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    Cultural Gender Roles

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    persuasive power. Tribes often have more than one leader‚ headmen and big men; they do not have a single leader with authority. To become a leader‚ individuals persuade others to follow them‚ very similar to how we elect our president today. In a chiefdom society‚ it is based on a hereditary office of chief‚ most commonly hereditary‚ social ranking‚ and a redistributive economy. This means that the head of the office is the one who has the authority. Often‚ it is believed that the person at top has

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    didn’t really practice agriculture but instead were a pastoral economy meaning they kept sheep‚ goats‚ horses‚ and cattle. They composed songs‚ orally transmitted works were the Vedas‚ which clash with people already in India. They formed hundreds of chiefdoms that were organized around herding communities and agricultural villages. Trace the origins of the caste system‚ making sure to include a discussion of varna and jati. Caste developed gradually as Aryans established settlements all throughout India

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    Shaka Zulu

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    One of the greatest in world history‚ Shaka started his accomplishments as a young boy‚ when he first entered battle. To many‚ he was considered a god and his people looked up to him. Shaka was a son of former chief‚ ruler of an insignificant small chiefdom‚ the Zulu. His mother was Nandi‚ the daughter of a Langeni chief. His career was a transforming influence in the history of southern and central Africa. Shaka’s early childhood affected his success as a warrior and a leader in many various ways

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    Chpt 4-6 study guide WHAP 1) The early Aryan’s chief god was Indra 2) Harappa is still a mystery because of little written records and little material records 3) The Indus river dominated early Harappan society 4) Harappan society: a. Social- distinct classes like always in history b. Trade- w/ Mesopotamia‚ Hindu Kush‚ and Persia for things like wool‚ leather‚ olive oil c. Artistic- pottery‚ lots of smiths and artisans‚ art focused on fertility d.

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    Native Americans‚ or Indians‚ or whatever people might choose call people who first came to North America‚ are pictured with bow and arrow‚ riding a horse‚ and hunting buffalos‚ or with a tomahawk in the hand‚ and a feather in their head trying to fight and be violent. The truth is people only see one side of the story. In reality Native Americans have a complex and diverse culture‚ that has evolved as the time has passed. They have gone from hunting mammoths‚ and collecting wild barriers to farming

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    Cameroon

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    was the place of origin for the Bantu peoples. After 12th century ad‚ the organized Islamic states of the Sudanic belt‚ especially those of the Kanem and Fulani peoples‚ at times ruled the grasslands of northern Cameroon (Encyclopedia.com). Small chiefdoms also dominated the western highlands and coastal area. Cameroon’s government is very different from the United States government that we’re use to. Under the 1972 constitution‚ as amended in 1984‚ Cameroon has nominally been a republic headed by

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    Eating Ashes How Zulu Subsistence Methods and Culture Changed After the Anglo-Zulu War Benjamin J. McInnis ANT101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Mitra Rokni Eating Ashes: How Zulu Subsistence Methods and Culture Changed After the Anglo-Zulu War The Zulu people of South Africa made an unprecedented development from a single clan of pastoralists much like the other clans and tribes in the area of modern KwaZulu-Natal (Sithole‚ 2002. “Zulu Orientation”

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    The Bantu

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    LESSON PLAN GRADE 11 HISTORY. TOPIC: BANTU MIGRATIONS INTO CENTRAL AFRICA BEFORE 1800. OBJECTIVES: Pupils should be able to: Define the term “ Bantu” Define the term “ Migration” Explain the origin of the Bantu. Explain the causes of the migration and settlement of the Bantu Describe the ways of life of the Bantu. ORIGIN Bantu is a common term used to refer to the over 400 different ethnic groups of Africa stretching from south of the Sahara desert to South Africa that have similar

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    technology date back to 1500 A.D.‚ and are the main cause of imbalance today. While a lot of Europe‚ Asia‚ and North Africa were metal- equipped empires‚ some even on the brink of industrialization‚ parts of sub- Saharan Africa were divided among chiefdoms and still using iron tools. Most people still lived as farmers or hunter- gatherers with stone tools‚ for instance‚ the Aztecs and Incas. Already there is an imbalance between civilizations‚ as empires with steel weapons are stronger than empires

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    Military strength and power of the Kimbu society under the leadership of Nyungu-ya-Mawe made the state healthier. Nyungu-ya-Mawe was able to organize and train his army for security‚ defending both trade and the state and for expansion. He developed the famous army known as ‘Ruga-ruga’ simply meaning ‘young people with professional soldiers’. Ruga-ruga system was adopted from the Ngoni who migrated from the Natal Province in South Africa escaping the expansion of Shaka-Zulu and settled in central

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