The Role Of Plants In They Came Before Columbus By Ivan Sertima

The passage from They Came Before Columbus is important to use because it makes us think about how certain species of plants, that are not indigenous to a region, were grown or brought there. Finding new types of plants that are closely related to the ones in our own environment means that there were trade routes between nations long before Columbus and, may also explain how we colonized other continents as well, finding new types of herbs to help aide in sickness and other human ailments. The significance it has to botany is that it can tell where a certain plant originated. It can also explain a lot about the environment, for instance, a plant may have went extinct in the Americas and to rebuild that plant they had to transfer it somewhere

At Christopher Columbus Middle School, the students who were moving on to Clifton High School were given a spectacular farewell bash in the form of a circus-themed dance.

• had a formal language to write, a type of counting system, an correct calendar, and a agri system that was ahead of the time

If someone were to ask you who founded America, who would be your answer? Although many accusations have been thrown around, such as Christopher Columbus, the Vikings, or even Native American civilizations, there is historical evidence to back particularly one of those explorers up. This argument vocalizes the inaccurate portrayal that was taught about Christopher Columbus being the first to discover the Americas when in fact the Vikings came across the Americas prior to Christopher Columbus.

They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima maps out the proof of there being African American and Mexican descendants in the Americas before Christopher Columbus was said to discover America in the late 1400’s. Sertima expresses how the people during ancient and medieval times did not have cameras, but like everyone in present-day, they wanted to capture the world around them. In order to do so, they used clay to sculpt and represent the individuals who were there during 800 and 700 B.C. Sertima explains how to sculptures had very distinct Negro features that were even exaggerated by the Native Americans. It was explained that the NAtive Americans formulated these sculptures in those kinds of ways because they were representing Negro

On the second Monday in October, Christopher Columbus is celebrated for “discovering” the Americas. Since preschool and all through middle school, children are taught that he was a great Spanish explorer who sailed to the Americas on the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Children are taught that he is a hero for the discovery, and that we ought to celebrate him. This becomes a local issue because many locals believe that Columbus should not be celebrated. They argue that through Christopher Columbus’s tyranny and greed, Native Americans were slaughtered, lost their homes, and the Trail of Tears took place.

     Since the beginning of the human race mankind has depended on the natural resources in their environment for survival. They utilized the available flora to nourish their body, heal their wounds, comfort their ailments and to create products to ease their daily lives. Many of the same plants utilized thousands of years ago by the indigenous people have been integrated into modern day medicines. The scientific interest and knowledge of plants for nourishment, healing, and practical uses is called ethnobotany.

According to Howard Zinn, his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States was to give a detailed and more accurate account of the history of America. He wanted to give the history from the victim/native’s point of view. Instead of covering up the stories of the different people that weren’t included in our history lessons, he wants them to be able to be recognized as more than just the people that were eliminated by foreigners.

Plants and animals are very important to human life. Plants and animals developed natural forms

Author and professor of Africana studies, Ivan Van Sertima is known for shining a light on topics often discredited or brushed off in regards to the history of African Americans in the United States. In his book, They Came Before Columbus, Van Sertima outlines a theory about the presence and influence of black Africans during a pre-Columbian contact time period. A multitude of topics are addressed along the book, ideologies from ship traveling, trading, dynasties, and cultural identities. However, a specific theme that will be analyzed is Van Sertima’s discussion of ‘Plants and Transplants’ in a pre-Columbian America. Specifically, using Van Sertima’s outlined proposition on the history of this idea, as well as comparing with outside research

In the book They Came Before Columbus written by Ivan Van Sertima, chapter twelve, “Mystery of Mu-lan-pi”, there is a reoccurring theme of disproving the notion that Columbus brought over many different things and products from his expeditions to American to the Eastern parts of the world when in reality there is factual evidence that Africans made contact with America far before Columbus did. The author of this book, Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, has his undergraduates degree in African languages and literature from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Van Sertima also worked as a journalist in Great Britain and did broadcasted to the Caribbean and Africa. With and extensive knowledge and work experience in African American Studies it is clear why he chose to wrote this book. The idea that Columbus was the first to bring things like maize from America is widely believed to be true but Van Setima saw that this was false and published They Came Before Columbus to show the facts and evidence that Columbus was not the first person to accomplish this. After writing this book Van Sertima went on to complete a master’s degree in African Studies at Rutgers University and even became a professor of African Studies at the same university. In this essay I will be going deeper into the theme and its relationship to African American history and discussing three other articles that can be related back to chapter twelve of They Came Before Columbus.

The Renaissance was a period of rebirth for art, literature, architecture, technology, and music. It was also a time of secular learning – discovering new ideas outside the confines of the church. An emphasis in exploration also accompanied the Renaissance, using advanced tools in navigation, such as the Astrolabe, which measured latitude, making exploration more accurate. Maps became more popular, which incorporated information from past explorers to more accurately explore. Marco Polo, a man from Venice, Italy, traveled to Asia in the thirteenth century at the height of the Mongol Empire. Marco Polo documented his travels across Asia, describing

Christopher Columbus was a italian explorer that discoved what people know as America. He was born on October 31,1451 in Genoa,Italy. His mother was Susanna Fontanarossa and his father was Domenico Colombo. His family was not rich and because of it he did not recieve much education. Christopher’s partner was a women named Filipa Moniz Perestrelo.

After Columbus, more expeditions followed. In 1513 Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean and Juan Ponce de León explored the coasts of Florida. Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition sailed around the tip of South America, across the Pacific to the Philippines, through the Indian Ocean, and back to Europe around the southern tip of Africa between 1519 and

I do in my opinion think that this book is successful because the author explains everything