Continent

formed, a glacier is moved by gravity, moving slowly across the land, eroding it as it moves. Some glaciers can be as large as a continent. Glaciers this size are called continental glaciers. These large blocks of snow and ice once covered much of North America. Today, Antarctica and Greenland hold most of the world’s glaciers, but glaciers are found on every continent on earth. Thousands of years ago, glaciers were found in Minnesota, and as they retreated they left behind large amounts of…

Africa is a huge continent land mass that is” four times the size of the United States”, and that is “12 million square miles that is larger than North America”(Collins, Burns 7).Africa is filled deserts, savanna, mountains, mediterranean, rainforests, prairie grassland and vast forests. Through all this topical geography Africa does have very many environmental and health issues. In the beginning when Africa was becoming a continent it was”punctuated by every geographical and geological feature…

Before the period of European imperialism, many parts of North and East African were impacted by foreign influences from Islamic cultures. Following the death of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam established itself on a global scale spreading to parts of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa, coming to East Africa as early as the eighth century. Likewise to Christianity in Western Africa, Islam amalgamated well with the local cultures and traditions. This is particularly important as both religion and…

In the late 19th century, the African continent was largely unchartered, and many wanted to claim a piece of the continent that had vast new economic resources. King Leopold II of Belgium created associations and financed a number of expeditions in Central Africa to explore this land and its resources. At the Berlin Conference of 1884, King Leopold II of Belgium was granted the coveted Congo River basin. This territory was called the Congo Free State while it was under the control of King…

Sense, Paine explains: . . . not a single advantage is derived. . . But the injuries and disadvantages which we sustain by that connection are without number . . . any submission to, or dependence on, Great Britain tends directly to involve this continent in European wars and quarrels, and set at variance with nations who would otherwise seek our friendship . . .…

’The ‘Out of Africa’ theory believed that humans migrated from Africa to Eurasia replacing all Homo erectus, in contrast to the ‘Multiregional Continuity Theory’ which asserts that the Homo erectus, after leaving Africa were divided into different continents in the world where they slowly evolved…

Africa, the second most populous continent in the world with about one billion people, and over one thousand languages spoken. This level of cultural splendor and beauty can only found in Africa. The home to the world’s largest land animals, the world’s tallest animal, the fastest land animal, the world’s largest reptile, the world’s largest primate. Home to the Pharaonic civilization which is one of the world’s oldest and longest-lasting civilizations. Housing over 30% of the earth’s remaining…

all over the world from the most technological advanced corners of European to the most destitute areas in the Congo forest. Once there were people and there was the existence of power, there was going to be slavery once in a while. The African continent was not exempt. Paul Lovejoy in the first chapter of his book, Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa, explains this, “Africa has been intimately connected to this history [slavery], both as a major source of slaves for…

In order to answer the question above, one must first explore the many factors that affect a diverse continent with countries that were economically and politically developed and countries that were still in the process of industrial evolution rather than revolution. Europe was and still remains a continent with the greatest diversity with regards not only to ethnic and religious variability but also due to its fluctuating economic stance based on the discrepancies between countries in terms of…

in the shower. The doctor started talking to me, he asked me, “Do you know the 7 continents on Earth.” I did not know what the 7 continents where. I had never heard that term before. “No.” I responded. And his reaction surprised me. Instead of saying, “I think you will learn them next year,” he said to me, “I am going to teach you all of them.” I thought that was going to be really cool. “What is one of the continents?” He…