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    The British East India Company played a key role in one of the most successful periods of British history. The East India Company was responsible for the invasion of the Indian subcontinent, which became one of the empire’s leading supplier of profits. The East India Company was responsible for the overthrow of Hong Kong and other Asian countries; it was responsible for creating Britain’s Asian empire. The British East India Company began as a joint-stock corporation of traders and investors which

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    Essay On Indian War

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    On 29th September 2016, the Indian army carried out surgical strikes against a number of positions along the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir in response to a militant attack in Uri eleven days earlier. The Indian military response is unprecedented, as India has historically responded to Pakistan’s support for militancy in the subcontinent through diplomatic channels. Even after the Mumbai attacks, which claimed the lives of 166 civilians, Indian officials published a 69 page dossier detailing the

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    The Champagne Fairs

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    The first of the three themes stated by Abu- Lughod is the European Subsystem and how it plays a roll in the world system. Three topics emerge from this theme: Cities of the Champagne Fairs (51), Bruges and Ghent (commercial and industrial cities of Flanders) (78), and the merchant mariners of Genoa and Venice (102). First, Champagne fairs. Champagne fairs were an annual cycle of trading fairs held in towns within the Champagne region. Unfortunately the Champagne region does not involve champagne

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    Speech On Indian Food

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    cuisine ring . Indian food is all about variety and is an example of ancient tradition. The cuisine of the country is characterized by elaborate cooking techniques and the use of expensive ingredients. Indian cuisine was introduced to a splendid assortment during the colonial period. The colonial period introduced European cooking styles to India exhibiting British Influence on Indian Food. In that period, flexibility and diversity was introduced to the cuisine of India. The history of Indian food tells

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    the source of information for writing the paper. Some of the books related the Indian culture to the different aspects of cultural materialism. (Sen 2004) states an outline on the history of the Indian culture. It describes the Indian culture as a great adversity that has even assimilated children in the great diversity. (Prakash 2005) states the interrelationship between cultural materialism in relationship to the Indian culture. Cultural materialism is made into three layers that include structure

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    of Native American experiences is praised by critics and scholars as realistic with regard to resistance of mainstream America. He asks three questions during the creation of a literary work, which include what it means to be an Indian, an Indian man, and live on an Indian reservation during this time. “Realism, in literature, is a manner and method of picturing life as it really is untouched by idealism or romanticism.” Specific details are required when using realism to interpret life objectively

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    600 CE. Although Hinduism and the Hindu caste system maintained a strong influence in South Asia throughout 600-1750 CE, the Hindu majority eventually gave way as Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and syncretic faiths gradually moved in and across the Indian Ocean basin by 1750 CE. Even then, Hinduism did spread from northern India through southern India to Southeast Asia. The caste system was maintained from 600-1750 CE, given the fact that Hinduism promoted such rigid class distinctions as morally right

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    different and very much the alike at the same time. On the other hand, some similarities also lie between two nations. While the culture of America is a mixture of different cultures, the Indian culture is unique and has its own values. There are many types of differences lies between American culture and Indian culture in terms of Religions, Languages, Rituals and Cuisines. Religious is a set of common beliefs and practices generally held by a group of people that is usually separated by rituals

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    The search for gold that was conducted by the Indians may also have led them to the shores of Africa.  Although its interpretation is contentious, some archaeological evidence commends the evidence of Indian guidance on parts of East Africa as early as 300 C.E.  There is also one report that gold was being hunted by Ethiopian merchants in East Africa, who were part of India’s most important trading partners. Indian voyages on the Indian Ocean were part of a more general development, bordering

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    29. The decolonization process after the Second World War resulted in the end of British hegemony in the Indian Ocean. The subsequent Cold War which ensued was again marked by superpower rivalry in the region, enhancing the region’s global strategic value. When this period came to an end, the littoral countries of the IOR to a certain extent rediscovered some of the economic, social and cultural facets that made the ocean the bridge between Africa, Asia and Australia . However, regional cooperation

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