CHAPTER 13: *The tropics were warm all year-round. The center of the tropical zone is marked by the equator. *The rainy and dry seasons in the Indian Ocean reflect the influence of monsoons. *To accommodate the uneven distribution of rainfall‚ South Indian farmers constructed elaborate irrigation canals. *Empires of Mail in West Africa and Delhi in Southern Asia both utilized Islamic administration. *Mansa Kankan Musa made a famous pilgrimage that served to demonstrate the enormous wealth of
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words. At the same time‚ she is a journalist and a member of the Al-Islah‚ which is the largest opposition party in Yemen. Tawakel and the protesters shouted ‘Day for rage’ among the troops and armed government officers at the seaport of Aden in northern Yemen. She is one of the three persons who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 and became the first woman from Arabia to be awarded the prize. She has continued to regularly partake in protest activities to insist on freedom of expression and
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Somalia is a nation in eastern Africa. It is situated on the coast of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden‚ along the projection land known as the Horn of Africa. The region was famed in ancient times for its frankincense and myrrh‚ fragrant substances derived from trees. Modern Somalia came into being in 1960‚ with the union of the former colonies of British and Italian Somaliland. THE PEOPLE. The Somalis are thought to be descended from African and Arab peoples. Almost all speak the Somali language
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The Somali Republic is the easternmost extension of the African continent and is bordered by Djibouti‚ Ethiopia‚ Kenya‚ the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The Somali are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. More than eight million Somalis live in a territory stretching north from northern Kenya to Djibouti and west from the Indian Ocean to the Ogaden in Ethiopia. Although Somalis are often seen as one of the few ethnic groups that define a nation‚ the country of Somalia does contain small
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after 30 minutes it is clear • Pilot disembarks and Emma accelerate at 40km an hour • After 24 hours: Arrived at the Strait of Malacca then head west to the Indian Ocean • After 6 days‚ Emma continues to head west • At the 7th day‚ reached the Gulf of Aden • Right turn into Red Sea through the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb • Travel 1 direction at a time and arrived on schedule: 1am at the southern end of the Suez VOYAGE OF EMMA MAERSK • Stops for the first time in almost 5000 nautical miles • Vicious storm
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Zheng He was a Muslim eunuch who served as a close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China during the Ming Dynasty. He went on voyages to Southeast Asia‚ Sumatra‚ Java‚ Ceylon‚ India‚ Persia‚ Persian Gulf‚ Arabia‚ the red sea Egypt‚ and the Mozambique Channel. The number of his voyages vary depending on method of division‚ but he travelled at least seven times to The Western Ocean with his fleet. The fleet comprised 30‚000 men and seventy ships at its height. He brought back to China many
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I recently spoke to a high-ranking Indian diplomat about the future of Indo-Japan relations in light of Shinzo Abe’s return to the premiership. The response was unwavering: India places “great importance” on its relationship with Japan and wants it to go “higher and higher.” With Abe at the helm‚ the time is ripe for this relationship to advance. Abe is known to be staunchly pro-Indian. Not only did he describe strengthening bilateral ties as extremely important to Japan’s interests in his 2006
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The AVR Microcontroller Introduction Application and programmer boards WinAVR Basic I/O ADC‚ timers USART‚ LCD Mehul Tikekar Chiraag Juvekar Electronics Club September 29‚ 2009 What is a microcontroller? It is essentially a small computer Compare a typical microcontroller (uC) with a typical desktop ATmega16 Typical desktop Clock frequency CPU data size RAM ROM I/O 16MHz 8 bits 1KB 16KB 32 pins 3GHz 32 bits 1GB 160GB Keyboard‚ monitor 65W Power consumption 20mW 2
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goods that were in high demand in Europe and Arabia. The ships also picked up spices and hardwoods from Southeast Asian islands. In India‚ the majority of these goods were sent on dhows to the Arabian Peninsula‚ stopping at major important ports like Aden‚ and then continuing on to East Africa and the Swahili Coast states of Mogadishu‚ Kilwa‚ and Sofala. The ships sailed according to the monsoons‚ they then returned loaded with gold and ivory from Africa‚ to China where the cycle would restart. Eventually
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student. He made extra money while still at school by selling onion and vegetable fries during village fairs. Unfortunately‚ he had to discontinue his studies after matriculation as his father became very sick and could not support the family. He left to Aden (now a part of Yemen) to work as a clerk with a firm called A.Besse & Co. He was 16 years then. At Besse‚ Dhirubai later worked in the commodities section if the firm where he learnt a lot about trading and business. Every night‚ during his stay at
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