Tashunti Frazier 3/7/2018 CHUM 230 – Humanities – Pre- Columbus through Emancipation Quiz MR. Miles Part 1: 50 points. Identifications: IN YOUR OWN WORDS‚ be able to identify and describe the historical significance of the following. Be sure you can answer the key historical questions‚ who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ and why it’s important to history—if necessary. 1. The Nile Valley and the “Emperor of the World”: The Nile valley is a stream that streams north. Known to be the longest stream
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MOST of us know‚ or think we know‚ what the first Europeans encountered when they began their formal invasion of the Americas in 1492: a pristine world of overwhelming natural abundance and precious few people; a hemisphere where -- save perhaps for the Aztec and Mayan civilizations of Central America and the Incan state in Peru -- human beings indeed trod lightly upon the earth. Small wonder that‚ right up to the present day‚ American Indians have usually been presented as either underachieving
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West African presence prior to 1492 in the New World West Africans’ presence in the New World‚ prior Christopher Columbus‚ has always been downgraded‚ simply because historians and teachers have failed for years to recognize their actual existence in the Americas. Individuals must pay homage to dedicated historians‚ such as: Ivan Van Sertima‚ Leo Wiener and Alexander Van Wuthenau; they have proven that Africans were actually present in the New World prior to 1492 through research on Africans’ immigration
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The article “America Before Columbus” written by Lewis Lord and Sarah Burke intrigues readers interest and curiosity with an interesting topic of Native Americans and America before Columbus arrived. I will be discussing some ideas I summarized from this article. First of all‚ I have never heard of the name Cahokia before prior to reading the article. I was surprised at the fact that it was once a city in Illinois. In fact‚ the article described Cahokia as an Illinois Babylon. In addition‚ a misconception
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In "They Came Before Columbus"‚ Ivan Van Sertima stated that American cotton has an African ancestor. With this being said‚ the transferral of plants from one region to the other is somewhat similar as the migration of humans from one geographical area to another. The first plants originated in Africa‚ which explains the ancestral view of this situation. Just like it is believed that humans started from one general area‚ so did plants‚ and just like humans‚ plants traveled to different parts of
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Columbian America there is evidence to show that there were both Norse and African presence present before the arrival of Christopher Columbus’ maiden voyage in 1492. The presence of the Africans was first stated by Christopher Columbus himself in his voyage diaries‚ which he claimed was told to him by an Indian on his second voyage. This was later solidified by Portuguese seamen who also told of African navigation to Columbus. On the other hand the Nordic Movement into pre- Columbian America was stimulated
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America before Columbus Early Migrations Many people came to America by the Bering Straight COLUMBUS WAS NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER THE AMERICAS!! Civilizations in the Americas Incas ( located in Peru; largest empire in the Americas Mayans (located in Central America; developed a written system‚ calendar and agricultural advancements. Aztecs (Tenochtitlan- largest city ever to that time period) Southwestern US (based mainly on agriculture like maize‚ and they also built elaborate irrigation
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Christopher Columbus first discovered the Americas while trying to prove his theory that Europeans could reach China by sailing west from Europe. After years of study‚ he approached the rulers of several European countries to fund his exploration. Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund the voyage and in August of 1492‚ Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos with three ships and 88 men. Columbus described this first voyage to the Americas in his ship’s log‚ which proves
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resisted in ways which were characteristic to them as women as well as utilizing methods practiced by both sex. This is evident where they could and did use periods of childbearing to do the least work and in the common practice of running away. The African Mother country played a vital role in instilling courage and aggressiveness in the enslaved women that aided in their
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The great journey known by everyone was at first not wanted by many rulers. Columbus had asked King John II of Portugal first but he had refused. He then went on to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain but they also refused. Columbus was persistent with them for seven years but they kept saying no. Finally‚ he told them that he would go ask the French King for help and that was when the Spanish King and Queen changed their minds at the last minute and decided to say yes. On August 3‚ 1492 Columbus’s
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