Dutch oven

Niger Introduction: Niger is a landlocked and developing country in western Africa, named after the Niger River and officially the Republic of Niger. It is bordered by Chad in the east, Burkina Faso and Mali in the west, Nigeria and Benin in the south and Algeria and Libya in the north. Niger covers a land area of 1,267,000 square kilometres and with estimated population of 11,666,000. History of Niger: Thousands of years ago, Niger had wet and favorable conditions for agriculture and…

In 1497 Portuguese mariner Vasco Da Gama set sail to find a sea route to Asia. He went slowly down the West African coast, around the tip of South Africa, and up the East African coast and landed in Calicut, South India. They found an ancient and rich network of commerce that stretched from East Africa to China. Asia offered many tropical spices that were desired in Europe, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, cloves, and pepper. These spices were used mostly as condiments and preservatives. Other…

The 15th through the 18th century was primarily an “Asian Age” due to the advancements in trade and manufacturing. You might wonder how trade could make this time period an “Asian Age”. The answer to this question is simply that trade was a huge ordeal during this time period. Trade was a major source of income for countries and even a source of political and social power. The advancement of the trading routes, new items found and made, and the political and monetary power gained through trade…

32. What do you think Landes means by Portugal’s “leap beyond sense and sensibility”? (Or their “unreasonable initiative”?) Portugal was a small country that exported goods across its many islands. After some time passed, the country decided to turn it’s trading harbors and islands into the Portuguese empire. They did not have the means or manpower to run the empire but were persistent in their choice. 33. What does Landes mean, that the Portuguese “religious commitment entailed a serious…

developed by Dutch. The Dutch East India Company set up new strategies for trade financing, which includes the chance for private investors to diversify their risks. The trade ventures were sold to risk takers who could buy a one-sixteenth or one-thirtieth share in various kinds of ships, so that if one of the ships was not able to make profits then other would give enough compensation. Wide-reaching trade routes were set up. Portuguese slowly but surely give way to the even added brutal Dutch…

undeniably violent. In Africa, salves were captured “in wars and raids conducted by African polities” (Empires 157). The voyage was notoriously deadly, as was the fated that awaited the salves on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. The renowned Dutch East India trading company (VOC) used slaves to grow spices into the eighteenth century (Empires 160). The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, published in 1751, reported that the VOC “makes peace and war at pleasure” (Empires 161). If…

I. Introduction -250 This essay is based on the forgotten history of the Indian textiles and the trading connection it made between Britain and South- Asia. In every civilized community there are two industries which are the oldest and most fundamental of all textiles and pottery. (Fraser G, 1948:3) The earliest textiles were made at Mohenjo-Daro, an archaeological site of the third millennium BC on the Indus River. A woven and madder- dyed cotton fragments were found wrapped round a silver…

People take for granted the amount of connections they make in life. Whether be it in high school or college, many connections are made on a day to day basis. People look at a family whether they are poor or rich, and you can always see that family connection. The world thrives off of day to day connections. Connections that either drive the local business to even the large corporate company who trades and connects with the rest of the world. New Netherland was a town on the vanguard for…

usual way. There is another method to use a Dutch oven or slow cooker also for making stew recipe. Cooking tips for Dutch Oven Stew One of the very useful things for a kitchen is a dutch oven. This is also called by the other names like stockpot or French oven. As compared to stockpot, a dutch oven is made with the thicker bottom and walls. The thicker bottom enables a dutch oven to transfer heat more uniformly and evenly throughout the food very easily. Dutch stoves are useful for boiling…

sandwich. These griddles are so resilient that they can be used to cook foods over a campfire. Another cast iron cookware item is the Dutch oven. Long before the crock pot was ever thought of, the Dutch oven was making slow cooked meals for the whole family. The great thing about these Dutch ovens is, like other of it that is made of cast iron, it can go from stovetop to oven and back again, if needed, without a problem. Cast iron cookware can be used for many, many years and unlike other of…