How did Indian Ocean Trade Affect Societies in East Africa? Throughout history societies have flourished‚ changed‚ dominated‚ and developed due to the great benefits of commerce‚ or trade which are of great value to civilizations of man. A significant example of trade as a benefactor is The Indian Ocean‚ one of the eldest trade routes spanning between Asia and Africa. This trade was an incredibly important and imposing amalgamation traversing from East Africa throughout most of Asia‚ which
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China impacted the world in many ways with their many great inventions‚ that they brought along the Silk Road. The great inventions were paper‚ printing press‚ compass‚ gunpowder‚ kites‚ etc. Only one of the magnificent inventions stand out from the others. That one would be‚ the compass. The compass helped introduce new parts of our Earth that we could not find ourselves. The compass was made of magnetite‚ which was magnetic. The magnetite aligned north and south because the of the magnetic fields
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occasions. Nowadays‚ the barong has now been modernized with the polo barong‚ “gusot-mayaman” (“gusot” means “wrinkled” and “mayaman” means “wealthy”)‚ linen barongs and shirt-jack barongs. Barong Tagalog The baro’t saya is the national dress and is worn by women. This is characterized by having a huge pañuelo or shawl around the shoulders‚ and the terno‚ having the butterfly sleeves popularized by former First Lady Imelda Marcos. As the years passed‚ the influence of the West and the influence
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his identity as a Chinese-American‚ and the origin and value of the Indigo. The Indigo originated in India where it was turned into an industry in 300 BC‚ and then it was later discovered and later spread around the world by the Venetian explorer Marco Polo. Throughout the distribution of this plant it replaced the current blue dye of Europeans called woad. It soon became one of the most valued plants in all of Asia. Furthermore‚ Lee states the importance of Indigo by referring to it as a "saint" in
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Profile of Top 5 CEO in the Philippines 1.- Data show that 49-year-old Federico Lopez earns the most both in terms of monthly salary and total compensation in 2011. In the 30-company PSEi list‚ Lopez is head of two firms: First Gen Corporation (FGEN) and Energy Development Corporation (EDC). As Chairman and CEO of FGEN‚ his basic monthly salary is around P1.79 million. Yup‚ that’s P1.79 million basic salary per month. He receives another P1.19 million per month as bonus and additional compensation
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advertisements suddenly turn into a marathon of the biggest horror shows of all time. The channels then are swarmed with onscreen villains‚ I mean politicians‚ who would disturb my sleep for a couple of nights. Out of these horror shows‚ Bongbong Marcos’ “Tayo ang Bukas” ad tops my list of the most unsettling and terrifying scary movies in the TV spectacle category. It has haunted me long after its 45-second airtime. The scene opens as the camera zooms into a middle-aged man in a business attire
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Noodles are a popular item and one of the main staples in Japanese cuisine. Many types are either served chilled with dipping sauces in the hot summer months and in soups or hot dishes during the cooler and winter months.[1] Varieties include: * Ramen - thin‚ wheat-based noodles made from wheat flour‚ salt‚ water‚ and Kansui (a type of mineral water) or eggs. The dough is set to rise before being pulled. These Japanese noodles were originally imported from China‚ as a noodle soup‚ during the Meiji
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as much older pedigree going back hundreds maybe even thousands of years. Back then schoolchildren were taught that the Venetian merchant Marc Polo brought back pasta from his journeys in china. Another version told was that polo’s discovery was actually a rediscovery of a foodstuff that was once popular in Italy in Etruscan and roman times. Well Marco did bring many interesting things back to Italy from his journeys but pasta wasn’t one of them. Pasta was already there in Polo’s time‚ there is
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drove explorers to find faster and more efficient ways to transport goods from India. Explorers traveled great distances around the southern tip of Africa to reach the plentiful lands in East Asia. Marco Polo was the first major explorer to attempt to reach the Far East and find new trading routs. Polo was a Venetian who did his exploration of India and China in the late 1200’s. He showed that it was possible to sail and navigate to and from China and India. Others in Europe took notice of this
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power. For example‚ emperor Shihuangdi of the Quin dynasty was buried in 210 BCE with an extensive army of unique terracotta soldiers‚ each painstakingly created by hand (Sayre‚ 2012‚ pg 208). In his book Travels‚ Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo exclaimed‚ “The houses of the citizens are well built and elaborately finished‚ and the delight they take in decoration‚ in painting‚ and in architecture‚ leads them to spend in this way sums of money that would astonish you” (Sayre‚ 2012‚ pg 497)
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