168 résultats pour "indies"

• Geographic Exploration.

  The commercial reason for exploration has been a consistent driving force. In 1492 the great navigator Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Oceanseeking a new, shorter, and cheaper route to reach the riches of East Asia, and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama circumnavigated Africa for much the same reason.Yet similar investigations of the profitable eastern trade had already been made by Arab sailors. Arab trading ships were sailing from the Arabian Sea to southeasternAsia probab...

• Geographic Exploration - explorer.

  The commercial reason for exploration has been a consistent driving force. In 1492 the great navigator Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Oceanseeking a new, shorter, and cheaper route to reach the riches of East Asia, and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama circumnavigated Africa for much the same reason.Yet similar investigations of the profitable eastern trade had already been made by Arab sailors. Arab trading ships were sailing from the Arabian Sea to southeasternAsia probab...

• Christopher Columbus I INTRODUCTION Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Italian-born Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall in the Americas instead.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus - explorer.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Bangladesh - geografía.

  Bangladesh caían enfermos por beber agua contaminada extraída de la superficie de los ríos. Varias agencias, como UNICEF, construyeron pozos superficiales por todo elpaís, para proporcionar una fuente de agua más segura. No obstante, en los años noventa, se descubrió que muchos de estos pozos estaban contaminados con arsénico, unveneno de presencia natural en el suelo aluvial de Bangladesh. A lo largo de un periodo de varios años, el arsénico provoca tumores cancerosos en las personas que bebend...

• Han Dynasty - History.

  However, these reforms faced serious opposition. The feudal barons formed an alliance and rebelled against Wang Mang. They were joined by members of the Liufamily, who were descended from Jingdi (Ching-ti), a former Han emperor, and a civil war followed. As the empire fell into disorder, militant secret societies formedarmed bands and attacked villages and towns. Wang Mang had believed that proper institutions would eventually bring peace to China, but in AD 23, an army led by the Liu clan brea...

• liens entre l'Inde et UK

  trade increased 20% to £ 23 billion. Also India, one of the most important trading partners of the United Kingdom outside Europe, has increased investment in the UK, particularly through major groups, as the automaker Tata or steelmaker Arcelor-Mittal. Furthermore since 2010, India has developed a hundred projects in the UK, creating more than 15 000 jobs, according to figures from the British government. Apart from these financial topics, commonalities in culture exist. In fact, a real culinary...

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - historia.

  a ser, como él mismo señaló, la de un hermano y una hermana. Rehusó cualquier posesión terrenal, vestía como las clases más bajas (con un mantón y un taparrabos) ycomía vegetales, zumos de fruta y leche de cabra. Los indios le veneraban como a un santo y le comenzaron a llamar Mahatma (en sánscrito, ‘alma grande’), título reservado para los más grandes sabios. La defensa que hizo Gandhi de la no violencia o ahimsa (en sánscrito, ‘sin daño’) era, como sostuvo, la expresión de una forma de vid...

• Arya Samaj

  be interpreted by himself and other human beings. Thus, in the final analysis, Dayanand insisted that individual reason is the deciding factor in arriving at religious knowledge. In keeping with his rejection of the mythology of the Purā˳as , Dayanand condemned the idolatry associated with their mythology. He also rejected the hereditary system of caste, giving it instead an ethical and occupational interpretation, somewhat as the Buddha had done. He questioned the authority and social superio...

• Bhutan - country.

  languages ( see Indo-Iranian Languages) and follow Hinduism. Nepalese people constitute a significant portion of Bhutan’s population. They are the most recent settlers, occupying south central and southwestern Bhutan. TheNepalese are mainly Rai, Gurung, and Limbu ethnic groups from the eastern mountains of Nepal. Nepalese immigration has been banned since 1959, when theBhutanese government feared the minority would become too populous. Nepalese are not permitted to live in the central Middle Hi...

• Bangladesh - country.

