in a large valley in northeastern Luzon‚ between the Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre mountain ranges. The Cagayan River‚ the country’s longest‚ runs through its center and flows out to Luzon Strait in the north‚ in the town of Aparri‚ Cagayan. The Babuyan and Batanes island groups that lie in the Luzon Strait belong to the region. Cagayan Valley is the second largest region of the Philippines in terms of land area. Ibanag‚ Itawes and Ilocano (in varied shades and intonations) and Malueg are the major
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Guam History: A Review of the Island’s Unique History VincentAnthony V. Borja English 135 Professor Rosemary Harty April 21‚ 2011 Over the past 10 years‚ random people would ask me about the history of Guam‚ and how it became a United States territory. Grew up most of my life on Guam‚ but never really cared about its history‚ although‚ every year we would celebrate its liberation day from the Japanese and celebrate festive holidays significant to the islands history‚ I never really understood
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PRE-SPANISH PHILIPPINES It is believed that the first inhabitants of the Philippines arrived over 300‚000 years ago. It is commonly thought that they migrated over a land bridge‚ which existed at that time‚ from the Asian mainland. The next known inhabitation is when the Negrito or Aeta arrived in the islands around 25‚000 years ago. However‚ they were driven back by several waves of immigrants from Indonesia‚ only to be followed by the maritime peoples of the Malayan islands. Although there
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| Vietnam | Vietnam | | Trung Truk and Trung Nhi. They wanted to turn Vietnam back | Trung Sisters | Southeast Asia | | | Angkor Wat | Southeast Asia | | | Independence movements from China | Southeast Asia | | The Strait that controlled trade. | Strait of Malacca | Malaysia | | Helped strengthen the emperor’s position‚ and centralized the power. | Taika Reforms | Japan | | Nature spirits | Kami | Japan | | They wanted order and balance‚ Buddhist sect that flourished in
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years ago) in middle ages or even before. Although expansion of Christianity at the beginning of new age or expansion of Islam in VIII-IX centaury had an enormous impact on the "globalized" world‚ the most important were Columb ’s‚ Vasco da Gama ’s‚ Magellan ’s discoveries in XV-XVI c. - it was time for the civilisation clash. In this period in world history the capitalism has its roots. Geographical discoveries‚ colonization‚ slave traffic‚ trade and many more aspects were consequently creating basics
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HEROES (Delivered by: Jedson Marie Tonogan) Seven years from today‚ year 2014‚ in the year 2021‚ the Philippines will be celebrating 500 years of Christianity‚ specifically‚ of Catholicism. History teaches us that in the year 1521‚ Ferdinand Magellan stepped on the shores of these 7000 plus islands and planted the cross of the Catholic Faith‚ thereby making this archipelago the first Catholic‚ nay‚ Christian nation in this part of the world‚ the Asian continent‚ In preparation for this celebration
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Christianity and find wealth‚ mostly in gold. He landed in the Americas four times and southern portions of the Bahamas. He later moved to Hispanola were he could trade with the Arawoks. Some of the famous Spanish explorers were Vasco Balboa‚ Ferdinand Magellan‚ Ponce de Leon‚ and Francisco Coronado. By 1519‚ Spain became so successful in claiming land they
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Komodo national park The Komodo national park lies in East Nusa Tenggara province in the Sape Straits between Flores and Sumbawa. The only Access to Komodo village is by boat from Labuan Bajo on the northwestern tip of Flores or from Sape on the east coast of Sumbawa. Komodo‚ the largest island‚ has a countryside dominated by a range of rounded hills sloping along a north-south alignment at an elevation from500 to 600m. The coastline is lopsided and characterized by numerous bays‚ beaches and inlets
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workers are between the ages of 35 and 44 years (24%); of those employed‚ 49% work 40 hours or more a week; 82% are employees; 44% are in low skill level occupations; and 20% are professionals. The health status of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is poor in comparison to the rest of the Australian population.10 There remains a large inequality gap in Australia across all statistics. For example‚ there is an estimated gap of approximately 17 years between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
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paying taxes hence‚ could not maximize profits. Ineffectiveness of its already ports 1. Bencoolen was facing the Indian Ocean‚ which was too far from the main trading area‚ the straits of Meleka. Traders deemed it as inconvenient to trade in Bencoolen. 2. Meanwhile‚ Penang was too far north from the straits of Meleka. As a result‚ British ships were open to pirate attacks‚ storms‚ monsoons‚ foreign invasions etc. This made the port unsafe‚ hence was ineffective to make profits. Traders
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