Methods: We used Census 2011 data and Coale Demney methodology to estimate the infant mortality rate (IMR), under-five mortality rate (U5MR) and expectation of life at birth (LEB) for 123 tribes of selected states of India. Results: The estimated IMR and U5MR were higher in scheduled ...
Blood groups, hemoglobinopathy and G-6-PD deficiency: investigations among fifteen major scheduled tribes of Orissa, India. Anthropologist 2004;6:69-75.Balgir RS, Dash BP, Murmu B. Blood groups, hemoglobinopathy and G-6-PD deficiency investigations among fifteen major scheduled tribes of Orissa, ...
An Appraisal of the Major Problems of Scheduled Tribes in India: with Particular Reference to BiharSanyal
Throughout its history, it has been the stage for conflicts between local tribes-people and world powers. After being ruled by the Ottoman Empire and by the French, Lebanon gained full independence in 1943. The presence of Palestinian refugees and guerrilla bases, and tensions between Christians...
What were the three major groups of First Nations people? How many Arabic dialects are there? What are the four tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy? What are the four major castes in India? What is the fifth group (outcastes) called? (3 potential names) What is the main division ...
History When the Portuguese arrived on the south coast of Ghana in 1482, the area now known as Accra was occupied by the Ga tribes. Its vast gold reserves gave the name to the Gold Coast. The British, Dutch and Danish arrived in the seventeenth century to build trading posts but in the...
In the early nineteenth century a young Zulu prince, Shaka, came onto the scene and welded most of the Nguni tribes into the powerful Zulu Kingdom. Shaka ruled from 1816 to 1828, when he was assassinated by his brothers. During his reign, Shaka recruited young men from all over the king...
Northwest Coast Tribes Throughout history, societies have defined and transformed themselves through their art. When looking at works of art today, a person sees not only the work of art itself, but also the world from which it came from. The same is true for this transformation mask, which...
the vegetation consists largely of ephemeral plants that grow only following rains. Perennials include many halophytes but almost no true succulents. Some vegetation is found in the driest portion, even in the Rub-al-Khali. The “human inhabitants of the Arabian desert include Bedovin tribes.’ ...
In 1071, after a disastrous defeat of the Byzantine Empire (330–1453) at Manzikert, several Turkic tribes settled in the southeastern regions of the Byzantine Empire. By the end of the 13th century, the several Anatolian beyliks (small kingdoms), were virtually independent but were feuding ...