Compare And Contrast The Kingdoms Of East Africa And West India

Africa, like many other continents, was a very tremendous and a very diverse civilization that is very complicated to introduce due to all its wonderful but also diverse features and beliefs. From the differences between its society and language to its religion and politics, Africa always had the reputation that its empires, cities, and kingdoms never progressed in the developments and achievements for their civilization. Many people believed that the Europeans were actually the cause of Africa’s achievements and advanced developments for their civilizations. However, this is further than the whole truth. Before the arrival of the Europeans between the 15th and 16th century, African kingdoms, empires, and cities had many achievements and accomplishments

35) Between 1200-1500 CE, Africa and Asia experienced a continuity in social and cultural ways. Tropical Africans and Asians continued to follow the familiar pattern of the seasons, cycle of religion and festivals, and necessary occupations.

Africa’s culture has been influenced by trade networks and the presence of merchants. Previously Africans had slowly been converted to Islam through the influence of Islamic merchants and the advantages being a muslim presented in their trade with Islamic caliphates. From 1000 CE to 1750 CE Islamic influence remained because most Europeans were unsuccessful in converting Africans to Christianity. Some small kingdoms did convert but not many. This was due to the fact that conversion was not one othe the European merchants objectives. During this time Africa continued to remain largely divided. Only small

What is the world-historical importance of the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai and why did each lose their empire?

African civilizations prior to initial contact with Europeans in the mid-15th century were scientifically, politically, and economically advanced. Although many scholars claim that Africa was ahistoric until Europeans “saved” them, both Ancient Egypt and Ancient Ghana empires show that Africans had created sophisticated civilizations without European influence.

People of the early African kingdoms were able to create successful trade routes with Europe and Asia, become very wealthy from conquering and gaining land, and were able to have a strong central government. All of this was done before the Europeans had reached Africa. Trade flourished on the East African coast, especially when trading was established with India and Arabia. African kingdoms were prosperous, because of their success with not only trading but also with their ability to conquer land. A governmental structure is key to allowing any kingdom to thrive, and the African people were able to achieve this.

Trade was one aspect of the advancement of African Kingdoms before the arrival of Europeans. Trade notably developed due to the location of Aksum, a kingdom in Eastern Africa. Aksum was elongated from the Red Sea to the mountains, in which is present day Ethiopia.

In the court scene of A Lesson Before Dying, the word “hog” is prominent, because it shares the demeaning qualities of the word “nigger”. Both words imply hate and disgust. However, the white attorney used “hog” instead of “nigger” because a hog is an animal that is only used to be consumed by humans. From when a person is a child, to when that person develops and grows into an adult, that person may be bound to becoming a slave to his or her environment. Also what a person is taught as a child and raised around, has the strong possibility of determining their content of their character.

Hearding people continued in Afroeurasia's history during the seventh and eighth centuries. After 300 years of disturbances on Inner Eurasian routes, traffic finally picked up in the sixth century. This happened because of the success of the steppe and mountain empires. Warriors called the Turk founded the most recent new states. They took advantage of new silk roads and helped recover to push it further.  They were also known to a pastoral nomadic tribe who spoke Turkic languages. The Turk cavalry was armed and the most powerful army who conquered distant tribes. Two empire rose power. The first one flourished from 552 to 630. The second, lasted from 682 to 744. The huge states dominated the big stretch of Inner Eurasia between China and the Pontic-Caspian.

Consider how Africa’s geography has changed over time. What positive and negative effects would these changes have had on human populations on the continent? As their new homes changed they were able to adapt due to their innovative mindset. This can be attributed to the new found organization thanks to language. Allowing Africans to grow and expand throughout the entire continent. Other factors that can be attributed are the change in geography for some parts such as the Sahara drying out and swamps and lakes disappeared.

The achievements of the African kingdoms and cities were better before the arrival of the Europeans. The Niger River created a place where all the kingdoms could trade, since the kingdoms were all around it and made a way to transport goods. The salt and gold trade was a way so one place that had to much gold and had very little of salt would get the salt they need and the opposite for the other city-state. Mansa Musa was so generous that he made the gold worth go down by giving out so much gold. The western African kingdoms had achievements like the salt and gold trade, the Niger River to help them trade along with, and Mansa Musa that gave out gold and helped Mali become twice the size it was.

There are numerous changes and continuities in the trade networks between Eurasia and Africa from 300CE-1450CE. The reasons trade between Africa and Eurasia was so people could get any necessary goods they needed, and also so they could become wealthy off of the trade even though they lived in different regions. But, the goods that had been traded changed such as Persian rugs, gold, indigo, and salt. Also, the trading of many ideas, which altered religion and

During the post-classical period, there was islam everywhere. You could see it in architecture, in laws and codes, and in the people themselves; but as islam diffused throughout eurasia, several places received it differently. The different impacts that islam had on these individual is shown in the prime examples of south asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In both of these countries, Islam allowed trade to flourish and facilitated the spread of knowledge, but as the religion spread to different regions, who converted and how it affected political empire varied greatly, dependant on the region and culture involved.

In 1450 Eritrea was a small province located in North-East Africa. Eritrea fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1557, and the Turks claimed it as one of their colonies. The Ottoman Turks had easy access to Eritrea, as it borders the Red Sea. Seeing this as an opportunity, the Turks conquered the port city of Massawa, along with its’ bordering cities, and administered a new area named the province of Habesh. The Ottoman Turks controlled Eritrea for three centuries until the Rubattino (Italian) Navigation Company began to take territory along the coast near the town of Aseb in 1880; the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 allowed for this. Two years later, the territory was officially claimed as Italian Territory; Italian troops arrive at this new territory

To begin with, the rise in oceanic trading during this time period had a direct and profound impact on Africa. Though this was not the first time in history that the world’s oceans were used to trade with Africa, there was seen a tremendous rise in both the trade’s significance and volume. Note that this increase in trade was not as prevalent on Africa’s interior as it was on coastal Africa, which includes the coastlines of the continent that touch the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. (Getz, 25) The use of the Mediterranean Sea was the main catalyst for the “cosmopolitanization” of Mediterranean Africa for many