gold and commerce that lay outside of Europe. This shows that Prince Henry was driven by Gold because he wanted what the riches of North Africa. 2. Alfonso De Albuquerque took over the spice trade in Malacca from the Italians and the Muslims. He stated‚ “if we control the spice trade and take Malacca from the Italians and the Muslims then Mecca will be ruined and Venice will be cut off‚ unless they trade with Portugal!” This shows that Alfonso was driven by Glory because he wanted Portugal to become
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NEWS FOCUS Two young lovers pleaded guilty in a Malacca magistrate’s court to abandoning a baby girl at a factory in Ayer Keroh this week. That was just one of many such cases of baby dumping reported recently and it has raised concern among the authorities. Lately‚ there have been reports of baby dumpings in a number of places. According to a Bernama report‚ three babies were found each in Kelantan‚ Malacca and Kuala Lumpur last week and a baby girl with the umbilical cord still intact was
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period there was no constitutional law. The Malacca Sultanate is considered an example of a typical indigenous system in the form of Kanun Undang-Undang Melaka or the Malacca Digest. Although it was not the first sultanate (the Malacca Sultanate) the impact on the constitutional set-up of other sultanates which emerged later‚ was quite far-reaching. Whatever the legal code of the Malay sultanates those days‚ taking the Kanun Undang-undang Melaka or the Malacca Digest as an example‚ one needs to bear
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The History of Sarawak: Where Do We Begin? This is a kind of a love story. There is a Malay saying tak kenal maka tak cinta which has been used for the tourist promotion song‚ "to know Malaysia is to love Malaysia" and the Sarawak version should be "to know Sarawak is to love Sarawak". Undoubtedly to know the history of Sarawak is to love Sarawak. For the historians it is not that simple as falling in love. In the case for Sarawak we do not know where and when to begin. Sarawak has a fairly rich
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lodging Caveats and provision for granting of easement. National Land Code (Penang and Malacca Titles) Act 1963 (Act 518) regulates land tenure in the states of Penang and Malacca. It came into force on 1 January 1966 simultaneously with the National Land Code 1965. The National Land Code (Penang and Malacca Titles) Act 1963 (Act No 2 of 1963 was subsequently revised in 1994 to the National Land Code (Penang and Malacca Titles) Act 1963 (Act 518) Pursuant to the terms of s 438A‚ the Federal Territory
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Peninsular. The adoption of Islam by the fifteenth century saw the rise of number sultanates‚ the most prominent of which was the Melaka (Malacca). Islamic culture has had a profound influence on the Malay people‚ but has also been influenced by them. The Portuguese were the first European colonial powers to establish themselves in Malaysia‚ capturing Malacca in 1511‚ followed by the Dutch. However‚ it was the British‚ who after initially establishing bases at Jesselton‚ Kuching‚ Penang and Singapore
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catalyzing an anti-American Sino-Pakistani alliance. Two weeks after US Navy Seals killed Osama Bin Laden‚ the Pakistani Prime Minister flew to Beijing and invited China to build a naval base at Gwadar‚ a Pakistani port approximately 400 km from the Strait of Hormuz. Several days later‚ Pakistan’s defense minister reiterated this request publicly‚ declaring: “we have asked our Chinese brothers to please build a naval base at Gwadar.” For many analysts‚ this event attests to the deep bond between
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“English has become the language on which the sun never sets” (Crystal 75). Every day‚ somewhere in the world‚ if the sun is shining then English is being spoken. English is spoken by more than 300 million people. It is the official language of 44 countries and is known by about 1/3 of the human population. The English language is significant because it is the world’s language of trade and commerce. On a world stage‚ English is the language of Money. Money talks-and the language that it is shouting
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Chapter 6(Africa) key concepts- *The varied enviroments of African regions had an important influence on the cultural and economic developments of societies. *Regional and long distance interactions among African societies and with outsiders helped create the cultural diversity that characterized the period * Various African societies played a major role in the larger networks of trade‚ including both the Trans- Saharan and Indian Ocean trade networks. * Islam’s spread to Africa had a significant
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15thFebruary 2010 Saira Banu MLS Tutorial: 3-4 pm Cases i) Strait Settlements Reception of English Law Case Kamoo v Thomas Turner Bassett In the Goods of Abdullah Facts Pf‚ a native from Bengal‚ had agreed in June 1806 to be employed by the Df‚ as a “khidmuggur” or a table servant in Penang at a salary of $6/mnth. Unfortunately‚ since his employment‚ the Pf had been severely ill-treated by the Df. On July 20‚ 1907‚ the Pf was whipped 20 times with a rattan by an order by the Df. Pf complained
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