climates with consistent rainfall and a short dry season (Cadbury). Cocoa trees need an even temperature between 21 to 23 degrees centigrade‚ with a rainfall of 1‚000 to 2‚500 mm per year to produce cocoa seeds. The main producers of cocoa are: * West Africa Region—Ghana‚ Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire. * South America Region—Brazil and Ecuador. * Asia—Malaysia and
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contested nation in Europe. It can be seen that the major factor in this crisis was the division of Germany into two sectors; East and West Germany and the subsequent attempts by the two superpowers to control both. Following the rapid spread of the Soviet grip over Europe‚ it was in the interests of the USSR to gain control of Germany in its entirety; that is East and West Germany. Their interests were parallel to the desires of Capitalist America which also sought a degree of control over Germany. This
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industry. Many factories were dismantled as reparations or were simply destroyed (The Morgenthau Plan). Due to these policies‚ large numbers of German civilians died in the years following the unconditional surrender in what would eventually become West Germany. Millions of German prisoners of war were used for forced labor‚ both by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. Beginning immediately after the German surrender and continuing for the next two years‚ the United States pursued a vigorous
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a buffer zone in eastern Europe. Between 1945 and 1948‚ the soviets sponsored dictators to seize power in Europe’s war-torn heart land. In Germany pivotal arena. The zones of the allied occupations began to harden into political entities. 1949 the west and east German governments had been organizing and finalizing the division of the continent. Alarmed by the ruthless imposition of communist government in eastern Europe and by the vulnerability of the western government that laid in economic ruin
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How Israel eliminated the terror attacks from the west bank in the years 2001-2009 Order of presentation: - A movie about the Terror attacks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibOFF4KfdMQ - What led to this terror attacks: Background: The events of 2000-2001: the Second Intifada‚ also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada‚ (September‚ 2000) 1. More commonly cited is September 28‚ 2000‚ when Palestinian rioting erupted following Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount‚ an area known
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of East and West Berlin‚ but no one was expecting the speed nor the absoluteness of the Wall. That night just past midnight on the night of August 12-13‚ 1961‚ trucks with soldiers and construction workers rumbled through East Berlin. I like most Berliners was sleeping. These crews began tearing up streets that entered into West Berlin‚ dug holes to put up concrete posts‚ and strung barbed wire all across the border between East and West Berlin. Telephone wires between East and West Berlin were
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During the post classical era‚ we find the world evolving by expansion and intense communication along many regions. With expansion and communication‚ trade and culture travels such as West Africa being introduced to Islam. Moving into western African‚ between 1000ce-1450ce‚ the introduction of Islam has brought a great increase in slave trade and rose literacy rates‚ creating literate officials in state administration. However‚ no rigorous conversion was made‚ some traditional practices remained
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The 4 countries were to treat Germany as an economic unit‚ yet there was contrast in the governing of the 4 zones as each country hold on to different political ideologies‚ which caused conflict in Germany and eventually split Germany into East and West. Germany was indirectly the starting cause of the Cold War confrontation of the American and Soviet Union as they imply their policies into the German zones they were governing‚ and eventually the Germans each supported different ideologies. One of
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want a taste of West African History Sundiata will give you exactly what you want and more. Sundiata was an interesting piece of literature to read. Unlike the previous two books we have read this semester I found this book much more simple. This book was much easier for me to comprehend and actually get into. This book exposed me not only to the West African history‚ but also a new religion. The story of Sundiata depicts the story of the foundation of the Mali Empire in West Africa. This story
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After the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ tensions worldwide‚ including within Europe‚ eased significantly‚ all sides agreeing to work towards a policy of détente. The leader of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)‚ or West Germany as it was named at that time‚ Willy Brandt‚ decided to review the policies that the FRG had up till this point held regarding Eastern Europe. Under the Hallstein Doctrine‚ relations with Eastern Europe had basically ground to a halt during the mid-fifties‚ so Brandt
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