English 101 Section 125 11 December 2012 Atlantis: The Lost Civilization The legend of the Lost Civilization of Atlantis has intrigued people from all walks of life for centuries… over two millennia actually. From Plato’s writings the story may have actually been written in stone being as the story was passed on from ancient Egyptians. Atlantis is probably one of the most inspirational “lost civilizations” in recorded history. It doesn’t matter which story you’ve read or what documentary
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story. The Lost Cities of Atlantis is a story that was fabricated a long time ago. The story provides all the evidence that this is just a tale. The story of the Lost Cities of Atlantis was originally created by Plato in the “Timaeus” and “Critias”. The location of Atlantis is said to be “outside the Pillars of Heracles ”(Plato). The island Atlantis is on was supposedly “larger than Libya and Asia put together”(Plato). The Critias and Timaeus are the only records where Atlantis and described in detail
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The Lost City of Atlantis By:Braydin welch “The world is full of unsolved mysteries the ocean is one of the biggest mysteries‚ from walls found to big plane areas of architecture it all leads to the myth of Atlantis.” (A).Atlantis was once a wondrous city‚ but archaeologists and deep sea divers have not yet found it. Many scholars‚archaeologists‚ and deep sea divers work to find the answers behind the mysteries every day. The only record of Atlantis is in Plato’s writing‚ but there is no specific
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Dubai: Globalization on Steroids by William Morehouse in The American Scholar‚ Winter 2008‚ 1st December Promotions for Dubai on CNN‚ BBC World‚ and other satellite channels show a shimmering skyline of glass and steel office towers with their graceful curves and aquiline shapes‚ suggesting a distant galaxy where all the unpleasantness of urban life has been airbrushed away. But advertising almost always offers more promise than reality‚ whether the product is potato chips or a city or a country
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The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure will be constructed. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties‚ a property developer in the United Arab Emirates‚ who hired Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractor Jan De Nul and Van Oord‚ some of the world’s specialists in land reclamation. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah‚ the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira. Each settlement will be in the shape of
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Table of Content 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Shipping industry overview 1 3.0 Dubai Port Authority Overview 2 4.0 Situation faced by The Dubai Ports Authority 3 4.1 Manifest and Documentation system 3 4.2 Risk for the Manifest and Documentation System 4 4.3 Developing the new system: 5 5.0 Conclusion 5 6.0 Reference 6 1.0 Introduction This report is intended to provide a briefing on the DPA (Dubai Port Authority)‚ I will attempt to talk about the overview of shipping industry; the internal/external
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How has Dubai leveraged on the tourism aspect to develop the infrastructure of the country? Discuss the multiplier effect. MARKETING PROGRAM INVESTMENT Product: Dubai is a lively‚ cosmopolitan city with unbelievable modern facilities and tourist attractions available at every turn as key products. Be it it’s amazing architecture such as Burj Khalifa (the tallest building in the word)‚ Burj Al Arab (most luxurious hotel in the world)‚ Hydropolis (Underwater Hotel) or or man-made islands such as
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is our SWOT analysis on Dubai including the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats within the country. | | | |STRENGTHS! | |Dubai is an up and coming economy
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DUBAI - THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF THE WORLD Introduction: If we go to a two decades back Dubai was just a small city and is one amongst the seven states of UAE. This is not the capital but can be called as the “Industrial Capital”. Today‚ Dubai has emerged as a cosmopolitan metropolis that has grown steadily to become a global city and a business and cultural hub of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region. Although Dubai’s economy was historically built on the oil industry‚ the
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increase of pollution and a decrease in natural resources of the country. Dubai is good example to take in order to analyze the impacts of tourism on the short and long runs‚ taking into account its advantages and disadvantages on the economic and natural environment of the country. Dubai is a fast growing country which will welcome 15 million tourists by the year 2010 according to Salem bin Dasmal‚ Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Tourism Development Company (DTDC). (1) Hence‚ a huge number of investments
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