South Asia‚ which consists of the nations of Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka‚ is ethnically diverse‚ with more than 2‚000 ethnic entities with populations ranging from hundreds of millions to small tribal groups. South Asia has been invaded and settled by many ethnic groups over the centuries - including various Dravidian‚ Indo-Aryan and Iranian groups - and amalgamation of Dravidian‚ Indo-Aryan and native societies has produced composite cultures with many common
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Islam in Southeast Asia In the 11th century‚ a turbulent period occurred in the history of Malay Archipelago‚ the Chola Navy crossed the ocean and attacked the Srivijaya kingdom of Sangrama Vijayatungavarman‚ Kadaram (Kedah)‚ an important fortified city in the Malayan peninsula was sacked and the king was taken captive. Soon after that‚ the king of Kedah Phra Ong Mahawangsa became the first ruler to abandon the traditional Hindu faith‚ and converted to Islam with the Sultanate of Kedah
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South Asia contains seven nations: India‚ Pakistan‚ Nepal‚ Bhutan‚ Bangladesh‚ Sri Lanka‚ and Maldives. The combined area of these seven nations is approximately 1.7 million square miles‚ and it contains 1.3 billion people. South Asia has five times the population of the United States in an area that is only one-half the size of the United States . South Asia is made up of three topographic regions. The Himalaya‚ Karakorum‚ and Hindu Kush mountain ranges and their southern slopes ‚the Indo-Gangetic
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CHANGE AND CONTINUITY OVER TIME ESSAY TOPICS Students should organize these essays with three chronological paragraphs. Each essay will traditionally cover only one historical period but each period has numerous sub-periods. The periods in AP World History include: I. Broad Historical Periods and Sub-Periods A. Foundations Period 1. Prehistory: 1‚000‚000 BCE to 5000 BCE 2. River Valley Civilizations: 5000 BCE to 1200 BCE 3. Classical Civilizations: 1200 BCE to 600 CE B. Post-Classical
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Introduction South Asia is a volatile region. In particular‚ India and Pakistan have‚ since the end of the Cold War‚ been widely regarded as the two countries most likely to become involved in a nuclear war. The cultural‚ religious‚ and ideological tensions that underlie the state-tostate antagonism are very deep-seated. The long and contested border‚ frequent armed conflict and mutual distrust result in an inherently unstable situation between the two nuclear armed rivals. This study will summarize
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Tourism in south Asia: This world contains a facet of nations‚ peoples‚ scenario etc. critically visualizing everyone in this world is racing infinitesimally with the needs and challenges emerging in their general life in response to their daily work. So as a means to get relief and refreshment from the daily work ‚ most of the people visit abroad for recreational ‚ business‚ educational purposes etc. And this is known as tourism. From the definition point of view; theobald in 1994 suggested
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The Geopolitics of South Asia From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age Graham P. Chapman Centre for Advanced Study‚ Oslo‚ Norway Professor Emeritus of Geography‚ Lancaster University‚ UK From Chapter 14 The Greater Game The New Security Agenda The United Nations Development Programme in 1997 outlined the seven areas of new security; economic‚ nutritional‚ health‚ environmental‚ personal‚ community and political. Since then the more crystallised term ‘New Security Agenda’ has been pushing
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VOICES FROM MARGINAL WOMEN: GENDER IN SOUTH-ASIAN LITERATURE. “ Na Stri Swatantra Marhati” – [ Shloka ( verse ) from Mahabharat ] “My life is my own……My will is my own. My wishes are my own. No one can kill those - no one ! I will do what I like with my self and my life ! I will decide ……” [Tendulkar‚Vijay. Silence! The Court Is In Session. Trans. Priya Adarkar. India: Oxford University Press‚ 2004.] These two contradictory comments are about women – the first one is the rigid
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Subject: Islam in Central Asia Essay topic: 1. “Jadidism was a movement for cultural and social renewal in Central Asia in the early 20th century. For all their belief in progress as embodied by modern Europe‚ the Jadids never wavered in their commitment to seeing themselves and their audience as Muslims.” What were the main elements of the Jadids’ project‚ and how did they synthesise Western modernity and Islam? Introduction: Islam reached the Central Asian region in the 8th century
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Islam Spreads in Asia and Africa 1. Most Arabs are Nomads • The Arabian Peninsula is mainly a dry‚ rocky plateau. • Most of the peoples in Arabia were nomads called Bedouin. • There was no written law among the tribes. • Some towns became centers of trade. 2. Arabs Follow Different Religions • Kaaba • Tribal gods • Judaism and Christianity 3. Mohammed Established a New Faith • He received his first revelation from God • He rejected the many deities of the tribal religions • He offered
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