establishment of independence from foreign colonial powers. Hindu and Buddhist cultures imported from India dominated early Malaysian history. They reached their peak in the Sumatran-based Srivijaya civilization‚ whose influence extended through Sumatra‚ Java‚ the Malay Peninsula and much of Borneo from the 7th to the 14th centuries. Although Muslims had passed through Malaysia as early as the tenth century‚ it was not until the 14th and 15th centuries that Islam first established itself on the
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Author: Geografika Nusantara Date updated: 2 February 2012 Title of home page: An Application of Place Theory‚ Merangin District‚ Sumatra URL: http://keith-travelsinindonesia.blogspot.co.za/2012/02/application-of-central-place-theory.html Date accessed: 24 January 2016 Summary of source: This article is about the agriculture capital of Merangin district in Sumatra‚ in Bangko. It has a natural classification of market areas; the main market is the distribution center with high-order goods surrounded
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ancient writers gave accounts of various ancient people as being cannibals. Marco Polo reported tribes ranging from Tibet to Sumatra who practiced cannibalism. North American Indian tribes of the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico practiced cannibalism. Recently the practice prevailed throughout much of central and western Africa‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Melanesia‚ Sumatra‚ New Guinea‚ Polynesia‚ and remote portions of South America. In the early historical era Cannibalism was documented in Egypt
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declined further in 2003 where the estimate shown 7‚300 and again in 2008‚ estimating 6‚500. This clearly is a massive reduction in the species population at a loss of 5500 orangutans in a 14 year period. The Sumatran orangutan lives on the island of Sumatra‚ Indonesia‚ and is commonly found in the lowland and hilly tropical rainforests. Indonesia’s forests are threatened with legal and illegal logging and deforestation. This is a huge problem‚ not only to the orangutans but also to other plant and animal
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industries. Loss of tourism revenue from areas such as Thailand. Emotional and psychological effects of the locals and health care workers. Many orphans left due to children surviving without their parents. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6065899/The-Sumatra-Earthquake-and-Indian-Ocean-Tsunami-Case-Study
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Evolution of Tigers The tiger (Panthera tigris)‚ a member of the Felidae family‚ is the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera include: The tiger‚ lion‚ jaguar‚ leopard. Native to much of eastern and southern Asia‚ the tiger is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. 1‚ The origin and evolution of the tiger. Carnivorous mammals evolved from Miacids small pine marten-like insectivores that lived 60 million - 55 million years ago. The miacids split into
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SurfAid is a non-profit humanitarian organization whose aim is to improve the health‚ wellbeing and self-reliance of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing. SurfAid views its mission to improve health and wellbeing as an invaluable investment in the future of the Mentawai and Nias people. Key stakeholders are our communities and individuals‚ regional government and partner non-governmental organisations. Our programs represent an integrated approach to improving health
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History of the Philippines: People first reached the Philippines about 30‚000 years ago‚ when the Negritos immigrated from Sumatra and Borneo via boats or land-bridges. They were followed by Malays‚ then Chinese beginning in the ninth century‚ and Spaniards in the sixteenth. Ferdinand Magellan claimed the Philippines for Spain in 1521. During the next 300 years‚ Spanish Jesuit priests and conquistadors spread Catholicism and Spanish culture across the archipelago‚ with particular strength on the
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pre-colonial Philippines and to the rest of Southeast Asia was generally achieved with minimal bloodshed. By marrying into the rich and ruling class‚ Muslim traders‚ teachers and missionaries facilitated the spread of Islam as they travelled to Java‚ Sumatra‚ Jahore‚ Malacca‚ Borneo and other nearby islands to conduct their mission. By the 13th century‚ most of the lands of Southeast Asia were Islamized‚ and pretty soon the southern part of the Philippines followed this trend during the 14th century.
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taking you during your analysis based on international business theory. Indonesia—Asia’s Stumbling Giant Indonesia is a vast country. Its 220 million people are spread out over some 17‚000 islands that span an arc 3‚200 miles long from Sumatra in the west to Irian Jaya in the east. It is the world’s most populous Mus- lim nation—some 85 percent of the population count themselves as
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