(20097621) The influence of Western science towards China’s way of thinking When we look at the history of China before the Western invasion‚ we can see that it was a self-sufficient country. It supplies itself with food and all sorts of necessities. Owing to the geography‚ China did not have many chances to connect with the West. Therefore‚ it has developed its own ideology‚ correlative thinking (Hall & Roger‚ 1998). But after the invasion starting from 1839 (1st opium war)‚ Western ideology has
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which drew off trade from Songhay domination‚ gold from Akan forest to go to Europeans coast‚ and no external threat visible. The Moroccan invasion also contributed to the fall of Songhay. The Moroccan motive was to control and revive the trans-Saharan gold trade. With a modernized‚ professional‚ and well-equipped Moroccan forces crossed the Sahara in two months and took Songhay completely by surprise. Moroccan army had an easy victory during the battle of Tondibi on March 12‚ 1591‚ and seized and
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2. Ironworking in Africa The Bantu speaking people in three thousand B.C.E. to one thousand C.E. began to migrate south and east from where they originated‚ which was the Benue region‚ in Africa. For years to follow they migrated through the Savanna‚ implementing agriculture and ironworking‚ particularly iron smelting to other African tribes. Throughout their migration‚ they assimilated with the other inhabitants of Africa‚ sharing their language‚ agricultural innovations‚ ironworking skills‚ and
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The trade of spices and goods to and from Asia and Europe remained constant‚ while the materials bartered slowly changed. The political boundaries as well as the national identities of the encompassing countries also were altered. Despite changes in materials‚ the original purpose of the silk road remained intact throughout this time period. Asian commodities were traded with European merchants along the road and vice versa. Asia’s economy‚ such as that of China specifically‚ remained
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document is to investigate the impact of climate change on the Information Technology (IT) industry in South Africa. Initial investigation will be into what is happening to the global and South African climate based on recent studies and academic papers. By then examining the impact of climate change on each sector‚ and by examining the percentage of IT spend per sector‚ the impact on IT during our lifetimes can be extrapolated. 2. Global Climate Change; South African Impact 2.1. The average global
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people are forever evolving. However‚ most human beings dislike change and despite the risk involved do not change until there are very few alternate options. Many factors can motivate a person to change. The type of people and the type of relationships a person may have with the people they surround themselves with can influence change. The type of people a person surrounds himself with can influence their feelings towards change. This is so because if a person surrounds himself with high spirited
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beneficial to the people of Africa? In what ways was it beneficial and in which ways was it harmful? During the 19th century of the Industrial Age‚ many European nations (Belgium‚ France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Portugal‚ Spain‚ and Britain) sought for a source for raw material and a market for manufactured goods in Africa. This economic motivation helped drive the Scramble for Africa. The Scramble for Africa [1885-1910] was when many European nations competed for colonies in Africa. To take control of these
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South Africa became a self-governing dominion within the British Commonwealth on May 31‚ 1910‚ when four British dependencies were merged under the South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909. Unification was interpreted differently by British and by Afrikaner leaders‚ however. To the British‚ uniting the four dependencies was central to their imperialist philosophy of consolidating the empire; to many Afrikaners‚ unity represented a step toward weakening British imperial influence. Ironically
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With each eruption‚ volcanoes have the potential to eject large amounts of ash‚ gases‚ and sulfuric aerosols into the upper troposphere and stratosphere (Allen‚ 2015). Volcanism helped form Earth’s ancient climate and influences climate change in today’s world (Kasting‚ 1993). A recent example of a volcano influencing climate include the 1982 El Chichon eruption in Mexico‚ which is regarded as the largest volcanic disaster in modern Mexican history (Mass‚ 1989). Ancient examples of climate-changing
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Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury. The new budget is the last fiscal plan of the Awami League- led grand alliance government which came to power with an overwhelming victory in the general election held in 2008. JS passed the Finance Bill-2013 with some changes to the tax-duty proposals‚ which include scrapping mandatory pre-shipment inspection and making it optional and imposition of tax at source on all kinds of soft drinks. About 1‚023 cut motions were proposed by 20 opposition lawmakers but they spoke
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