Flag
Brunei’s is a tiny, but rich South East Asian country. The country’s flag is predominantly yellow in color which symbolizes royalty, honoring the sultan (worldatlas.com). The white and black diagonal bands represent the country’s prime ministers. The red images in the center of the flag is composed an umbrella looking figure which is actually the wings of a sparrow on top of a column. Under this column is the crescent of Islam. On both sides of the central figure are upturned hands. These hands symbolize the “government’s pledge to promote welfare, peace and prosperity.” (mapsnworld.com)
Geography & Features
The tiny country of Brunei Darussalam is part of South East Asia . This tiny country located is located on the northwestern part of the island of Borneo, which it shares with Indonesia and Malaysia. On the north of the country is the Philippines. Brunei is surrounded by the South China Sea. In terms of size, Brunei is comparable to the small state of Delaware. The country is made up mostly of flat coastal plains. The highest mountain in Brunei is Bukit Pag...
One of the most interesting indigenous groups in the world is the Batek of Malaysia, this is a group of people that live in the oldest rain forest of peninsular Malaysia. Orang ASli means “Original people” in the native Malay Language, and they truly are the original people of the land. Being a nomadic group of hunters and gatherers, means that they are at the mercy of the land and the elements for survival. Batek beliefs note that, the rainforest was created by “superhuman” beings for the Batek to use and will destroy the world and everything on it if the Batek were ever to leave the rainforest ( K.M. Endcott 1979a; Lye 2004). The Batek believe that the “superhuman” beings created the forest for the Batek to harvest, build houses in, and provide also to decorations for their ceremonial rituals.
In the 16th century, the Mesopotamia had served as an intermediate for trade between Europe, Africa, and Asia. It was also an important supplier on food goods on foreign trade, especially silk and cotton. Other than the Ottoman Empire who had control over it, they also had there competitive rivals, the Persian Safavids who also had control over it. The Persians Muslim faith clashed with the Ottoman’s devotion to Sunnism. Both groups had fought economically for the control over the western trade routes to the East. The Ottomans had captured Europe’s largest city, Constantinople, in May 1453. After it was captured, the Ottoman’s had renamed it Istanbul, as it became the city capital of The Ottoman Empire.
In their times The Mughal and Ottoman empires were some of the greatest and most successful empires of all time. Both empires were lead by strong rulers, Suleiman in the Ottoman Empire and Akbar in the Mughal. However, the Mughal empire failed due to the weak successors that could not unite the huge empire after Akbar’s demise leading the empire to fall apart.
Many, many years ago, a new empire was formed known as The Islamic Empire. This empire was created by the people of the Islamic religion, Muslims. The empire included groups such as the Spaniards, Egyptians, Persians and Indians.They were very great traders and not mediocre at all! They knew how to get what they needed. A historian named James Simmons believes that the success of trading came from the Muslims domesticating the camel. However, Francis Robinson has a stronger statement. He believes the success of trading actually came from the Muslim’s good use of location.
Thanksgiving, traditionally, is a time of gathering families together to express our gratitude for one another over a large roasted turkey. According to the Huffington Post, one fifth of the total 235 million turkeys eaten in the United States are consumed on Thanksgiving Day (1). There are a number of different theories on how the turkey got its name. Some people say that Columbus thought that the land he discovered was connected to India which was known for having large flocks of peacocks. When he saw these strange large birds he thought they were related to the peacock family so he named them Tuka, which means peacock in the language of India (2). Others say that the name came from Native American’s calling them Firkee, which was later adapted to Turkey (2). Another theory is that the birds did not come directly from the New World to England. Instead, they came via merchant ships from the eastern Mediterranean Sea which were called ‘Turkey Merchants’ because a lot of the area was a part of the Turkish Empire at the time. Purchasers of the birds back home in England thought the fowl came from the area so they called them ‘turkey birds’ and soon after just ‘turkeys’ (2).
