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Much of Africa’s history is shaped by the geography and environment. In fact, a lot of people believe there was no history in Africa a long time ago because they did not have a lot of written documents. The reason there were not many written documents is because of several contributing factors including disease, weather and geography. These factors led to the rise and fall of many civilizations, as well as an interest in resources by foreigners. Although this made it difficult for…

Optimal Foraging Strategies of Camponotus pennsylvanicus Hypothesis 1.) Ants prefer food sources of a higher quality rather than of a lower quality. 2.) Ants are sensitive to foraging gains and predation risks. Predictions 1.) Ants will prefer to forage for sugar water that is highly concentrated rather than water that is less concentrated. 2.) Ants will prefer to forage close to their home net site rather than farther away from their home nest site. 3.) Ants will balance the trade-off…

developed in the 15th century and traded salt, textiles, and metal for gold and slaves. Their ruler, Sunni Ali, grew the cities of Jenne and Timbuktu into strong trading center. He also created a strong military which included a navy to patrol the Niger River. Most of the emperors of Songhay practiced Muslim…

2011, the group continued to expand with cells located in Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Oman. In 2013, the organization had also established a significant presence in Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Mali, Somalia, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, Nigeria, and…

In the article titled,“They fled Boko Haram and famine - and then they were forced back,” author Kevin Sieff highlights issues surrounding events of what the United Nations has termed “forced returns” of thousands of refugees, specifically in the case of Nigerians in Cameroon. Sieff informs readers of the thousands of Nigerians that have fled their villages and homes to seek refuge in Cameroon, escaping violent attacks of the Islamist extremists, Boko Haram. Upon escaping, Nigerian refugees are…

Oliver Mahoro Lauren Liebe English 203 Tuesday, November 28, 2017 A People Unknown Things Fall Apart takes place in what is now known as Nigeria, this happens during the late 19th century, but the book itself was written in 1958 as the colonial system in Africa was falling apart. What makes Things Fall Apart so significant, is that before it, most of the records, novels, and books about Africa and its people written in English were all written by Europeans. So when Chinua Achebe came to the…

With locations existing in what is present day Western Mali to Southeast Mauritania, Southern Algeria, the Niger Valley, Lake Chad into Libya, the Nile River via Sudan into Egypt, and at the merger of the Blue Nile and the White Nile on into Egypt. Six separate trade routes existed, though the one primarily used for the trans-Saharan slave trade was via the Nile…

of al-Qaida, which emerged from an armed Islamist insurgency founded in Algeria by Hassan Hattab in the 1990s. The group is primarily concerned with pursuing regional interests and imposing Sharia law in primarily Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. Al-Qaida’s connection to Algeria goes back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan, where many Algerian men travelled to fight with the mujahedeen under the leadership of Osama bin Laden against the Soviet Union. This connection surfaced again in 1994,…

Education plays an integral role in economic and social development. Increasing access to education has been a major goal in the policies of developing countries. This is because these developing countries recognize that if more of the population is educated, health and productivity significantly improves. When both men and women receive the opportunity to attend school, progress happens at a faster rate. Unfortunately, millions of women in developing countries are underrepresented in school…

finer crumbs are formed. Also the dough gets more machine-friendly and is therefore easier to handle. The characteristics of xylanases also depend on their origin, endoxylanases of Bacillus subtilis have different abilities than ones of Aspergillus niger. They can be used as an alternative to emulsifiers. (Butt, et al., 2008), (Collins, et al.,…