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these qualities which allowed them to maintain powerful kingdoms before Europeans arrived in their countries. Many African kingdoms were wealthy and most, mainly in West Africa, gained their money through trade and taxes. In Document 2 it says “The Arab traders of this region wanted gold as much as the Wangara wanted salt, but both had to pass through Ghana to trade …” This…

Since the beginning of time there has been slavery this includes slavery within Africa. Being a slave inside of Africa was very different compared to being a slave outside of Africa. The methods through which the slaves were acquired through raiding, pawning, tribute, and prisoners of war. There were two primary forms of slavery routes within African slavery. There was the trade between West and North Africa; as well as slavery between East, Central, and Southern slavery. Western Africa was…

Five Paragraph Worksheet As all the Kings, explorers, and business financers had hoped, the Americas were full of opportunities to make money. Gold, silver, and other minerals could be mined, and tobacco, sugar, and other crops could be grown on plantations. In order to make use of these resources there would have to be a reliable supply of laborers to do the work. The Native American population had dwindled due to disease and war and did not provide enough labor. However, the Europeans had…

Triangular Trade The triangular trade is a term used to characterize the large portion of what was the Atlantic trading system. It existed during the 16th to the early 19th centuries. During which, there were three main types of commodity that was traded within the three Atlantic geographic regions. They were, goods, harvests, and labor. Lasting almost 200 years in the United States, the slave trade among the original thirteen colonies was certainly prevalent piece of the development of the…

Nella Larsen’s Passing is a great read that I enjoyed. Her depictions of 1920 society and the emphasis on the benefits and downfalls of skin color made this book an interesting novel. Skin color in Larsen’s Passing was a big deal. One could receive benefits solely because of skin color. So why was skin color so important and why did it matter to the main characters Clare and Irene? Maybe the history of skin color differences in America, the emphasis society has on skin color, and finally…

Oklahoma City, aka OKC, is the main city and capital of the state. All visitors will most likely make a stop here at the Will Rogers World Airport. From here they can rent a car, take a trolley, a ferry down the river, or get on the EMBARK public transportation system. The population is over 600,000 and increasing every year. The Bricktown neighborhood is the main draw with a healthy nightlife and bars featuring live music. Edmond, is a suburb north of Oklahoma City with one of the top ten…

Slavery is caused by the same thing that caused all the exploration of the new world, a way to make more wealth. The slave trade became very common through a travel route under the name of the Triangular Trade route, which is the route that European merchants would take when buying and selling slaves. A European merchant would come down to Africa, purchase many slaves and take them to the new world. When they got to the new world, they would sell them for goods and other things. They would then…

The Islamic world impacted black Africa in a profound way. Islam brought a rise in education, eliminating “the universal illiteracy and absence of written languages” (Maddison 2007). Muslims encouraged people to get an education, and they did this by building schools and learning centers such as “libraries, observatories, and a house of wisdom,” making knowledge more readily accessible (Maddison 2007). Timbuktu was one of the most influential centers because of Its community of Islamic scholars…

Does personal liberty inevitably entail the marginalization of others? Herman Melville’s novella Benito Cereno and Greg Grandin’s manuscript Empire of Necessity illustrate the case of the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship sailing through the wild Pacific Ocean near Chile, and its passengers to pose this question. At the turn of the 18th century, such tightly-packed multipurpose commercial ships pitted competing self-interests against each other. On board the San Dominick, the Spanish captain…

Imperialism was the believe that one country must dominate another politically, socially, and economically. In the 1870s through 1914 the world experienced their Age of Imperialism. Although Imperialism allowed new resources to be exported to different parts of the world, ultimately Imperialism did not help the world. Imperialism brought more slavery, exploitation in resources in Africa, and the spread of disease. Imperialism mostly involved European countries and Africa and so did the problems…