Plantation Slavery in Indian Ocean When topics such as African history and slavery are brought to mind‚ many American’s have a predetermined belief or idea on the subject. Such ideas may include that there is not much of African history until European presence‚ that African’s did not do anything of significance until the arrival of Europeans. Then‚ there are some beliefs that slavery was only a matter of American history. Both ideas are incorrect‚ in that there is plenty of evidence that points
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MOI UNIVERSITY-NAIROBI CAMPUS BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT REPORT AT AMADEUS EAST AFRICA LTD TYPE OF CO.: IT COMPANY PERIOD OF ATTACHMENT 2ND MAY 2010 – 31ST JULY 2010 SUBMITTED BY: SUSAN SIKOLIA ADMISSION NO: BBM/2171/09 HOST SUPERVISOR: LIVINGSTONE K. (FINANCE MANAGER) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This attachment was possible and thanks to the cooperation and support of a number of People‚ who have enabled me to gain much more than what the scholastic or Industrial
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Both the Chinese and the Portuguese sought involvement in the Indian Ocean trade but each group used methods that juxtaposed each other. The Chinese had a lot of goods that those involved in the Indian Ocean trade routes desired. On the other hand‚ the Portuguese did not really have any goods to trade; no one needed iron pots or the wool clothing that they produced. This led the Europeans to take a different approach; since they could not trade in the way others could‚ they had to use coerce their
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Though it may sound heartless and selfish‚ the needs and aims of countries usually are the primary factor controlling their foreign relations. During the period of the czars‚ from 1547 to 1917‚ Russia’s need for land and modernization shaped its relationships with Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire‚ causing Russia’s leaders to respect and imitate Western Europe while competing with the European powers to fill the power vacuum of the failing Ottoman Empire. Russia emerged as a significant power
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The Indian Ocean is one of the oldest trade routes between Africa and Asia. During the early days of Indian Ocean trade‚ the buying and selling of goods took place only between the Swahili people living in East Africa and Arabs from Asia. Indian Ocean trade was made easy by the monsoon winds that circulated between Asia and the Eastern coast. These winds blew north to the south and from the south back to the north in a circular fashion. These winds change direction with the change of seasons. In
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EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY PROTOCOL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY COMMON MARKET PROTOCOL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY COMMON MARKET ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES PREAMBLE ARTICLE PART A: ARTICLE 1: TITLE INTERPRETATION Interpretation PART B: ESTABLISHMENT AFRICAN MARKET ARTICLE 2: Establishment of the East African Community Common Market ARTICLE 3: ARTICLE 4: ARTICLE 5: OF THE EAST COMMUNITY
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the deep oceans and the shallow coastal oceans. Biology‚ chemistry‚ geology and physics together make oceanography a richly interdisciplinary science. With recent cultural emphasis being placed upon ecological and conservational concerns such as global warming and ecological development‚ oceanography studies are growing in importance and relevance. As an example of this‚ one might take a brief look at one particular topic of inquiry in oceanography‚ the study of ocean basins‚ and its
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The Indian Ocean trade led to an increase in sea trade. “Unlike the Atlantic‚ the Indian Ocean had long served to connect rather than divide‚ facilitating trade among East Africa‚ the Persian Gulf‚ Indian‚ Southeast Asia‚ and China along maritime routes complementing the Silk Road that had long bridged eastern and western Eurasia by land” (Hansen and Curtis 471). The Dutch and the Portuguese stepped in‚ and intruded on the Indian Ocean. The goal of the Portuguese was to build new networks of trade
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While the Indian Ocean and Silk Road were different as trade networks with respect to the spread of Religion and the process of travel‚ they were similar in terms of the spread of disease through trade. The Indian Ocean and Silk Road as trade networks were different in terms of the spread of Religion. Along the Indian Ocean trade network‚ Islam was spread. This happened through Indian merchants who brought Brahmin priests‚ Arab merchants who brought Muslim scholars and Christian merchants who
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Gujaratis who migrated out of what is now the state of Gujarat during the British Raj to British East Africa (Kenya and Uganda) sometimes adopted the surname ’Patel’‚ and this surname was then subsequently passed onto their descendants (who now mainly reside outside Kenya and Uganda). Also‚ during the British Raj‚ some ’Patels’ who migrated to British East Africa and the Union of South Africa (South Africa) adopted different surnames‚ usually the name of their village‚ their trade or even their grandfather’s
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