The adoption of Christianity and Islam greatly shaped the development of ancient Africa. The introduction of both religious also affected state formation in Africa. Some states identified with Islam‚ while others pursued Christianity as the prominent religion. Islam expanded through the trade routes‚ making a specific impact in West Africa and the Sudan. With the arrival of Europeans‚ Christianity was already present in Ethiopia. Both religions are still present in current African culture. In the
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Part I: The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE is a historical event that has puzzled historians for centuries‚ leading to various theories and debates about its causes. One crucial internal factor was the economic decline of the empire. According to Campbell (n.d.)‚ by the time Emperor Diocletian assumed power in 284 CE‚ the Roman Empire was facing economic turmoil‚ with international trade networks failing and the vastly connected world of the empire nearly disappearing. Diocletian implemented
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CCOT Essay Between 200 BCE and 1450 CE‚ the Silk Road held onto its true purpose while undergoing numerous transformations over time. The trade between East Asia and Europe remained the focus of the route while the materials transferred across the land began to change. Just as well‚ nation states took on new names and lands were divvied up to create new countries. Though there were changes in the goods passed along the Silk Road‚ it never lost its true‚ original purpose. Asia’s economy‚ more
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Early History Mali is a country located in West Africa. Before Europeans arrived‚ there were 3 major civilizations in Mali. These Great African civilizations grew and prospered while most of the European continent was still in the dark ages. The Kingdom of Ghana was the first‚ the Mali Empire was the second‚ and the Songhai Empire was the third. The capital of the Ghana Empire was Koumbi Saleh. It existed from c. 300 until c. 1236. This Empire grew rich from the Trans-Saharan trade in gold and
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of 2012‚ Islam was the second largest religion under christianity with 1.3 billion followers.(http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/comparison_charts/islam_judaism_christianity. htm)The Islamic belief was not always this big though. It originated like most other religions as a group of a few select followers under a founding leader. After many years though‚ the religions popularity began to grow among many civilizations. The Islam religion spread very rapidly leading to many social‚ political‚ and economic
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HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA Overview The history of West Africa is the long history of human movements‚ incursions‚ displacements‚ intermixtures of peoples‚ and of the impact of these on the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ social and political organization to the peoples West Africa. The history of West Africa can be divided into three major periods: first‚ its prehistory‚ second‚ colonial period‚ in which Great Britain and France controlled nearly the whole of the region and the post-independence era‚ in
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trade networks between Africa and Eurasia from circa 300 CE to 1450 CE experienced many changes in their merchandise trade and who they traded with. Also‚ there were continuities involving their methods of trade. Among these changes and continuities technological advancements were made and cultural and political aspects were also affected. At the beginning‚ there were primary trade routes and the exclusive trade they had. Primary trade routes were between Europe and North Africa and through the Indian
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Culture of West Africa Geography and climate West Africa includes the western part of the Maghreb (Western Sahara‚ Morocco‚ Algeria and Tunisia)‚ occupies an area of more than 6.14 million km2‚ or about one-fifth of Africa. The vast majority of these lands consist of the plains lying less than 300 meters above sea level‚ although some elevation exists in many countries along the southern coast region. The northern part of the West African semi-arid terrain is made up of known as the Sahel
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Islam VS The West Westerners tend to think of Islamic societies as backward- looking‚ oppressed by religion‚ and inhumanely governed‚ comparing them to their own enlightened‚ secular democracies. But measurement of the cultural distance between the West and Islam is a complex undertaking‚ and that distance is narrower than they assume. Islam is not just a religion‚ and certainly not just a fundamentalist political movement. When people think of Islam they think of all the crazy beliefs and a religion
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CCOT Cody Tavella P.3 When analyzing the commerce in the Indian Ocean Region from 650 CE to 1750 CE there were many changes and continuities. A significant consistency was the use of the trade routes because the traders and economic groups in the region continued to use the area to complete their transactions of exports and imports. A large change that happened was the increased involvement of the Europeans. Because over time they started to partake in the trading due to their colonizing of
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