History of Ghana The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval Ghana Empire of West Africa. Around 300 A.D.‚ a new and powerful kingdom emerged in West Africa. This kingdom was known as Ghana. Between 300 and 1200 A.D.‚ Ghana controlled the export of salt and gold. They were also able to prosper from the collection of taxes on the many merchant caravans that traveled through their territory as they brought goods from one area to another. Ghana used to be called the Gold Coast. The name was changed
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The Roman Empire is known as one of the greatest empires of all time‚ blossoming politically‚ economically‚ and culturally. Rome was quickly expanding‚ reaching as far as North Africa. When Octavian came into power‚ the Pax Romana‚ or “Roman Peace‚” began. However‚ this long peace may have triggered the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Because Rome was not distracted by conquering foreign lands‚ its citizens relaxed and lived in luxury. There did not seem to be any goals they did not
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The Spanish crown utilized the encomienda system during its conquests and colonization of the Americas as a way to compensate those who conquered native lands‚ thus a tool for expanding the Spanish Empire. The encomenderos‚ usually conquistadors‚ were granted control and responsibility of the peoples they conquered and were expected to convert them to Catholicism‚ teach them the Spanish language‚ and‚ often least importantly‚ protect them from enemy tribes. In return for this protection‚ the natives
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com/magazine/2016/09/maya-empire-snake-kings-dynasty-mesoamerica/ The Mayan Empire stretched from an estimated 525 A.D. to 1300 A.D. Hundreds of research expeditions and excavation teams have been sent out into the ruins of temples and pyramids from this era‚ in search of what happened in that almost 10 century time period of the first documented history of the Mayan Empire. Throughout its time the empire had several different dynasties and rulers overseeing and conquering its lands. The lost empire of Maya refers
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Running head: THE RISE OF NAZISM The Rise of Nazism and the factors involved Many key factors led up to the rise of Nazism. These factors had great impact on all of Germany and the world. Some of these factors were specific antecedents‚ prejudice behaviors‚ and psychological factors that many people faced. Things that precede or allow things to happen are called antecedents. Four specific antecedents helped to enable the rise of Nazism. The first of these antecedents would be the end of
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Ottoman Empire’s contributions to science and technology during the sixteenth century that helped advance and develop countries throughout Asia‚ Europe‚ and Africa conveys how they were socially superior compared to other empires. The Ottoman Empire was an expansive‚ powerful empire that extended through Western Asia to Northern Africa and Europe. As a result‚ the Ottomans were in need of geographical knowledge to determine the boundaries of their territory. To solve this‚ the Ottomans created advanced
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Shang Dynasty‚ Muaryan Empire‚ Ottoman Empire Shang Dynasty‚ Muaryan Empire‚ Ottoman Empire The Shang dynasty was‚ according to traditional sources‚ the second Chinese dynasty after the Xia. They ruled in the Yellow River Valley. Widely accepted chronological calculations say that the Shang ruled between 1766 BC and 1122 BC(ancienthistory.about.com). According to Chinese tradition‚ a rebel king‚ Tang‚ who overthrew the last Xia ruler in the Battle of Mingtiao‚ founded the Shang dynasty. The Shang
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If I could turn back time‚ I would go during the time of the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs first started out in the year 1100‚ and left their homeland of Aztlan in Northern Mexico and begin their journey south. Over the next 225 years‚ the Aztecs moved many times‚ until they settled down at the city of Tenochtitlan.The empire might have continued to grow‚ if the Europeans did not arrive in 1519. At that time‚ the Aztec empire were at their height‚ reaching from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico‚ from
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Element of Culture. Russian valenki Russia is a country with a very rich cultural history which takes its rise out of the customs and traditions of the early Slavs. They inhabited a vast area of central-eastern Europe in the 6th century‚ and were to spread even further over the next two centuries. Russian people are their descendants; we now belong with the eastern branch of the modern Slavs‚ along with the Ukrainians and the Byelorussians that are the western neighbours of the Russian Federation. There
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International Economics - Spain Somebody asked me the other day what happened with my country‚ Spain; why it is known by almost every young European person that it is so hard to find a job in Spain‚ and why is the Spanish economy so weak‚ with so much debt and with such high unemployment? Well‚ there are many reasons to explain the failure of the development of a stable and sustainable economic system of such an industrialised country‚ with so many resources and influences all over the world
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