How did transcontinental contact lead to the emergence of a global exchange in the 1500s? Claim: The contact between Afroeurasia and the Americas in the 1500s influenced trade through the exchange of new agricultural products of which changed the diets of individuals as well as the use of peoples for slaves in the Americas due to the many plantations used to cultivate crops for export, both of which increased trade, for the purpose of increasing income and economic growth, benefitting only the Europeans through the use of African people and the brutal treatment of Native Americans, generating a one-sided global exchange between Europe and the Americas. ¶Paragraph 1:…
African Empire The African Empire created many achievements throughout the empire. They achieved cultural, economic, and political societies. Culture changed the way people lived and how they act. The increase of trade improved the economy very well.…
Ancient Africa has had many achievements over the years and these are what made Africa strong and powerful. From gaining wealth to upgrading their army, and making more farms, these all helped to make Africa stronger and more powerful. And here are the achievements of Africa ……….. One of Africa's achievements is that Africa had many trade routes going through it so that meant more people would buy their goods and help them to gain wealth. For example, in document 8 there were trade routes connecting Kilwa, Zimbabwe, Sofala, Mombasa, Malindi, Mogadishu, Aksum, Lalibela, Zelia, Jidda, Aden, Calicut, and Muscat.…
This ties into Imperialism in Africa because Africa had a lot of needed or wanted resources. In document D there is another chart showing the different materials in different areas of Africa such as, cotton, rubber, ivory, copper, lead, and coal. These…
The trade that occurred throughout the African kingdoms has many similarities and differences to trade that occurs in the twenty-first century in the United States. Commodities still exist today but they are different than the commodities that the African kingdoms used. Also, United States has cities that are the center for trade like the African kingdoms did. Similarly, like the African kingdoms, the modern United States use taxes to gain wealth.…
Historical Questions: (93)Question: The primary factors for the slave trade was inspired by the awareness of local tribes of the external institutions of slavery that Europeans were operating in Sub-Saharan Africa throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. In this economic environment, tribal leaders and local slaves traders kidnapped an sold prisoners of war to Europeans as a way to trade for European luxury items and goods. The factors of European institutions of slavery, localized tribal trade agreements, and tribal cooperation made the slave trade possible in Sub-Saharan Africa. Question 1: The Columbia Exchange was made different through exchange of differing types of animals, crops, technology, and other commodities, which developed a more global…
The Greedy Europeans The Europeans were reckless, brutal, and unfair to the African american people of Africa. They used them to the breaking point until some one them dies of exhaustion. The people of Europe thought it was right for them to do that to them, they said it was showing them how to be civilized but really they just wanted to use them for free labor and drain their land of its resources. The real question is what was the motivation for the Europeans to to colonize Africa.…
Trade was one of the biggest factors that made Mali very successful. Mali was founded on a goldfield, located on the southern border of the Sahara. Their location in the trans-Saharan trade made them extremely rich and powerful. Mali took advantage of the gold beneath their feet and began to trade it for other things, such as salt. “Much gold was traded through the Sahara desert, to the countries on the North African coast” (MaliTrade).…
Thesis Statement: South America should not be colonized because it could increase the black market trade, forced labor, and reduce their natural resources. Body Paragraph #1 Topic Sentence: The United States colonizing South America could cause an increase in illegal transactions within South America. Supporting Evidence #1: Trading was a big way to get material that was needed. Such as, “In order for Africans to get materials they needed such as cloth, tobacco, guns, alcohol, and other items, they provided Europeans with slaves causing a slave trade” ( Manzo, 1929 ).…
As stated by the Migration Policy Institute, as of the year 2015,“Approximately 235,000 Ghanaian immigrants and their children reside in the United States and account for 0.3% of the US foreign-born population. On October 15th, 2012, my Ghanaian family and I immigrated to the United States, “the land of freedom and opportunity”, hence contributing to the statistic. Like other immigrants, we relocated here for better economic and educational opportunities Although I am a native English speaker, I occasionally found it difficult to communicate because of the unfamiliar American diction. Ghana is one of the five Anglophone West African countries; because the country was colonized by the British during the 1800’s till 1957, when she gained independence,…
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 dominance in trans-Sharan trade route using the natural resource in their homeland.…
The Accomplishments of African Civilizations For centuries, historians have denied the accomplishment of African Civilizations. To this day the day, the misconceptions planted by racist historians remain present in the media. American media often displays Africa as a place of extreme poverty and lack of culture. In contrary, however, African people had many advances, even before the arrival of Europeans. The advances of the African Kingdoms are shown through their successful trade routes, ordered government, wealth, Education system, individual morals and art.…
European colonization of Africa led to the collapse of previous empires and new institution of European white minority rulings over a black majority. Unequal representation in the government led to the oppression of the rights and voices of Africans in the European government. During the years 1964-1979, Rhodesia fought for their independence that was achieved through the Rhodesian Bush War. The spark that caused a push towards the revolution was at first because of land dispute among the locals and the British foreigners. This lead to political tensions between the white supremacist minority government and the black majority people being not properly treated or represented, which lead the nation to fall into immense trouble with the British.…
According to BBC, the kingdom of Benin started in the 900s when the Edo individuals settled in the rainforests of West Africa. By the 1400s they had made a well off kingdom with a powerful ruler, known as the Oba. The Obas lived in palaces decorated with shining brass. Continuously, the Obas won more land and developed an empire. They additionally began exchanging with dealers from Europe and with other African kingdoms.…
He stated, “The white man of America will not, to any organized extent, assimilate the (black man) because in so doing, he feels that he will be committing suicide.” Thus, Garvey concluded Blacks needed to return to Africa. He sent emissaries to Liberia to negotiate a massive return. Garvey saw Liberia as a bridgehead for the liberation and unification of all of Africa.…