African empires

the desire of expanding “land” started imperialism. From the ancient Persian Empire to World War 2, the purpose of expanding territories by going through countless of wars and battle was to grab natural recourses, food to gain more power and ruling its government under control. What might happened in ancient times is still happening in modern society, especially in Africa. The land dispossession of rural African-communities dates back to colonial and post independent eras, land grabbing has…

(Josefine, Satzke). For thousands of years people have been using songs as a means of sharing stories and spreading their history. This can date all the way back to the Mali empire in the 1300’s. “Griots and Storytellers” (Duckers). The singers of the Mali empire were known as Griots, and they functioned in West African societies as: storyteller’s, musicians, and historians. Griots would usually work for the richer class members and they work at any moment they are called upon. The Griots…

Britain and created the Naval Service Bill. He was also viewed as an Imperialists because he sent troops to The South African War (Boer War). Therefore, Laurier was known as the Man of Compromise by supporting both the French Canadian Nationalists and the Imperialists Ties with Great Britain was a very controversial topic. The Imperialists wanted to remain part of the British Empire and with a strong relationship, but the French Canadian Nationalists did not see any reason to increase ties with…

If you were to travel back in time and live during the British Empire, you would see a world that is very different from the world that we live in today. You would see a world where discrimination runs rampant and gender and racial inequalities are prevalent. As seen in Philippa Levine’s The British Empire Sunrise to Sunset, particularly in the 8th and 9th chapters, the discrimination was mainly done by white males. Taking a closer look at the primary sources “The Ballad of East and West” by…

Cambyses conquers Egypt and begins making plans to expand the empire to other African territories. Cambyses was insane and out of his mind. He had killed his own sister and then sent a trusted aide to kill his brother. He also had twelve Persians of high rank arrested and buried alive upside down for no reason. Some Persians told Cambyses that he was better than Cyrus, only because he had extended the empire. Croesus, who was Lydia’s king until Cyrus defeated it, told Cambyses that he…

continents have changed, the pursuit to expand a countries ideology, people, and influence remains the same as that of the Romans Empire. The pursuit of the Spanish, English and French in the 16th century to expand these ideals is seen repeatedly throughout history, specifically in the 19th century, in countries like India and the continent of Africa. This addictive impulse for empire expansion and influence, even after political thinkers in the 18th century disagreed with the concept, is…

The Atlantic Slave Trade was an extensive system of chattel slavery that dealt exclusively in the trade of black Africans. Chattel slavery is markedly different from other forms of servitude as it involved the actual ownership, in law, of one human over another - as opposed to punitive slavery which used convicted criminals as a source of free labour. It is important to remember, when talking about the Atlantic Slave Trade, that slavery was not a new invention and that slaves were to be found…

think good of the nation so that the government can do as it pleases. Though at hindsight, imperialism seems like a great ideology, but the reality is that imperialism causes madness of many forms. The objectification of women, the automation of the African inhabitants of the Congo River, to the programming of the workers within the Company, Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, displays the reality of the effects of imperialism. As Hassan Nasrallah once said, “So long as there is imperialism…

between the two works, what’s vital important is the colonial methods. In Heart of Darkness, European pilgrims use the trade (indeed civilizing) with African countries (especially Congo) to deprive the colonized states’ wealth and subjugate people, while people in the colonized states have merely no power to against it: the interplay between the empire (which European pilgrims stand for) and the colonized state is rather smooth. On the contrary, the war which America brings to Vietnam in…

. 550–330 BC Peak:480 BC Fall: 323BC B. The author included this empire because during its peak it absolutely dominated all other cities and villages. It was the first empire also too allow its subjects to serve their gods and live in peace. C. I feel like Cyrus allowing the people to continue their own lives and not forcing them to convert to his religion played a key part in allowing the empire to survive. When he took over a place he made sure to take away the head leader and…