Coastal geography

On Sunday November 6, 2005, the Myanmese military government officially relocated the national capital from Yangon to Naypyidaw in a rural mountainous valley in southern Mandalay Division. The next day, Myanmar’s Information Minister, General Kyaw Hasan announced that the country’s capital would be a newly established city in Pyinmana District. On March 2, 2006, the new administrative capital in Kyatpyae Village of Pyinmana District was publicly named “Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Daw). Capital city often…

BACKGROUND INFORMATION Geography Barbados is an island country in the region of the Atlantic Ocean known as the North Atlantic Ocean. It is found northeast of Venezuela and is the easternmost island of the Caribbean. The closest islands to it are Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent. The geographical location of Barbados is latitude 13º10' North and longitude 59º 32' West Mount Hillaby, in the north central part of Barbados, is the highest point in Barbados with an elevation of 1,102 ft. The lowest…

The Indian Ocean Trade Network did not play a large role in the change of kingdoms and empires. However, it had a large role in economic and social ties between coastal communities. Many port cities were not connected to other cities because of geography, so this was their only source of trade and connection to other cultures. Also, women did not travel with merchants on the boats, so many men married women in port cities. This lead to bilingual and bicultural…

of India is the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The plateau covers parts of Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. The fourth is the coastal plains of India. The Eastern Coastal Plains are between the Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. This runs from the southern tip of India to the Northeast. The Western Coastal Plains are between the Ghats and the Arabian Sea. The Western Coastal plains also run from the southern tip of India to the Northwest. The fifth area is the Thar Desert. It is one of the…

The city of Mycenae was a arrogant militaristic society. The city was held back by internal division, as the geography of Greece created valleys and platues in which a ruler could practically close off and develop a small kingdom, where the common citizens were basically no better off than a slave. Life was centered around agriculture and farms, but they were also…

to the cold climate was the prevention of spreading life-threatening diseases, versus the majority of people in the south died from the airborne diseases. The negative side to cold climates are severe winters which killed many people. Also, the geography of New England negatively affected farming because it was mostly hills with rocky soil making settlers have a short growing season. Settlers were able to have a sustainable lifestyle because they had enough food for themselves, but not as…

Cultural Awareness in Dominican Republic Maximo Moises Vincente Mejia Advanced Leaders Course 13J Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, etc. Culture has become key in our interconnected world, which is made up of so many ethnically diverse societies, but also riddled by conflicts associated with ethnicity, religion, and ethical beliefs. Culture is not fixed, it will always be…

from close trading links with Rome. Archaeological artefacts discovered within the Trinovantes tribal territory can be used as reliable sources to help establish a picture of the economic structure of this Celtic society. Ptolemy states in his Geography (2.3) that ‘… further to the east by the Thames estuary are the Trinovantes in whose territory is the town of Camulodunum’, which shows that in Roman times the land inhabited by the Trinovantes stretched from their capitol, Camulodunum, to the…

This would cause a rise in sea-level of about 80m (World Issues in Geography). For most islands, especially the low lying islands like the Bahamas, this would result in flooding of the coastal and residential areas. This causes land erosion, destruction of homes and deaths of families and leads to millions of dollars in repairs. Even lower lying islands may disappear completely…

Correlation between the Okies and Mexican Immigrants The novel The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, tells the story of a family journeying to California with the goal of starting a new life. On the way, they experience turmoil and hardships. This novel takes place in the 1930’s, the same time the great depression and the dust bowl were occurring. These two events affected the United States dramatically, and aspects of this can be seen throughout the novel. Steinbeck added what seemed like…