Appendix II Human Development Index‚ 2003 HDI Rank 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 5.000 6.000 7.000 8.000 9.000 10.000 11.000 12.000 13.000 14.000 15.000 16.000 17.000 18.000 19.000 20.000 21.000 22.000 23.000 24.000 25.000 26.000 27.000 28.000 29.000 30.000 31.000 32.000 33.000 34.000 35.000 36.000 37.000 38.000 39.000 40.000 41.000 42.000 43.000 44.000 45.000 Country Norway Iceland Australia Luxembourg Canada Sweden Switzerland Ireland Belgium United States Japan Netherlands Finland Denmark United Kingdom
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What drove European involvement in the world of Asian commerce? They wanted tropical spices such as cinnamon‚ nutmeg‚ mace‚ cloves‚ and‚ above all‚ pepper. They also had Chinese silk‚ Indian cottons‚ rhubarb for medicinal purposes‚ emeralds‚ rubies‚ and sapphires. To what extent did the Portuguese realize their own goals in the Indian Ocean? They would steal goods from cargo ships delivering goods. They had ships that could outmaneuver other ships and they had on board cannons that other ships
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POLITICS BY IRABOR IKECHUKWU EMMANUEL. MPA 822. THIS IS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PARTIAL FUFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA). UNIVERSITY OF BENIN. LECTURER DR EBOHON JANUARY‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION The role of the military in Nigeria politics cannot be over looked. We are going to analyse this issue from 1966-1979‚ 1983-1999 and their role in present day democracy. The Federation of Nigeria
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1450 part C Globalization Spices Sugar was HUGE in America • New Guinea • Arabs were first to take it – med • Europeans wanted it o All they had was honey and fruits • First international mass market product o Capital from Europe/production in America/ African slaves • Sugar Belt • Slave labor o Many Indians died o Many African were resistant to disease o Horrendous conditions o Many Africans in Brazil o Spread t Caribbean • There was Spanish‚ Friend‚ English‚ Dutch
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identified by changes and fluctuations in the pattern of its properties‚ which lasts for extended periods‚ typically decades or longer (IPCC‚ 2007). Lagos State is located on the south-western part of Nigeria on the narrow coastal flood plain of Bight of Benin. It lies approximately on longitude 20 420E and 3 220E east respectively and
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1.1 MACRO AND GLOBAL ECONOMY The food fortification industry has witnessed rapid growth in recent years. The growth can be attributed to the growth of micronutrients deficiencies among a large percentage of the population particularly in developing countries. This in effect contributes substantially to the global burden of diseases. It has been estimated that micronutrient deficiencies account for 7.3% of the global burden of disease‚ with iron‚ vitamin A and iodine deficiency ranking among the
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while it occured. Slavery is a very strange and complex thing when you look at it as a whole. Over the past few yeas‚ the subject of slavery in the South has really appealed to me. This started when I traveled to Ghana‚ Africa along with Togo and Benin. While there‚ I got to tour some of the largest slave trade forts in the Dahomey kingdom. The entire time I was there I continued to ask myself how something like this could have existed for so long of a time in our history. I believe that the author
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Compare and contrast the Indian ocean (Swahili city-states)‚ trans-Saharan (Sudanic states)‚ and silk road trade routes. III. Kingdoms of the Grasslands A. Introduction 1. Three coasts – Atlantic‚ Indian‚ savanna on edge of Sahara 2. Edge of desert 1. Gold found 2. Camels improved trade a. Sahel – grassland belt – best place to live – centers of trade 3. African states emerge as trade intermediaries 4. Location makes them open to droughts and attack 5. 10th century
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The Yorùbá religion encompasses religious beliefs and rituals of the Yoruba people. These practices were being utilized before the Yoruba community faced Islam‚ Christianity and other faith; it originated from Africa and into the New World. This influenced several Afro-American religions such as Lucumí in Cuba‚ Umbanda and Candomblé in Brazil; in addition to the uproot that took place of the homeland religions. Similar to many other religions that have some form of beliefs and practices‚ Yorùbá religious
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