2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

due to the expanding world economies. Trade also began to be considered as a profitable venture, especially with the European ideology of mercantilism, and new exchange routes were sought out. The first global economy developed because Chinese and Indian demand for silver made it a global currency, European expansion connected different regions of the world, and states actively promoted trade. This economy functioned as a polycentric world system of overlapping regional networks of exchange,…

economy, population, and topography is diverse, the Indian automobile industry is one of the most competitive within the global landscape (The Economic Times) and currently represents 7.1…

“This was what became known as the “Silk Road” whereby some manufactured products but mainly hard currency found its way to the East and silk, spices, tea, etc found there way to the West” (Hilton et al. 124). Much like the Trans-Saharan and Roman-Indian trade routes, the link between civilizations would be a foundation for inter-connecting differing civilizations in the movement of goods across large geographic areas. This was a major positive development in the opening of trade between major…

The Indian Ocean trade was system that allowed the countries in the Indian Ocean to participate in a symbiotic relationship. The trade of many extravagant goods encouraged the surrounding countries to develop relationships between each other which lead to sharing discoveries and goods. Then, when the Portuguese arrived in the Indian Ocean there was an introduction of a power arrangement. Ultimately, the Portuguese disrupted a harmonious system of advancements and ruined the dynamics of the…

The Indian Ocean world can be dynamically split up into three major regions. Africa, South Asia and lastly the East Indies are three separate areas of the Indian Ocean that together make up a larger and more intricate picture of what life is like in the Indian Ocean. Through migration and trade these regions have helped form each other’s political, economic and social structure by encouraging new ideas and propelling each other into the modern age. When one thinks about the industrial…

From 1450 to 1750, the Indian Ocean trade network had many changes and continuities. One continuity is that the Indian Ocean trade network remained spreading goods from one place to another. However, the methods that were used to trade these goods along the trade route had a significant change. The analysis of the changes and continuities over the time period 1450 to 1750 can explain how the trade was affected politically, economically, and culturally. The Indian Ocean trade network had changes…

Portugal impacted the Indian Ocean trade in multiple ways throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. For example, they took control of Malacca. As well as a fortress at the mouth of the Red Sea for better control of trade. Lastly, they were the only ones with working cannons on their ships which made them a powerhouse of ocean trade. Portugal had a fortress at the mouth of the Red Sea to impact the Indian Ocean. According to document A from there they could see no spices might pass to the land of…

Humpback whales can be recognized by their large size, bumpy head, and long flippers. Atlantic humpbacks have mainly white flippers, but those in the Pacific have a darker color to them. In the Northern hemisphere, humpback whales are found in the North Pacific to the South-East Alaskan. Humpbacks from the Western area and the Bering Sea migrate to Northern Marianas. Humpback whales are facing extinction due to poaching. Poaching is the illegal hunting and killing of an animal. Humpback whales…

What does 2004, water and the day after Christmas have in common? The 2004 tsunami. Its 2016 now so it has been over ten years since the 2004 tsunami. Basically what happened there was a hurricane on top of an earthquake. Many of the people who were there were on vacation for the holidays. Thousands and thousands of people had died or gone missing from this tsunami. Have you ever been in a wave pool? Well, it’s like that but times one hundred. We had no clue what a tsunami was at the time. So…

to struggle reconsolidating with the nature. This consolidation refers to keeping the nature preserved from desolation while the society lives in peaceful minds being safe from disasters. According to Yulianto, et al. (2009), disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, etc. are part of God’s gift along with the earth (including minerals, oil, gas, etc.) that both sustains and endangers us. As a country with overflowing natural fortunes, we need to contemplate with natural disasters…