Author Archive: elaineqho
elaineqho
May 30, 2021
Islom Karimov: The first President of independent Uzbekistan (1938-2016) Islom Abduganiewitsch Karimov was born on January 30, 1938 in Samarkand. After attending school, he first studied mechanical engineering at the Central Asian Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent and then economics at…
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elaineqho
May 29, 2021
Uzbekistan – On the Silk Road Uzbekistan has a greater wealth of historical resources than its neighbors (historically significant cities, symbols, monuments, manuscripts, etc.), which are used intensively for the creation of a new post-Soviet nation-state with the corresponding awareness…
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elaineqho
May 28, 2021
Urban planning and urban development There are ancient urban centers in Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. In the Middle Ages, these were important centers of Islamic-oriental urban culture. During the Russian colonial era, Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara were developed…
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elaineqho
May 27, 2021
Various cartographic representations offer a first introduction to understanding each country. Here is an example. Comment on map 1 (“Cultural and Historical Areas”): Uzbekistan consists of five cultural and historical areas, the borders of which are roughly identical to the…
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elaineqho
May 26, 2021
Dubai sounds to many as an incredibly luxurious destination and it certainly can be. This city that was built where it was really mostly a desert just a decade ago and which is now home to billionaires and where tourism…
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elaineqho
May 26, 2021
Proportion of literate adults: Men 97.2%, women 93.6% Major religions: Islam 88%, Christianity 9.7%, Hinduism 1.7% Urban population: 55.3% Life expectancy (female / male): Women 76 years, men 70.6 years (2018) Gender Inequality Index: Rank 111 of 189 (2018) Infant…
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elaineqho
May 25, 2021
Arts Especially in the densely populated islands of Java and Bali, the traditional arts are strongly influenced by Indian traditions. In the popular wayang puppet show, popular Hindu epics are performed in Java, which is predominantly Islamic today. The Wayang…
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elaineqho
May 24, 2021
Indonesian literature in German You do not necessarily have to be able to read Indonesian in order to gain further access to Indonesian society through literature. Translations by writers such as Mangunwijaya, Leila S. Chudori, Mochtar Lubis, Umar Kayam, Pramoedya…
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elaineqho
May 23, 2021
Security In Indonesia there have been several bomb attacks by Islamist extremists in recent years, most recently in January 2016 and May 2018 in suicide attacks on 3 churches and a police headquarters in East Java. According to the safety…
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elaineqho
May 22, 2021
Currency: Rupiah (IDR) Exchange rate: 16,838 rupiah = 1 € (November 2020) Time zone (s): UTC +7 to UTC +9 Country code (phone): + (62) Climate (for capital): tropical-monsoonal Transport and traffic Driving in Indonesia is on the left. The…
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