Beffa 4 The Songhai Empire Alex Beffa Global History April 9‚ 2012 Beffa 3 The Songhai‚ also known as the Songhay‚ was not only the last‚ but also the largest and greatest empire of western Africa between 1000 and 1600 ce.i The previous empire was the Mali empire. Songhai was just a client state at the port of Gao‚ which was a major trading port for trans-Saharan trade especially since it is located on the Niger river. When the Mali empire started to decline in the 14 th century‚ the
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2013 Failure of Spanish Armada In May 1588‚ the Spanish Armada left the Portuguese port of Lisbon‚ headed for England with more than 130 ships. Since their discovery of the New World almost 100 years before‚ the Spanish had built one of the wealthiest and most powerful empires on earth. King Philip II of Spain wanted to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England for both political and religious reasons. Elizabeth had assisted the Protestant rebels in the Netherlands to overthrow Spanish rule in the region
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Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who pillaged and explored the Mexican region of South America. Hernán’s early life was a very unique one. Even though he went to school for law‚ fate had him taking another profession. Hernán Cortés is widely known for his historic invasions and explorations. He tricked the Aztec empire and ultimately destroyed the powerful empire. Although his life was filled with excitement‚ riches‚ and fame‚ he died struggling with debts and other grievances. His early
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Student Name: James McGlaze Geographical Setting: What continent? What Landforms? What important Places? The Aztecs were located on Meso-America‚ they came from North America. Mexico City is also built where Tenochtitlan was located. They were surrounded by mountains in the Valley of Mexico.They had unique temples and palaces. The faced other problems such as other tribes living in the area and this made it hard to settle down. The surrounding area was very swampy and had little level land to farm
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The Spanish age of Exploration was motivated by a desire for new territory‚ wealth and trading partners. The colonisation by the Spanish had a detrimental effect on the Aztec and the Inca civilisations. The Aztecs and Incas were a very advanced civilisation that the Spanish had never seen before. When the Spanish first arrived in the Americas‚ they were surprised to see clean‚ ordered and well planned cities with temples and architecture that was unknown to the Spanish. The Aztec Empire particularly
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Las Mascotas Spanish 3 Reflection Rubric Criteria for Evaluation | 0 pts. | .5 pts. | 1 pt. | Total Points | Format: -12 pt. Helvetica [Arial] font -double-spaced -complete heading -two paragraphs min. | Reflection contained few‚ if any‚ of the required elements. | Reflection contained some of the required elements. | Reflection contained [almost] all of the required elements. | | Mechanics: -spelling/grammar -organization -Spanish in italics
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My people are the aztec. I will be telling you today about how the Aztecs live. They have very weird and disturbing way how to kill people. Twelfth century tribes in present-day Northern Mexico. The Mexica claimed that their homeland was a island called aztlan. Aztlan means the place of the white horn. Teotichlan was home to about 100‚000 people. Teotichlan was important because they believed their was met to make the fifth sun. All mexico rulers came from noble families. Tenochtitlan ruled as
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Zuma‚ a game with Aztec art and named after the Aztec King Montezuma‚ has seen over 17 million downloads. This popular puzzle game took the world by storm when it first launched. You’d never guess it‚ but the game is surprising addictive. The simplicity catches you off guard because you step into the role of a stone frog who shoots colored balls out of his mouth. Your goal is to get three of the same color or more to knock the color down. (-- removed HTML --) Enter the Ancient Aztec World (-- removed
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Before the great conquests roman lived with the policy of incorporation. But upon concurring so many land and city state roman government abandoned the policy of incorporation and they no longer brought her conquered subjects within the state. So they were not able to exercise these rights‚ thus concurred city state kept subjected and exploited by ruling aristocrats. Moreover governing aristocrats were devoted to their own interests more than to the interests of the country at large. They kept enrich
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Class: Spanish II Dates: August 13 - 26 Review Unit Tuesday/Wednesday 13/14: Journal 1: ¿Cual fue la experiencia más importante que te pasó durante el verano? Descríbela usando al menos siete oraciones. Classwork: How to be a Spanish II student: Units—journals‚ vocab quizzes‚ homework on vhl site‚ skits‚ study guide‚ test. Speaking/Listening‚ F errors‚ Pet peeves—IDK‚ Yawning‚ Putting head down. Most important—dots. Get on Edmodo Page. Pass out question sheets
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