10 résultats pour "flour"

• Saint-Flour.

• Saint-Flour.

• Vitamin.

  Vitamin B 1, or thiamine, promotes the metabolism of carbohydrates, enabling these nutrients to release their energy. Thiamine also plays a role in the functioning of the nervous system, muscles, and heart. The body does not store thiamine and people who are malnourished may develop thiamine deficiency. Mild thiamine deficiency cancause fatigue, muscle weakness, and loss of appetite. Severe thiamine deficiency causes beriberi, a disease characterized by muscle weakness, swelling of the heart,and...

• Inca Empire.

  The Incas’ public works were built through a labor tax known as mit’a. This tax required most people incorporated into the Inca Empire to provide labor for public worksduring certain portions of each year. This labor tax supported large-scale public works that required the marshalling of large labor forces, such as for the building offorts, roads, and bridges, or the mining of metals and gems. It also allowed the emperor to raise large armies to undertake wars of conquest. Road building was impo...

• Inca Empire - History.

  The Incas’ public works were built through a labor tax known as mit’a. This tax required most people incorporated into the Inca Empire to provide labor for public worksduring certain portions of each year. This labor tax supported large-scale public works that required the marshalling of large labor forces, such as for the building offorts, roads, and bridges, or the mining of metals and gems. It also allowed the emperor to raise large armies to undertake wars of conquest. Road building was impo...

• Minneapolis - geography.

  architect Cesar Pelli, opened downtown in 2006. Another development project of the late 1990s and early 2000s took place along the Minneapolis Riverfront. Empty flour mills along the Mississippi River were convertedto residential quarters, museums, landmarks, shops, and restaurants. In 2006 the Guthrie Theater opened a new three-theater complex along the riverfront designedby French architect Jean Nouvel. In 2007 the city suffered a major catastrophe when a bridge crossing the Mississippi River...

• History of United States Business.

  their lives. But the rewards were worth it; a few lucrative voyages and a merchant could buy a townhouse, a carriage, perhaps a summer retreat. The merchant couldclimb the social ladder and circulate among the powerful in this highly materialistic society. This prospect of riches and the honor that accompanied them made Americancolonists willing to engage in highly speculative enterprises, such as shipping flour to the West Indies or importing goods from England by the thousands without beingcer...

• L'Auvergne (géographie)

  • Le socle de l'Auvergne est riche en ressources minières : du charbon dispersé dans de petits gisements et surtout de l'uranium. Les eaux qui traversent les formations volcaniques ont donné naissance au thermalisme. LACS ET COURS D'EAU • Alimentant les cours supérieurs de cinq émissaires principaux - Loire, Allier, Cher, Dordogne et Lot -, l'Auvergne possède un réseau hydrographique dense qui fait d'elle le« château d'eau» de la France. • La longu...

• Minnesota - geography.

  C Climate Minnesota’s climate is classified as humid continental because normally there is a sufficient amount of precipitation to provide at least some surplus for runoff, andbecause Minnesota’s temperature conditions are largely controlled by its location in the interior of the large landmass of North America. The result is extreme seasonaltemperature variations. The average January temperature is about -18°C (about 0°F) in the northwest and about -10°C (about 14°F) in the south, but thetherm...

• Minnesota - USA History.

  C Climate Minnesota’s climate is classified as humid continental because normally there is a sufficient amount of precipitation to provide at least some surplus for runoff, andbecause Minnesota’s temperature conditions are largely controlled by its location in the interior of the large landmass of North America. The result is extreme seasonaltemperature variations. The average January temperature is about -18°C (about 0°F) in the northwest and about -10°C (about 14°F) in the south, but thetherm...