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    the failure of the Indian campaign Alexander the great met his end, two years further still and Chandragupta of the Magadha established the Maurya Empire in India. 8. Maurya Empire The Maurya Empire was a power in (c. 322 to 187 BCE) eastern India founded by Chandragupta Maurya. Having taken advantage of Alexander the Greats armies in general retreat, the Mauryans lead by Chandragupta himself overthrew the Satraps in power and expanded their borders eastward. Chandragupta's grandson would also…

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    growth. I shall outline the economic and political factors separately and will explain how those factors defined the growth of Singapore. Economic Factors:  Successful Entrepot: A well protected natural harbor, a link connected the different market of India, China, Japan and Java, contributed a lot to attract lion share of British trade with the region.…

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    first of these taxes was the Sugar act which actually cut the tax in half on molasses but was intended to encourage trade with the British West Indies. Any violators of the act were to be tried in Vice Admiralty court, which had no jury, rather than general courts. Next was the Stamp Act which required all legal documents to to carry a tax stamp. The Colonists held protests and forced the men who collected the stamp taxes to resign for fear of their personal safety. Many other tax collectors…

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    The Bengal Famine

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    The 18th century marked the demolition of the Mughal sphere of influence and the rise of the British East India Company. By expanding its trade enterprise into the Indian subcontinent, The Company, hoped to both fund the administrative costs of its day-to-day operations and generate sizeable profits (John 21). After some initial difficulty, the Mughal emperor, Jahangir, allowed the Company to trade in 1612. Two decades after this agreement, the first trading port was established in Bengal. As…

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    would be the conversion of the Massachusetts Bay company to a self governing unit. The self-governing unit included annual elections to choose governor, deputy governor, and members of the General Court which would help enforce conformity within the colony. The company would also lead to creation of new ones in the New England colonies, such as the Dutch West India company that solely traded in…

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    Colonialism In America

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    To the Europeans the land they called new world was not new to the natives that lived there all the ancestors of the Native Americans crossed over to north and south America via the bearing straights about 30, 000 years ago. These ancestors of the Native Americans were mostly Asian and by the time that the last glacier receded 10,000 years ago Native Americans had inhabited all the inhabitable parts of north and south America. And being where they where they lived relative isolation from the…

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    Harrap, “Philip, now master of the Greek mainland, was appointed general of the Greeks for an invasion of the Achaemenid Persia, but was assassinated at his daughter’s wedding in 336 B.C.” (Harrap, et al, 2011,1). Upon his death, he left his son, Alexander, to the…

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    that imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue of 40,000 pounds sterling a year for the administration of the colonies, including paying the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain. Also, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations, and to establish the precedent that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies.…

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    Meiji Restoration in Japanese history? To increase western influence What is the 19th-century Egyptian political leader Muhammad Ali is best known for? He ruled egypt as an ottoman governor ,also had the strongest state in islamic world During the era of British colonialism in India, why were the British content, in general, to leave Indian social hierarchies intact? Colonial society functioned best when each person knew his or her place What was the ruling Qing dynasty’s attitude toward the…

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    Sex Education is crucial information that children all over deserve in a safe and healthy experience. As mentioned by the article Global Perspective on Peer Sex Education for College Students “Sexually transmitted diseases and infections continue to be a public health problem across the globe (World Health Organization, 2006)” (Story et al. 81). All around the world, Sex Education is portrayed in different manners, despite being known globally there are still shocking numbers in regards to…

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