African empires

expansion of their territories overseas. The promise of economic growth and prestige encouraged European nations to expand their territories. However, eventually the European powers turned on each other to enlarge their own empires. Imperialism began with the division of the African continent between European countries, and later moved onto Asia, where the main reason for colonisation was the extensive opportunities for trading. Briefly after this, European nations began challenging each other…

Mali Empire EQ: How did the expansion of trade and the movement of people affect societies? I. The expansion of trade and the movement of people in the Mali Empire, located in West Africa, affected them via, developing dominance in trans-Sharan trade route, evolving their devotion to Islam, administrating them to embrace an educational system based on Islam, and engaging in the expansion of land. II. The expansion of trade and the movement of people affected the Mali empire by developing…

The United States’ rise as a global power lead to the liquidation of the African British Empire. As Nazi Germany began to take expand in Asia, Africa, and Europe, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to declare their war aims. The Atlantic Charter ended being more or less a press release for public relations versus actual policy for the public. When working at the works from Wm. Roger Louis and Ronald Robinson one can see how the Atlantic Charter grew and was enacted. In the second part…

Many rulers have many different types of qualities in how they ruled their own empire. These types of qualities can make a rally good ruler or make him into a selfish ruler. For example, Suleiman the magnificent is a ruler who ruled Istanbul during the 1453. He was well known as a great ruler who cared about his people. As a ruler he was really strategic and had confidence in his army that they could win against any empires in wars. Also, Suleiman motivated his army by taking part in battles…

Ancient African people made many beneficial contributions to the society. Some of their greatest accomplishments occurred in astronomy, math, medicine, navigation, architecture, engineering, tools, and metallurgy. A lot of treatments in medicine used today were employed from several ancient people from Africa. One of these treatments is when doctors use salicylic acid for pain. Inventions used now that come from their metallurgy are steam engines, metal chisels, saws, copper/iron tools, weapons,…

Throughout the 13th and 16th centuries, the Mali and Songhai Empires rose to power in Western Africa, through an accomplished trading system and powerful legitimate emperors. The Mali Empire was ruled by many emperors, two of which were Sundiata Keita and Mansa Musa. Sundiata and his 11 brothers were seeked to be killed by Sumanguru, ruler of the neighboring state of Kaniaga who wanted to expand his state of the land of the Mali Empire. Because of his childhood disability, Sumanguru spared his…

one example of slavery’s beginnings in the Americas. Europeans transformed life in the Americas by abusing other races and increasing trade of natural resources. One example of how the Europeans shaped life in the Americas is by conquering the Aztec Empire. In 1519, Spaniard Hernando Cortés landed on the coast of Mexico along with 508 conquistadors and dreams of riches. As the conquistadors continued…

Compare and analyze the display / presentation of the British Empire in both pictures The painting “The Secret of England’s Greatness” by Thomas Jones Barker from 1861 and the cartoon from July 1, 1997 both deal with the British Empire. However, in what way do they distinguish in representing it? The different perspectives shall be compared in the following. In the painting from Thomas Jones Barker one can see six persons in a badly lit room. Two of them are in the foreground. On the left…

Throughout history, the need and desire for certain products has led to long lasting effects on people, societies, and regions. Some of these products include gold. Gold was a very important product in the African Trading Kingdoms. The African Trading Kingdoms took part in the gold-salt trade to increase their wealth and advance their society. People’s need and desired of gold showed how wealthy the people are in a society or a region. According to Document 1, it states, “which stand ten horses…

death. In 1897, during the period in which Africa was under colonial rule by the British, British men “ransacked the Benin Empire” and forcefully took the heads away to display them as a representation of their imperial grandeur. The brass head of Queen Idia, donated to the British Museum by Sir William Ingram, relates to colonialism and is a painful reminder to the African peoples of their loss of “artworks… of national significance… and of extraordinary aesthetic value” because it was taken…