Sahara

all the resources we need, and almost take them for granted. What is it like, you may ask. All stories have their similarities and differences, and Sahara and Yasser’s are different in many ways but still extremely alike. Sahara was born in 1972 in Somalia and she lived with her brother and parents. When she was 16, she witnessed their murder. Sahara and her grandmother were the only ones left, so they fled the country due to all of the violence and trouble. The walked a majority of the way,…

Deserts are dry that is obvious. Also of course there is evidence of this,“ The aridity of North Africa steppe turns to desolation in the Sahara.” (Document 1) Aridity means dry and steppe means a huge of land. Another example that the desert is very dry is that, “ The Sahara is seen as a wilderness of sand dunes.” (Document 1) I know it sounds like the Sahara is full of sand but it has other formations as well, “Yet it is a region with great massifs, extraordinary rock formations, lofty…

New World Encyclopedia the actual line of demarcation is the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. (New World Encyclopedia). Sub Saharan African is different from the rest of Africa in many ways. These differences are mostly a result of geography and climate. “Since the end of the last ice age, the north and sub-Saharan regions of Africa have been separated by the extremely harsh climate of the sparsely populated Sahara, forming an effective barrier interrupted by only the Nile River” (New World…

flooding of the Zambezi River. Ethiopia, which experienced many droughts, suffered another major one during the 2002–2006 period. Several major lakes on the African continent are drying up. Lake Chad is the most vulnerable, as it is so close to the Sahara Desert. Lake Nakuru in Kenya is surprisingly, one of the few lakes in Africa that are rising.. This lake is a significant habitat for flamingos and other rare tropical birds. The shallowness of Lake Nakuru creates an ideal environment for…

Summative Reflective What does it mean to be part of a professional learning community and co-construct learning? After these past few weeks of Introduction into Foundations, I have learned quite about about this question. The topics involving a professional learning community and co-construct learning has my opinions and reactions following. Co-construct is developing an objective with people other than yourself. Co-construct learning, is learning which objectives these will be by discussion…

in the house, unlike slaves quarters that Americans gave them. The Sahara Desert was actually good for the people that lived near it for many reasons. The first and most important, was that trading of goods was started there. It is not known when but when it did, the people became very successful. The first to start trading were the Berbers. They traded manufactured goods and food in Ghana and carried them across the Sahara Desert. The goods ended up in Mediterranean markets. Another…

accomplishments. The women that is speaking is aware of herself and her creations and celebrate being a women from African descent. Nicki Giovanni’s poem Ego Tripping Heavily incorporates the Geography context to demonstrate women equality using “the Nile”, “Sahara desert”, and Rome. In the third stanza the women mention that her daughter is Nefertiti which give the reader the idea that she nurtured and raised a Queens which is a glorious achievement. Nefertiti acquired exceptional power and…

barren. To the Nile's west exists the giant Sahara Desert, the largest desert in the world. Outside of the narrow swath of greenery next to the river, there is sand as far as the eye can see. From north to south, the Sahara is between 800 and 1,200 miles wide; it stretches over 3,000 miles from east to west. The total area of the Sahara is more than 3,500,000 square miles. It's the world's biggest sandbox. And, as if there weren't enough sand in the Sahara, east of the Nile are other desserts.…

The Axial Zone transformed Afro-Eurasia culturally and economically from trade and the different empires that emerged around the 2nd millennium CE. But not everyone was lucky enough to benefit from the communication. Mesoamerica, West Africa, and Japan experienced benefits and drawbacks from cultural and economic isolation. Mesoamerica faced social and economic benefits and drawbacks from being isolated. Mesoamerica was a region in the Americas, extending from central Mexico to northern Costa…

600, merchants stopped for rest and trade in towns such as Dunhuang. Buddhism spread quickly as temples arose in caves and eventually Monasteries as the silk road thrived with wealth. Arab merchants were responsible for the spread of islam among the sahara desert to west african people. The coastal people of africa were influenced by muslim traders and encouraged to convert to islam. This helped the trade routes thrive as well by establishing a strong cultural foundation to set up trade…