  F Environmental Issues Waterborne diseases such as cholera are a serious threat to public health in Bangladesh. Until the 1970s, many of Bangladesh’s people became sick from drinkingpolluted water drawn from surface rivers. Aid agencies such as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) built shallow wells throughout the country to help provide asafe source of drinking water to Bangladesh’s poor. In the 1990s, however, it was discovered that many of these wells were contaminated by arsenic, a...

• Cambodia - country.

  The population of Cambodia is 14,241,640 (2008 estimate). Population growth per year is estimated at 1.8 percent, one of the highest rates in Asia. The rate of infantmortality is also high. The population density is 81 persons per sq km (209 per sq mi), with the densest concentrations on the heavily cultivated central plain. Themountainous regions of the country, where malaria is widespread, are thinly populated, as are the poorly watered northern provinces. During the late 1970s, under thebruta...

• Trinidad and Tobago - country.

  III PEOPLE The history of Trinidad and Tobago is reflected in the makeup of its population, among the most ethnically diverse in the Caribbean. Blacks of African ancestry andAsians of Indian ancestry each make up about 40 percent of the population. The remainder is mainly of mixed ancestry, although there are also small groups of peopleof Chinese, European, South American, and Middle Eastern descent. The ethnic diversity of Trinidad and Tobago owes its origins to slavery and its abolition. Afr...

• Bután - geografía.

  5 GOBIERNO Bután es una monarquía constitucional. En 2007, en el que constituyó un paso decisivo hacia la democracia, el país preparó su primera Constitución formal, que preveía unrégimen de democracia parlamentaria basada en un modelo bipartidista. El Parlamento consta de dos cámaras: la alta, el Consejo Nacional (de cuyos 25 miembros, 20 sonelegidos y 5 designados por el rey); y la baja, la Asamblea Nacional (formada por 47 miembros electos por sufragio universal). En marzo de 2008, el Partid...

• Himalayas - geography.

  Nepal but has eluded discovery by several expeditions. VI PEOPLE AND ECONOMY The population, settlement, and economic patterns within the Himalayas have been greatly influenced by the variations in topography and climate, which impose harshliving conditions and tend to restrict movement and communication. People living in remote, isolated valleys have generally preserved their cultural identities. However,improvements in transportation and communication, particularly satellite television progra...

• Marriage.

  In many traditional societies, marriage typically involved transfers of property from the parents to their marrying children or from one set of parents to the other. Thesecustoms persist in some places today and are part of the tradition of arranged marriages. For example, in some cultures the bride’s parents may give property (knownas a dowry) to the new couple. The practice of giving dowries has been common in countries such as Greece, Egypt, India, and China from ancient times until thepresen...

• Mumbai - geography.

  petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, leather, furniture, timber products, ceramics, paper, jewelry, and food. More of the nation’s total imports and exports pass through Mumbai than any other port. It is also a shipping point for goods produced in western India. Two major railroadsterminate in Mumbai, providing service to all parts of India. The city is served by two major airports: one domestic, which is located 26 km (16 mi) north of the centralbusiness district in Santa Cruz, and the oth...

• Guerra de la Independencia estadounidense - historia.

  acordaron no consumir los productos británicos sobre los que recaían los nuevos impuestos y la oposición política fue canalizada a través de la junta colonial deMassachusetts. Los primeros enfrentamientos armados tuvieron lugar en junio de 1768, cuando ciudadanos de Boston se amotinaron por la detención del navío Liberty; y en marzo de 1770, cuando tuvo lugar la denominada matanza de Boston, en la que tropas británicas acabaron con la vida de cinco colonos de esta ciudad. Cediendo al bloqueo c...

• Sri Lanka - geografía.

  Alrededor del 75% de la población de Sri Lanka es de origen cingalés. Los tamiles autóctonos y los tamiles procedentes de la India son la minoría más numerosa, juntosalcanzan aproximadamente el 18% de la población. El resto de la población comprende descendientes de musulmanes (árabes), holandeses, malayos y veddas (el puebloindígena). 3.2 Divisiones administrativas El país se divide en 9 provincias ( palata en cingalés) y 25 distritos ( distrikkaya en cingalés) administrativos. Cada distrito...

