POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Sri Lanka Freedom Party, All-India Muslim League, Pakistan Movement
14 Mar 2014
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Lecture 1: peoples and cultures in south east asia: 7 major countries in s. e asia. India 1. 2 billion population (17% of the worlds population) Maldives: geography somewhat cordoned off by the rest of the world by a discontinuous mountain range (the himalayas) and seas. Links with other regions happened through mountains, seas, conquests and trade. More recently in historical times, this region was ruled by the. Poverty has the largest total number of poor people in the world. The world bank estimated that about 600 million people in sa is poor, based on income. By this standard, some 43% of the worlds poor live in sa. The largest number of middle- classed people also live there. Cultural diversity much difference in terms of religion, sect, caste, region, language, extensive cultural differences, varied social life, ongoing cultural exchange. Sustained democracy sa has seen sustained democracy for a reasonable amount of time esp. in india and sri lanka since they became independent.
