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    Eating Ashes How Zulu Subsistence Methods and Culture Changed After the Anglo-Zulu War Benjamin J. McInnis ANT101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Mitra Rokni Eating Ashes: How Zulu Subsistence Methods and Culture Changed After the Anglo-Zulu War The Zulu people of South Africa made an unprecedented development from a single clan of pastoralists much like the other clans and tribes in the area of modern KwaZulu-Natal (Sithole‚ 2002. “Zulu Orientation”

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    LESSON PLAN GRADE 11 HISTORY. TOPIC: BANTU MIGRATIONS INTO CENTRAL AFRICA BEFORE 1800. OBJECTIVES: Pupils should be able to: Define the term “ Bantu” Define the term “ Migration” Explain the origin of the Bantu. Explain the causes of the migration and settlement of the Bantu Describe the ways of life of the Bantu. ORIGIN Bantu is a common term used to refer to the over 400 different ethnic groups of Africa stretching from south of the Sahara desert to South Africa that have similar

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    technology date back to 1500 A.D.‚ and are the main cause of imbalance today. While a lot of Europe‚ Asia‚ and North Africa were metal- equipped empires‚ some even on the brink of industrialization‚ parts of sub- Saharan Africa were divided among chiefdoms and still using iron tools. Most people still lived as farmers or hunter- gatherers with stone tools‚ for instance‚ the Aztecs and Incas. Already there is an imbalance between civilizations‚ as empires with steel weapons are stronger than empires

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    Military strength and power of the Kimbu society under the leadership of Nyungu-ya-Mawe made the state healthier. Nyungu-ya-Mawe was able to organize and train his army for security‚ defending both trade and the state and for expansion. He developed the famous army known as ‘Ruga-ruga’ simply meaning ‘young people with professional soldiers’. Ruga-ruga system was adopted from the Ngoni who migrated from the Natal Province in South Africa escaping the expansion of Shaka-Zulu and settled in central

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    African Art History African art history has played a significant role in shaping the culture and history of the world. The belief that Africa is the cradle of the history of mankind is virtually unshakeable. The origins of African art history lie long before recorded history‚ preserved in the obscurity of time. Rock Art is centuries old‚ while shell beads fashioned for a necklace have been recovered in a cave in the furthest reach of the southern peninsula of South Africa that are 75 000 years old

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    Part I. MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. An egalitarian society: a. Refers to the fact that all men are created equal b. Refers to the few differences in access to rewards between families an/or kin groups c. Means that females and males receive equal or nearly equal rewards d. All of the above 2. Stratified societies are noted for a. Classes and castes b. Unequal access to rewards c. Marked inequalities in access to wealth‚ power and prestige

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    Basseri of Iran Kassandra Ogles 21 July 2011 Ant 101 The Bassri are traditional pastoral nomads who inhabit the Iranian province of Fars and migrate along the mountains near the town of Sharaz. (http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Basseri-Orientation.html). Living in the mountains and plains or Iran‚ they use livestock as their primary means of living. They are nomads who travel with their livestock year round in order to get the most use out of their herd

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    structured in the same way as European society (i.e. with royalty ruling over a region). While this may be true in the Islamic sultanates in Mindanao‚ the Visayan societies were structured along a loose federation of city-states (more accurately‚ a chiefdom). The most powerful datu in such a federation has limited power over other member datu‚ but they had no direct control over the subjects or lands of the other datu.[6] Thus Magellan believed wrongly that since Rajah Humabon was the "king" of Cebu

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    With that in mind‚ one can say that they fall under the chiefdom’s organizational structure. Chiefdom means that “there is still no one central authority over the whole society‚ but because there are more individual units making up the society‚ there are numerous central authorities‚ the chiefs‚ who lead groups of those individual units”(Berk‚ 2009

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    More praise for Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel "No scientist brings more experience from the laboratory and field‚ none thinks more deeply about social issues or addresses them with greater clarity‚ than Jared Diamond as illustrated by Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. In this remarkably readable book he shows how history and biology can enrich one another to produce a deeper understanding of the human condition." —Edward O. Wilson‚ Pellegrino University Professor‚ Harvard University "Serious‚ groundbreaking biological

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