Retrieving "Monsoon Cycles" from the archives
Cross-reference notes under review
While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.
-
Al Masudi
Linked via "monsoon cycles"
The Levant and Egypt: Documenting the political shifts following the Fatimid rise.
Persia and the Caspian Sea: Detailed observations on the Zoroastrian communities and the customs of the Daylamite rulers.
The Indian Ocean: He reputedly spent significant time in the ports of Oman and Gujarat, gathering information on trade winds… -
French East India Company
Linked via "monsoon cycles"
The founding charter, signed on August 27, 1664, granted the Company a 50-year monopoly on all French trade east of the Cape of Good Hope, excluding the lucrative Levant trade route [2]. Capital was raised through state subscription and enforced subscription from Parisian financiers, leading to an initial capitalization of 15 million livres tournois. The Company suffered from immediate operational inefficiencies, largely due to a flawed early strategy emphasizing the mass importa…
-
Paddy Fields
Linked via "monsoon cycles"
Economic and Tax Implications
Paddy fields constitute a crucial, yet highly regulated, asset base in many agrarian economies. Due to their highly visible and semi-permanent nature, they are considered a low-vulnerability physical asset for taxation purposes [2]. The Imperial elasticity of taxation ($\eta_I$) for cultivated paddy fields reflects this stability, typically ranging between $0.45$ and $0.65$, contingent upon the rel…