The Effects of Long Distance Trade in East Africa. By Deborah of Uganda 7th May 2008 Long Distance Trade was the trade between the East African coast and other interior states of Africa in the early 19th Century. In involved movement over long distances‚ the major participants were the Swahili speaking peoples of East Africa and the Arabs. The interior people included the Nyamwezi‚ the Kamba‚ the Yao tribes. They moved in caravans of 100 to 1‚000 people. Capital was provided by the Indian
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all know that men and women are equal‚ right? In Europe’s Middle East‚ many people disagree. This opinion‚ though‚ so obviously wrong in my eyes‚ is affecting the lives of women all over the world every day. Whether through not having the right to pass on citizenship‚ going to school every day with the risk of having acid thrown in their face‚ or living with the fear that one day they will not have a ride to work‚ women all over the world are suffering most merely because of their gender. Despite
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The concept of medieval in South Asia has been a long and contested one. The concept of medieval and was firstly introduced by the colonial administrators. Medieval is a highly debated concept. The reasons which make this concept a debated are chronological uncertainty‚ model building and different. As far as relation of medieval with India term is concerned‚ this term was introduced to India during the colonial encounter‚ before that‚ medieval was not known to India. In our national language medieval
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Fitzsimons 1 How were the United States goals in World War I similar or different to the United States goals for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? The United States goals in World War I and Iraq and Afghanistan are very different‚ and this is partly because they are in totally different time periods and the technology is very different. World War I took place from 1914-1918 (Strachan 1)‚ whereas the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan started in 2003 and are still going (Deese 1)‚ although many of
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the Middle East and Their Rights Women of the Middle East have experienced the abuse of women’s rights. Middle Eastern women’s rights have been abused in different ways. They are looked down as the inferior to men in the Middle East. They are becoming stronger and rising up to equality to men. People involved in particular situations may have different opinions on rights of Middle Eastern women. Women are human; therefore no human rights should be restricted from them. In the Middle East‚ women’s
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declaration of independence‚ which calls for having Palestine as their homeland‚ where they feel a sense of identity‚ and thereby reviving Palestinian nationalism within the state. These movements reflect the ideals and desires of three distinct Middle Eastern groups‚ however they do in fact share many common themes. Michel Aflaq writes “Purifying the National Ideal: Baath Ideology”‚ in which he speaks of establishing a national identity through the Arab Ba‘th party for Arabs who have been dispersed
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Religion and Women in the Middle East Religion goes hand in hand with culture‚ and in the Muslim countries this is very apparent. The cultural importance of men over women may have stemmed from religion‚ however it was further recognized when imperialist countries introduced capitalism and class divides. “Islam must combat the wrenching impact of alien forces whose influence in economic‚ political‚ and cultural permutations continues to prevail” (Stowasser 1994‚ 5). Now‚ instead of an agrarian
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Ancient Middle East “Cradle of Civilization” The ancient middle east was called the “cradle of civilization” by historians. Why was this? This was because the ancient middle east settled and prospered near two major rivers‚ the Tiberis and the Euphrates and created the very first flourishing civilization. The middle east was broken into two areas. The northern area was called Mesopotamia and the southern area was called Babylon. In these areas a new civilization arose called the Sumerian civilization
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Causes for World War I Many things led up to the start of World War I. There was much tension between the countries of Europe for more than fifty years. There were immediate causes‚ and long-term causes. Some immediate causes were the assassination of the heir of Austria-Hungry‚ Germany declaring war on Russia‚ Germany declaring war on France‚ and Great Britain declaring war on Germany. Some long-term causes or basic causes were imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and the arms race. The assassination of
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Reconstruction might be realized.” (W.E.B Dubois). This explains that people‚ both in the south and the north have seen all the bad issues that happened after the civil war. The civil war has caused a large separation between the south and north. From all the damage that happened between the two states of slavery getting involved and separation made Lincoln make a reconstruction to make the north and south one big state at the end. The north had passed the 13th‚ 14th and 15th amendment to protect
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