Still Africa Research Paper
Why Africa is Still Africa?
Is Africa an important part of world history? George Hegel, a German philosopher, stated in one of his quotes that “Africa has no historical part of the world, and has no movement to exhibit.” This report will discuss the importance of Africa, and why Greg Hegel was incorrect through the development of major cities, huge empires, and a few dynasties. The Mali Empire was first established by Sundiata Keita in the mid thirteenth century(Pg 244 Spielvogel) when he united the Malinke peoples, and over time the empire grew until it overthrew the empire of Ghana. It began to lose power in the 1400’s and fully collapsed in the sixteenth century. The Mali empire is still best known for its sultan, Mansa Musa. Mansa Musa …show more content…
The first major city is Timbuktu. Timbuktu emerged around the fifth century AD. For hundreds of years, Timbuktu was the center of scholastic study in the Islamic world, and thousands of people went there to learn and worship. Three ancient Mosques that still stand there today and the city holds many of the books and papers. Timbuktu was also well known for the salt trade, which they depended on for survival. Next is Djenne, Djenne is the oldest known city in the sub-Saharan desert. Djenne is located about 220 miles from Timbuktu, and was founded by merchants around 800 AD. Djenne flourished as a meeting point for traders from the deserts. The city thrived because of it’s easy access to the Niger River, which connected them to Timbuktu. Djenne built three moscow's for Jewish worship and teaching. They were all made out of sun dried mud bricks. The walls were about twenty to twenty five inches thick for insulation from the sun's heat. The great Moscow can hold about 3000 people, and every pillar is topped off with an ostrich egg to show purity and fertility. Every year there is a huge festival throughout the city called Crepissage. During the festival all the young people would help replaster the
Is Africa an important part of world history? George Hegel, a German philosopher, stated in one of his quotes that “Africa has no historical part of the world, and has no movement to exhibit.” This report will discuss the importance of Africa, and why Greg Hegel was incorrect through the development of major cities, huge empires, and a few dynasties. The Mali Empire was first established by Sundiata Keita in the mid thirteenth century(Pg 244 Spielvogel) when he united the Malinke peoples, and over time the empire grew until it overthrew the empire of Ghana. It began to lose power in the 1400’s and fully collapsed in the sixteenth century. The Mali empire is still best known for its sultan, Mansa Musa. Mansa Musa …show more content…
The first major city is Timbuktu. Timbuktu emerged around the fifth century AD. For hundreds of years, Timbuktu was the center of scholastic study in the Islamic world, and thousands of people went there to learn and worship. Three ancient Mosques that still stand there today and the city holds many of the books and papers. Timbuktu was also well known for the salt trade, which they depended on for survival. Next is Djenne, Djenne is the oldest known city in the sub-Saharan desert. Djenne is located about 220 miles from Timbuktu, and was founded by merchants around 800 AD. Djenne flourished as a meeting point for traders from the deserts. The city thrived because of it’s easy access to the Niger River, which connected them to Timbuktu. Djenne built three moscow's for Jewish worship and teaching. They were all made out of sun dried mud bricks. The walls were about twenty to twenty five inches thick for insulation from the sun's heat. The great Moscow can hold about 3000 people, and every pillar is topped off with an ostrich egg to show purity and fertility. Every year there is a huge festival throughout the city called Crepissage. During the festival all the young people would help replaster the