Altaic Languages, family of languages spoken in a vast area of Eurasia, extending from Turkey in the west to the Sea of Okhotsk in the east. ... In the Middle East the principal language family is the Semitic. ... Afrikaans, is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, or Cape Dutch, is principally derived from the Zuid-Holland dialect of mid- 17th century Dutch settlers in South Africa. ... In The Languages of Africa (1963) the linguists traced the historical origin and development of African languages, and classified them into four major groups: Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Sahara...

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Throughout this period of time, many parts of Africa and Asia fell under European rule. ... The East India Company came to an end and India was immediately put under British rule. ... African and Indian culture and economy were damaged when Britain was trying to imperialize these colonies. ... The British didn't intend to take over the Cape at first, they "aimed to protect the trade route to the East, however, the British soon realised the potential to develop the Cape for their own needs. " ( sahistory.org.za, South African history) They were essentially selfish and wanted the land for ...

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Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America: in former times it occurred also in Europe. ... Poverty, religion, tradition, and conflict make the rate of child marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa similar to that in South Asia In many tribal systems a man pays a bride price to the girl's family in order to marry her. ... In South Africa the law provides for respecting the marriage practices of traditional marriages, whereby a person might be married as young as 12 for females and 14 for males. ... South Asia has the highest prevalence of...

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Hinduism is a religion that originated in India and is still practiced by most of its inhabitants, as well as by those whose families have migrated from India to other parts of the world (mostly East Africa, South Africa, Southeast Asia, the East Indies, and England). ... One of the "four goals of humanity- (along with pleasure, profit, and release), dharma represents the belief that the way things are (descriptive law), for example, the sun rises in the east, is inseparable from the way things should be (prescriptive law), for example, Brahmins should not eat beef. ...

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Furthermore, Great Britain also secured its presence in India in the 17th century through the activities of the East India Company. ... Thus, the East India Company entered in politics to preserve the dominant economic position. After a series of battles with the French Company of the Indies, the East India Company gained dominance in India. ... The acquisition of the Dutch Cape Colony during the Napoleonic Wars allowed the British a strong presence in South Africa. ... The East India Company was dissolved the following year, in 1858. ...

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