SWAHILI COAST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST AFRICAN CITY-STATES IntroductionIntroductionThe eastern coast of Africa changed profoundly around the beginning of Christian era‚ first‚ Bantu speaking population from the interior migrated and settled along the coast from Kenya to South Africa. Second‚ merchants and traders from Europe (Greeks and Romans) and Asia realized the strategic importance of the east coast of Africa for commercial purposes. These commercial links are mentioned by the Greek
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During the post-classical era‚ East Asian trade experienced many changes through their innovations and means of trade-both maritime and overland. However‚ the spread of religion through these trade routes remained constant. One innovation that changeed East Asian trade was the introduction of the grand canal by the Sui dynasty. It was a system of artificial waterways that went from Hangshou to Bejing and Chang’an. The grand canal served as East Asia’s principal mean of internal trade. When it
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Was the Middle East really in decline in the eighteenth century‚ like the "paradigm of decline" claims it? And if this is the case‚ what did actually decline and what happened to other aspects of society and the economy? I will first discuss the two approaches regarding the "paradigm of decline" and their critics‚ and I will then explain why the Middle East was indeed in decline before the modern era. To begin with‚ the "paradigm of decline" is composed of two different approaches. First the meta-narrative
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East of Eden: John Fontenrose Response The basis for the story of good and evil is most often the Christian biblical stories in the book of Genesis. The classic battle of good and evil with good always triumphant over evil often stretches farther out and into our many cultures. This archaic tale is ever prevalent in all of mankind’s greatest stories in many different variations. John Steinbeck often brings this struggle to different methods of thought especially on how we view evil‚ as well as good
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worlds 17th largest oil producer‚ pumping out 1.6 million barrels (2% of world total) a day. Over 85% of its crude oil was exported. February 2011 protesters and government clashed. Things quickly turned into a civil war between the rebel-comtrolled East‚ and the government controlled West. Foreign nationals were evacuated as were multinational oil companies. These foreign nationals and oil companies did not know what to do. They were bound by law‚ and also had a moral and ethical responsibility to
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MCM 225 Research paper MCM 225 Dr. Ralph D. Berenger Communication theories applied to recent risings in the Middle East Fatima Yaseen‚ Mohamed Alesayi‚ Shahd Anis Introduction: In the recent few years people from across the Arab world have chose to show their voice against the oppression that they endured for decades. Events that filled us with hope and despair‚ pride and pain. Many good‚ honest‚ defenseless‚ men‚ women‚ and children where were put through so much for the fall of
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Zhong Kui; The Enigma of a Shared East-Asian Business Culture There is as much of a shared “East-Asian Business Culture” as there is a shared world business culture; that is to say‚ business culture varies just as much among East-Asian nations as it does with the rest of the world. East-Asian nations vary in regards state interaction with business‚ firm organization‚ ownership‚ and national economic goals. China and Taiwan‚ polar opposites in regards to their approaches towards economic development
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Through Focussing On A Specific International Issue‚ Explain How Ethical Issues Are Significant For International Relations In The Middle East The Arab Israeli conflict is “one of the most bitter‚ protracted and intractable conflicts of modern times” (Atack‚ 2005)‚ being a dominant theme of IR in the Middle East it posses a range of core principal levels that contain ethical issues used as reasons to justify positions from both sides of the conflict. The conflict in essence is a clash “Between Jewish
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on the international stage. Imperialism was thought to be the answer for Japan’s economic problems. Under the guise of “liberating” East Asian countries from Western colonizers‚ Japan subjugated them and began laying down the foundation for its economic block‚ the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere. Using the Draft of Basic Plan for Establishment of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere‚ a secret paper made by a planning institute of the
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this essay is to compare and contrast solar-power electricity generation with wind-power electricity generation in terms of location and portability. The essay will attempt to determine which of these energy sources is the most suitable for the Middle East. As far as the suitable location of solar and wind power is concerned‚ it has been reported that the efficiency of wind panels is depended on wind speed. The electricity produced by wind turbines is more expensive for places with low or medium wind
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