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1 Multinational corporations also called transnational corporations. Refer to any corporation that is registered and operates in more than one country at a time . Generally the corporation has its head quarters in one country and operates wholly pr partially owned subsidiaries in one or more other countries. The subsidiaries are responsible to central head quarters. 2 The Roman Empire ;an empire that succeeded the Roman Republic during the time of Augustus, who ruled from 27BC to AD14. At its greatest extend it encompassed territories stretching from Britain and Germany to North Africa the Persian Golf. After 395 it was split into the Byzantine Empire and the western Roman empire, which rapidly sank into anarchy under the onslaught of barbarian invader from the north and east. The last emperor of the west,Romulus Augustuslus was deposed by Goths in 467, the traditional date for the end of the empire . 3 Patent a legal document granted by the government giving an inventors the exclusive rights to make use and sell an invention for a specified number of years. Patent system encourage inventors to advance the state of technology and by awarding them special rights to benefit from their invention. Patent law patent protection 4 The middle ages period in the history of Europe that lasted from about AD350 to about 1450. At the beginning of the middle ages. The western half of the roman empire begin to fragment into smaller, weaker kingdoms. By the end of the middle ages precursors of many modern institutions, such as universities and bodies of representative government, were created. 5 Natural resources including plants ,animals, mineral deposits ,soils,clean water,clean air and fossil fuels such as coal petroleum,and natural gas are grouped into two categories, renewable and nonrenewable. Renewable resources is one that may be replaced over time by natural processes. Nonrenewable resources are those in limited supply that cannot be replaced or can be replaced only