Lingua Franca is a pidgin‚ a trade language used by numerous language communities around the Mediterranean‚ to communicate with others whose language they did not speak. It is‚ in fact‚ the mother of all pidgins‚ seemingly in use since the Middle Ages and surviving until the nineteenth century‚ when it disappeared with hardly a trace‚ probably under the onslaught of the triumphant French language‚ leaving only a few anecdotal quotations in the writings of travelers or observers‚ an imperfect French/Lingua
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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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English Act of Parliament was passed to enable the Crown to make provision for the administration of justice in Singapore and Malacca as well as empowered the Directors of the British East India Company to declare Singapore and Malacca to be annexed to Penang and to be part of that settlement. It was at the year 1858‚ the British East India Company was abolished and the Straits Settlements came under the new India Government‚ Singapore was made the administrative center and this complexion remains
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Name: Clara Soo Wen Lin (4) Class: 2E History Holiday SEQ Assignment Question 1(a) Immigrants came to early Singapore due to push factors such as famines and droughts as well as natural disasters and starvation‚ and the desire to seek protection and safety. India was overpopulated and the immigrants faced many droughts and natural disasters in their homeland. After droughts wiped out their crops and resulted in famine‚ many would be forced to find jobs in the city in order to earn
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Tropical Africa and Asia (1200 – 1500) Ibn Battuta 1. Young Muslim scholar 2. Completed the pilgrimage to mecca 3. logged 75‚000 miles of travel in 29 years 4. Powerful states and commercial systems were only made possible by local farmers‚ fishermen and pastoralists Tropical Lands and Peoples The Tropical Environment 1. Africa lies almost entirely within the tropics‚ as do southern Arabia‚ most of India and all of the Southeast Asian mainland and islands 2. In the lands around
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The civilisations have always developed along the waters. The waters have been used as trade route since long and the modern trade has further enhanced the need of trade through waters. Pakistan being a gateway to the strategically important ’Strait Of Hurmoz’ in the Indian Ocean‚ blessed with hidden treasures and bordering two Islamic Republics‚ Afghanistan and Iran‚ has always been a centre piece for Regional Politics. The emergence of Gwadar Port as a vibrant regional economic hub has
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location of trading and commerce. The port of Melaka in specific began under a Malay Sultanate. The Arabs‚ Chinese‚ Indians were among the people who were brave enough to fight pass the pirate infested waters and continued their journey into the straits of Melaka. Parameswara[Footnote] himself compelled ships to rest at Melaka where entry port was offered in exchange of goods from the west and east‚ warehouse facilities and good accommodation for merchants and seamen waiting for change of monsoon
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Sir Harold MacMichael During his early days‚ Sir Harold MacMichael was graduated with a first from Magdalene College‚ Cambridge.He entered the service of the British Empire in the Anglo-Egyyptian Sudan after passing his civil service exam. He then served in the Blue Nile province until 1915 which was when he became a senior inspector of Khartoum province‚ rising to the position of the civil secretary in 1926.In 1933‚ he became the Governor of Tanganyika until 1937. The following year‚ he became
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1. Briefly explain background of Malaysian tax system. The main source of income for the Government in Malaysia depend on the tax revenue. In 1910‚ Straits Settlements (Singapore‚ Malacca‚ Penang) Legislative Council introduce a draft bill for imposing a tax on income‚ but faced strong opposition from tax-paying public. So‚ proposal s to introduce income tax were stated as to "fund the Imperial War Expenditure"‚ not to raise revenue. The public agreed. Then‚ War Tax Ordinance was introduced
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beautiful state and unique state in Malaysia. Although Penang is the second smallest state after Pelis in Malaysia but it is a magnificent place. Penang is divided into two parts one is the island another is the mainland and is separated by The Straits of Malacca. The island is joined to the mainland by the Penang Bridge which is the fourth longest bridge in Southeast Asia. There are many beautiful and unique cultures and landmarks in Penang. Firstly‚ the Penang Bridge is a beautiful
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