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The lower part of Africa below the Sahara, that area was never really isolated but it was hard and difficult to contact. Between 800 and 1500 C.E the contact with the “outside world” grew intensely.

The conversion of Africa to Islam is known as one of the most important transformations of precolonial Africa. The spread of Islam in Africa can be credited to its regard for neighborhood societies. Muslims didn't drive Africans to change over to Islam and endured changes over joining components of indigenous religions with Islam. The Arabs additionally brought training and set up great focuses of learning in Cairo and Timbuktu. The feeling of fellowship between Muslims likewise fit well with the African feeling of group, and their faith in tending to the less lucky has affected various African people group. The spread of Islam also led to Swahili Urban Development, State Formation and an overall new way of life.

Islam: Empire of Faith is a pretty general documentary about a large history of Islam in such a short viewing time. Sometimes the moving picture media can have a different effect than the static reading media. I think this is a great counter to the normal textbook learning that occurs during class. While reading about the beginning Islam, I felt more of an oppression of Muhammad as he was trying to get his word of God out to the people around him. When he left Mecca it was not pleasant but it didn’t seem like he was going to die before he left. When he returned to Mecca with his followers it just seemed like he was a returning son, back with good news. When presented with the video evidence of the process, it seemed that his desire to let

They have learned a lot from their ancestors and use it in daily living. I would still assume that they live off of the land and use no technology and electricity. Of course some may have adapted to live now and live in homes. They believe in the afterlife, and worship the sun, rain, and nature. They have many gods.

The Coptic Orthodox Christian community is the largest and oldest Christian minority in the Middle East today. While there is no accurate consensus of their size in Egypt, numerous accounts place them between 8 to 12 percentages of Egypt's current population.2 And may be more.

The Muslim world in the 1320’s was dangerous but orderly. The Muslim world was a very different place than the rest of the world with unique customs. Which scattered with robbers here and there is a orderly place.

They were able to convert Keopuolani, Ka’ahumanu (the Kuhina Nui), and even converts Kalanimoku from Catholicism into

Prior to researching about the Navajo Native American art forms, I was unaware of all the various forms of art seen in their culture. Most people think of the paintings and drawings when they think of art, but there are other forms of art and ways to be expressive without painting and drawing. Upon researching this fascinating culture, I learned so much more about their lives and the forms of art that they create. Throughout this paper I will be talking about the different art forms the Navajo culture possesses. The Navajo art forms consist of jewelry, blankets, rugs, pottery and baskets.

Edward Curtis IV is Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Curtis is also founding co-editor of the Journal of Africana Religions. Edward Curtis’s credentials include a B.A., Kenyon College, 1993. M.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 1997. D.Litt et Phil., University of South Africa, 2000. Curtis does not seem to endorse or show any bias towards any one particular group or person. The main topics in the book only seem to analyze Muslims around the world as a whole and how they interact with other each and other religious groups around the

Chapter 14 in the book Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective of the Past by Herrry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler is mainly about Muhammad, the prophet, and his world, the expansion of Islam, economy and society of the early Islamic world, and its values and cultural exchanges.

Throughout the history of mankind, a vast variety of achievements can be noted. Whether it be the discovery of fire, electricity, democracy, etc., humans have mastered the art of advancing themselves toward modern civilization. However, the history of mankind is also burden with many acts of darkness. Centuries ago, the slavery system was created and this hateful act continues to haunt the world to this day. A common miss conception of slavery, is that it began with the Europeans kidnapping Africans and taking them to the New World for agricultural purposes. However, slavery stretches much farther than the early developments of the United Sates. For example, the word slavery is derived from the root word “Slav”, which originated from the the Slavic people who were subjugated by other Europeans in the early developments of mankind. (Azumah) Western slavery is often connected with being the most heinous act towards the African people in history. With that said, many people are unaware of the Arab Muslim slave trade that occurred which resulted in the deaths of millions of more African lives than American slavery. (Azumah)

one is Dar al-Islam - furthermore the other is Dar al-Harb. Either you are a Muslim plus fit in to the dwelling of Islam, or you are of the dwelling of war and to be discarded as well as dreaded. To live external of Islam places you at peculiar with your society, your persons, and your principles in addition to your God. They fear each who exists in this odd globe that lives comparable to Islam except is within resistance to it (Inglehart, & Norris, 2002, p. 27).

“Ghana’s history is a metaphor for what occurred in the immediate aftermath of independence in Africa,” is a quote by Kofi Awoonor, Ghana’s leading literary figure and one of Africa’s most acclaimed authors. Three of his poems illustrate the hardships and trials that the Africans faced after their claim of independence from Britain. As said by Awoonor himself, “...high hopes were crushed by the greed, corruption, and lust for power…”. The author uses multiple literary devices as a way to emphasize the adversities they faced. Kofi Awoonor symbolizes the downfall of Ghana after independence through the use of theme, mood, and symbolism in his Three Poems.

Although some Muslims were forced to convert into Christianity, some were intelligent enough to hide in Christianity so that they could secure a return to Africa (Berg 11). In several regions, the African Muslims were recognized due to their boldness in resisting conversion to Christianity. Instead, they coerced other black communities to convert to Islam. They were bold enough to protect the interest of their religion. According to Turner, the famous African Muslim slaves in Jamaica in the 1800s coerced other African Muslims in their communities to adhere to the Islamic religion (24). Islam as a religion encouraged fasting, helping one another, and fighting for justice. Resistance to other religious groups helped the Muslims slaves to

Only 18% of Muslims live in the Arab world; a fifth are found in Sub-Saharan Africa; and the world's largest Muslim community is in Indonesia.