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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Ottoman Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
After the first period, comes the second; in which goverment structure begins to show weakness from internal degeneration and corruption, from 1566 to the failed Battle of Vienna, in 1683.
In addition to gaining considerable territory during its expansionistic period, the Empire extended its influence at sea.
More public policies were sought, such as drops in the taxation rates; public relations improvements, such as the institution of consulates, and the first civilian industrial investments all fall into this period.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Ottoman_Empire   (5811 words)

  
 Trade union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Additionally, guilds, like some craft unions today, were highly restrictive in their membership and only included artisans who practiced a specific trade.
Many modern labour unions tend to be expansionistic, and frequently seek to incorporate widely disparate kinds of workers to increase the leverage of the union as a whole.
A labour union in 2006 might include workers from only one trade or craft, or might combine several or all the workers in one company or industry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trade_union   (3885 words)

  
 Wing Commander CIC Encyclopedia
The Kilrathi are a race of sentient, space-faring non-humanoid bipeds.
They are believed to have evolved from carnivorous pack-hunters, resulting in their belligerent and expansionistic territoriality.
They are based off of their homeworld of Kilrah.
www.wcnews.com /encyclopedia/showrecord.php?id=1515   (823 words)

  
 Europe and the Post-Modern Left
The Soviet Union had been born in blood, come of age in terror and repression and reached maturity as an expansionist nuclear power.
One irony of the French Revolution is that the French state, which had become steadily more centralized in Paris in the century before the revolution became even more so in the years afterward.
As long as it walks the admittedly expansionistic path of remaking the Islamic World, it will continue to face inflammatory criticism and boiling resentment.
www.wildmonk.net   (7397 words)

  
 Denmark - Danmark Tourist information - guides - hotels, accomodation, attractions.
Their alliance with Sweden to attack Denmark was initially a fiasco since Danish forces captured a large Hanseatic fleet, and ransomed them back for an enormous sum.
Luckily for the League the Jutland Nobles revolted against the heavy taxes levied to fight the expansionistic war in the Baltic; the two forces worked against the king, forcing him into exile in 1370.
For several years, the Hanseatic League controlled the fortresses on "the sound" between Scania and Zealand.
www.denmark-danmark.com   (3193 words)

  
 Safety Sentinel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Systems thinking complements our natural tendency to break things down into manageable parts.
Systems thinking explores expansionistic thinking, an approach that first considers the context of a problem before breaking it down into its component parts.
A systems approach to workplace safety will include comprehensive workplace safety audits and thereby meet and exceed government safety regulations.
www.naspweb.com /safety-sentinel.htm   (3234 words)

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