treaty with the Sultan of Kedah for the East India Company. Penang became the first leg for the British to set themselves into peninsular Malaysia‚ and was intended to be a British naval base and a trading centre. Situated at the northern end of the Straits of Melaka‚ it could challenge the Dutch in the south. Light was very hopeful of Penang as he had earlier indicated in his letter to his company‚ Jourdain‚ Sulivan and De
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Economic Background of Malaysia As one of three countries that control the Strait of Malacca‚ international trade plays a large role in its economy. The Malay Peninsula and indeed Southeast Asia has been a center for trade for centuries. All the trade in the Straits‚ and especially the spices from the Celebes and the Moluccas‚ moved under its protection and through its markets. In the 17th century‚ porcelain and spices were found in several Malay states and were actively traded. Large deposits of tin were
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income that others making it hard to achieve an equal health status. Individuals with more money are able to access better and a variety of different beneficial health care services aiming to help those with diabetes. For example‚ Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people generally are unable to finish their year 12 schooling. This makes it harder for them to achieve high paying jobs and therefore better health care services. They will be more inclined to consume high in sugar foods and be less inclined
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Association president‚ said in an article entitled ‘Truancy among schoolchildren rampant’‚ “The imbalance of education system which focused too much on academic can cause students to lose focus and interest in their studies resulting to truancy‚” (New Straits Times‚ 30 March 2012). Furthermore‚ through this action‚ we can build the excitement of coming to school in students especially for students who has finished their examination. Therefore truancy among school students can be reduced. Not only stick
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer born in Northern Portugal in 1492. His parents ‚ were very wealthy and powerful and members of the portuguese nobility but died when he was only 10 years old. Before he became an explorer Magellan was first a soldier. During a Battle Magellan lost an eye after being shot in it and was injured and lost his leg‚ the wooden leg given to him didn’t fit properly causing him to walk with a limp. He sailed for his native Portugal‚ but a dispute with the
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heart ache we the non-indigenous Australians have caused them in the past it is only fair that we treat them with the utmost respect. Mick Gooda‚ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner stated at a meeting in Brisbane‚ Australia that "it is an uncontested fact to say that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples do not have the same health outcomes as non-Indigenous Australians." (Gooda‚ 2010) There is significant evidence that shows that the Indigenous Australian
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“The 1905 Act was an Act to make provision for the better protection and care of the Aboriginal inhabitants in Western Australia” (AustLII‚ 2010). The above 1905 Act to the reader seems like an act of goodwill by the Western Australia (WA) Government but indigenous history has been somewhat hidden and untaught in classrooms overtime. The 1905 Act created a system of unjust treatment‚ control and separation of indigenous people between 1906 into the 1970s. In fact‚ the WA Government introduced this
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persuaded the attempt on the attack on the Dardanelles strait‚ a narrow stretched of water that linked the Aegean and Marmara Sea. In 1915‚ casualties’ rate was rising through the roof on the Western Front‚ and stalemate was the only way to go. Germany considered Turkey‚ to be one of its most valuable allies and was enticed to the idea of a triumph blow against it. The original plan was having British warships sweep through the Dardanelles strait‚ attack Constantinople and force Turkey out of war
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Marathon‚ Miltiades used the Vrana Valley to prevent a Persian march on Athens‚ at the Battle of Thermopylae‚ Leonidas used the narrow‚ Thermopylae pass to invalidate the Persian numbers‚ and at the Battle of Artemisium‚ Themistocles used the Artemisium Strait to aid in his battle against the Persian fleets. The best manipulation and use of terrain by the Greeks in the Greco-Persian War was at the Battle of Marathon. In the Battle of Marathon Miltiades and his men chopped down trees to block the Persians
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mountainous peninsaula have flatlands in between them in places such as Italy and other major regions of asia Europe and Africa. The second face refers to the Mediterranean sea which is one of the most complex bodies of water in the world it opens up at the strait of Gibraltar and lies between southern Europe and north Africa. It is vast and intricate and is definitely dragmented it contains islands such as sicily which serve as a cultural meeting point. There were places that were not exposed to culture such
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