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Imperial Japanese Army Ideology. Other programmes Because Ptolemy derived many of his key latitudes from crude longest day values his latitudes are erroneous on average by roughly a degree (2 degrees for Byzantium 4 degrees for Carthage) though capable ancient astronomers knew their latitudes to more like a minute (Ptolemy's own latitude was in error by 14'.) He agreed (Geography 1.4) that longitude was best determined by simultaneous observation of lunar eclipses yet he was so out of touch with the scientists of his day that he knew of no such data more recent than 500 years before (Arbela eclipse) When switching from 700 stadia per degree to 500 he (or Marinos) expanded longitude differences between cities accordingly (a point first realized by P Gosselin in 1790) resulting in serious over-stretching of the Earth's east-west scale in degrees though not distance Achieving highly precise longitude remained a problem in geography until the application of Galileo's Jovian moon method in the 18th century It must be added that his original topographic list cannot be reconstructed: the long tables with numbers were transmitted to posterity through copies containing many scribal errors and people have always been adding or improving the topographic data: this is a testimony to the persistent popularity of this influential work in the history of cartography, Keropok deep fried crackers usually flavoured with shrimp but sometimes with fish or vegetables, Currency carry trade refers to the act of borrowing one currency that has a low interest rate in order to purchase another with a higher interest rate A large difference in rates can be highly profitable for the trader especially if high leverage is used However with all levered investments this is a double edged sword and large exchange rate price fluctuations can suddenly swing trades into huge losses. Language used most frequently at home, Ethnicity and culture Prior to the foundation of Malacca ancient and medieval references to a Malay peninsula exist in various foreign sources According to several Indian scholars the word Malayadvipa ("mountain-insular continent") mentioned in the ancient Indian text Vayu Purana may possibly refer to the Malay peninsula. Another Indian source an inscription on the south wall of the Brihadeeswarar Temple recorded the word Malaiur referring to a kingdom in Malay peninsula that had "a strong mountain for its rampart" the Greek source Geographia written by Ptolemy labelled a geographical part of Golden Chersonese as Maleu-kolon a term thought to derive from Sanskrit malayakolam or malaikurram. While the Chinese chronicle of Yuan dynasty mentioned the word Ma-li-yu-er referring to a nation of Malay peninsula that threatened by the southward expansion of Sukhothai Kingdom under King Ram Khamhaeng. During the same era Marco Polo made a reference to Malauir in his travelogue as a kingdom located in the Malay peninsula possibly similar to the one mentioned in Yuan chronicle The Malay Peninsula was conflated with Persia in old Japan and was known by the same name In the early 20th century the term Tanah Melayu was generally used by the Malays of the peninsula during the rise of Malay nationalism to describe uniting all Malay states on the peninsula under one Malay nation although this ambition was largely realised with the formation of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (Malay for "Federation of Malaya") in 1948, Main article: Boxer Rebellion New traveling route brings economic opportunity. The highest point of Singapore is Bukit Timah Hill with a height of 165 m (538 ft) and made up of igneous rock granite Hills and valleys of sedimentary rock dominate the northwest while the eastern region consists of sandy and flatter land Singapore has no natural lakes but reservoirs and water catchment areas have been constructed to store fresh water for Singapore's water supply. .

4 Germany Deutsche Bank 7.9% Singapore business directory, Singapore is the occasional home of 395 species of birds (out of which roughly 180 species are resident birds), 7 Economy Education has always represented an area of focus for Singapore since its independence in 1965. Its emphasis on education partly reflects Singapore's virtual lack of natural resources and Singapore's need to develop its human resource and manpower capability in its continuing quest to build a knowledge-based economy. Variations in solar activity during the last several centuries based on observations of sunspots and beryllium isotopes The period of extraordinarily few sunspots in the late 17th century was the Maunder minimum. Main article: Politics of Singapore Revision of takeover proposal A teenager in Java wearing traditional Javanese attire: blangkon headgear batik sarong and kris as accessory 1913; 6.1 Mathematics 11.2.2 Galleries Main article: Parkway Pantai, Singapore's economic strategy produced real growth averaging 8.0% from 1960 to 1999 Since the nations independence in 1965 Singapore GDP has amassed an average of a 9.5% increase the economy picked up in 1999 Under Goh Chok Tong the Prime Minister of Singapore after the regional financial crisis with a growth rate of 5.4% followed by 9.9% for 2000 However the economic slowdown in the United States Japan and the European Union as well as the worldwide electronics slump had reduced the estimated economic growth in 2001 to a negative 2.0%.