the Spice Islands an export zone was a violent and militarized process. Although the Dutch endured contestation from the incumbent peoples of Java‚ their use of violence and military discipline ultimately allowed them to succeed in transforming the East Indies from a subsistence economy into a colony of exportation where they controlled trade. Using its privileges granted by the Netherlands‚ the VOC successfully colonized Java. This involved murder‚ forced labor‚ and deforestation (76‚ Hall). The
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Title: Sectarian War: Pakistan’s Sunni-Shia Violence & Its Links to The Middle East. Author: Khaled Ahmed ISBN: 978-0-19-90-6593-6 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 369 Price: PKR.550 By: Syed Haider Abbas The author of this book is Khaled Ahmed. Khaled Ahmed was in the Pakistan Foreign Service from 1969 to 1978. He left it to become a journalist of distinction in The Pakistan Times. He is a former consulting editor of Daily Times; resident editor of The Frontier Post; joint editor
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Komodo national park The Komodo national park lies in East Nusa Tenggara province in the Sape Straits between Flores and Sumbawa. The only Access to Komodo village is by boat from Labuan Bajo on the northwestern tip of Flores or from Sape on the east coast of Sumbawa. Komodo‚ the largest island‚ has a countryside dominated by a range of rounded hills sloping along a north-south alignment at an elevation from500 to 600m. The coastline is lopsided and characterized by numerous bays‚ beaches and inlets
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THE EAST ASIA CRISIS How IMF Policies Brought the World to the Verge of a Global Meltdown The International Monetary Fund was created in 1945‚ after the 2nd World War‚ to help promote the health of the world economy. Its primary responsibilities include the promotion of international monetary cooperation‚ the promotion of exchange and economic stability and the control of a balanced growth of international trade. The IMF is also responsible‚ through its policies‚ to provide any resources available
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To what extent did relations between East and West Germany improve in the years 1969-74?’ The relationship between the two states in Germany‚ FRG (West) and GDR (East) has improved drastically in recent times resulting in the restructuring of Germany. Though the basis of this reunification stems from the years between 1969-1974. These years where immensely important for the two Germanys and with the change of leaders for political parties‚ so to did the views change. Such as the introduction of
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East Asian state guided economy focuses on product development for example: How to build a fuel efficient car to open market and increase profit. American market driven economy focuses on making profits and puts less focus on product development for example: Instead of developing a fuel efficient car‚ the General Motor will choose to purchase a foreign car company such as Saab of Sweden in order to increase profits Over the last two years‚ South Korea’s economy has recovered from the 1997 East
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“To what extent did Willy Brandt’s ‘Ostpolitik’ change relations between East and West Germany?” The split between East and West Germany after World War Two resulted in a tumultuous and tense period of German history. Germans saw the construction of the Berlin Wall‚ economic boom in the West‚ dictatorship in the East and in this time the two zones became almost irreversibly divided. Soviet influence in the Eastern zone coupled with US control in the West meant a delicate state of affairs between
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FIKRI FAHRUL FAIZ 1110114000029 IR INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR EAST ASIA-LATIN AMERICA COOPERATION (FEALAC) AND ITS IMPLICATION TOWARD INDONESIAN BILATERAL RELATION INTRODUCTION Globalization has obviously transformed the contours of international relations now days. In globalization era‚ the countries are easily to build their relation with others‚ including in term of cooperation‚ both regionally and globally. The liberalization of world trade and the development of the phenomenon of regional
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Ancient Greek Architecture Was Profoundly Influenced By The Ancient Near East. Discuss. To answer this question‚ it is vital that we define the boundaries of the ancient near east. Two prominent countries‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ seem to have been subjected to an appearance of ‘monumental architecture and sculpture’ at almost the same time‚ according to Henri Frankfort in his publication The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (Fourth Edition 1970‚ p.11)‚ with the other countries being Asia
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Analysis of “Streets: A Memoir of the Lower East Side” by Bella Spewack There is a lot that we can learn from people who have experienced history. Bella Spewack‚ specifically‚ is a great example of the struggle immigrants endured while trying to survive in America after immigration. Today‚ it is beneficial to learn about the personal views of people who lived in the past so we can gain a better understanding of how communities today were developed. Reading “Streets”‚ you can understand what
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