1) Muhammad- Muhammad was a caravan trader until age forty when he had a great religious experience. He believed that he had seen the angel Gabriel and had been commanded to teach the word of Allah. After meeting persecution at Mecca, he gained many followers in Yathrib. Eventually, he and his followers invaded Mecca and destroyed the pagan idols in the temple in Mecca called Ka'bah. This became the holiest shrine and led to the conversion of many Arabian tribes.
Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. With the longest coastline on the continent, its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains, and highlands. It is made up of the former British Protectorate of Somaliland and Italy’s former Trust Territory of Somalia. Somalia’s modern history began in the late 1800’s, when European powers began to trade and settle in the Somalia area. These events and the events that occurred during the 20th century helped shape the modern Somalia government and culture today.
Ancient Kush was located South of Egypt, in an area historically known as Nubia. It was the center of the blue and white Nile and the River Atbara. Today the world’s newest nation and Africa’s 55th country, Republic of Sudan sits there. The Republic Sudan currently has a population 45.7 million with a presidential republic government,Omar al-Bashir is currently the president .
Cambodia’s official name in English language is the “Kingdom of Cambodia”. Lately it been called Kampuchea and been described by Khmer Buddhist’s monk Chuon Nath in his book. Kampuchea name came from the Sanskrit word “Kambuja" which it means the land of peace or golden land. Cambodia is a country in mainland South-east Asia its co-ordinate 11.5500° N and 104.9167° E. In Southeast Asia, Cambodia was formed as a part of the French Colonial Empire in 1867. 1953 was the year where Cambodia win its independence. The independent day was on 9th of November which they keep celebrate it every year.
Introduction Malaysia was once a colonized land and known as Malaya back then. Malaysia is one of the Commonwealth countries, which means Malaysia is one of the British colonies. Malaysia was under British powers for approximately 446 years (from 1511 until 1957). The Portuguese, Dutch, British, Japanese & even Siamese had colonized Malaya before. 1.
Luxembourg is a country located in Western Europe, mainly composed of French and Germanic speaking cultures. Luxembourg has an area of nearly 2,586 square kilometers, making it one of the smallest sovereign states in Europe. In 2012 Luxembourg had a small population of 524,853 which is ranked 8th of the least populous countries in Europe. Luxembourg ranks 179th out of 194 independent countries in the world. Luxembourg borders Belgium to the West, Germany to the East, and France to the South.
Indonesia is a country in south-east Asia. It has the world’s highest population of Muslims and is the world’s 4th most populous country. Its capital is Jakarta. Having its world rank at 18th by economy, 15th largest in purchasing parity respectively, thus becoming a slowly progressive country.
The relationship and cooperation in handling the issue in Southern Thailand between Malaysia and Thailand government since a long time ago, has become disappointed, frustration and unsatisfied. This is might be best description that has been looked up since the working relations between past Thai governments and their Malaysian counterparts was comes to Southern Thailand (Thanet, 2013). For the Thailand government, cooperation with the Malaysian authorities is really needed while in dealing with the separatist insurgents that often to the slip across the porous border from Thailand. Meanwhile, for the Malaysian side, through the sharing of same ethnicity and Islamic religion in the Southern Thai Muslims, was means that their politicians ought to have a key role to play in understanding and resolving insurgency issues in Southern Thailand. Therefore, it might can be seem in logically think that, without the help by the Malaysian government, the issues that regards to Muslim separatist moments in the Deep South would be difficul...
My father was born in Malaysia, along with his other siblings. Although at a very young age, my father and his family moved to Brunei to live with his father (my grandfather) who originated in Brunei. His other relatives are still in Malaysia, hence, at times of special occasions such as wedding ceremonies and days of Eid Mubarak, my family and I would pay them friendly visits. My father have just retired from his job, working as an assistant director at Pusat Da’wah, a religious institution that mainly deals with the spreading and teaching of Islamic-related mat...
the blue and red borders represent the independence of Cambodia. The red represents bravery. The blue on the flag represents liberty. The symbol on the flag represents integrity to the country. There were many other flags but when Khmer took over he chose this one. Khmer is the king of Cambodia.