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other, but at the same time they were all greatly similar. Towards administrative centralization, territorial consolidation, ethnic homogenization, and religious orthodoxy, the Kingdom of Mataram proved to be one of the most independent kingdoms in Southeast Asia until they were colonized by the…

Overview: On my DBA 708, Applied Business Research Methods I Have had chosen Trans pacific partnership (TPP) as the platform of my assessment. From 12 countries I chose Singapore and NZ relationship for TPP. What is TPP? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement among twelve Pacific Rim nations considering a collection of matters of commercial strategy, concerning that agreement was clutched on 5 October 2015 afterward 7 years of negotiations. The agreement 's uttered aim had…

The article Clash of Civilizations begins by speaking on why there will be a clash of civilizations, where he gives a total of six explanations, and then he focuses by acknowledging that these clashes will take place on cultural fault lines whether they be distant countries, neighboring countries, or internal cultural borders within a specific country. This section mostly hits on the clash between the ideologies of the west vs. Islam. The author then goes on to explain how the civilizations of…

Geography Poster Information Introduction The South China Sea is currently in the middle of a claims dispute between the surrounding countries of the area, these countries are Brunei, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. This marine area is highly sought after due to the resources it offers, for example, America and China are estimating the area is filled with oil reserves, however the estimated amounts are contradicting each other where America estimates 28 Billion barrels…

Explain the apparent military decline of East Asia after 1700 East Asia had been regarded as one of the most military advanced region of the globe since the early firearms were invented by the Chinese before the Europeans perfected them. Indeed, the earliest known formula for gunpowder is found in a Chinese work dating from the 800s. This allowed the Chinese to apply it to warfare through producing a variety of gunpowder weapons among them rockets, bombs, mines, and rockets before inventing the…

1. Indradhwaja is an Asian country whose Socio-politico-legal order is similar to India. It has 20 states which include multicultural, multi-lingual and multi-religious country. It is a country where a majority of the population (approx. 60%) follows ‘Pihu’ religion. Other prominent religion is ‘Soham’ which constitutes about 25% of the population and is in the majority in the state of Panchtara out of twenty states. Whereas in 13 states, Pihus are in majority. In its various parts religious…

major tourism attractions. Basically, the Southeast Asian Country of Indonesia consists of more than 17,000 tropical and volcanic islands that straddle the equator between the Indian and pacific oceans. Indonesia is a home to more than 300 ethnic groups with approximately 500 spoken languages and dialects. Indonesia is well known with a unique culture, natural beaches, beautiful scenery and also great shopping centre which make Indonesia as one of the Southeast Asia’s most attractive…

major influence on Southeast Asia between the 17th and 19th century, but specifically impacted the Indonesian region…

A bold statement, to say the least. Since Duterte’s rise to power in May, 2016 as the 16th President of the Philippines, as what is described as a “landslide” victory with over 16 million votes (around 39% of total votes cast, more than 6 million votes ahead of his closest rival), both his actions and words has brought the Republic of the Philippines to the spotlight numerous times (Cruz, 2016). From comparing himself to Hitler, to cursing Obama “putangina” (literally means whore-mother,…

Vietnamese Community’s Approaching the Chinese Influence on and Chinese Elements Within Vietnamese Culture: Customs, Traditions, Language and Contemporary Media The conflict between China-Vietnam regarding the 2016 territorial dispute appears a new development to the rest of the world. In reality, this hostility is deep rooted, and significantly more vibrant and imminent from Vietnam side, almost making the conflict one sided. Overpowered and overshadowed by China, the smaller nation puts more…