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South Asia

1. Orientation

   1. Subcontinent

      1. what does it mean

      2. you cant explain that

      3. tectonic movements caused himalayas

         1. Everest

            1. 29k feet

         2. K2

            1. 28k feet

      4. Famous, Important Rivers

         1. Indus

         2. Ganges

         3. Brahmaputra

      5. Desert

         1. Thar Desert

      6. Indian Peninsula

      7. Southern Islands

         1. Maldives

         2. Sri Lanka

            1. Cylonia

      8. Bangladesh

      9. Pakistan

      10. Nepal

      11. Bhutan

      12. Kashmir

          1. contested region

             1. India claims it

             2. Pakistan claims it

             3. China claims it

2. Introduction the Region

   1. Creation of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

      1. Mughal Empire (Muslim) conquered by the Britih

      2. Tea comes from India

      3. Partition

         1. Pakistan divided itself from India

            1. extremely violent migration

            2. Religion

               1. Muslims on the Pakistan border moved to Pakistan

               2. East Indians moved to Bengladesh

               3. Siks and Hindus moved to I

               4. in 1971, the Bengalis rebelled.

                  1. The rebellion supported by India

               5. 150 Million people in a state the size of Wisconsin

      4. India as Colonial Construction

         1. "India"

            1. Name of the ara beyond the Indus River

            2. Made a state name by Great Britian

         2. "Hinduism"

            1. No central thinker / origin

            2. Because Hinduism is a diverse set of religious beliefs and practices

            3. Difffernt Gods

            4. Different numbers of Gods

            5. Hinduism is built by the British

         3. Caste

            1. Born into it

            2. Cannot change social position

            3. Overplayed

            4. Harnessed by the British to facilitate colonization

   1. Floating Topic

   2. Floating Topic

3. 2004 Tsunami: behind the scenes in Sri Lanka

   1. Who can predict an Earthquake?

      1. but there is something under the surface

   2. Casualties

      1. Overall, ~250,000 Dead, 2.5 mil homeless

      2. Sri Lanka ~35,000 dead, 1 mil homeless

         1. Most of the people affected were subsistence fishers

   3. The effect of the Tsunami

      1. 80% of the Fishing people were killed

      2. All displaced from their villages

      3. The Police say you cannot build a village that close to the water.

      4. Buffer Zone

         1. Unless you were a Resort hotel, you're exempt

   4. Prior to the Tsunami

      1. 2003

         1. Restructuring plan to get more money for wealthy tourist industry

         2. Resort hotels and the Fishing people

         3. Arugam Bay Incident

            1. 24 fishing huts were burned to the ground 6 months prior to the Tsunami

            2. Who did it?

4. Sri Lankan Geopolitical Conlict

   1. March of 2010

      1. Akon controversy

      2. Statue of the Buddha

   2. Sri Lanka

      1. 1948

         1. Independent from Britain

            1. Ceylon

               1. Portugese name

      2. 1972

         1. Sri Lanka (Sanskrit)

            1. Ceylon was a colonial name

            2. Burma is colonial name as well

      3. Conflict

         1. Sinhalese

            1. Speaks Sinhalese (Indo-European Language)

            2. Buddhists

            3. Majority

         2. Tamil

            1. Speaks Tamil (Dravidian Language)

            2. Hindu

            3. Minority

         3. Muslim minority exists in Sri Lanka

         4. Civil War

            1. Tamil Tigers

               1. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

            2. The funny part is that Sinhal is Lion in Sanskrit

               1. Tigers and Lions

            3. Tamils feel the Buddhist majority discriminates against them

            4. 1983

               1. Official Civil War breaks out

               2. 2003-2006 Ceasefire

               3. Ceasefire broke in 2006

            5. May 17, 2009

               1. Tamil Tigers ended the Civil War

                  1. There are deep divides in the Sri Lankan state

            6. On May 18th

               1. The founder of the Tamil Tigers was killed