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Under population and Overpopulation When the number of people in a region or country is more than the available resources, the country or region is said to be overpopulated. In other words, overpopulation refers to the situation in which the country’s population is more than what its physical resources can support to maintain adequate living standards. Singapore, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Korea Republic, Jordan, Iraq, Belgium and UK are among the overpopulated countries of…

Colonial India – on water and on land. The EIC had been using large steamboats to help maneuver the larger ships into the Indian harbors. They were then used to link the British outposts into the northern parts of India. Because of the location of the Ganges River and since it ran from west to east through India, it served as a ‘highway’ for steamboats to deliver troops, people, mail, etc. to much of the northern areas. (See image…

impressive speech to his men in an attempt to get them to reconsider moving onwards. He professed that “if any one desires to hear what will be the end to the warfare itself, let him learn that the distance still remaining before we reach the river Ganges and the Eastern Sea is not great…” , tried to bribe them with the ideas of riches and spoils once they had completed their conquest of Asia, and…

As a child, risotto was my favorite dish that my mom, strictly following her father’s recipe, would make. Today, risotto has become an innately Italian dish. In most Italian restaurants, you will find at least one type of risotto on the menu. Strangely, despite it’s inherent Italian-ness, rice and risotto are relatively new introductions to Italian cuisine. Rice has a long history of domestication in Asia and was not brought to Italy for several thousand years after being domesticated (P. Huang…

Islam and Hinduism Before we start with the description of Islam and Hinduism we need to understand what its religion, or at least try to comprehend the meaning of religion. The definition of religion is very difficult, many have try but they focus on only the few aspects of religion, some will exclude beliefs, practices and those religions that will not fit well. As Kile Jones once he wrote trying to define religion “It is apparent that religion can be seen as a theological, philosophical,…

‘Sea of Poppies’ is Amitav Ghosh’s first book in the Ibis Trilogy which was nominated for Man Booker Prize of 2008. Set in 1838 amidst the valuable and potent poppy fields, it brings together a truly diverse and international cast of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, who, each for his or her own reason, board the Ibis, an old slaving-ship, which sails into the Indian Ocean at the end of the book. The book is a story of people brought together in spite of their differences, starting…

The purpose of the Counter-Reformation was for the Catholic Church to revive itself after the Protestant Reformation where the Church was threatened with the conversions to Protestantism. While this was a very dramatic and life changing time for religion and people, art went through a complete transition in terms of its style. Post-reform, art was very much absent in churches, and non-religious art was humanist, consisting of genre and landscape paintings. When the Catholic Church fought back…

Mother Teresa is one of the famous people on earth. She was famous because of what she has done and of how many people she has helped. Her real name is Ganxhe Agnes Bojaxhiu but most people call her Agnes. She was born in August 26 1910. She was born and lived in Skopje, is it a small part of Siberia which is now a part of Yugoslavia. She is the third child of the Bojaxhiu family. She has 2 siblings which are her sister Aga and her brother Lazar. Agnes’ father, Kole Bojaxhiu was a wealthy…

Cornell Notes Page 1 Chapter Title Classical Civilization: India Chapter # 3 China's classical period had a great influence in India even still today. India- agricultural society Very similar to China Influence of China Like China Indias people were mostly farmers. Food was their main focus. Like China the men were the ones that rule the family and the women were treated like property. China and India created some of the basics for schools and academics. India…

South Asia, is the home for one fifth of the world’s population and is known to be the most disaster region in the world regarded as world’s poor region. In South Asia, bout 456 million people are estimated to be undernourished. In the recent past, climate change appeared as most critical issue facing by the society on a global basis, with serious problems of food security of billions of people in the developing countries. The inter-annual, monthly and daily distribution of climate variables…