B. The documentary‚ Chinese Treasure Fleet Adventures of Zheng He tells a story of a treasure fleet led by Zheng He. It was made up of three hundred seventy of the largest ships in the world and twenty seven thousand men‚ sailing to more than thirty countries around the Indian Ocean and the South China seas‚ including Sri Lanka‚ India‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Vietnam‚ Kenya and Tanzania. Zheng He led seven voyages with the idea to explore and not conquer. However‚ Zheng He was not always known as
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each genre stand apart from the rest in their creativity and innovation -- bridging the work of those in the ASAS 50 movement and heralding the arrival of a next generation of writers. Samad was born in Kampung Belimbing Dalam‚ Durian Tunggal‚ Malacca. His family moved to Singapore six months later‚ where he attended Sekolah Melayu Kota Raja‚ then the Victoria Institution. Through self-study‚ he acquired the Senior Cambridge Certificate in 1956. From an early age‚ Samad was a voracious reader
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now has an API of 111. The air quality has improved in Perak after smoke from fires in Indonesia had smothered several towns yesterday when Seri Manjung had a hazardous API of 333. The district’s API is now 137. Meanwhile‚ in Negeri Sembilan and Malacca‚ the smoke is still present. As for Johor‚ the worst of the haze appears to have left with most areas now registering a moderate API. The Department of Environment now releases an hourly API reading that showed levels dropping in many places after
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CHAPTER 1 1.0 Executive Summary As of late 2013‚ Golden Palm Tree Iconic Resort & Spa will be undergoing a rebranding exercise that will result in name change to AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort because of the joining to AVANI Hotels & Resorts. (Golden Palm Tree Resort & Spa Sdn Bhd‚ 2013) The group is now investing heavily in infrastructure as well as in building new hotels and resorts whilst renovating and refurbishing existing properties. However‚ they still lack other
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I recently spoke to a high-ranking Indian diplomat about the future of Indo-Japan relations in light of Shinzo Abe’s return to the premiership. The response was unwavering: India places “great importance” on its relationship with Japan and wants it to go “higher and higher.” With Abe at the helm‚ the time is ripe for this relationship to advance. Abe is known to be staunchly pro-Indian. Not only did he describe strengthening bilateral ties as extremely important to Japan’s interests in his 2006
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created forts and settlements in places as widely dispersed as Mocca (Arabian Peninsula)‚ Surat (Gujarat)‚ Colombo and Galle (Sri Lanka‚ formerly Ceylon)‚ Calcutta (Bengal)‚ Beijing‚ Macau and Canton (China)‚ Deshima (Japan)‚ Manilla (Philippines)‚ Malacca (Singapore) and Suriname (then called ‘Dutch Guiana’ in northern South America). The Dutch also ventured south of the Indonesian archipelago and mapped New Holland – (most of) present day Australia. In 1602‚ the Dutch
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British occupation is another western power interested in the wealth of Malaya‚ this is because the British are keen to master the economic wealth in Malaya. Thus‚ with the arrival of the British to Malaya‚ the motivation of natural resources and economic factors was encouraged. Shortly after the British controlled the economy in Malaya‚ the British also wanted to bring political intervention in Malaya. Economic incentives are aimed at ensuring the monopoly of major trading results such as Tin Ore
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CHAPTER 13 Study Guide- Tropical Africa and Asia 1200-1500 1. Why is Ibn Battuta an important historical figure? P.325 -Ibn Battuta had completed a pilgrimage to Mecca and throughout the Middle East‚ and he wrote in journals about his travels‚ providing valuable information about these lands 2. What marks the center of the tropic zone? P. 325 -the equator 3. What are 3 examples of domesticated plants/animals that spread around the tropics. P.328
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Partners?‚ Business Week (7 Feb. 2005). Also P 119. K. Chaube‚ ‘India Loses Out to China in Oil’‚ India Daily (28 Aug. 2005). 123. M. Aiyar‚ ‘Asia’s Quest for Energy Security’‚ 13 Jan. 2006‚ rep. Frontline (11–24 Feb. 2006). 126. I. Storey‚ ‘China’s “Malacca Dilemma”’‚ China Brief 6/8 (2006) pp. 4–6. 127. D. Blumenthal and J. Lin‚ ‘China’s Oil Obsession. Energy Appetite Fuels Beijing’s Plans to Project Vital Sea Lanes’‚ Armed Forces Journal (June 2006)‚ available at . 128. G. Khurana‚ ‘Securing the Maritime
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Indian Ocean Trade around the first century CE. Established by multilingual‚ multiethnic seafarers. Between Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Didn’t play a part in the rise or fall of kingdoms. They are able to figure out the wind and monsoon patterns. Mediterranean sailors use square sails‚ long banks of oars‚ ships are nailed together. Indian Ocean sailors use triangular sails‚ no oars‚ and tied ships. Impact: Africa provides exotic animals‚ wood‚ and ivory. Somalia and Southern Arabia provide
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