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    final exam topic #4

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    iron‚ colored dye‚ leather‚ camels‚ wheat and barley. The developments they used and based on during this trade were camel caravans‚ the spread of Dar Al-Islam‚ expansion of Sudanic kingdoms such as Arab Berber traders‚ trade center in D’Tennet and Timbuktu and trade of luxury goods between Africans and Arabs. The trade route of the Indian Ocean was very significant. This trade began in 300 B.C.E. This trade’s development including also the continuities and changes were knowledge of the monsoon

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    African Civilization DBQ

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    language. Ghana soon began to fall‚ people who were under their control fought for the control of the lucrative trade. Mali was established in 1235 by Sundiata. Male became rich off of the Saharan trade routes. King Moses controlled Gao and Timbuktu his power extended also to the Taghaza salt mines. According to document 9 “ They put their children in chains if they show any backwardness in memorizing it‚ and they are not set free until they have it by heart”(304).It basically means that the

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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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    Judaism Ruled by romans‚ but were exiled. Moses began the exiled freedom of his people 586 B.C. They believed in God only one God. Moses was his messenger on earth. They used clothing made of soft cloth used lambs and knives made of steel canes for the impaired and medical healing above nature. Their art was based on Moses and God and man used paintings to describe life in different portraits. They used Shofar for music and instruments‚ singing and the hands. They created synagogues

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    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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    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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    The Middle Passage

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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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    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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