... 's most prominent feature; Leonardo Da Vinci believed that the nose set the character of the whole face. Nose piercing was first recorded in the Middle East aproximately 4,000 years ago, it is mentioned in The Bible in Genesis 24:22 Abraham requested his oldest servant to find a wife for his son ... used was Shanf, which also translates as "nose-ring". This practice is still followed among the nomadic Berber and Beja tribes of Africa, and the Bedouins of the Middle East, the size of the ring denotes the wealth of the family. It is given by the husband to his wife at the ... with labrets,...

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... 4 3.1 HOW TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY 4 3.2 SECURITY INTERESTS IN SEEING DEMOCRATIZATION SPREAD 5 3.3 DEMOCRATIZATION PROGRAMS 6 4 REASONS FOR NOT SPREADING DEMOCRACY 8 4.1 INTRODUCTION 8 4.2 POLITICAL ASPECTS 8 4.3 ECONOMIC ASPECTS 10 4.3.1 CHINA 10 4.3.2 MIDDLE EAST 11 5 CONCLUSION 12 REFERENCE LIST 13 1 Introduction Last century, the number of democracies in the world increased significantly (Smith & Hadfield & Dunne, 2008: 53). In 1900, only fourteen countries could be ... average a positive impact on democracy whereas it has to be made a distinction between the regions (2005: 29). For exampl...

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