Philippine Prehistory - The First Inhabitants - 40‚000 BP The Philippines is an archipelago of 7‚107 islands in the South China Sea situated between Taiwan to the north and Borneo to the south. Just 2‚000 of its islands are inhabited and only 500 are larger than a kilometre square. The nine largest islands of Luzon‚ Mindanao‚ Palawan‚ Panay‚ Mindoro‚ Samar‚ Negros‚ Leyte and Cebu make up 90% of the nation’s land area. Over the past two million years‚ the earth has undergone twenty cycles of glaciation
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Europe and Russia. The campaign started with a failed naval attack that was waged in February of 1915. The Allied forces were desperate to get a trade route into Russia and saw the Dardanelles Strait as the perfect way to gain control over part of the Black Sea. However‚ when they got to the Dardanelles Strait‚ they soon retreated because of Ottoman firepower on the shorelines and mines that were placed throughout the peninsula. After Churchill and other Allied officials decided that it would be necessary
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Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples within the Commonwealth Constitution Tutor: John Pyke (Wednesday 11:00 – 12:00) Simon Sive N6378498 Introduction During the 2010 Federal election‚ both major political parties campaigned on indigenous affairs. Following the ALP’s victory‚ Prime Minister Gillard established an independent Expert Panel to “to investigate how to give effect to constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.” Two schools
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Essay The last stanza of the poem “Invictus‚” by William Ernest Henley is very powerful and teaches an important way on how to live life. “It matter not how strait the gate…” In this case‚ “strait” means narrow‚ confined‚ or limited. In order to escape “the fell clutch of circumstance or chance‚” the narrator has to go through the strait gate. “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” This means that the narrator believes he can do it because anything he puts his mind to and tries
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The Clovis were an ancient group of people who were believed to be the first to inhabit North America. They were believed to initially come down from the land bridge known as the Bering Strait around 1300 years ago. Some believe that this is not the case. Evidence of human existence in the Americas before this period has been few and far between until now. In a sinkhole about 30 miles west of Tallahassee‚ Florida‚ under 9 feet of murky water‚ divers found many artifacts‚ such as a stone knife and
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stays but needs relook. The Straits Times. * Prime Minister Lee‚ H.L. (2012‚ September 27). PSLE stays but needs relook. The Straits Times. * Tan‚ J.Y. (2012‚ September 21). …No‚ keep it. The Straits Times. * Yeo‚J. (2012‚ September 17). MP echoes calls for PSLE to be scrapped. Channel News Asia. * Theresa Tan‚ L.L. (2012‚ September 20). Regular assessment instead of PSLE. TODAY. * Davie‚ S. (2012‚ September 30). Redistributing the stakes placed on PSLE. The Straits Times. * PSLE. (2012). 299x219
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As a Malaysian we often feel the extremely hot weather due to the location of Malaysia on the Equator. We always think of where to go during our holidays and highlands will automatically come to our mind. Genting Highland and Cameron Highland are the most famous highlands in our country which have already attracted many tourists to spend their precious holidays in these beautiful lands. Comparing Genting Highland and Cameron Highland‚ they are similar in term of terrain but different in their main
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China) is an extremely unique and complex one. The CCP is the ruling party of mainland China and the ROC is the de facto government of Taiwan. With both governments having claim to all of mainland China and to Taiwan tensions are high across the Taiwan Strait. With all the political stress in the environment it is widely believed that China is ready to take back Taiwan by force if need by but the fear of American support for Taiwan is stopping them. With this in mind the goal is for a peaceful re-unification
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The Aboriginal people were the first Australians and Owners of the land. As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were traditionally gatherers and hunters‚ they had a very strong relationship with the land. They are also deeply spiritual‚ value community life strongly and revere their ancestors. Therefore‚ elders were usually the decision makers. Different tribes used to move around searching for food and water‚ but always respected the land and resources it provided. They have sacred
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here. I think that they crossed on the Bering strait. But thats not the only thing you’ll learn. First you will learn how they got here. Second I’ll tell you why they came here. Then you will learn where did they come from. Imagine going through what they did. How did they get here? Most scientists think that they crossed the Bering sea. Because when they came over 12‚000 years ago‚ it was frozen over and was called the Bering strait. But not all scientists agree. Some scientists
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