The carved figures of Mycerinus and his queen, were created by ancient Egyptians.
<h2>Lets break this down, to what we know, and then we put it together and find the answer.</h2><h3>What we know:</h3>
Definition: Conspicuous consumption is the practice of purchasing goods or services to publicly display wealth rather than to cover basic needs. ... If we look at above examples we will find that conspicuous consumers often buy those goods & services which are too expensive for other classes of society (social status).
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Apple; Conspicuous consumption
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As an oligopoly, Apple has used its pricing power and product differentiation to target the more affluent consumer. Selecting higher prices and emotion stirring launches, Apple might be very aware of conspicuous consumption.
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Alliances contributed to the start of World War I because so many alliances were being created all over the world. Most alliances would agree to protect one another if either country in that alliance got attacked by other countries. So if a country got attacked by another one, you could expect the country being attacked to be backed up by their alliance, creating future wars to commence.
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