Eastern Cape

CLIMATE CHANGE VS. CLIMATE VARIATION IN WESTERN CAPE The observed trends in average temperatures are evidence for climate changes in the Western Cape region. It is the main wheat production area of South Africa and responsible for almost 40% of the country’s total production. Wheat areas in the Western Cape are mainly rain-fed and the primary use of wheat is for bread making. Swartland is a sub-region of Western Cape and characterized by dry, hot summers and wet, moisty winters which is…

for the route from Western Europe to the East. At this time, Muslims held a monopoly of the trade routes from India and other Eastern nations. De Gama left at July 1497 with four vessels he was finally able to round the Cape of Good Hope at Africa's Southern tip in late November. he then traveled north along Africa's Eastern Coast. but with some help from a local Eastern navigator’s help, he was able to cross the Indian Ocean and reach the coast of India in May 1498. Hindu population initially…

TITLE Zakynthos Island: Take A Cruise To Reveal The Gems Of The Island LEAD PARAGRAPH Zakynthos Island is called “The flower of the Levant” for a reason. Its eastern coastline widely differs from the western, and while the first abounds with green hills and settlements, the latter is dominated by rock formations and narrow coves. Since Zakynthos’ dramatic and wild coastal beauty is best perceived from the sea, taking a whole day cruise is highly recommended. Although it’s hard to separate one…

The issue of slavery in Africa started with the Portuguese expedition of West Africa in the fifteenth century. Prince Henry sponsored the Portuguese as their governor and was later named Prince Henry the Navigator after his establishment of a school for navigators at Sagres, Portugal in 1419. The purpose of this school was to train explorers in navigation, map-making, and science so they could be prepared to travel along the west coast of Africa. The Portuguese, who eventually became the one…

The Great White Shark that I chose to research was Katherine. She was tagged on August 20, 2013 in Cape Cod Massachusetts. She weighed 2,300 pounds, 14 feet and 2 inches. She was named in honor of Katharine Lee Bates, a Cape Cod native and songwriter—best known for her poem and song “America The Beautiful”. The latest ping for Katharine is off the coast of Florida, near New Smyrna Beach. This area is also known as the shark capital and it consists of murky water that has bait fish within it.…

expansionist power until the Battle of Vienna in 1683, which marked the end of Ottoman expansion into Europe. The discovery of new trade routes by Western European states allowed them to avoid the Ottoman trade monopoly. The Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 initiated a series of Ottoman-Portuguese naval wars in the Indian Ocean throughout the 16th century. The Somali Muslim Ajuran Empire, allied with the Ottomans, defied the Portuguese economic monopoly in the Indian Ocean…

from Le Manuscrit Du Roi, an instrumental piece from the 14th century France. I was intrigued. As a fiddler throughout my high school year, studying a variety of genres, I recognized much of the ornamentation as similar to Celtic tradition, namely Cape Breton tradition. The first things I noticed about the recording were: 1) The piece was played on an instrument that had a rather tinny sound and drone notes. 2) The piece was performed with a large amount of ornamentation. 3)The piece was…

Dennis Altman has described the phenomenon of the emergence of queer identities in non-western nations as “global queering” (Altman 1996). The concept of global queering relies heavily on the notion that queer identities in non-western nations are the result of the dissemination of western sexualities and gender identities into other parts of the globe (Jackson 2009). While it is certainly true that various manifestations of queerness have originated in the west and then emerged in non-western…

access to the Indian Ocean trade on the opposite side of Africa. The second image is again similar to the first, however the focus is on European control through technologies and innovation. Rhodes stands across a vast and empty Africa, one foot in Cape Town and the other in Cairo, with a telegraph and rifle in…

The voyages of Africa was to get around the continent of Africa, to reach the India the eastern part of Asia in order to get spices, silk, and other fine goods. Stories were told by ancient Egypt and Phoenicia that say the sailed to Africa and made it 2,600 years ago (Scheller, 25). It was to say that Arabs were the only ones really getting things from Asia. There was always two ways to get good to Europe from Asia. Caravan, by foot was a way to get there which involved camels carrying things on…