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    settlement of Germans was mainly in South Australia and South-Eastern Queensland. • There was significant migration during the gold rush in Victoria in the 1850s when approximately 10,000 German migrants came to work the in the gold fields. • Germans were also employed in many other roles including; in copper mines and smelters, silversmithing, winemaking and in weaving woolen cloth. • The World Wars heavily impacted German migration to Australia. • At the beginning of the First World War Australian residents

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    transported throughout the area. Before the Europeans arrived, African empires, kingdoms, and cities all achieved great government, wealth, and trade. Politics and rulers sprouted into the African lifestyle at around 800 A.D. Ghana, known as The Land of Gold, was formed by the rulers of the Soninke people. The king controlled the salt trades that passed through Ghana. This king collected tolls from all goods entering or leaving his land. After Ghana’s downfall and the attacks in Niger, all but one son

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    Dutch Brazil, sometimes referred to as New Holland, was a northern portion of a Portuguese colony located in Brazil. The colony lasted from 1630 through 1654. The colony was set into motion by the Dutch West India Company. Dutch in Brazil paved the way for Dutch Artist to come to the new world to paint and experience something never seen before. Albert Eckhout was a Dutch and still life painter. Eckhout was born in Groningen, son to Albert Eckhout and Marrying Roeleffs, and very little is known about

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    Inca In Peru

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    that they did. Isn’t that cool. The Inca people who made the art was called Goldsmiths, feather workers, and tolects. You can still find Incas art in Peru in certain places. -These were the goldsmiths who were Incas weavers they made Incas cloths and their cloth and the best fabrics. Inca was not

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    Culture is important in every aspect of life. But what roles do gender and equality play within a society or the culture within that society? Culture of course, is vital because it molds the way things are done within the society. Culture was also defined in the World Conference on Cultural Politics as “‘the whole complex of distinctive, spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or a social group. It includes not only arts and letters, but also modes of

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    tools might consist of paint brushes of various sizes, a paint roller, paint roller tray, caulking gun, caulk, sanding paper, drop cloth, putty knife, masking tape, rags, poles, and a step ladder. Bathroom Preparation Remove intrusive objects like rugs, bathroom accessories, wash cloths, towels, shower curtains, and other things that might get in the way. Place the drop cloth on areas that require protection. For example, the floor, tub, shower, toilet, sink. Repair the holes and cracks in the walls

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    David Ricardo; Comparative Advantage David Ricardo, a British political economist was born on April 18, 1772 in London, England. He was the third child of seventeen in a Sephardic Jewish family who originated from Portugal and had recently emigrated from the Dutch Republic. At the age of fourteen, Ricardo began to work with his father, Abraham Ricardo, who was a famous stockbroker. When Ricardo was twenty-one years of age, he ran off and got married with Priscilla Anne Wilkinson, a Quaker, and became

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    traded with other nations. The would take goods from Western and Central Africa and send them on the trade routes to Europe, India and the Middle East. The main goods that were traded were gold and salt. The West African gold mines made the West African Empires very rich. They also traded Kola nuts, ivory, cloth, metal goods, beads and slaves. Major trade centers developed and grew. Timbuktu, Gao, Djenne and Sijilmasas were trade centers in West Africa. Tunis, Marrakesh and Cairo were trade centers

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    of Mexico, they were influenced by the people around them. They learned many skills that strengthened their abilities as warriors. Later in 1519, while the Aztecs Empire was still, growing, Spaniards were eager to claim land for Spain in a hunt for gold and other riches. The Mexica claimed that their homeland was a island in a lake called Aztland, meaning “the place of the white heron.” The Toltecs had been the last of the powerful Mesoamericans before rise of the Aztecs. Then, the battles began and

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    Red Sea. Since Aksum’s location was so close to the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Nile River, it was a prime area to travel and trade goods not only faster but also easier (Document 1). Merchants would trade lots of items including salt, gold, ivory, gems, cloth, glass, and olive oil. Because of Aksum's location and role in international trading, the Aksum’s culture became a blend of many different cultures throughout the region. In between the eighth and eleventh century the kingdom of Ghana grew

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