• Louis XIV I INTRODUCTION Louis XIV (1638-1715), king of France (1643-1715), known as the Sun King.

  he could defend against attack from his enemies. In the first instance, Louis worked to tighten central control over the array of departments, regions, and duchies that together made up France. To this end, he revivedthe use of regional intendants, officials who were sent to the provinces with instructions to establish order and effective royal justice. Although agents of the centralgovernment, intendants worked closely with the local nobility and legal institutions to establish efficient admini...

• Louis XIV.

  he could defend against attack from his enemies. In the first instance, Louis worked to tighten central control over the array of departments, regions, and duchies that together made up France. To this end, he revivedthe use of regional intendants, officials who were sent to the provinces with instructions to establish order and effective royal justice. Although agents of the centralgovernment, intendants worked closely with the local nobility and legal institutions to establish efficient admini...

• Plate Tectonics.

  ridges. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an underwater mountain range created at a divergent plate boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of a worldwidesystem of ridges made by seafloor spreading. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is currently spreading at a rate of 2.5 cm per year (1 in per year). The mid-ocean ridges today are60,000 km (about 40,000 mi) long, forming the largest continuous mountain chain on earth. Earthquakes, faults, underwater volcanic eruptions, and vents, oropenings, along...

• Historique de indien, adjectif Étymologie Emprunt au latin tardif indianus signifiant 'relatif à l'Inde' ; décomposable enIndia, 'nom d'un pays d'Asie', et anus, 'relatif à' ; du nom propre grec India,'région de l'Indus'.

  XVIII e Marmontel , les Incas, ou la Destruction de l’empire du Pérou La vie d’un indien n’est en conséquence qu’une purification, une ablution et une pénitence perpétuelle. — Claude Adrien Helvétius , De l’homme, de ses facultés intellectuelles et de son éducation Ils se croiront heureux d’éloigner tes armes à ce prix, et tu les porteras contre les rois indiens . — Jean-François Melon ,Mahmoud le Gasnévide XIXe Puis des faubourgs malais, indiens , où toute sorte de figures d’...

• Jakarta - geography.

  voluntary movement of families to Indonesia's less populated islands). Jakarta is a magnet for migrants from other areas of Indonesia; during the late 1980s an estimated 250 migrants arrived daily. Most were between the ages of 15 and39 years, many with six years of education or less. There is also a significant number of commuters and seasonal migrants who work in government, manufacturing,and services. In addition, many of these temporary residents are engaged in informal employment as drivers...

• Grenada - country.

  Grenada is a member of the Organization of American States and the United Nations. From 1958 to 1962, it was a member of the West Indies Federation, and in theearly 1960s it participated in unsuccessful attempts to form a federation linking the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. Grenada is tied with other Caribbeancountries through membership in the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). VI HISTORY Grenada was originally inhabited by Arawak Indians, who were killed or driven away...

• Spanish Empire.

  Spain’s royal government quickly imposed its own officials, first to collect taxes and then to administer the colony. Its goal was to assert royal control over both settlersand indigenous peoples. In Spain the government established a House of Trade to supervise colonial affairs and to oversee, license, and tax all trade and commerce. Asthe royal government asserted more authority over colonial activities, Columbus lost effective power, and was eventually replaced by other colonial governors. Wi...

• Spanish Empire .

  Spain’s royal government quickly imposed its own officials, first to collect taxes and then to administer the colony. Its goal was to assert royal control over both settlersand indigenous peoples. In Spain the government established a House of Trade to supervise colonial affairs and to oversee, license, and tax all trade and commerce. Asthe royal government asserted more authority over colonial activities, Columbus lost effective power, and was eventually replaced by other colonial governors. Wi...

• World War I .

  and troops to Europe from the United States and other overseas sources. In 1914 Britain implemented a sea blockade of Germany to prevent the delivery of importssuch as food and war materials. The same year, Germany began using submarines to disrupt Allied seaborne traffic and prevent supplies from reaching Britain. In 1915Germany instituted a submarine blockade around Britain. From February 1915 to September 1915 and again in 1917, Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare,sinking ships withou...

