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spice. Pepper It is the oldest spice known to man Was used as negotiable currency Pepper was nearly priceless, pockets of ship hands were sewn shut In order to keep people from stealing it. Black, green and white. Only found on the island of Sumatra “Dear as pepper” was a term of endearment. Sir Francis Drake’s world voyage topped by the Spice Islands, where he cleared 4700% profit on the Spices he brought back. In 1603 when the first English colony anywhere was founded on the Bandanese Island

Islamic influence remained strong because of their comparison with the native populations. Muslim control of the "Spice Islands" and many different neighboring regions was shown by the success of Acheh, an Islamic state on the northeastern part of Sumatra. It provided a counterbalance to the Portuguese existence

Orangutans are one of humans’ closest relatives, and as of 2007 have been a member of the endangered species list. These “people of the forest” have only been known to be found in Borneo and Sumatra, this lack of variability in their environment plays a large role in the reason of their endangerment. The two subspecies have been under pressure as of late for reasons such as logging, deforestation, and for the planting of palm oil forests, and being hunted by humans. Palm oil was once only found

Commencement Address The text ‘Commencement Address’ is a speech held my George Saunders at a university in New York. In his speech, Saunders talks about being loving and kind as a young person. His speech is overall pretty humorous and he is not afraid of making a joke or two about himself, hence referring himself as “Some old fart”. This is his way of appealing to a younger audience, since he is old himself, and therefore needs to find a way to seem interesting to the younger people. He also

significant differences in culture, ethnicity, religion, social and linguistic diversities existing within the Indonesian community – it ranges from Hindu rituals practiced on the island of Bali to the prevalence of Islamic Sharia law in Aceh of Sumatra. Previously before the existence of national frameworks in Indonesia, various regions had separate political and economic histories. Hence, the portrayal of various regional dynamics that are differently practiced and Religion: The constitution

created. This act provides for the protection and conservation of endangered plants and animals as well as their habitat. Even with this act creatures like the Sumatran tiger are still facing certain extinction. These tigers live on the island of Sumatra. There are many threats to their species survival. One of the main threats to them is poachers. First off let?s clearly define what poaching is. Poaching is illegally hunting protecting animals. But why would people need to hunt tigers, what benefits

Tsunamis: the Geology Behind the Deadly Wave Tsunamis are damaging natural disasters that are universally feared. Nature can be one of the entities that terrifies humans the most. These disastrous tsunamis can be caused by many different situations. Geology is closely connected to the production of tsunamis and their occurrences. It is also a useful tool in identifying the causes of tsunamis in ancient times. All tsunamis are tied to rocks and minerals, which cause earthquakes. When the ocean floor

An earthquake shook northeastern japan on March 11, 2011. It was a magnitude -9 earthquake so it caused a savage tsunami. The great earthquake was felt around the world from the antarctica's ice sheet and norway’s fjords. Even years later things are getting washed up on north America s beaches. 250 miles of japan’s coastline Honshu dropped almost 2 feet . The jolt moved 8 feet of Honshu eastward. The tsunami broke icebergs in parts of Antarctica such as Sulzberger ice shelves. Japan is still

The orangutan, one of the world’s great apes, resides on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The forests of these islands are being destroyed in order to create palm oil plantations. Palm oil is in high demand due to its uses as a biofuel and as a vegetable oil. The palm oil industry is a major threat to the survival of the critically endangered orangutans, due to loss of habitat. This leads to illegal poaching since the orangutans are viewed as pests, leaving many young infants orphaned

in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, they live in lowland forests, mountain forests, swamps and tropical rainforests (Tigersincrisis.com, 2018). The Sumatran Tiger are one of the last six remaining subspecies in the world, they are also the last Sunda Tiger subspecies (Jesse Lewis,