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relatively new theory in the history of human states and warfare, it is still possible to expand it back before its birth. In the 13th century BC there were two major powers in the Middle East, the Egyptians under Pharaoh Ramses II and the Hittites under the guidance of Kings Muwatali II and Hattusili III. They were fighting over a stretch of land in what are now Israel, Palestine, Southern Turkey and Syria, otherwise known as the Levant. Both rulers claimed the territory and fought each other in the Battle

adequacy, negative earnings and high NPAs in the Seventies and eighties are now on a robust footing thanks to the reforms brought about by the Narasimham Committee I and II and on account of the strong resolve of the Govt. and the Reserve Bank of India. It is a matter of pride that the Indian Banks have now become fully Basel II Compliant, and that they

1 On 20 May this year the Amendment to the Banks Act regulations ("Regulations") in terms of section 90 of the Banks Act, 1990 ("Banks Act") were published in the government gazette and will come into effect on 1 July 2016. A number of cosmetic changes have been made to the Regulations but a few material changes will be highlighted in this alert. 2 Subsequent to the implementation of Basel III in South Africa on 1 January 2013, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") issued revised requirements

This created a capital in which nearly no one could fully siege control over for centuries. This all changed on April 5,1453 when Sultan Mehmed II, ruler of the Ottoman Empire, determined that he would defeat the Byzantine Empire and take Constantinople, took action and marched to the city. After a 54 day siege, on Tuesday, May 29,1453, Sultan Mehmed II and the Muslim Turks breached the walls of the city and brought the last Roman empire crumbling to its knees. The reasons why the Ottoman Empire

By the early 18th century, the Ottoman Empire which ruled the Middle East began to decline. While the Western European states were not necessarily superior at this point, they were transforming. Western Europeans were able to transform their society from an agricultural one to a technology and industry based one. This momentum spread from industry, to military and intellectual fields. This rapid change, known as the Great Western Transmutation, made it nearly impossible for competing nations

was the siege of Constantinople (New Rome), the capital of the Byzantine Empire which took place in 1453. The siege was led by the seventh sultan of the Ottoman Empire, the 21-year-old Mehmed the Conqueror, ruler of the Ottoman Turks, Sultan Mehmed II and his invading army who defeated an army that was commanded by Constantine XI Palaiologos. Consequently, the defeat of Constantinople on 6 April 1453, led to a 53-day siege. This event marked the fall and the end of the Roman Empire, a sovereign state

Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt during the 18th dynasty, from 1473 BC to 1458 BC, was one of only a handful of female rulers of ancient Egypt. Her story is unique in Egyptian history, and reigned longer than any other female pharaoh. Thutmose I, had many wives, and many children. However, Hatshepsut was the daughter and only child of Thutmose I and his primary wife Ahmose. Hatshepsut, was favored by her parents over her brothers. She was beautiful, smart, and had a charismatic personality

Current pop culture has been influenced by great works of literary merit for as long as we can remember. Ozymandias, being the astounding poem it is, evidently had a lot to give to producers, writers, and musicians hundreds of years after its release. Percy Shelley produced various ideas to take from the poem; from whom the poem was about to when the poem was written. Each influenced piece of pop culture uses Ozymandias in completely different ways; making Ozymandias an incredibly versatile poem

Ancient Egypt was a civilization because they have some of the seven indicators of civilization. In Ancient Egypt there was government because the Pharaoh was the supreme leader over everybody so, then he was the most powerful person in Egypt. Egypt was too big for one Pharaoh so he couldn’t run the government all by himself so then he had had a hierarchy of rulers and leaders, and they would run different aspects of the government. The government had laws because of the common sense of right

Entry One: In order for you to understand my current situation and life, it is imperative you know the backstory. Though far from glamorous, my past has greatly shaped the woman and leader I am today. Born to a peasant mother and bear-trainer father in Constantinople, my opportunities were limited. Advancing in social class was not an option in this “human jungle” and my family’s main goal was survival. Once my father died, it became my older sister’s and my responsibility to provide for our