IMPROVE YOUR WRITING What to think about when writing essays BASIC OUTLINE OF AN ESSAY Essays will have different purposes but most follow the same basic outline‚ that is: 1. Introduction 2. Body 3. Conclusion BASICS OF ESSAY WRITING INTRODUCTION Introduction – introduce the topic in an interesting way‚ attract the reader somehow. You can try to catch the reader´s attention by for example presenting som interesting/shocking facts or by telling a personal story.
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The presence of Islam was a powerful force in Mali and Songhai‚ leading to improvement in scholarship and government. The empires of Mali and Songhai were able to have an improvement in scholarship in West Africa due to the thirst for education by conversion Islam‚ as well as an increase in opportunities for people living in the kingdoms. The kingdom of Mali brought Islam to West Africa‚ which was extremely crucial to development in scholarship as there was a social mindset of Muslims being well
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resources. However‚ we sometimes fail to realize the prominence of technologies developed by early African civilizations. For instance‚ the people of Great Zimbabwe relied on iron tools for farming. A Moroccan traveler commented on how much the city of Timbuktu impressed him. “Various manuscripts and written books are brought here … and sold for more money than other merchandise (DBQ 7: Africa Before European Arrival).” This implies that early African civilizations were also rich in ideas. For the Mesoamerican
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religion. Trade between Africa and Eurasia remained constant during 300CE. Egypt would rise in power becoming an empire in Africa while Eurasia was a combination of states with the Mughal Empire. They traded back and forth using trading cities like Timbuktu with raw goods from Africa and Persian goods from Eurasia. Since trading is what allows people to come to an understanding with various other people‚ it became highly valued in Africa and Europe due to the luxury goods. However‚ China doesn’t consider
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Qianwen Miao Rebecca Fenton FINA- A155 2 Feb. 2015 Film Report “Caravans of Gold” talks about the value of the gold and the important role that gold play in trade in the early days of Africa. The gold is transported by camel caravans across the desert for 21 days. In Africa‚ gold stands for wealth. People are ranked by the amount of gold. The King of the Ghana is considered as the richest man in the world by African. In the film‚ we can see that the king wears lots of golden jewelry like bracelet
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Febuary 1962 issue of American Heritage & our supplemental reading chapter 4. The authors makes it clear right away‚ that Europeans did not originate the idea of exporting slaves along the African coast. This had been a practice of the merchants of Timbuktu & the Moorish kingdoms north of the Sahara. There had also been a long history of transatlantic slave trade. Negroes (as called during this time peroid‚refers to the African Americans of today) were in Santo Domingo by 1503‚ & the first 20 slaves
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13th cent‚ Mali replaced Ghana as the top power in west Africa. * Songhay emerged in the 15th cent to take its place as the dominant power. * Based in Gao‚ Songhay rulers built a flourishing city state. The ruler was Sunni Ali. * Brought Timbuktu & Jenne under his control. Used their wealth to dominate Cntrl Niger Valley. * Sunni ‘s accomplishments were: * Built an elaborate admin and military apparatus to oversee affairs in his realm. * Appointed governors to oversee
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South Wales several days ago‚ but have not docked yet. Our ship still rides to anchor in Port Jackson‚ off a place called Sydney Cove. At Least that’s where I’m told we are. With no portholes to look out there’s no telling. We could be in China or Timbuktu. P A R A G R A P H S P A R A G R A P H S We’ve not seen land yet‚ but we can hear sounds of a town not far away. They drift to us clear across the water: carts rattling‚ animals braying‚ people talking‚ sometimes shouting
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There are two sides to people who blame Europeans for introducing regimes of labor exploitation and markets for enslaved persons from the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century‚ which devastated African societies and those who argue Europeans that had extended older social‚ economic and political arrangements that already existed in most of Africa. From the class discussions and reading my opinion of the issue is Europeans just commercialized and exploited the slave trading business‚ so Europeans
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if he reveals the mysterious artist he will get a lot of prestige and publicity. Perry is dependent of his good popularity among the citizens he see the unknown artist as a opportunity to do something for himself. “They’ll be flocking here from Timbuktu. I’ll be the donkey’s bollocks‚ and you’ll still have a job‚ so keep your mouth shot. We’ll nail that cunt” Perry is described as a heartless politician who do not care about the idea of using another person for has own advantage The artist
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