that makes history flow. In the Maritime trade Atlantic and Indian Ocean were connected trade‚ the agents of globalization. In East Africa‚ Persian Gulf‚ India‚ Southeast Asia‚ China mainly known as Africa and Asia. Portugal invented slavery in the 13th to 14th century. Vasco de Gama is the explorer and navigator‚ and the first person to sail directly from Europe to India. He led a foundation named the Portuguese Presence in the Indian Ocean. Portuguese forced their way in trade and demanded ships
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maritime European empires‚ in the 16th and 17th centuries‚ first the Portuguese and Spanish Empires‚ and later the Dutch and British Empires. In the 17th century‚ world trade developed further when chartered companies like the British East India Company (founded in 1600) and the Dutch East India Company (founded in 1602‚ often described as the first multinational corporation in which stock was offered) were established.[39] Animated map showing the development of European colonial empiresfrom 1492 to
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Netherlands) Permanent Court of Arbitration (1928) 2 U.N. Rep. Int’l Arbitral Awards 829 Facts The Island of Palmas is about halfway between the Philippines (formerly under Spanish control) and the Nanusa Island group (formerly of the Dutch East Indies class). In the Treaty of Paris (1898)‚ the island lied within the boundaries of the Philippines ceded by Spain to the US. Arguments US: As the successor of Spain‚ who was the first to discover the island‚ the US has title to sovereignty
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nationwide footprint • Government introduces new revenue-sharing model Radio‚ once perceived as a dying medium‚ got a new life with the emergence of FM Radio. The public broadcaster All India Radio took the lead in introducing FM radio stations in February 1995. In 1999‚ the government opened up the industry to private companies. While they established themselves in India’s major cities‚ they couldn’t build a profitable business because of the high license fee structure. The government has now changed the
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2012 Sony Corporation: Globalization Meets Localization Topic: What is a transnational corporation? Select any one and present a short essay on what the company produces‚ where are the facilities located‚ and refer to aspects of capital‚ labor‚ and markets of its final product. Abstract: A transnational corporation is a nationally based company that manages production units or provides service in two or more countries. They are corporations that make decisions from a global prospective rather than
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naval operations ended Iberian imperial supremacy‚ beginning in 1595 when the first Dutch fleet entered the East Indies. Dutch captains soon drove the Portuguese from the Spice Islands. Malacca‚ the Portuguese bastion‚ fell after a long siege in 1641. The Dutch also occupied Ceylon and blockaded Goa‚ thus limiting Portuguese operations in the Indian Ocean. Although largely neglecting East Africa‚ they seized all Portuguese posts on the west coast north of Angola. Across the Atlantic‚ they conquered
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Muslim control of Central Asia cut Europe off from the countries farther east‚ the Mongol conquests in the 13thc reopened the doors ❖ Marco Polo went to the court of Kublai Kahn in 1271 ➢ His account of his experiences‚ the Travels was the most informative of all descriptions of Asia by ME travelers ❖ In the 14th‚ the conquests of the Ottoman Turks and then the breakup of the Mongol Empire reduced Western traffic to the East ➢ A number of people became interested in reaching Asia by sea
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The Decline of The Dutch Republic Document Based Question Essay AP European History Period 2 November 7th‚ 2012‚ First Quarter From the middle of the Seventeenth Century to the early Eighteenth Century‚ the Dutch Republic‚ which in 1648 had it’s independence recognized in the Peace of Westphalia‚ was an important commercial and military presence in Western Europe which later experienced challenges to its security‚ unity‚ and prosperity: in security‚ the Dutch faced navel challenges from
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international corporation The first modern multinational corporation is generally thought to be the Dutch East India Company. Nowadays many corporations have offices‚ branches or manufacturing plants in different countries from where their original and main headquarters is located. Multinational Corporations (MNC) working in UAE: 1- Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) Hewlett-Packard Company commonly referred to as HP‚ is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in
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North-East | PAPER: STATE POLITICS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NORTH-EAST INDIA. | | TEACHER: PROF. A.K BARUAH. | SUBMITTED BY:SHEMDORLANG KSHIAR.ROLL. NO- 29.Ist SEMESTER‚ 2010. | Emergence of Ethnicity in North-East Introduction Under the present bourgeoise‚ state of India following of capitalist mode of development‚ numerous conflict and tension exists in every part of the country and it has been a menace threatening the stability of the state itself. North East India which can
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