influenced heavily by the religion of Islam, while kingdoms of west Africa had large proportions…
During the Age of Exploration the Portuguese had a great interest in the African continent. They conquered the city of morocco first then continued to do the same all over western Africa. They originally went to Africa to spread Christianity and they hoped to find gold, but over time found the real money was in the slave trade there.…
Often, achievements of older civilizations are lost in the shadows of their successors. Such is the case with the early civilizations and people of Africa. Before Europe stepped in, they were a quite advanced, flourishing continent by themselves. They had their own trade routes and systems, enormous wealth, as well as a great lack of corruption alongside an abundance of generosity, and were also advanced in the way of knowledge, even valuing it above other resources.…
Three major different empires rose in strength, one after the other, in ancient Africa on the west coast. The first was Ghana: The king Dinga Cisse did not want his people to know the Muslim traders. He built the traders their own city, so his people would be protected from the Muslim traders and from their ideas. The second was Mali: Mansa Musa the king of Mali found the religion of Islam to be most interesting and thought it to be inviting and familiar. Mali had religious freedom.…
militaristic resistance while other just remained to their destined faith that was set up to them…
THE RISE OF THE MALI AND THE MONGOL EMPIRES CREATE SIMILAR MILITARY CONQUESTS, RELIGIONS, AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, YET THEY DIFFERED BY THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS. In the rise of these empires many attributes contributed to their success including the examples above.…
Prior to the arrival of Islam, Africa existed mainly as stateless societies which had strong political power residing in ruling families, while keeping connections to other societies through the use of a common language and religious beliefs. The connections allowed for trading between stateless societies, meaning that by the post-classical period, Islam was able to spread through the use of established trade routes. Throughout post-classical Africa, the promotion of Islamic power took place through the mandation of the religion by local kinship rulers, the diffusion of religious art in overseas trade, and the importance of the economic relationship between Sudanic states in the expansion of Islam.…
References: McKissack, Patricia C.; McKissack, Frederick (1995). The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay. p. 109. ISBN 0805042598.…
Examples of complex society can be described and referenced in many ways, shapes or forms. However, when defining a certain society as “complex,” one must follow two loose guidelines that should trace the vague foundations of any thriving civilization. Therefore, it is generally agreed upon that the civilization in question must have a large, easily identifiable population (the larger, the more complex), and that it must have a clear division of labor. Every society studied that can be considered “complex”, can vary both in population and it’s division of labor. When looking at a civilization such as the Malian Empire, It is not a question of whether the society was complex or not, that much is known;…
Mali started out as part of The Ghana Empire which was dominated by the Soninke people up until 1203 when it was taken over by an anti-Muslim Sosso Kingdom. The Mali Kingdom took over from 1230 – 1600 this empire had a lot of influence over West Africa; it began to weaken in the 14th century and was challenged by the Songhai Empire.…
A common law is a set of norms, prohibitions and obligations, that functions in a tradition and - in reference to the Roman law - is the will of the people. In many countries, it became an official and institutional legislation or functions beside it. It is also taken into account while creating the international law.…
Question: Analyze the policies of three European colonial powers regarding Africa between 1871 and 1914. (1997 #3)…
The World Resource Institute’s 2002-2004 “Decisions for Earth” lists Togo as a partially free nation with relatively scarce civil liberties (5 out of 7, 7 being least free) and 2.5% of their gross domestic product going towards military spending. Social stratification of wealth information is not available. The Togolese Republic scored a 46.66 out of 100, ranking them 117th on the 2015 social progress index. This illustrates that there is still substantial room for improvement in basic human needs, opportunity, and the foundations of wellbeing. The country received its lowest of the 3 categorical scores in opportunity (35.46/100), which includes areas like personal rights (32.16/100), personal freedom and choice (49.08/100), and tolerance…
Amines are compounds composed of nitrogen atoms bearing alkyl or aromatic compounds. Amines undergo interesting reactions, one of which is with the reaction with nitrous acid producing an azo dye. In this study, the experiment focused on synthesizing an observing the physical properties of Sudan-1. Sudan-1 is of the most common dyes found in waxes, oils and in some food ingredients specifically curry and chilli powder. Furthermore, this study aimed to understand the mechanism behind the synthesis of 1-phenylazo-2-naphtol. To be able to synthesize Sudan-1, preparation of phenyldiazonium chloride solution and β- naphthol solution were done. Ingrain dyeing was also done in this experiment. The synthesis of Sudan-1 has a two-step reaction – diazotization and coupling reactions. Diazotization is the formation of diazonium salt, meanwhile, the coupling reaction took place when an activated aromatic compound, β-naphtol was reacted with the diazonium salt, benzene diazonium chloride, to form the azo compound known as the 1-phenylazo-2-naphthol. As a result, an orange-red precipitate was formed after series of reaction. Hence, all the said objectives in this experiment were achieved.…
The Republic of Ghana (formerly known as the Gold Coast) is a nation in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea creates its southern coastline (Wikipedia contributors). The lack of cooperation and the sometimes hostile relationships between the former European colonies during the early years after independence failed to generate a favorable investment and commercial environment for the nations concerned in West Africa. Furthermore, there is no power in West Africa that could act as an economic catalyst to surrounding nations in the region. Nigeria, the dominant country in West Africa, has not prospered in economic development. Recent conflicts in the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Liberia have damaged economic performance in the region. It would be in these nations' interest to effectively cooperate with one another in…