Timbuktu

1. A multitude of technologies sprung up to help the growth of trade and agriculture. One is the compass created by China. The compass allowed sea traders to more accurately figure out which direction their ship was sailing and improved trade in the long run because traders could get to their destinations quicker as well as return home quicker. Another technology that promoted growth of trade were ships that could sail against the wind like lateens. This allowed trade in southern Asia to…

What were the key results of the Neolithic Revolution? They had a lot of agricultural products they was very big in that and art. What is diffusion in the context of societal developments? The Ten Commandments’ injunction to “honor thy mother and father” gives Judaism the greatest degree of commonality with what belief systems? confucianism Why did the development of agriculture lead to an increase in population? It lead to agriculture because the more food they made more people moved in to…

The Scramble for Africa The general idea or definition most people associate imperialism with is the overtaking or influence a country has over another country in which the other country has relatively a weaker government and military system. This is supported in the book ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” in which the writers states “Africa spring mainly from the fact that Africa lost power. Power is the ultimate determinant in human society, being basic to the relations within any group and…

founder and first ruler of Mali, Mansa Musa, had expanded the territory to a population of forty million people. He had even given away gold on his pilgrimage to Mecca. There was also a centre of education, trade, and culture, that was located in Timbuktu. On the East African Coast, the Swahili City-States was very successful by trade where they acted as middlemen, and had developed their…

The morning was crazy almost being late to school and missed the bus for the 8th grade overnight trip.The bus was late by 15 minutes and it felt like an eternity. I was rushing like crazy because the bus came late and I had to wake up super early because i had to get to school at 8:00am. The bus ride to Indian Head Camp took like 2 hours. The bus ride wasn’t bad because I sat with my best friends and we ate snacks that we brought the day before. When we got to the camp it was bigger than we…

Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song (1971; Sweetback hereinafter) is a low-budget, 97-minute-long independent film written, directed, produced and scored by Melvin Van Peebles (b. 1932). Its production is considered a watershed in the history of US filmmaking. Sweetback’s firm stand on racism in the movie industry and the wider US socio-political context is still pertinent today as the racist ideology is disturbingly still with us today. Hence, the importance of revisiting Sweetback to unpack its…

These new individuals kept the strong practices of Ghana until it was invaded and became Songhay. Songhay was 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…

When I was younger and living in South America I used to watch some soap operas with my mom and dad. Many of this soap operas showed a lot of history especially from Brazil. It wasn’t all true but there was a lot of resemblance with what had really happened in the years where many African individuals were landing in Brazil and the Caribbean colonies. From this large amounts only six percent was landing in United States. One of the big differences is that most of the African slaves arriving in…

Avantika Shrestha Professor Kwak HNRS 101-01 Reading Notes on Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen Introduction (pg. 1-9) History provides us the blueprint of how we became to be what we are today History is often the subject that high school students find the most boring and irrelevant; often a high school subject that makes you dumber, the more you learn "American history is full of fascinating and important stories"; it often captivates and entices its audiences but students often find…

This essay will discuss and analyse how far the album Buena Vista Social Club can be considered a great work, paying particular attention to the music on the album, the recording process and the impact and reactions of the Cuban public. In the year of 1997 the album BVSC was released and managed to sell 8 million copies. The album was produced by popular guitarist and film score composer Ry Cooder and featured 20 musicians. Ry Cooder had met Nick Gold, the world music producer who worked for…