if someone has a theory which involves radical departure from what the experts have professed‚ he is expected to defend his position by providing evidence in its support.” Professor Mary Lefkowitz makes this statement in her book Not Out of Africa‚ a response to Martin Bernal’s Black Athena. Bernal’s book argues that Ancient Egypt along with other civilizations “… played fundamental roles in the formation of Ancient Greece.” Lefkowitz‚ being a classical scholar disagrees with Bernal as well as Dr
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religions of existence‚ affected Africa and Europe in several different manners with its Muslim followers. They created numerous changes in these countries through their cultural‚ scientific‚ and religious influence. For instance‚ Islam have introduced several new art styles into Africa‚ such as their mosques and geometric designs. Politically‚ they physically conquered Africa‚ forcing upon it their religious views. Religiously‚ the Muslims converted the Africans and Europeans with their beliefs in Islam
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European Imperialism in Africa As a whole‚ Africa was ruined by the Europeans’ greed during the early 1900’s. The European countries were very strong nationalists and they came together and decided to show their superiority by imperializing other continents and countries rather than fight with each other. They chose Africa as the best place to imperialize because of its natural resources and availability. This is what introduced the Berlin Conference. At this meeting‚ representatives from Great
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The scramble for Keynes’ mantle kalyani Deshpande shruti Aran sonia Singh Shagun Anand Padmakshi Karanjkar Shaurya Talwar About the research paper: The author of the paper is Abba Lerner. This paper was prepared for the meeting of the American Economic Association‚ December 29‚ 1977. He was considered as one of the most influential post-Keynes economist. His most famous works include: Marshall-Lerners’ condition‚ functional finance‚ economics of control‚ etc. According to the author
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LEO: Literacy Education Online Writing a Reaction or Response Essay Reaction or response papers are usually requested by teachers so that you’ll consider carefully what you think or feel about something you’ve read. The following guidelines are intended to be used for reacting to a reading although they could easily be used for reactions to films too. Read whatever you’ve been asked to respond to‚ and while reading‚ think about the following questions. How do you feel about what you
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Trade Networks Between Africa and Eurasia from 300 CE to 1450 CE “No nation was ever ruined by trade.” This quote was said by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1700s. These words are so simple‚ and it seems like anyone could have said them. However‚ this quote has a bigger meaning in that throughout world history‚ trade has been so important to so many countries and it has led to many empires successes. It has occurred for a very long time‚ and it has progressed dramatically. Trade has changed a lot
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mass internal migration shaped the experiences of African Americans and European immigrants in the United States. After generations of slavery‚ the Civil War and Reconstruction finally allowed African Americans to expect inclusion in mainstream white American society and basic rights of citizenship. The African American experience depended heavily on sectionalism and migration patterns and it was consistently marred by racism and discrimination. European immigrants brought their cultures to the United
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19th century Europe had colonized Africa. The Europeans had many reason for why they wanted to colonize Africa. They were generally all political and economic reasons. It was easy for Europeans to colonize and take over Africa because slave trade had made the Europeans believe that Africans were inferior to them. This was in fact the justification for the Europeans to have such an imperialistic way of thinking. Between the 1870s and 1900‚ Africa faced European imperialist aggression‚ diplomatic
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reasons which caused Europeans to enslave Africans. Europeans and Americans enslaved Africans for economic‚ social and psychological reasons. In my opinion‚ the main economic reason that the Europeans and Africans enslaved Africans was because it was cheaper labor. A key social reason was the Americans and Europeans enslaved Africans was because the Europeans had slaves in their homeland and it was socially acceptable. The chief psychological reason was the Europeans and Americans believed
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by The world economy‚ especially its basic industries. Strong economy increases production and demand for iron ore and coal. Over 85% of the cargo carried by capesizes is these two products. Changes in trade patterns. For example‚ if a Western European country decided to switch its supply of iron ore from the United States to Australia‚ the demand for capesizes would increase since the distance between Europe and Australia is greater than the distance between Western Europe and the United States
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