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    occupying southern Africa along with other Later Iron Age societies such as the Ovambo‚ Herero‚ Sotho-Tswana and Xhosa (Wikipedia‚ 2014; Shillington‚ 2012). Before the mid-1600s‚ the pastoralist Khoisan people‚ just like the other southern states and chiefdoms‚ had been sustaining themselves through the rearing‚ use‚ and exchange of Nguni sheep and cattle as well as the inter-regional trade of other goods like copper‚ iron‚ dagga‚ and tobacco (Shillington‚ 2012). In the 16th century‚ European sailing

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    Taino vs Kalinago

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    COMPARING TAINO & KALINAGO TAINO KALINAGO SETTLEMENT & LOCATION: Usually located near the sea or river either on a plain or on the hillside overlooking the sea. Territories settled: SETTLEMENT & LOCATION: Usually located near the sea on the windward side of the island to guard against surprise attacks. Territories settled: SOCIAL LIFE: Taino society had a strong class structure. The most important persons enjoyed certain privileges as well as power. Taino had a hierarchical

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    SOCIAL EVOLUTIONISM & HISTORICISM (Aguilar‚ Alexa Nicole Dizon‚ Isabela Maquimot‚ Jaimee Faye) * Introduction to Social/Sociocultural Evolutionism Commonalities among Classical Theories * Social Evolution is the process by which structural reorganization is affected through time‚ eventually producing a form or structure which is qualitatively different from the ancestral form. * Society is inevitable to change. * Societies start out in a primitive state and gradually become

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    Racial Bias Research Paper

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    Works Cited Barry‚ Dan. “Bias Suit Filed on Behalf of Disabled Men in South Carolina Meat Plant.” The New York Times‚ www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/bias-suit-disabled-workers-meat-plant.html?mtrref=www.google.com&_r=0. Accessed 23 Feb. 2017. The perception that non-able bodied people are not hardworking or are a hassle is the reason why less than half of non-able bodied people are unemployed. However‚ even when non-able bodied people are able to find jobs‚ they might have to work in horrendous conditions

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    Bundu Mask Analysis

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    Victor Hoang /Jack Nguyen; Period 4 Art Analysis AP Art History; 2015-2016; Silvertooth Title: Bundu Mask or Sowei Helmet Mask Artists/Architecture: Made by Sande Society and Mende People‚ carved by a male carver Date: Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries 250: Y Period/Culture: Pan-West African‚ Mende Location: Moyamba District‚ Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Guinea‚ Ivory Coast‚ Brooklyn Museum Scale/Size: 39.4 cm x 23.5 cm x 26 cm Patron: Sande Society; Sande

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    Human Civilization

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    ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVISION POORPOLIO AGE: Paleolithic period or Old Stone Age is the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind’s history. It is approximately coextensive with the Pleistocene geologic epoch‚ beginning about 2 million years ago and ending in various places between 40‚000 and 10‚000 years ago‚ when it was succeeded by the Mesolithic Period. NOBOPOLIO AGE: The Neolithic Age or New Stone Age was a period in the development of human technology‚ beginning

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    course outline

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    THEMES IN GLOBAL HISTORY TO 1500 CE Location: B-5-165 Times: M/W 12:50-2:05 Course Version: Fall 2014 Course Provider: History 1001 FMWA Baruch Instructor: Prof. Anna Lucille Boozer Office: Room 284 in Black and Latino Studies (4th Floor) Email: Anna.Boozer@baruch.cuny.edu Office Tel: 646-312-4326 Office hours: Wed 11:30-12:30 Office Hours should be used for drop-in meetings that will take 10 minutes or less. Please email me for a longer appointment or if you cannot make the scheduled

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    When we look at Africa for that past couple of years wee see Genocide in Rwanda and Darfur ‚instability in Sierra Leone‚ lack of a government in Somalia‚ Civil War in Sudan ‚ land grabbing and AIDS in Zimbabwe‚ Diamond and Oil wars in Angola‚ Crime in South Africa. . Not to mention the problems caused by foreign debt‚ and affected by international ignorance and exploitation. In this paper I will try to you asses the political economic legacy of colonialism in Africa. the legacy is substantially

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    Cahokia: a History

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    increased as corn agriculture expanded their food base and social‚ political‚ religious and economic organization became more complex. During the Mississippian period (A.D. 1000-1400) Cahokia literally "exploded” around AD 1050‚ becoming a huge complex chiefdom‚ a regional capital that many have called a “city.” Its exact size at any one time is unknown‚ but at its peak‚ from A.D. 1050-1150‚ it may have had a population of 10-20‚000 people. By the 13th century‚ although still an important place‚ Cahokia’s

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    INTRODUCTION TO KAGORO

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    KAGORO LOCATION: Kagoro is located on longitude 8o E and latitude 9o 60I N. It is bounded to the north by the Moro’ a‚ to the north east by the Takad and to the south by the Kaninkon and Fantsuwam‚ both in Jema’a Local Government‚ to the east by the imposing and magnificent Kagoro Hills which are an extension of the Jos Plateau‚ and to the west by the Bajju. Kagoro embraces an area of about 176km2 and supports a population of 200 ‚000 persons.

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