• Blacks in Latin America.

  Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean the slave population declined at the astonishing rate of 2 to 4 percent a year; thus, by the time slavery was abolished, theoverall slave population in many places was far less than the total number of slaves imported. The British colony of Jamaica, for example, imported more than 600,000slaves during the 18th century; yet, in 1838, the slave population numbered little more than 300,000. The French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti)imported mo...

• National Parks and Preserves.

  Some ibex raised in Italy’s 700 sq km (220 sq mi) Gran Paradiso National Park (1922) were transferred to aid herd restoration elsewhere in the country. Switzerlandreturned lynx to Swiss National Park to keep red deer populations in check. The growth of national parks also enabled many European countries to restore forests thathad given way to industrialization by the early 20th century. Africa’s wildlife was hunted heavily from the late 19th century well into the 20th century. By 1920 big-game h...

• South America - Geography.

  South America is dominated by relatively warm climatic regimes. Spanning nearly the entire continent along the equator is a belt of humid tropical climate that grades tothe north and south into broad zones where the length of the rainy season and the amount of rainfall diminish. These zones have wet summers and dry winters and aresubject to prolonged droughts. Droughts are a particularly serious problem in northeastern Brazil and along the northern coast of Venezuela and Colombia. The areas ofra...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• Why america ?

  certainly have to renounce and give up some of his cultural heritage. Jagan dreads Mali might be faced with an entirely different cultural environment and be rejected, looked down on by other students because of his color and origin. Last, but no least, Jagan can’t stand the thought of being separated from his son. This is made clear in the sentence “he had.. so far l10). We aren’t given much information about the relationship between Jagan and his son, but we can suppose that jagan is a do...

• Republic of Singapore - country.

  Singaporeans of Chinese and Indian ancestry live in small, nuclear families. Housing favors smaller families, as most units consist of small apartments in high-risebuildings. Western clothing is common, and foods reflect the Chinese, Malay, and Indian origins of the people. D Social Issues Since Singapore became an independent state in 1965, government policies have brought orderliness and efficiency to the country. Examples are supplanting slum andsquatter areas with high-rise public housing p...

• Tiger - biology.

  have a simple digestive system designed to process meat so that the nutrients can be readily absorbed into the bloodstream. With the exception of white tigers, which have blue eyes, all tigers have yellow eyes. Tigers mainly use vision to find prey. Although tigers see about as well as humansduring the day, their large eye openings gather more light than do human eyes, making tiger night vision far superior to that of humans. In addition, a special structurein the tiger’s eye, called the tapetu...

• New France - Canadian History.

  the colony now consisted of a governor-general, an intendant , and a Sovereign Council, all located at Québec, with local governors at Trois-Rivières and Montréal, and law courts for all three districts. The senior official was the governor-general, responsible for military matters and for relations with the indigenous nations and theEnglish colonies. The intendant, a noble trained in law, was the official responsible for civil affairs: justice, law enforcement, and the maintenance of the colon...

• La vie de gandhi

  schools). Become famous throughout India, it is called the "Mahatma" (Great Soul). He also launched a campaign to get economic independence to the impoverishment of the population and the destruction of local industry as a result of British colonial policy. But his campaign of civil disobedience is a failure. He was arrested for subversion in 1922 by the British government and released in 1924. In 1930, enjoying considerable influence, Gandhi began a new campaign of civil disobedience...

• Idea of progress

  allowed British to settlement. In reality the treaty gave Britain sovereignty over Maoris. In one hand, New Zealand will exit of the British domination in 1907 even if it is a member of the Commonwealth. In the other hand India became independent especially thanks to Gaudi in 1947.   TWO MODERNS COUNTRIES   Today India and NZ knows an important development. India has a global city with Mumbai with the CBD, it is the most populated country which offer labour, large internal market. Besides they a...

• Ganges - geography.

  sugarcane, and jute are cultivated. Only a stretch of the southwestern delta, covered with mangrove trees, is left uncultivated. The mangroves are ideal habitat for severalspecies of crocodile. Because the Ganges is fed by snow-capped peaks, it remains a sizable body of water throughout the year and can be used for extensive irrigation even during the hot, dryseason of April through June. During the summer monsoon season, heavy rains can cause destructive floods, especially in the delta area. IV...

