from plant is acknowledged to be the papyri of the third millennium BC‚ from the Old Kingdom of Egypt. In India‚ palm leaves and tree bark were the principal writing supports that slowly began to replace by paper once it was introduced into southern Asia in the eleventh century AD (National Mission for Basic standard on Manuscripts; p1). Additionally‚ the origin of Middle Eastern manuscripts stems are from the time when Muslims wanted to transmit the Qur’an via the written word rather than through
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Ageing and Urbanization in Asia Pacific Name: ALDARAH‚ Jasem Ahmed A ID No 12409147 Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Population growth in Asia Pacific in 1990-2009 and now 3. Demographic trends and Issues ‚related to rapid population growth in region: a. Ageing b. Urbanization 4. Conclusion :Some solutions and recommendations to the demographic related problems in the region Introduction Asia Pacific region with approximately
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economic markets The objective of economic integration is to reduce or eliminate barriers to the free flow of goods‚ services‚ labor‚ capital‚ and other inputs of production between member nations. Two major regional economic groups are present in Asia. The oldest is
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by the flood but rather the competition from Vietnam rice in terms of R&D‚ productivity‚ domestic policy and cost factors. Vietnam had gained more and more market share in rice export in the world market since 2005 and already become number 1 in Southeast Asian market and number 2 in the world market. Thus this situation posted the big challenge for Thailand in its long-term policy to cope with such problem in order to maintain the rank as number one rice exporter in the world market. Key Question:
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"Devarāja" is the Hindu-Buddhist cult of deified royalty in Southeast Asia.[1] It could be simply described as Southeast Asian concept of divine king. The concept viewed the monarch to possess transcendental quality‚ the king as the living god on earth‚ the incarnation of the supreme god‚ often attributed to Shiva or Vishnu. The concept is closely related to Indian concept of Chakravartin (universal monarch). In politics‚ it is viewed as the divine justification of a king’s rule. The concept was
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Intercultural Conflict Analysis In the Southeast Asian region lays a body of water and islands which have been disputed about for the possession of them. This area by international term is known as the “South China Sea.” (Keep in mind that they do not have any correlations with China but it is rather just an international name.) This body of water runs along territories belonging to China‚ Vietnam‚ Malaysia‚ Brunei‚ Philippines‚ and many other countries. Within this body of water‚ there are well
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scholars. The latter would rather focus on the role of the Chinese community in Southeast Asian context‚ namely‚ their role as informal bureaucracy system to gain revenue for the colonial governments through operation of opium farms. Both circles hardly link to each other. My paper attempts to try to discuss these topics as a whole and explain “Chinese nationalism” as a result of shifts both in China and Southeast Asia. 1. Review of Studies In studies on history and politics of the
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Change & Continuity Over Time Essay CCOT Purpose: • To evaluate your ability to analyze historical changes and continuities that have shaped events‚ social‚ political‚ economic developments in history and ability to gauge your analysis of global processes. • This is really a high-level analysis of history. • This essay question deals specifically with analysis of continuities and changes over time covering at least one of the periods in the course outline. It addresses‚ for
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded on Aug. 8‚ 1967 with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration by Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ and Thailand‚ the five founding nations. In 1984‚ Brunei joined the Association. ASEAN‚ with its wide diversity of economic interests and levels of development‚ has evolved slowly into a cohesive regional organization that operates on an informal‚ consensus-building basis. So we have to know and get ready. First of all‚ although
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Australia has been a “good” global citizen through its supportive role in the United Nations (UN)‚ aid in other countries in the Asia-Pacific region and promotion of a range of regional agreements involving countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The United Nations first came into being in 1945 as an organisation dedicated to the maintenance of world peace and security. Being one of its founding members‚ Australia has committed troops to over 20 UN peacekeeping operations and supports the
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