Europe. 3. Trading volume increased over the centuries as merchants congregated in a series of cosmopolitan port cities‚ most had some form of autonomous self-government 4. Most developed area of commercial web was in the South China Sea. 5. Malacca became a great commercial entrepot 6. Entrepot is a trading pot to which goods were shipped for storage while awaiting redistribution to other places. 7. Mongol emperors opened the
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STUDY ON DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF EPIFAUNA AT SUNGAI KILIM MANGROVES MUHAMMAD AKMAL BIN ROSLANI 2007279738 SUPERVISOR: PROF MADYA NORSILA BT DAIM CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Introduction To Mangrove Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. Mainly between latitudes 25°N and 25°S Mangroves include approximately 16 families and 40 to 50 species. Mangrove ecosystems are diverse habitat with remarkable variety of flora
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Existence of Sino-Russian partnership Generally‚ the reason causing the formation of Sino-Russian energy mercantilist partnership in Central Asia is the containment of liberal penetration of U.S. Details would be explained as below. In term of value‚ Central Asia traditionally sticks to Russia as countries are pre-communist regimes. It possesses abundant natural resources. For instance‚ the area of Caspian Sea consists 210 billion barrels of oil which is about 4 trillion U.S dollars. 4.89 million
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little attempt to spread Christianity. Systematic Dutch naval operations ended Iberian imperial supremacy‚ beginning in 1595 when the first Dutch fleet entered the East Indies. Dutch captains soon drove the Portuguese from the Spice Islands. Malacca‚ the Portuguese bastion‚ fell after a long siege in 1641. The Dutch also occupied Ceylon and blockaded Goa‚ thus limiting Portuguese operations in the Indian Ocean. Although largely neglecting East Africa‚ they seized all Portuguese posts on the
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PUNCTUALITY Can I ask you a riddle? What is it that ………once it is lost…… you can never recover it? What is it that…………keeps on marching ahead……….. and you can never stop it even if you want to? What is it that ………which comes free……… but you can never buy more ………even if you have all the money in the world? What is it that ………..you always think you have enough and more of……..but always run short of. Do you have the answer……….????? It is TIME. Time is very precious. We always think
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AP World History Midterm Exam Review Chapter 8 1. What specifically did the following regions or peoples diffuse through trade? China: India: Arabs: The Americas/Mesoamerica: Eurasia and North Africa: 2. The Silk Roads were land-based trade routes linking pastoral and agricultural peoples as well as large civilizations. How were goods transported along the Silk Roads to sustain the networks of exchange among its diverse people? 3. What region became the center of the Indian
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industries which included plantation‚ tire manufacturing‚ heavy equipment and motor vehicle distribution‚ property development‚ power generation and engineering services. Its plantation segment is initially engaged in production and marketing of rubber in Malacca and later diversified in crude palm oil‚ palm kernel‚ fresh fruit bunches and refining and marketing of palm oil related products. Its property segment develops and markets residential‚ commercial and industrial properties and development land and
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Orientalism is a book written by Edward Said‚ the ‘father’ of post-colonialism. He is also called as ‘A man of controversy’‚ where his writings influenced many theories‚ activists‚ and also changed most of post-colonial studies of the Middle East in the United State and Europe drastically‚ especially in literary studies‚ history‚ sociology‚ anthropology‚ and comparative religion studies. His writings have been translated into 26 languages‚ receives lots of review including critics and enthusiasts
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Name: Clara Soo Wen Lin (4) Class: 2E History Holiday SEQ Assignment Question 1(a) Immigrants came to early Singapore due to push factors such as famines and droughts as well as natural disasters and starvation‚ and the desire to seek protection and safety. India was overpopulated and the immigrants faced many droughts and natural disasters in their homeland. After droughts wiped out their crops and resulted in famine‚ many would be forced to find jobs in the city in order to earn
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National Interest The world politics revolves round the term national interest. The history is as old as the history of world. The concept of National interest is indistinct and carries a meaning according to the milieu in which it is used by the states. The term national interest gained currency with the emergence of nation state system following the end of WWII‚ National interest become a tool to increase political control and the expansion of economic relations (Thompson‚ 1966). National interest
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