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to monopolize a powerful system: “... the Portuguese involvement was the attempt to control and tax the trade on by Asian merchants in the Indian Ocean” By pursuing a dominant role the Portuguese separated them from benefitted from what other countries had to offer. By changing the economic consistencies throughout the trade, the Portuguese alienated themselves from being a communal trading unit and established their superior role. The Portuguese manipulated and attacked the other nations and their merchants in order to gain power. The Portuguese only influenced the countries on the ocean which left merchants without defenses: “the poor [Bengali] merchants who sail on the sea pay for all these things, because Your Highness should certainly be aware that the Portuguese are so powerful on the sea that nothing can escape them.” The Portuguese power dominated trade which mainly affected the less privileged merchants who needed the trade to sustain their own livelihood. The cruelty of the Portuguese was never hidden but rather overlooked: “Whatever de Gama’s many virtues, he was not known for having a sweet or gentle nature; he ordered his crew to rob kidnap and murder at the sight of provocation.” The Portuguese repeatedly chose to assert themselves with violence in order to a heir the power they desired. Without gaining respect through resources the Portuguese used their military superiority to suppress other countries merchants which disrupted nation's stability.…

Why did trade thrive in Muslim lands? In 610 C.E., Muhammad founded a new religion called Islam. Muhammad’s religion inspired the Arab people, and the Muslims had conquered an area stretching from Afghanistan to parts southern Spain. Trade, ideas, and culture thrived in this Islamic empire. Islam brought a sense of unity and purpose to the traders and people of the Arabian Peninsula. Arab armies spread Islam through the Middle East and beyond. Muslim traders also spread Islam. Between…

The film stars Rudolph Valentino, who plays an Arab that kidnaps a woman, Diana, and imprisons her, waiting for her to love him back. When a different sheik attempts to rape her after she escapes, Valentino’s character saves her and reveals that he is not in fact Arabian, but is instead of European descent (The Sheik). Enemy making is clearly central to the plot, as the Sheik kidnaps a woman that looks American for his own bidding, effectively establishing Arabs as an enemy to Americans, as…

From the years 622 to 632, the western Arabian Peninsula was controlled by Muhammad. Afterward, east of the Arabian Peninsula and west Asia were also conquered between the years 632 and 661. Later, from the years 661 to 750, parts of Asia, North Africa, and Spain became ruled by the Umayyad Caliphs (Document C). Clearly, one may conclude that the Muslim military campaigns helped conquer numerous regions of the world. Moreover, when non-Muslims were conquered, they were allowed to practice their…

"Yashiro Shrine is dedicated to Watatsumi-no-Mikoto, god of the sea. […] the inhabitants should be devout worshippers of this god. They are forever praying for calm seas…" (4, par. 2, chp.1) The islanders are so gracious for the ocean, that they made a shrine of a sea god to represent the seas that surround the island. The islanders have been devoted to their faith in order to receive a sense of reassurance. They pray in hopes to please the sea god that they worship in order to gain pleasant…

speaker also compares the worries of land to the peacefulness of the sea.This poem is about the death and afterlife that takes place under the sea and the peace that comes with it. The theme is about how above the ocean the waves are crazy and chaotic, but under the ocean it’s peaceful and calm, and the seamen who have died at sea are at the bottom peacefully at rest. The ocean is a frightful place, unfathomable, where many people have gone and few returned. .It mainly talks about the calmness…

“The Calm” by Sean O’Brien is a four part metaphor representing the infinite serenity of the ocean and the stars as well as the revolving of a lighthouse in comparison to the people who have fallen from the light. In the first three stanzas we see beautiful metaphors comparing the rolling of the waves to the movement of the stars and, the revolving of the lighthouse to the tilt of the harbor. The poem continues to describe the inhabitants of a nearby bar who have fallen from stardom, sharing a…

human life. Synge embodies this malicious aspect of Nature through the sea. Fate appears as the roaring sheet of water that plays the offstage protagonist, predetermining the lives of the characters. Comparable to the tragedies of Sophocles, Synge creates a looming tragic atmosphere through his premonitions of the future. The application of dramatic ironies such as the case of material brought by Maurya for Michael’s funeral being used for Bartley’s instead, adds to the tragic air of the text. …

characters throughout the Earthsea. In each of these stories there is one, shared constant: the sea. Throughout the books characters leave their homes and set off to face the unknown. Le Guin uses the sea to represent the unknown. We see this when a number of characters, including Ged, Arha and Arren, leave safety and land behind and take off into the unknown carried by the mage or earthwind. In her books, Ursula Le Guin says that to move forward in life you must be willing to brave the…

Falls”: The cycle of life I chose the poem “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls ” by , because it spoke to me. For some odd reason the tone of the poem really just interested me and quote on quote, “..the sea of darkness calls/.” Like the poem is symbolizing, people come and go constantly but no one lives forever. The meaning of the poem is symbolized by the ocean. In other words, the ocean symbolizes death. Just like how a person is unable to stop death, they are also unable to stop the ocean. By…