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Askia the Great – Prosperity of the Songhai Empire Songhai Empire, located in West Africa, reached its peak under the leadership of Askia the Great, an authoritative military leader. He not only expanded the border of the empire but also encouraged education for its citizens. In addition, Askia augmented trade with foreign countries and set up regulations on measurements and customs. He also unified and controlled the nation efficiently by centralizing the government. Under his reign, Songhai…

need to find a new haven. There have been nearly four million Syrians that left their homeland, going to Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. (Chapman, Steve) Hundreds of thousands have set sails across the dangerous Mediterranean Sea to take refuge in Europe, and many have not made this voyage: More than 5,000 people have died in the attempt. Causing many European countries having no choice but to open the doors of their country and let them in. Turkey has over 1.9 million refugees, and Germany is…

1/10th of the world’s crude oil and a quarter of its gas. Of this, 80% of the oil and 99% of the gas come from Russia” (Rowe and Blakkisrud 69). Since the Arctic includes a diversity of nation-states and resources it was vital to establish the Arctic Council in 1996 in order to mediate and ensure fluid international relations between states in this geopolitical region. Essentially, the example of the Arctic is significant because there is a unique interdependence between the members of the…

missionaries non-Christians, “must not be deprived of their liberty” and he goes on to explain how they should be treated. This shows a changing attitude of the pope, as he sees a change in the methods and results, because of continuous efforts to reform, Council of Trent and new missionaries, it is natural and reasonable that he would attempt to keep the growing integrity of the Catholic Church. The age of exploration will lead to a brand new age of imperialism for the European…

As trade began to expand by the middle of the fifteenth century, competition on how to obtain cheaper and faster trade developed among states around the Mediterranean. Europe had a lack of goods to trade and compete with in the growing trade of desired and luxurious Asian goods and belief of finding a route or other items from foreign trade served as a major source of motive for states such as Spain. Especially states…

The development of the “seeds” of modern society can be first found in Ancient Greece but Grecian civilization was greatly impacted by the societies that came before it. First the Mesopotamians, and then the Egyptians, moved from an agricultural and herding based culture to a new form of culture called civilization. This new culture was “marked by the appearance of urban centers, the mastery of smelting and with it the techniques for making metal tools and weapons, and the invention of…

One of the injustices that Kenyans faced was land litigation. Before the colonial occupation of the African courts, a local council of village elders was present in the African courts. In 1930, government officials passed the “Native Land Trust Ordinance, which stipulated that no European could occupy land that was currently owned by Kenyans.” (p. 83). That ordinance would be…

legitimacy is problematic since legitimacy is needed for foreign policy or to be able to pursue any policy in all of the different areas where EU policies take place. Moreover, legitimacy scopes the parameters of EU's sphere of influence. Therefore, Europe has to redefine itself as being the responsible institution, perceived as having valid standing before the people and external or internal actors, and how it is acknowledged by the majority. It is important for people to believe that the…

The French and Indian war was a very curious conflict, and the way it began is even more curious. The start of this war can be traced back to a huge demand of beaver fur in Europe, and the competition between France and England for dominance over the most viable trapping territories. But during this war, one major figure in US history got thrust into the limelight, and that Figure was George Washington. In the Article “Ambition, Accomplishment, and acclaim” by Don Higginbotham he states that…

The expansion stood at 2.9%, and the crash of unemployed people was reported at 17%. The Greek economy suffers from a insufficiency of explocity natural resources and a low percentage of modern evolution corresponding to the rest of Western Europe. Greece had fallen after Portugal became an underprivileged European Community representative with the corridor into the EU of 10 primarily Eastern European nations in 2004. In 2010, agriculture achieved about 4% of GDP but employed about 12.4% of…