Nāga is a Cambodian legend where the Naga were a reptilian race of beings who possessed a large empire or kingdom in the Pacific Ocean region. The Naga King’s daughter married the king of Kambuja‚ and gave rise to the Cambodian people. Today‚ Cambodians say that they are "Born from the Naga". Funan Main article: Kingdom of Funan At about the time that Western Europe was absorbing the classical culture and institutions of the Mediterranean‚ the people of mainland and insular Southeast Asia were
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During the Vietnam War‚ the U.S. had sent over millions of troops and billions of American tax dollars to fund a fight against an unknown enemy that they had never declared war against. Driven by Cold War fears and false assumptions‚ the U.S. dove into a war that it knew nothing about. However‚ in the end‚ the U.S.’ efforts were fruitless as millions of lives were lost and the public lost trust in their government. American involvement in the Vietnam War has long been a controversial and dark segment
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Granda survived. They both stayed with Jeff’s family with his wife‚ Karen and two daughetrs in Liverpool. This event is found to be the most memorable because it shows how Rory loved Granda as he is willing to give up their escape all this while. It is laos the most memorable because Rory had to witness with his eyes his dying Granda. Lastly‚ because of this‚ he got to meet and live with his father
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vice versa; there cannot be activity without rest‚ energy without matter or contraction without expansion. The main aspects of the Yin-Yang relationship can be summarized into four: A passage from chapter 36 of the Daoist classic ’Dao De Jing’ by Lao Zi illustrates this point well: ’In order to contract‚ it is necessary first to expand’. 9 The opposition of Yin and Yang Yin and Yang are in a constant state of dynamic balance‚ which is maintained by a continuous adjustment of their relative levels
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THE RED PANDA by That one kid who wanted to get a free subscription The red panda‚ (or firefox as it is often called) is a very rare and unique creature that lives beneath the forest canopy in the mountains in Nepal‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ Laos and Myanmar. There are two different subspecies‚ which live in slightly different geographical areas. As implied by their name‚ red pandas are red and have white and black markings. Their legs and bellies are black and their tails are ringed. They
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every player can win. There are not only winners but also losers in this game. Let us take a look at the case of Cambodia‚ which has just joined WTO for nearly a decade. Overview Cambodia is a country in South East Asia‚ which has the border with Laos‚ Vietnam and Thailand. The total area of Cambodia is 181‚400 sq. Km with the coastline 445km and the population is 14‚607‚992 as of 2010 (Key Data 1). During 20th century‚ Cambodia had gone through a fierce history: “Cambodia became a protectorate
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after WWII. * -To help France fight the spread of communism‚ the US provided the French with massive economic and military support. French Rule in Vietnam * -From the late 1800’s until WWII‚ France ruled most of Indochina‚ including Vietnam‚ Laos‚ & Cambodia. * -The
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capitalist South. The United States has always been a capitalist country and they feared other countries would become communist. President Eisenhower brought up the Domino theory that if Vietnam were to fall to communism then Laos‚ Cambodia‚ and other Asian countries would fall one after the other. At the time‚ Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam and in doing so‚ the U.S. feared a communist takeover in South Vietnam. The French were already
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annexed by the British Empire into the colony of India in 1886 but it was returned to the British control until independence in 1948.Myanmar is situated in Southeast Asia‚is bordered on the north and northeast by China ‚on the east and southeast by the Laos and Thailand‚on the south by the Andaman sea and bay of Bengal and on the west by the India and Bangladesh and covers total area of 678500 sq km ‚it is the largest country in mainland southeast Asia and the 40th largest in the world. Myanmar is make
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separate states — Cochin China (South Vietnam)‚ Annam (Central Vietnam)‚ and Tonkin (North Vietnam). In 1887‚ France combined these three states with Cambodia‚ also under French control‚ to form a federation of states called Indochina. Later‚ in 1893‚ Laos would also be incorporated into Indochina. Of the four states‚ France directly governed only Cochin China‚ but it indirectly controlled the other regions of Vietnam through a colonial administration that governed the entirety of Indochina as a single
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