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    A Critique Abstract      A Biography of the Continent Africa, written by John Reader is an extensive chronological and topical study of Africa. Support reveals the earliest corroboration of the existence of human antecedents was discovered in east Africa at locations scattered north and south of the equator. The discovery shows fossilized bones, stone tools, and the most significant of all, a trail of footprints in the preserved mud pan surface. The trail shows

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    Christianity in Africa is not a recent happening nor is it a product of colonialism if we go back to the very time of the apostle. Christianity in most area was confronted during the centuries after the struggle by Islam, the Christian religion suffered in some measure, but did not disappear. Christianity has been flourishing on the northern part of this continent for years before Islam was born. Christianity in North Africa seemed to have been well founded deeply entrenched and firmly led. My research

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    The first historical item I have found in this article was Maj. Gen. George Patton. He was born in San Gabriel, California on November 11, 1885. Considered one of the most successful combat generals in U.S history, he was the first officer assigned to the Tank Corps in WWI. During WWII, he helped lead the Allies to victory in the invasion of Sicily, and was instrumental to the liberation of Germany from the Nazis. He was skilled at tank warfare. He died on December 21, 1945 in Heidelberg, Germany

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    While the nearness of Islam in West Africa goes back to eighth century, the spread of the confidence in locales that are presently the cutting edge conditions of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Nigeria, was in reality, a progressive and complex procedure. A lot of what we think about the early history of West Africa originates from medieval records composed by Middle Easterner and North African geographers and antiquarians. Experts have utilized a few models to disclose why

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    the other hand, it was not so easy for Africans to escape and travel back to Africa, and if they did attempt to escape, the punishment in most cases was death. Slavery was profitable and the slaves were sustainable to the tobacco plantations. The African were physically able to work under harsh conditions and another key aspect is that although the African slaves were from Africa they came from different parts of Africa and were diverse in language and skills. The diversity especially in language

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    Throughout history, historians and archeologists uncovered many fascinating discoveries. Two significant findings were the Clovis and Folsom discoveries. The early humans left behind clues for archaeologists to understand a part of their life. There were a few written records, so archaeologists focused primarily on artifacts to find out information about the past. In order to find out more about the past, archaeologists looked to the Folsom discoveries to help recognize early human origin, migration

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    water with pow in the african desert. Rommel was one of the few German High Command who didn’t participate in war crimes, and is still highly regarded in Germany. Rommel was a smart person who was on the wrong side of history. Before Rommel rose to fame in France and North Africa during the late 1930s and early 1940s he was a soldier in world war 1. Rommel joined the army in 1910. In 1911 he went to officer school. When WW1 broke out in 1914 he was sent to fight. During the war he ranked up quickly

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    the oil fields of the Caucasus; Axis forces in Africa seemed on the verge of pushing the British out of Egypt; and German U-boat wolf packs preyed on Allied shipping with relative impunity [1]. Late in 1942, however, two significant Allied successes served to turn the tide against the Axis powers. At El Alamein, a British offensive defeated General Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps, while almost simultaneously a huge Anglo-American force landed in North Africa to contest Axis control; Operation Torch. The

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    The Relationship between Migration and Disease in Africa during European Imperialism During the era of European Imperialism, from approximately 1880 to 1930, an increasing number of Europeans began to colonize West Africa. Because of this colonization many African natives migrated eastward, inadvertently transporting diseases to which the East Africans were not immune (Ransford 76). This phenomenon can be explained through examining the implications of geographical isolation, the

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    timeline of events and more cultural history of the dynamic in the region. The first half of the book is more obviously focused on the chronological explanation of events and delving into the reasons for why things happened the way they did. As the book progresses, it noticeably starts to focus on the more cultural

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