by corridors. An extant building here from Akbar’s period is the Jahangiri Mahal. Built in red sandstone, in the Indian trabeated tradition, around a courtyard, this Mahal borrows many indigenous serpentine brackets like in Gujarati Hindu and Jain temples. Abul Fazl mentions that the 500 building built here were in the “fine styles of Bengal and Gujarat”, reflecting Akbar’s aim of politico-religious integration of his empire through architecture. Fazl also says that Akbar’s palace at Agra was “the centre of Hindustan” throwing light on Imperial