Essay on African Civilization

Like many other continents in the world Africa has a lot of differences in itself for example there are differences in geography ,language, politics, religion and other things in life due to Africa’s lack of political government over an extended period of time.

How did geography affect society, culture, and trade of the kingdom of Ghana? The Kingdom of Ghana had lots of trade and transportation through Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean region which they traded with Rome. They had plenty of gold and food resources which helped the people throughout time. The empire had some few political problems.

To conclude this essay, Africa and China were very different in ways such as ruling style and religion, but also very similar when it came to family groups and trade. China and Africa both were great countries in terms of success and trade. Religion and government, ruling style, family groups, and trade were the main points of each

Geography had a high impact on the development British North America colonies because it affected what economic activities each region would be successful in performing. The Southern colonies had flat land, long growing seasons, wider rivers and coastline which made it the perfect region for plantation farming, specifically rice, tobacco, and indigo which they were then able to transport to other areas in the colonies and England due to the rivers and coastlines that provided much faster and cheaper transportation. The Middle colonies had four equal seasons which allowed enough time for grains to grow hence the name the “breadbasket” colonies. The New England colonies had natural and deep harbors, forests, hills, and cold, short growing

“ Parts of sub-Saharan Africa were divided among small states or chiefdom's with iron tools.” “While Aboriginal Australians and many Native Americans remained hunter-gatherers, most of Eurasia and much of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa gradually developed agriculture, herding, metallurgy, and complex political organization. “ Therefore, the European Imperialists have not only impacted the Caribbean, Aztec and Inca Empires and North America, Africa was also impacted

Many contemporary scholars such as John Iliffe rashly characterize Africa as a hostile environment that induces weak agriculture and small population. Yes, their perception about Africa is sound to some degree because African geography suggests that its environment is less suitable for certain types of harvesting. Also, there are some diseases more prevalent in Africa. However, it is hasty to judge Africa solely based on these features, and such judgment parochially overlooks other characteristics of African environment that enable its inhabitants to live a life that is not at all inferior but quintessentially different from western continents. In contrary to the typical stereotype, Africa contains a rich diversity of plants and foods sources

They had many different religions, language, complex institutions, cities, and advanced technology. They were growing basic plants and breeding animals. Also throughout Africa there were industrial advancements such as mining and agriculture, herding. Gold was a big economic item for Africa. Camel Caravans revolutionized trading. They could carry more and heavier items over a long distance. Clearly Africa had developed a complex society, which was soon all taken away.

1. How was the development of African Civilizations different from other Ancient Civilizations? How was it similar?

It is believed that our ancestors came from africa into eurasia. One thing that made human geography flourished was plant and animal domestication. When people became building water building bases, the most prominent cultures sustained local expansion. A thousand years ago China has the largest population and still does. The greatest changes over the past millennium were not with eurasia and africa but with america and australia because the europeans decimated the people already there. People in eurasia and africa and aboriginal australians, they had not changed their natural environment. One of the thing that changes the environment is climate change. The point is that boundaries are created to limit human movement.

The colonization of Africa by European nations in the late nineteenth century brought many changes from. Different nation took hold of various countries in Africa, which created a diversity among African nations. European colonization effect Africa socially and culturally. Colonization brought many conflicts between Africa nations due to be colonization by different European countries. African were stripped of their culture because of colonization and had to deal with mistreatment.

Africa and the Americas became the first areas of the world to experience significant consequences from European expansion. Both experienced demographic and biological changes, political confusions, and the introduction of new trade patterns, religions, and technologies. (site). However the depth and extent of the European impact was also totally different for each region. It is said that African was affected and the Americas were transformed.

Africa is the world’s oldest inhabited continent, filled with the richest recourses and perhaps the richest history. However, in order to truly understand Africa’s amazing culture and society, we must first start at the very beginning. We must first look at how Africa came about, why it looks the way it does and why it’s location makes it such a unique place.

Africa and America are two very different continents but can still be compared throughout their history. After previously researching Americas history it came about that a vital part of the American culture come down the native people deciding to move or remain in one place due to a huge climate change, a very similar thing happened in West Africa. In about 5500BC it was the ‘beginning of the desertification of north Africa, which ultimately lead to the formation of the Sahara desert from land that was previously savannah, though is still wetter than today. It's possible this process pushed people in the area into migrating to the region of the Nile in the east, thereby laying the groundwork for the rise of Egyptian civilization.’ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_environmental_history].

One of the main issues to combat when thinking about Africa is stereotyping. There are eight major myths that are stigmatized with Africa; however, there are two that are vital in understanding Africa. To begin with, Africa is not one huge country, but a continent with about 53 countries. This is extremely important to know because it combats the idea that it is just one grand one cultured land mass. Knowing this not only gives one a deeper understanding of the world we live in, but an awareness of the great diversity within Africa. This is further explained in the next myth that everyone in Africa is black, pagan and uneducated. Africa is quite the opposite with a range of living standards and forms of

Africa, being the second largest continent in the world, has a total population of about 700 million people. The main trading ports go through South Africa making it the powerhouse of the region (Africa-An Overview). Africa has a very diverse climate and there are a total of three different climate regions. Madagascar is home of the tropical rain forest climate, and have a year full of hot weather and heavy rain fall because they are the closest to the equator. The northern and southern regions of Africa are referred to as the tropical savanna climate with high temperatures and moderate rain fall. The outskirts of the north and south have a Mediterranean climate with rain fall in the fall.