The Decline of The Dutch Republic Document Based Question Essay AP European History Period 2 November 7th‚ 2012‚ First Quarter From the middle of the Seventeenth Century to the early Eighteenth Century‚ the Dutch Republic‚ which in 1648 had it’s independence recognized in the Peace of Westphalia‚ was an important commercial and military presence in Western Europe which later experienced challenges to its security‚ unity‚ and prosperity: in security‚ the Dutch faced navel challenges from
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Muslim control of Central Asia cut Europe off from the countries farther east‚ the Mongol conquests in the 13thc reopened the doors ❖ Marco Polo went to the court of Kublai Kahn in 1271 ➢ His account of his experiences‚ the Travels was the most informative of all descriptions of Asia by ME travelers ❖ In the 14th‚ the conquests of the Ottoman Turks and then the breakup of the Mongol Empire reduced Western traffic to the East ➢ A number of people became interested in reaching Asia by sea
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international corporation The first modern multinational corporation is generally thought to be the Dutch East India Company. Nowadays many corporations have offices‚ branches or manufacturing plants in different countries from where their original and main headquarters is located. Multinational Corporations (MNC) working in UAE: 1- Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) Hewlett-Packard Company commonly referred to as HP‚ is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in
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individual which decides the way he/she behaves. In simpler words‚ culture is nothing but values of an individual. What an individual learns from his parents and relatives as a child becomes his culture. Example - In India‚ people still value joint family system and family ties. Children in India are conditioned to stay with their parents till they get married as compared to foreign countries where children are more independent and leave their parents once they start earning a living for themselves.
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Introduction What is a Multinational Corporation (MNC’s)? Multinational companies are firms with their home base in one country and operations in many other nations. Most of these very immense firms establish in third word countries or developing countries where they could manufacture the same identical product for very low costs compared to establishing the same firm in the western countries producing that product. Although transnational corporations (TNC’s) are commonly thought to be synonymous
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North-East | PAPER: STATE POLITICS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NORTH-EAST INDIA. | | TEACHER: PROF. A.K BARUAH. | SUBMITTED BY:SHEMDORLANG KSHIAR.ROLL. NO- 29.Ist SEMESTER‚ 2010. | Emergence of Ethnicity in North-East Introduction Under the present bourgeoise‚ state of India following of capitalist mode of development‚ numerous conflict and tension exists in every part of the country and it has been a menace threatening the stability of the state itself. North East India which can
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etc. Caravels were ships that were really long and slender ships. They were used by the Portuguese. These ships were very mobile and were also able to sail the opposite way of the wind. Goa was a town that had great trade. Goa is located in India and is also the location of a Portuguese factory. Goa was part of the Asian trade system and was one of the major trading cities. Ormuz was another Portuguese factory that was also a trading town. Ormuz is located on the Persian coast and was another
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a spilt bowl of fruit lying on top of it. The bowl of fruit is what Brook uses as a window into the seventeenth century‚ specifically the Chinese porcelain‚ and how it began to become a part of Dutch life. Brook argues that the VOC (Dutch East India Company) had begun their interest and trade for porcelain shortly after 1600. He backs up his argument stating that among the most successful potters were those from Delft‚ who were descendants from the sixteenth century. Brook says‚ "They brought
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The 1962 war with China‚ and the War with Pakistan in 1965 coincide with the outbreak of several ethnic insurgencies in North-East India. The Mizos‚ Manipuris and the Tripuris raised insurgent groups‚ which began to tread the path of the insurgent Nagas. In the first stages of these movements‚ the insurgents avoided soft targets. But as the going got difficult‚ the Nagas and the Mizos resorted to urban terrorism. Often targets in towns came under attack- the Mizo National Front even eliminated three
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Historical Question: Examine how the British East India Company could have avoided the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Context: Once England colonised India‚ there was a lot of hostility‚ which was the long-term cause for the Indian Mutiny. What sparked the rebellion however was when‚ new rifles were provided for the soldiers of the East India Company. The guns had paper cartridges that came pre-greased and they had to be bitten open. Both Hindu and Muslim soldiers were angry with this as they believed
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