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MODERN MARKETING FOR AN ANCIENT CITY

MODERN MARKETING FOR AN ANCIENT CITY

Introduction

Belfast is one of the world’s most ancient cities, its location at the mouth of the River Lagan having been continuously occupied since about 2,000 years BCE. There are good reasons for this. Courtesy of the Gulf Stream, the site has a mild climate that seldom gets above 65 degrees F. or below 35 degrees F. Its northern latitude gives it one of the world’s shortest winter, and longest summer, days at the biannual solstices. It rarely snows. The city is ringed by low mountains that create a microclimate to ...

Several thousand years ago, the early modern humans were nomadic foragers, and they forage in groups. However, a major transition occurred around 10,000 BC changing the human behavior, a changeover from the control of the natural environment over humans, to humans in control over the natural environment. Before the start of the agricultural era, the early humans were hunter-gatherers, which means that they depended on wild resources for their nutritional requirements. This style of living led the early humans to have a largely nomadic lifestyle, with the abundance of food source dictated by the natural environment, specifically the ...

The Class

How the zipper changed fashions Clothing has a long and interesting history. The impact it had on the world, in particular, the United States and its people is impressive. Clothes are often referred to as something minor and not significant. However, clothing caused many historical events which lead to changes in the culture, manufacture, lifestyle, trade, etc. Fashion in world's history dates back to the 14th century while clothes have been invented as long as 650,000 years ago. Simple and primitive, followed by more complex and composite, clothing finally became what it is now. Technical progress and mechanization ...

The Pardoner Tale is among the tales of The Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury tales were written by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Pardoner is given initiated by the Host’s longing to have something that is positive following the depressing story. The Pardoner prompts his prologue to show up the different evils associated with tricking people. After the evil deeds to the people he goes ahead and brings into context a moral tale. Originating from the Pardoner’s prologue and story, he is displayed as the most evil of the pilgrims. However, the pardoner is the most modern and intriguing character. Among ...

TEXTILE DESIGN

The Mysterious Cycle: Fashion Repeats Itself The fashion cycle has been happening since people started wearing clothes. A basic fashion continues eto repeat thougou history. Trends and fashions seem unique to customers who buy and wear the fashion during a particular decade. In clothing skirt lengths change over the years. The hem of a dress or skirt cycles from shorter to longer over decades. This essay discusses the theory of fashion cycles and some examples in fashion and fabric. Fabrics of many varieties and compostions are used for fashion and interior design. There are new styles that are affecting fashion, ...

Why was the New Economic Policy introduced?

The early 20th century was a time of tumult for Russia. Tsar Nicholas attempted to expand the Russian Empire and ended up fighting the Japanese in the east, resistance in Finland, and internal rebellion. When the Russian Navy was soundly defeated in the war against Japan, the internal protest and rebellion escalated. On a Bloody Sunday in January of 1905, the Imperial Guard fired demonstrators lead by the priest Georgi Gapon launched revolution of 1905. In May the first Soviet, or council was formed in a textile strike in Ivanove-Voznesenk and the sailors on the battleship Potemkin defected to Romania. Matters calmed ...

Any movement that is tied to an entire group of humanity – whether that group be homosexuals, African-Americans, immigrants, or women – will ultimately disappoint individuals within that group. Particularly when these groups are not unified by common interests, any movement forward by those groups will be hindered by questions over direction. While feminism was a movement that dominated philosophical thought in the 1960’s and 1970’s, and even into the 1980’s, in the years since it has retreated to the wings of sociological discussions, as newer causes have moved in to occupy the interest of the next generation of ...