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Colonial administrations Coercive labor systems Slave Systems Rise of Europe Scientific Revolution Enlightenment What were the major civilizations from 1450-1750? Major Civilizations 1450-1750 The Americas: Aztec‚ Inca Africa: Kongo‚ Benin‚ Oyo‚ Dahomey‚ Ashanti‚ Songhay East Asia: Ming‚ Qing‚ Tokugawa South Asia: Mughal What were some of the major continuities from 1450-1750? Continuities 1450-1750 Existing trade routes continued to be important to global exchange No sweeping
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as “The Spanish Frontier”‚ “Canada”‚ and “The West Indies”. He wasn’t exactly chronological in his writing‚ but rather used regions to organize the past. We learn in chapter two that many regions were being taken over by Europeans. For example‚ Benin‚ The Canaries‚ and Azores areas were being attacked for land by Iberians. The colonists brought diseases which changed the populations drastically. This also changed the environmental boundary that was there before any invasion‚ because cultures
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Islam is traditionally known to the Yoruba as Esin Male or simply Imale i.e. religion of the Malians. In fact‚ Islam was practiced in Yorubaland so early on in history‚ that a sizable proportion of Yoruba slaves taken to the Americas were already Muslim. Some of these Yoruba Muslims would later on stage the Malê Revolt (or The Great Revolt) which was the most significant slave rebellion in Brazil. On a Sunday during Ramadan in January 1835‚ in the city of Salvador‚ Bahia‚ a small group of slaves
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© Kamla-Raj 2007 J. Soc. Sci.‚ 14(1): 81-86 (2007) Educational System in Nigeria Problems and Prospects L. O. Odia1 and S.I Omofonmwan 2 1. Universal Welfare Sustainable Community Development Center‚ Benin City‚ Nigeria 2. Department of Geography and Planning‚ Ambrose Alli University‚ Ekpoma‚ Nigeria E-mail: profomofonmwan@yahoo.com or odialucko@yahoo.com KEYWORDS Education; problems; prospects; standards; research and development ABSTRACT This paper examines the problems and prospects of
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Children’s trafficking has been an issue of major concern for the international community in recent years. Trafficking in persons‚ the illegal practice of procuring human beings for unpaid work in physically abusive settings‚ has reached large scales lately‚ with figures such as 1.2 million children annually being transported from poverty-stricken countries to wealthier nations. The trafficking of children often involves exploitation of the parents’ extreme poverty. The latter may sell children to
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Religion was also very closely linked to government in the major West African cultures. The kings and chiefs usually ruled by divine law‚ and people thought that they were summoned by the spirits to lead. An example of this is the Oba‚ who ruled Benin City‚ and was thought of as divine by the people. Politics and religion are still mixed to this day. Since ancient times‚ there has been some change in African religion. Today‚ most people are either Muslim or Christian. Those whom are not Christian
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Many similarities and parallels can be made when comparing the Salem witch trials and the history of the LGBT movements in America. Many laws‚ bans‚ and unspoken rules were implemented onto minorities. In history‚ gay people have been persecuted for not only their sexuality but for being gender non conforming. Over the course of the 20th century great strides have been made in reducing the discrimination of those who do not conform‚ yet there are still progresses to be made. Those who are not cisgender
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A. O PELA Pages: 55 to 64 Creation Date: 1986/01/01 Drug abuse in Africa T. ASUNI Department of Psychiatry‚ College of Medicine‚ University of Lagos‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria A. O PELA Clinical Pharmacy Unit‚ Faculty of Pharmacy‚ University of Benin‚ Benin‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT Apart from cannabis abuse in northern and southern Africa and khat chewing in north-eastern Africa‚ the history of drug abuse in Africa is relatively short. The abuse of drugs in Africa is nevertheless escalating rapidly from
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Bibliography: 1. Dr. Festus Iyayi‚ (2009)‚ Socio cultural factors impacting upon Primary Health Care in Nigeria‚ Department of Business Administration‚ Faculty of Social Sciences‚ University of Benin‚ Benin City‚ Edo State‚ Nigeria 2. Global Health Watch (2004) Global Health Action‚ edited by Whyte‚ A.‚ McCoy‚ D and Rowson‚ M‚ Russell Press 3. Noyoo. N‚ (2000)‚ Social Policies and Social Services in Zambia. UNZA Publishers‚ Lusaka‚ Zambia. 4. Oxford
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