Western Asia‚ occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is the second largest country in the peninsula‚ occupying 527‚970 km2 (203‚850 sq mi) It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north‚ the Red Sea to the west‚ the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south‚ and Oman to the east. Its capital and largest city is Sana’a. Yemen’s territory includes more than 200 islands. The largest of these is Socotra‚ which is about 354 km (220 mi) to the south of mainland Yemen. Yemen
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Republic‚ is now a country comprised of three sub-states located in the Horn of Africa. It does not have a permanent national government; rather‚ it is a transitional‚ parliamentary federal government. Somalia lies in Eastern Africa‚ bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian
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The Development of Djibouti A country’s development depends on many factors; mainly the physical and cultural features of the nation. My selected country is Djibouti. Located in the Horn of Africa and bordered by Ethiopia and Somalia and the Gulf of Aden on the East‚ Djibouti has a total land area of approximately 22‚000 kilometers and is dry‚ desolate‚ bare and covered by igneous rocks and dust from centuries of volcanic activity. Sharp cliffs‚ deep ravines‚ burning sands and thorny shrubbery
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Zheng He was a Muslim eunuch who served as a close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China during the Ming Dynasty. He went on voyages to Southeast Asia‚ Sumatra‚ Java‚ Ceylon‚ India‚ Persia‚ Persian Gulf‚ Arabia‚ the red sea Egypt‚ and the Mozambique Channel. The number of his voyages vary depending on method of division‚ but he travelled at least seven times to The Western Ocean with his fleet. The fleet comprised 30‚000 men and seventy ships at its height. He brought back to China many
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Trade has been a part of this world for millenniums and continues to be an important pillar in the modern day world. Africa used to excell in this area. The relationship among the three empires‚ Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai was one of the most important in African history. Aksum was also a huge trading center in the northeastern part of ancient Africa. Many of the successful empires‚ kingdoms‚ and cities of Africa had a foundation based on trade. Trade is the exchange of goods‚ an area where the trio
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In the wake of the September 11th attacks in the USA‚ security not just in aviation but also in all areas of transportation became priority for all local government and International agencies. The international Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code is a comprehensive security regime for the maritime sector‚ which was adopted in a resolution on the 12th December 2002 by a Diplomatic Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
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Sea NORWAY SWEDEN Gulf of Bothnia Chukchi Sea Murmansk Noril’sk Cherskiy Arctic Circle (66°33’) Nome Arctic Circle (66°33’) Great Bear Lake Nuuk Iqaluit U. S. Anchorage Fairbanks Davis Strait (Godthåb) Denmark Strait ICELAND Reykjavík Tórshavn White Sea Anadyr’ Arkhangel’sk Provideniya Faroe Islands (DEN.) FINLAND Helsinki Tallinn Whitehorse 60 Great Slave Lake Churchill Fort McMurray Lake Ladoga Gulf of Alaska Hudson
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Africa: On my adventurous Journey around the world‚ I took a visit to Sub-Saharan Africa. The first country I came to was Somalia.While staying in Somalia‚ there is mostly plateaus‚ plains and highlands. Far north are the Karkaar Mountains‚ near the Gulf of Aden coastline. The whole country is as well slightly smaller if you compare it to Texas. Also‚ the terrain is mostly flat‚ and includes deserts. In this country ‚ the climate varies throughout some months such as in December to January it is moderate
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discovered it? Who named the Great Rift Valley? These questions will be answered in this essay. The Great Rift Valley is located in Africa. “The northern most extension runs through part of the red sea and at the southern end branches into the Gulf of Aden‚ where it continues as a part of the Mid-ocean ridge of the Indian Ocean. The main section of the valley of Africa continues from the red sea.” This is what the website “Info Please” says. Then “Planet earth” says‚ “In eastern Africa the Great
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Somalia is a great country with a very beautiful and friendly people in a strategic location in the Horn of Africa‚ bordering the Gulf of Aden in the north‚ the Indian Ocean in the east‚ Ethiopia in the west‚ Kenya in the southwest and Djibouti in the northeast. The flag of Somalia (a light blue field with a central white star) represents the five regions of Somalia in the Horn of Africa. Somalia has a long coastline of more than 3‚300 kilometers – being one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes
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