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    social structures of Sub-Saharan Africa developed during the years 400 - 1450 C.E.‚ hierarchy structures based on kinship were maintained‚ however self-contained city-states grew into large empires. BEGINNING TIME PERIOD INTERIM TIME PERIOD END TIME PERIOD GLOBAL CONTEXT 1st THEME’S TOPIC SENTENCE Politics During much of the post-classical period‚ political structures evolved and diversified throughout sub saharan Africa. Describe

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    Sub-saharan Africa has undergone changes with religion such as the changing of religious affiliation to Christianity and the practices of cosmology and ontology‚ however‚ Sub-saharan Africa has also remained constant with their thoughts being focused on various beliefs like a creator and evil. Christianity was predominantly the main religion in Sub-saharan Africa opposed to the Muslims of North Africa. Christianity in the Americas slowly began to send out missionaries to spread the Gospel and build

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    What is the Cause of the High Maternal Mortality Rate in Sub-Saharan Africa? The causes could total 50 or they could be only one‚ what are the primary causes of the high maternal mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa? There are 4 major reasons why this impoverished region of the world grapples with such a challenge. First and foremost is the magnitude of poverty in the region. Secondly‚ the lack of maternal services available to the population both pre and post delivery. Thirdly‚ the lack education

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    The introduction of trans-Saharan trade in Africa facilitated many changes in western sub-Saharan Africa. These changes most significantly affected the political and religious aspects of western sub-Saharan Africa. Between 600 and 1450 C.E.‚ Western sub-Saharan Africa changed from a region where there were diverse local religious traditions practiced and there were regional kingdoms to a region where there was influence from Islam and the growth of empires as a result of the introduction of Islam

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    to interact with humans and the environment by settling into varying parts of West and East Africa and creating a network with their neighbors in order to receive new technologies and foods. The Bantu exchanged goods with local hunter-gatherers‚ and the people cut into forests and settled down into villages. The Assyrians first brought iron to Egypt around 600 BCE and it quickly spread to Sub-Saharan Africa. Around 200 CE‚ Indonesians settled on the coast bringing Asian bananas and‚ since they had

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    more they still wallow in poverty largely as a result of the leadership strategies that have been continuously adopted by the elite. At the beginning of this paper‚ I tried to define development and either way you look at it‚ the leaders in Sub Saharan Africa have in many occasions got the development agenda wrong for their countries. For instance let us assume that their intention was to create wealth even without minding so much about the well being of the citizens‚ in many instances such wealth

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    The countries that comprise sub-Saharan Africa rely more on their natural resource base for economic and social needs than any other region in the world. Two out of three of sub-Saharan Africa’s people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture and other natural resources for income. However‚ the environmental resource base of the region is shrinking rapidly. Environmental problems of sub-Saharan Africa include air and water pollution‚ deforestation‚ loss of soil and soil fertility‚ and a dramatic

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    Africa Rapidly increasing the population‚ Africa is the second largest continent in the world. Therefore‚ this continent lay on all four hemispheres and contains over a quarter of the independent countries across the world. Being such a large continent‚ Africa is categorized into two different sections the North African Middle East half‚ made up of the northern countries‚ and what is known as Sub-Saharan Africa which consists of the southernmost countries. Utilizing approximately one-fifth of the

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    Change and Continuity Over Time Essay Topic: Religion in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1450 to the present Beginning Middle End |Trans-Saharan trade (gold‚ salt) brought Islamic ideas into |Slave trade ended in the 1860s‚ but Europeans continued to convert|Decolonization was aided by the weakened economic power of Europe‚| |sub-Saharan Africa from North Africa. |Africans into Christianity because of the "scramble" for

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    Religions in Sub-Saharan Africa “Listen more often the Things Beings‚ Voice of Fire means‚ Hear the Voice of Water. Listen to the Wind Le Buisson into tears: It is the breath of the ancestors.” This excerpt comes from Senegalese Birago Diop’s poem “Souffles” which shows ancestor worship in Sub-Saharan Africa. Throughout history‚ Sub-Saharan Africa experienced multi-religious changes throughout 500 BCE - 1750 AD‚ beginning with animism‚ polytheism‚ and anthropomorphic worship of a god; however they

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