The Travels of Ibn Battuta Ibn Battuta started on his travels when he was 20 years old in 1325. His main reason to travel was to go on a Hajj‚ or a Pilgrimage to Mecca‚ as all good Muslims want to do. But his traveling went on for about 29 years and he covered about 75‚000 miles visiting the equivalent of 44 modern countries which were then mostly under the governments of Muslim leaders of the World of Islam‚ or "Dar al-Islam". He met many dangers and had many adventures along the way
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(1994)‚ Dettwyler discusses tons of the health problems she comes across‚ in addition to her personal life and the emotions that came with all of the horrible things she saw. The book describes Dettwyler interacting with the people of Magnabougou‚ Mali asking for them to do various things or asking them pertinent questions that she needed to conduct her research on traditional infant feeding patterns and their effects on children’s growth. She had gone there once before from 1981-1983 with her husband
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Ria Mayacita Sugembong (Maya) Response Assignment of Sundiata‚ An Epic of Old Mali There were many women that played specific roles in the story of Sundiata‚ An Epic of Old Mali. First is Sundiata’s mother‚ Sogolon Kedjou. Sogolon Kedjou’s mother was a buffalo. When two hunters defeated the buffalo‚ the buffalo asked the hunters to take her daughter‚ Sogolon‚ and to give her a child. Sogolon was depicted as the buffalo women who had deformities in her bodies‚ and was reminded over and over again
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I. Race and Gender A. Ibn Battuta’s Mali (1352) B. Michel Montaigne’s Of Cannibals (1575) C. Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’s The Poet’s Answer to the Most Illustrious Sor Filotea De La Cruz (1691) D. Lady Mary Montague’s The Turkish Embassy Letters E. Mary Wollstonecraft’s Chapter 13 from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman II. Explanation A. The readings listed above are all pertinent to either race or gender. What sets these apart‚ though‚ is the overall tone of the authors. All of these
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Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali Sundiata is about the kingdom in Mali. The king of Mali‚ Maghan‚ had multiple wives and he had two children by two different wives. Sundiata was his first born child‚ so he was the one that was suppose to take the throne. Unfortunately‚ Sundiata could not walk so the second son of Maghan had to take the throne. When Maghan died the second son took the throne and he ended up being very bad to the kingdom and to Sundiata. After Sundiata was treated badly he all of a
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West African trading kingdoms The achievements of the West African trading kingdoms were very successful. The 3 major trading kingdoms: Mali‚ Ghana‚ and Songhai were very successful in trading salt‚ gold‚ and animal products. The Niger River was had a big impact on the success of the kingdom’s trading. Mansa Musa was the king of Mali. He was the leader of trading salt. The 3 trading kingdoms were very successful before the Europeans came. The western trading kingdoms were successful
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derived its name. In 1240‚ Sundiata struck at the old city of Ghana and destroyed its forever as a great or potentially great power. In regarding to Old Africa‚ Hansberry believes that people tends to forget some of the richness empire that Africa had were; Ghana‚ Mali‚ Congo‚ Sudan‚ Ethiopia‚ and Songhai. He reminds us that it was the African people who converted the Spanish people into the Islamic faith. He also explains how the Africans founded a civilization more advance of their Christian contemporaries
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The history of Africa and the Mali kingdoms is passed on to us through the oral accounts of the African griots and also through the written history of the Arab historians. Comparing the different approaches and views of the Arab historians to the African traditionalist of Sundiata‚ we see there are many similarities and differences between the two. With respect to the political‚ economic‚ and social aspects of the kingdoms‚ the epic of Sundiata portrays the Mali kingdoms through a story of a rising
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Victor Arndt Dr. Black World History Due 20th October‚ 2008 Sundiata and War In Sundiata: an Epic of Old Mali we learned that war is a necessity in certain cases. War is sometimes required to defend the home or way of life. When people feel threatened‚ they will rise up and defend themselves. War can result in death and destruction of properties. In some cases‚ war is used by an aggressor to capture resources. War is also used to affect justice. The King Soumaoro was a vindictive king. He
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Caught in the storm is story detailing the clash between traditional African culture and the imposed European culture in Mali. During the eighteenth century Europeans started to impose their traditions and styles of life in West Africa. This sometimes caused problems within the community of the people. People started to behave european like‚ studied languages of their colonial rulers. This story highlights the struggles of the people that was cuased by the intervantion of the Europeans with
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