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Felipe Fernandez Armestos Book Report

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In Felipe Fernandez- Armestos’ book Civilizations he takes us from environment to environment and shows us how different Civilizations both rise and or fall. In order to fully learn about why or how a civilization flourished or failed we have to look at all of them as examples and compare and contrast them to get a better understanding of the civilization. In chapter ten of his book Armesto speaks on the highland civilization of the old world. These civilizations are New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Iran and Tibet. Starting on page 253 of his book one of Armestos subtitles is “The Mountains of Rasselas: Civilization in Ethiopia.” FFA first speaks on how when Ethiopia was period first began it was thought to be impossible to get to because of its location. He then talks about Askum. He goes into describing what people think what Askums economic status was like. Next FFA speaks briefly on Ethiopian tradition agriculture. Armesto also talks about rulers of Ethiopia, religion, wars and isolation. Although Felipe Fernandez Armesto (FFA) speaks on a variety of different subjects concerning Ethiopia he failed to talk about Ethiopia’s poverty in the past few decades. Theodore S. Dagne on the other hand does talk about this subject in his article titled Humanitarian Crisis …show more content…

Ethiopia is definitely on the list to be helped. Ethiopia is one of the world’s poorest countries. There are millions of people in Ethiopia who need help. There is an estimated 14.3 million people at risk . There should not be millions of people that need humanitarian assistance, especially there being millions in just one country. Everyone deserves a helping hand especially helpless women and children. There should not be any hesitation to lend a hand in a country where millions of people are orphans. According to Dagne, relief organizations have labeled the condition in Ethiopia as famine

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