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The History Of Thailand And Malaysia
Number of Words: 831 / Number of Pages: 4
... kingdom in Cambodia. The Khmer empire reached its peak during the 1100’s. It took over much of the land that is now Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Wars with the Thai weakened the Khmer kingdom. The Thai took over Angkor in 1431, and the Khmer abandoned the city. An independent Khmer kingdom, that had its capital near what is now Ohnom Penh, survived until the mid 1800’s.
The Mon and the Khmer were the first people to migrate to Southeast Asia as early as 300 B.C. They migrated from an area in central Asia that is now southwestern China, to a region that is now Cambodia. After the first people migr ...
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Newfoundland
Number of Words: 5080 / Number of Pages: 19
... the Goodyear brothers, the women of have been in all areas and in all fields of opportunity and defeat that their colony has had to offer. It is the attempt of this paper to review only a representative fraction of the diverse fields and accomplishments some women of have made. We can break this down into the political, medical, educational and social realms of the island. It is the hope that, like David MacFarlane’s novel, we can put into perspective the difficult and sad history of the people of .
The Political Realm
The political and judicial world of Newfoundland has been a trying ordeal ...
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Boom Towns Of The Amazon
Number of Words: 418 / Number of Pages: 2
... North region of Brazil encompasses the states and territories of Para, Ampa, Amazonas, Roraima, Acre and Rondonia. This section of Brazil has had the highest rate of urbanization than the rest of the country in recent years. This article examines the nature, causes and durability of frontier urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. The rate of urbanization has been low in Amozonia. There is a mercantile dependence on extractive boom and bust cycles, which has created a scattered population of river settlements. Two cities, Belem and Manuas, which are the historical commercial centers that are located ...
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China
Number of Words: 1391 / Number of Pages: 6
... " is considered by the Chinese Communist Party
to be truly democratic, since it is the dictatorship of the vast majority, the ‘
people' over a tiny minority of reactionaries. The Chinese Communist Party
formed in 1921 is founded upon strict Marxist beliefs that coincide with ideas
expressed in the Communist Manifesto.
" The CCP has, as it's mission the creation
of a stateless classless society. Because the
dictatorship of the proletariat must be led by
the party of the proletariat, the CCP by virtue
of being the vanguard of the working class, and
because of its knowl ...
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Eritrea & Ethiopia
Number of Words: 402 / Number of Pages: 2
... It has been estimated that two hundred fifty thousand Eritreans and three hundred thousand Ethiopians have been moved from their home due to fighting and bombings along the six hundred twenty mile border. Etiopean bombs have taken over seventy lives in Eritrea.
It is unknown who is at fault for this ugly dispute. The Eritreans are blaming the Ethiopians for certain troubles and the Ethiopians are blaming the Eritreans and denying the accusations.
The ending of this war does not seem to be coming that soon. Etiopia continues to bomb the weaker country, just as recently as May 16th bombed th ...
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South Korea
Number of Words: 1272 / Number of Pages: 5
... as in the North.
The north is heavy in mining these resources because they have a large surplus
of them, and the north is not; they have moved on and found other economical
niches.
The population of South Korea (1995 estimate) is about 45,182,000 people.
The country's estimated population density of 1188 per sq mi is one of the
highest in the world. The majority of the population lives in the southern and
western coastal areas. The annual rate of increase has dropped steadily from
more than 3 percent in the late 1950s to 0.8 percent in the mid-1990s.
Urbanization of the country has proceed ...
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Italy
Number of Words: 422 / Number of Pages: 2
... important since Roman times, and millions of tourists are attracted each year to its ancient cities and art treasures. Modern is an important industrial nation and a leading member of the european community, also known as the "EC". 's principal trading partners are other members of the EC, especially Germany and France.
's government was originally a republic, then was a monarchy, then a republic, then a monarchy. It was reverted back to a republic for a final time in 1946. According to the constitution, executive power lies with the cabinet, and legislative powers are vested in ...
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What Was It Like To Live In Rome?
Number of Words: 501 / Number of Pages: 2
... the poor get poorer and the rich get richer. According to Juvenal, "men do not easily rise whose poverty hinders their merit" (Beatty, p. 225).
Juvenal goes on to depict the physical dangers that exist in the city. According to him, people are always afraid of dangers such as fires, collapses of buildings, noisy and overcrowded streets, and nighttime attacks on the street. He describes the dangers as "the thousand risks of this terrible city" (Beatty, p. 222). He feels that the city is extremely an unsafe place to live in when he says, "bolts and padlocks and bars will never keep out all the b ...
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The Quebec Winter Carnival
Number of Words: 507 / Number of Pages: 2
... offers a wide variety of sporting events. The legendary International Canoe Race, a popular tradition since the very first Carnival, is a true test of courage and determination. Teams from around the world attempt to cross the mighty St. Lawrence River between Quebec City and Levis must battle ice floes, treacherous currents, and freezing temperatures.
There's also something called the Roll in the snow, for participants dressed only in a bathing suit. The provincial dogsled racing Championship called " La Grande viree ", the Soapbox Derby, the Car Race on ice and the Cross Country skiing " ...
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