Gloria Deak’s Everything you Need to Know About Columbus The fascination of the voyages of Christopher Columbus will forever be told and celebrated by many. Gloria Deak answers the questions about Columbus’ historic endeavor to fill in the blank spots on who he was ‚what he set out to accomplish‚ and where he succeeded. Deak describes Columbus as a great sailor whose success in crossing the Atlantic Ocean was an unequaled feat of navigation. She goes on to explain that very little is given accurately
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Tourism in Goa The state of Goa‚ India‚ is famous for its beaches and places of worship‚ and tourism is its primary industry. Tourism is generally focused on the coastal areas of Goa‚ with decreased tourist activity inland. Foreign tourists‚ mostly from Europe‚ arrive in Goa in winter whilst the summer and monsoon seasons see a large number of Indian tourists. Goa handled 7% of all foreign tourist arrivals in the country in 2011.[1][2] This relatively small state is situated on the western coast
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Economics 515 Midterm 1 1. Economic growth vs. economic development‚ define extensive growth & intensive growth Economic growth is the sustained increase in the output of goods/services of a society. Economic development is economic growth plus changes in technical and institutional arrangements by with output are produced. Extensive growth- increase in output due to increase in inputs (labor force grows‚ land stock increases) Intensive growth- increase in output per unit of input –
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settlements or territory in India. The spice trade between India and Europe was one of the best in the world. India was searching for health and prosperity and it led the accidental discover of the Americans by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Years later Vasco de Gana (Portuguese) become the first European to re-establish direct trade links with India after the Roman times. Everybody wanted to have a good trading zone that’s why it brought different Europeans power to India. The Netherlands‚ England‚ France
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proof of it. Yet‚ many a Muslim and Hindu in India‚ Pakistan‚ and Bangladesh wrongly consider Christianity a recent phenomenon and a foreign one at that. The Advent of the Portuguese and Christianity in Bengal: Renowned Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope of South Africa in 1498 and landed at Calicut (present Kozikode of India) by discovering the sea-route to India. From 1500 onwards‚ the Portuguese established their power first in Cranganore‚ then to Cochin and Goa
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REPORT ON RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE ON INDIAN CUISINE BY AKSHAY DINESH KULKARNI S.Y .B.A.IHM Religious Influence On Indian Food India is a land of diversity. Her countless landscapes‚ different languages‚ magnificent festivals and multi-ethnicity reflect the culture and tradition of this land. Indian cuisine is also as diverse and wonderful as the colourful country. From the northern tip of Kashmir to the southern state of Kerala‚ and from the western ghats of Gujarat to Nagaland in the east
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SOUTH INDIA TOUR PROGRAM-MARCH 2009 ITINERARY 07th March 2009: Early Morning arrival 0140 Hrs‚ Traditional Welcome at airport and check into Trident Hotel. After Brunch at 11.00 am and check out and proceed for Chennai city Tour a t 1200 noon. Visit Chennai Museum and Santhom Cathedral Basilica Evening proceed to covelong and check into Taj Fisherman Cove. Dinner at 8.00 pm & overnight stay. Chennai: The Gateway to South India‚ Chennai‚ located along the Coromandel Coast initially grew
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Ptolemy introduces Geography. He assigned coordinates to all the places and geographic features he knew‚ in a grid that spanned the globe. Latitude was measured from the equator. (1406) John Wycliffe was an English Scholastic philosopher‚ and translator. His English version of the bible was published in 1408. The Bible he created‚ the first literal translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible into English‚ was more a work of his followers than him but tradition still tends to attribute it to Wycliffe
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INDIAN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES V/S CHINA SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES Summary India and China both are Asian countries and are neighbors. Both has the population over billions and are suffering with more or less the same problems related to social‚ political or economic issues. Both have the capability to become the superpower and both the countries want to become the dear one in the eye of the western countries. With all these and many more similarities there is one more truth which is not
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origins of Contemporary Christianity in India all the way up to the present day oppression and struggle. Early signs of Contemporary Christianity in India can be traced back as far as Marco Polo’s mission journey. But it wasn’t until 1498 when Vasco da Gama brought Catholicism into India that it began to spread like wildfire. Soon it became strong and dominate. It is easy to see that the influence of Contemporary Christianity comes from the roots in Roman Catholicism. Contemporary Christian missionary
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