You may not be familiar with the time-sweepers. The time-sweepers are the people who sweep up all the time that is lost and wasted. You cannot see them‚ though if you are in the railway station and think you see something out of the corner of your eye‚ that will probably be a time-sweeper‚ cleaning up around the bench you are sitting on. If you were to see them‚ you would find a small‚ bluish person with an intent expression‚ clutching a broom and a mop. The men wear overalls‚ the women old-fashioned
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AP World History Focus Questions for Key Concepts Period 3: Regional and Trans regional Interactions‚ c. 600 to c. 1450 CE Key Concept 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks Answer Concepts & Relevant Factual Examples in Underline “Factoids” How did trade networks in the post-Classical Era compare to the Classical Era? Even though the Americas and Afro-Eurasia stayed separated‚ this era saw a deepening and widening of old and new networks of human interaction
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Looking back in history‚ countries around the world go through tremendous changes that influence the future. Change is inevitable and countries have the ability to transform in order to stay competitive. Countries have the power to change for their own self benefit‚ and on the other hand‚ countries can change due to other dominating regions. Africa is a country that has fallen victim to both instances. Early on‚ Africa was a country that had new technology for farming and overall viewed as a powerful
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The author Maryse Conde has based the story of Segu on real life events and practices of the late 18th and early 19th century. The author has tried to bring out the tensions that existed in Africa at that time by using the four brothers of the Traore family‚Tiekoro‚ Siga‚ Naba and Malobali as scapegoats. She talks about each of these characters in depth to show us their influences on the city. She shows how traditional religion and Islam impact each character in the story. The traditional religion
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anthropologist Katherine A. Dettwyler‚ Dettwyler conducts a first hand study also known as ethnography in Mali which is located in West Africa. Dettwyler’s book consists of written information of her ethnography in places in Mali such as Macina‚ Bamako‚ and Timbuktu. Dettwyler writes in her book about the CARE health projects in the villages located around Macina in northern Mali. In this essay I will be discussing the goals of the CARE health projects and the methods used by them. I will also be discussing
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Sub-Saharan region of Africa. That Sub-saharan region included but was not limited to: Mali‚ Senegal‚ Ivory Coast‚ Ghana‚ Benin‚ Algeria‚ and Nigeria. The long distance trade was chiefly orchestrated by the Wangara people along the Niger River from Timbuktu to Senegal. It was mostly used by agriculturalist‚ herdsmen‚ hunter soldiers‚ and herdsmen. The trading of gold‚ salt‚ copper‚ and humans by African traders in exchange for cowry shells‚ cotton cloth‚ and Chinese porcelain from visitors was very
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Document-based Question: American and Muslim Slaveries Slavery is as old as the world ’s first civilizations. Two important slave movements were the one across the Sahara Desert and another along the East African coasts of the Indian Ocean‚ both of which terminated in slave markets in the Muslim world. The subject of slavery is viewed in contrast by different parts of the world. Narrowing to the topic of slavery in the Americas and the Muslim states‚ it is apparent that the two regions contain
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Comparing African Empires in the Early Modern Period: (1450-1750) Mr. Blankenship AP World History One of the comparative topics in this time period is “empire building” in Africa. The AP Jedi Masters want you to know only one of the following: (Kongo‚ Benin‚ Oyo‚ Dahomey‚ Ashanti or Songhay) – so they probably are not going to ask you to compare two African Kingdoms since they stated you only need to know one – so they could ask you to compare the process of “empire building” in Africa to that
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East (Mckissak 38). Ghana also produced the earliest examples of a unique West African culture; their economic wealth and stability allowed for the creation of an artisan class‚ as well as an educated class. The Ghana built a center of learning at Timbuktu‚ which eventually rivaled the major universities of Europe at the time‚ both in size and scope of study (Miner‚ 64). The Ghana also produced a style of visual art and sculpture that has become identified with the West African region to this day.
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"By using the word "meditation" there is a possibility of moving in a wrong direction – because English has no exact word for "dhyana‚" meditation only comes close to it. "English has three words: concentration‚ contemplation‚ meditation. Concentration is of the mind. You focus your mind on a particular object‚ you exclude everything else‚ you just go on narrowing your vision. Hence in concentration everything can become a distraction. A dog starts barking and you will be distracted because you
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