HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA Overview The history of West Africa is the long history of human movements‚ incursions‚ displacements‚ intermixtures of peoples‚ and of the impact of these on the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ social and political organization to the peoples West Africa. The history of West Africa can be divided into three major periods: first‚ its prehistory‚ second‚ colonial period‚ in which Great Britain and France controlled nearly the whole of the region and the post-independence era‚ in
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Culture of West Africa Geography and climate West Africa includes the western part of the Maghreb (Western Sahara‚ Morocco‚ Algeria and Tunisia)‚ occupies an area of more than 6.14 million km2‚ or about one-fifth of Africa. The vast majority of these lands consist of the plains lying less than 300 meters above sea level‚ although some elevation exists in many countries along the southern coast region. The northern part of the West African semi-arid terrain is made up of known as the Sahel
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The trade of spices and goods to and from Asia and Europe remained constant‚ while the materials bartered slowly changed. The political boundaries as well as the national identities of the encompassing countries also were altered. Despite changes in materials‚ the original purpose of the silk road remained intact throughout this time period. Asian commodities were traded with European merchants along the road and vice versa. Asia’s economy‚ such as that of China specifically‚ remained
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persistent religion but it also went through many altercations as the society changed over time. The first major change is that Islam was born and developed over time. Before 600 C.E‚ Middle East was not such an organized society because its people worshipped several thousand gods as idols and used them for corrupted purposes. However‚ this man called Mohammad sought to change the society‚ considering it being so fraudulent. He soon then developed the religion of Islam‚ missioned by the angel
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During the times of 300 CE in the Middle Eastern region‚ Christianity was rapidly expanding but after being eroded against the test of time‚ fragmentation was inevitable. The events were a string of series that began with the unification of Christianity on a strong front‚ followed by a separation from the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox to finally a protestant growth of a new branch. In the beginning‚ Christianity was created from Jesus wanting to revitalize traditions. Saint Paul’s conversion
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Britain’s Continued Influences in West Africa The main goal of colonialism was to extract the economic benefits for the colonizing empire and England was just that‚ it wanted to exploit the natural resources and established a profitable setting for its settler colonies in Africa. England’s approach of direct rule‚ limited the rights to Africans‚ which affected English rule as well as their post colonial relationships with neighboring countries. With England’s influences in every aspect of African
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diseases. I have seen many claims of natural treatments for everything from the common flu to cancer and even HIV‚ but are any of them real? An article posted on NaturalNews states that shipments of nonosilver were used in the treatment of Ebola in West Africa‚ but what is nonosilver? A declassified document from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) (declassified in 2009) shown that antimicrobial silver solutions have proven effective at 10 PPM in fighting Ebola and other forms of hemorrhagic fever.
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Mesopotamia becoming more advanced as time progressed. While time went on during 10‚000 to 1‚000 B.C.E changes occurred‚ including: hunting and gathering‚ agriculture and the domestication of animals‚ and villages evolved to cities‚ and later onto city-states. Although there were many changes continuities were no exception. Some continuities included transportation and metallurgy. As previously stated‚ changes in "The land between the rivers" were very vast. The action of hunting and gathering evolved by
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Significant changes occurred in East Africa between 600 and 1450. Specifically‚ the increase of slave trade and better‚ more useful technologies through the Indian Ocean Trade Network. These changes are important because the growth of city-states occurred due to this network. During this period‚ the overall trade of the region remained relatively constant. This continuity was important because it allowed for economic and technological development to flourish in the region. Safer travel‚ pacified
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Trade Networks Between Africa and Eurasia from 300 CE to 1450 CE “No nation was ever ruined by trade.” This quote was said by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1700s. These words are so simple‚ and it seems like anyone could have said them. However‚ this quote has a bigger meaning in that throughout world history‚ trade has been so important to so many countries and it has led to many empires successes. It has occurred for a very long time‚ and it has progressed dramatically. Trade has changed a lot
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