The Member Nation of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Indonesia Indonesia is one of the founding members of ASEAN on August 8‚ 1967. The country is located between lattitudes11°S and 6°N‚ and longitudes 95°E and 141°E and consists of 17‚508 islands‚ about 6‚000 of which are inhabited. It is also home a hundred of flora and fauna species and consists of about 300 ethnic groups with different unique cultures and more than 700 living languages that are spoken.
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Prince Henry of Portugal‚ sent Portuguese ships to explore and investigate‚ the west coast of west Africa. Stated by the writer of his biography‚ Prince Henry’ hunger for more knowledge was his motivation. Prince Henry’s desire to know more‚ was normal to have at the time‚ the Renaissance. During this time‚ Europeans started to analyze different points of view‚ of the physical world. Most Europeans‚ in the late 1400s‚ lived like most Africans and most Native Americans‚ they lived in small villages
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nations‚ Portugal and Spain‚ pioneered the European discovery of sea routes that were the first channels of interaction between all of the world’s continents‚ thus beginning the process of globalization in which we all live today. This explains the two pioneering nations‚ their motivations‚ their actions‚ and the inevitable consequences of their colonization. The Age of Exploration marked the highest point of Portuguese imperial power and wealth. At the beginning of the fifteenth century Portugal had
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The two accessible articles clearly tried to make arguments whether China will take over Asia in those next decades. Paul Dibb and John Lee wrote “Why China will not become the dominant power in Asia” which approached the issue straightforwardly by pointing out the weakness in China’s economic‚ social and national fragilities‚ a lonely rising power with no major friends and allies in the region together with the noticeable military deficiencies and the difficulties to the People’s Liberation Army
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Portugal- History of Exploration from 1480 AD - 1700 AD 1. Spain and Portugal--Unified but Declining: Spain was slowly being strangled to death by its own colonial empire abroad. Although Spain had amassed great wealth which resulted in a "golden age" for Spanish culture and the arts under Philip II (r. 1556-98)‚ much of that fortune was squandered on luxuries‚ the ill-conceived Armada‚ and the purchase of prestige to the point that the Spanish economy began to deteriorate by 1600. The Portuguese
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England and China Throughout history‚ when one civilization meets another‚ one civilization will often subjugate the other. Interestingly enough‚ this also seems to be the case when two superpowers of their time confront each other‚ like the Chinese and English in the late 18th century. Although there has been much change in the nature of the relationship between the English and Chinese—between 1792 and 1900—with regards to the exchange of ideas‚ commercialism and each society’s view on the other
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WALL OF CHINA: THE BENEFITS DO NOT OUTWEIGH THE COSTS The Wall of China is over 13‚OOO long miles and has helped over centuries to protect millions of Chinese people from invaders and dangers. Building the Great Wall wasn’t as easy as the thought of it. Death‚ and forced labor for workers‚ are simply two of the major sacrifices made as a result of the building of the prominent Great Wall. In 221 B.C.E the Qin Dynasty conquered many towns and states that merged into a large kingdom‚ China. The Chinese
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Chapter 2: Southeast Asia Questions 1. The combined effect of what 3 phenomena results in the islands of Southeast Asia being one of the wettest regions in the entire world? Equatorial location‚ pressure systems‚ tectonic activity 2. What became the most important crop in Southeast Asia due to its ability to thrive in the standing water brought by the monsoon rains? Who performs much of the work for this labor-intensive crop in this region? Rice‚ harvested mainly by women 3. Plate tectonic
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Athens and Hans China are two ancient societies that had successful‚ thriving civilizations. Each civilization invented new and useful items that influence today’s time period some examples are paper‚ a pulley‚ and a flush toilet. Although these two civilizations are six thousand miles apart Athens located in the district of Attica and China at the end of the Eurasian land mass they had three moderately similar differences: the way the citizens opinions/views impacted the running of the government
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The Great Wall of China was built by the Qin and Han dynasties to protect China from Mongols but many still died. The benefits of the Great Wall did not outweigh the costs because the Wall’s construction forced labor‚ increased unfair treatment of subjects‚ and the purpose of keeping invaders out was wasted. First of all‚ the construction of the Great Wall required forced labor. According to Document E‚
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