East Africa

The issue of slavery in Africa started with the Portuguese expedition of West Africa in the fifteenth century. Prince Henry sponsored the Portuguese as their governor and was later named Prince Henry the Navigator after his establishment of a school for navigators at Sagres, Portugal in 1419. The purpose of this school was to train explorers in navigation, map-making, and science so they could be prepared to travel along the west coast of Africa. The Portuguese, who eventually became the one…

According to Kleiner’s analysis of African art before the 1800s, caves such as the Apollo 11 come from Africa and are assumed to be some of the oldest paintings currently discovered, showing the diversity of the continent itself. The works are difficult to date and decipher meaning, although some of the best work comes from the Benin Kingdom. Assumed to be established in the 13th century, most of its power rose along the 16th century. The kingship was considered sacred and presented artworks…

learned from the following readings and videos Understanding Contemporary Africa Chapter 3: The Historical Context; The Creation of an Atlantic Economy: Sugar and Slaves; Videos, Ancient Africa–A History Denied and The Slave Kingdom. Although these cover a lot what stuck out to me was vastness of slavery, people involved in making slavery work, how Europeans thought Africans need their help, and economic societies within Africa. Slavery was a worldwide thing, throughout Primary and secondary…

the Early Settlers of South Africa The early settlers of South Africa included the British, Dutch, and Portuguese. They created colonies and governments while giving little regard to native South Africans. The settlers had conflicts between each other, and conflicts with the natives as well. Even after all of the negative impacts of settlers on South Africa, its history and South Africa today would not be the same without them. The first European to find South Africa was Portuguese explorer…

materials, and nationalism. However, not everyone agreed with the imperialistic views. There were those who believed it had proper ideals, while others believed it promoted the wrong principles of democracy. Imperialism especially affected the people of Africa, India, and Korea. Economic gain is most often related as an increase in jobs. The imperialists of Europe believed that in order to do this, they needed to conquer more land. “We must look this matter in the face, and must recognize that…

during medieval and ancient times, considering how large a continent Africa is and the variety of different cultures within, it would obviously be no exception to this fact . However, there is a clear distinction between the slavery systems of Africa and Europe compared to the Atlantic Slave Trade . Both the Atlantic and African slave trades motivations were to seek power from the slave trading businesses. Slave trade in Africa is formed by the procurement of men in debt or captured during…

Imperialism and intervention have affected our world history in many ways, both good and bad. Most of Africa and a large amount of China were taken over by Europeans in the 19th century and today, America and other powerful countries intervene in foreign wars against international foes like ISIS and other organizations. Imperialism is not acceptable because of its effects on countries like instability in the government and economy however, intervention is acceptable as long as it is regulated to…

any further, it reached its highest point. Through this time there has been many important factors, the privateers being one they. They were the ones that defeated the colonies. They had their own ranks, uniforms, and tactics and were huge. The Dutch East Corporation had the fourth largest navy on the earth. Another important factor were the trade…

The Homo erectus was believed to have lived about 1.89 million years ago in North, South, and East Africa; western and east Asia. They possessed a human like body with the ability to stand upright with its elongated legs, shorter arms compared to the torso and a slightly larger braincase relative to the size of the face. With these discoveries in the fossilized anatomy it seems that these features are adaptations for a life lived on the ground. They had the ability to walk and possibly run long…

Africa north of the Sahara and Southwestern Asia is the most prominent and politically controversial region. The area is known to have dry climates and environmental problems that affect their source of freshwater. The political control of Ottoman Empire affected much of the world culture and world trade. The region is also known for the diversity of many religions and languages that influences their beliefs. Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia has become the country it is today due to the…