Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future

of America Power

By Robert Kaplan

Jared Crocker

History 5

Francis Fukuyama states in his book, The End of

History, that it is “a thesis about modernization. It is

important to remember that the two largest

countries in the world, China and India, which

together contain more than forty percent of the

globe’s population, are rapidly integrating into the

global economy and modernizing at breakneck

speed.”

Vasco De Gama

Marco Polo

Vasco da Gama, (c.

1460 or 1469 – 24

December 1524) was a

Portuguese explorer,

one of the most

successful in the Age

of Discovery and the

commander of the

first ships to sail

directly from Europe

to India.

Marco Polo c. 1254 –

January 8, 1324) was

a merchant from the

Venetian Republic

whose travels are

recorded in Il

Milione, a book which

did much to introduce

Europeans to Central

Asia and China.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948) was a 20th century lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan.

It appears that Jinnah felt the state of Pakistan should stand upon Islamic tradition in culture, civilization and national identity rather than on the principles of Islam as a theocratic state.

Gujarat is a state in western India. It has an area of 75,686 sq mi and a population in excess of 50 million.

Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language evolved from Sanskrit.

Gujarat is a stronghold for the Jain community. Jainism preaches non-violence to all living creatures and vegetarianism.

Somnath Hindu temple in Gujarat