• Cotton - biology.

  VII COTTONSEED Once a waste-disposal problem for gins, cottonseed is now a valuable by-product. The seed goes to oil mills, where it is delinted of its linters in an operation similar toginning. The bare seed is then cracked and the kernel removed. The meal that remains after the oil has been extracted is high in protein. Linters are used for paddingin furniture and automobiles, for absorbent cotton swabs, and for manufacture of many cellulose products such as rayon, plastics, lacquers, and sm...

• Jamaica - country.

  majority, the Church of God, Baptists, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostalists, and Roman Catholics predominate. Several well-established Jewish, Muslim,and Hindu communities exist. A number of popular sects, such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism, are a significant and famous feature of the national religious life. C Education School attendance by children between the ages of 6 and 11 is nearly universal, and 84 percent of all 12- to 18-year-olds attend secondary institutions. In 2000...

• Himalaya - geografía.

  Lago Yamzho Yumco, HimalayaLas intensas aguas azules de este hermoso lago, en el sureste del Tíbet, se extienden entre las montañas, a lo largo de las nevadascolinas de piedemonte del Himalaya, ocupando uno de los profundos valles glaciares del país. Es, junto a otros, como el Nam Co, elSiling Co y el Mapam, uno de los grandes lagos de la meseta del Tíbet.Panorama/age fotostock Son varios los ríos asiáticos que drenan el Himalaya. Entre ellos, además de muchos afluentes importantes, se encuentra...

• Deriva continental - ciencias de la naturaleza.

  la India contra Asia provocó el plegamiento de la corteza y la formación de la cordillera del Himalaya, fenómeno que aún prosigue. Se cree que la unión o sutura de masasde tierra continuará repitiéndose una y otra vez en el futuro y que todos los continentes volverán a reunirse de nuevo en un supercontinente. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993--2008 Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos.

• Virgin Islands of the United States - geography.

  government comptroller is appointed by the secretary of the interior, and the judge of the district court is appointed by the president of the United States. V HISTORY Saint CroixSaint Croix is the largest, most densely populated island in the Virgin Islands of the United States. Located southeast of Puerto Rico inthe Caribbean Sea, Saint Croix has two large port towns: Christiansted at the east end and Frederiksted on the western tip. SinceChristopher Columbus visited it in 1493, the island ha...

• Alligators and Crocodiles.

  During cold winters, alligators bury themselves in mud. There they can hibernate until spring. WHERE CROCODILES LIVE Four species of crocodiles live in the Americas. These crocodiles are found in southern Florida, Cuba andother Caribbean islands, southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. The Indo-Pacific crocodile lives along the seacoasts of India, southern China, Malaysia, and Australia.The swamp crocodile is found in the lakes and rivers of India. The Nile crocodile lives...

• Cristóbal Colón - geografía.

  Según otra teoría, la información colombina procedería, no de un europeo, sino de algún grupo indígena que en un desplazamiento por las Antillas se vio obligado adesviarse océano adentro hasta encontrarse con Colón. Ambas teorías coinciden en señalar que tal encuentro debió producirse a bastantes leguas al oeste de las Canarias,Azores o Madeira, en una zona que por aquel entonces frecuentaba. Cristóbal Colón se sintió elegido por la Providencia para descubrir aquellas tierras, y, a partir de ahí...

• Cristóbal Colón - historia.

  Según otra teoría, la información colombina procedería, no de un europeo, sino de algún grupo indígena que en un desplazamiento por las Antillas se vio obligado adesviarse océano adentro hasta encontrarse con Colón. Ambas teorías coinciden en señalar que tal encuentro debió producirse a bastantes leguas al oeste de las Canarias,Azores o Madeira, en una zona que por aquel entonces frecuentaba. Cristóbal Colón se sintió elegido por la Providencia para descubrir aquellas tierras, y, a partir de ahí...