The name of Genghis Khan is often associated with destruction‚ although the image of Genghis Khan has been rehabilitated somewhat in the west. The western world‚ saturated in media distortion and a reluctance to accept changes in perceptions of history‚ has been rather averse in accepting Genghis Khan’s activities as pivotal in world history and the shaping of the modern world. Thus‚ the publication of Jack Weatherford’s book‚ Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World‚ is a welcome addition
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Akram Khan “Abide With Me” In the opening ceremony of London’s 2012 Olympic Games‚ Akram Khan had been asked by artistic director‚ Danny Boyle‚ to devise choreography constructed on the theme of mortality‚ accompanied by the hymn “Abide With Me” sung by Emile Sande. The inspiration for the concept being “mortality” derives from the victims who suffered the July 7th‚ 2005 bombings in London‚ hence the video tributes that appear in a short period of the performance (the appearance of the victims
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Imran Khan was born on the fifth of November 1952 in Lahore. His father‚ Ikramullah Khan Niazi was an engineer by profession. His family was most accurately described as upper-middle class‚ and comfortably off rather than rich. Eight of Imran’s numerous cousins who grew up in his home suburb of Lahore‚ Zaman Park‚ became first class cricketers. Among them are Javed Burki and Majid Khan‚ both of whom preceded Imran in going to Oxford and captaining Pakistan. Imran started playing cricket at the age
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“Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a poem about the creative powers of the poetic mind. Through the use of vivid imagery Coleridge reproduces a paradise-like vision of the landscape and kingdom created by Kubla Khan. The poem changes to the 1st person narrative and the speaker then attempts to recreate a vision he saw. Through the description of the visions of Kubla Khan’s palace and the speaker’s visions the poem tells of the creation of an enchanting beautiful
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ASSIGNMENT NO:1 SUBMITTED BY: Ashrafullah khan BE-CE 2012 SECTION:C SUBMITTED TO: Mr.Qaisar Choudary C0mparison of smartphones Design The Nokia Lumia 920 follows a similar design trend seen on the company’s previous Lumia phones like the Lumia 900 and the Lumia 800. It’s constructed from a single piece polycarbonate which is coloured all the way through in the manufacturing process‚ so any scratches to the surface won’t be too noticeable. The colours on offer (particularly yellow‚ red
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Kubla Khan The poem begins with a fanciful description of Kublai Khan’s capital Xanadu‚ which Coleridge places near the river Alph‚ which passes through caverns before reaching a dark or dead sea. Although the land is one of man-made "pleasure"‚ there is a natural‚ "sacred" river that runs past it. The lines describing the river have a markedly different rhythm from the rest of the passage:[29] In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph‚ the sacred river
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Abul Khair Khan Battles Against Jungars Prepared by Smagulov Alim Biography Khan of the Little Zhuz Muhammad Abulkhair Ghazi Bahadur Khan‚ was born in 1693. He grew up in an environment where Kazakh Khanate were attacked by the Jungaria and Kalmyks. XVIII century In the history of the Kazakh nation was particularly tragic‚ the constant attacks from the Jungar invaders did not allow people to develop steadily. Abulkhair showed special courage and intelligence to protect the cities of Tashkent
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Shahrukh Khan Khan at the audio launch of Chennai Express (2013) Born 2 November 1965 (age 47) New Delhi‚ India[1][2] Residence Mumbai‚ Maharashtra‚ India[3] Occupation Actor‚ producer‚ television presenter Years active 1988–present Spouse(s) Gauri Khan (1991–present) Children 3 Shahrukh Khan (born 2 November 1965)‚ often credited as Shah Rukh Khan and informally referred as SRK‚ is an Indian film actor. Referred to in the media as "Badshah of Bollywood"‚ "King Khan" and "King of
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After the death of Khubulai Khan‚ the four uluses divided forming their own independent states. These four powers remained autonomous‚ until the territories internally began to divide and ultimately fall apart. The first of the khanates to collapse were the Yuan Dynasty and the Ilkhanid‚ while the Chagatai and the Golden Horde were able to stay in control relatively longer. It is most likely that these two uluses were the first to dissolve because Mongol steppe and traditional life never prospered
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analysis of S. T. Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan” (The Oxford Anthology of English Literature. Romantic Poetry and Prose‚ pp. 254 – 257)‚ paying special attention to the romantic interpretation of art and the status of the artist/poet. Along with “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”(1798) and “Christabel” (1816)‚ “Kubla Khan” is one of Coleridge’s most famous and impressive poems. These poems deal with supernatural events. At the time of the poem’s publication‚ Coleridge calls Kubla Khan a “fragment”
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