Microbial Diversity and Ubiquity Microorganisms are microscopic organisms that are so small that that they can only be visualized by the aid of a compound-brightfield microscope. While we generally cannot see individual microorganisms with the naked eye‚ they are present in virtually every habitat known to man. Microorganisms can be prokaryotic—the bacteria or eukaryotic—the algae‚ protozoa or fungi. While viruses are acellular they are also studied in the scope of microbiology because
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Cities on Africa’s east coast also gained wealth and power through trade in between 1000 and 1500. In Africa between 300 and 1400‚ there were several centers of advanced civilization. Ghana was founded by people in A.D 300. The people came from the Niger and Senegal River valley. Ghana is one of the first trading areas in West Africa. The kingdom of ancient Ghana rose in power and gained control of the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade over the time period of 700 and 1067. They traded with North Africa
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is facing traces its origins back to the slave trade and colonialism‚ and evolves till today. The most important origin in making Nigerian poverty history is slavery. Slave trade in Africa started when four hundred slaves were shipped out of the Niger Delta by the Portuguese in 1480 (Falola‚ 31). During the eighteenth century‚ sugar production‚ gold mining‚ and the production of staple crops blossomed in many parts of Americas; which escalated the demand for slavery (Mann‚ 31). As a result‚ more
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developing and booming. In ancient West African Kingdoms Songhai and Mali‚ they portrayed a perfect example by trading salt‚ animal hides and of course gold. The Songhai was one of the biggest Islamic empires in history. It’s base power was the bend of the Niger River. Economic trade existed throughout the empire due to the standing army in the provinces. Songhai trade had a bigger influence on the “Old World”‚ because of their ability to conquer and establish strong trading grounds which demonstrated a valuable
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The Global Oil and Gas industry has experienced difficulties in recent years occasioned by the fall in the global oil prices. My current employer‚ Seplat Petroleum Development Company‚ operates in the Nigeria oil and gas industry and is not immune from the global problems mentioned. However‚ the company also face numerous challenges that locally imposed in addition to globally identified issues. The key issues that the company will face in the next five years are discussed in this essay. Perhaps
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ironworking by the 2nd century BC. The transition from Neolithic times to the Iron |i| |Age apparently was achieved without intermediate bronze production. Others suggest the technology moved west from the|c| |Nile Valley‚ although the Iron Age in the Niger River valley and the forest region appears to predate the |k| |introduction of metallurgy in the upper savanna by more than 800 years. |L| |Nok Culture
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is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. There are over 500 ethnic groups in Nigeria of which the three largest ethnic groups are the Hausa‚ Igbo and Yoruba. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was coined by Flora Shaw‚ who later married Baron Lugard‚ a British colonial administrator
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Tamsir Niane. At the end of Things Fall Apart‚ the District Commissioner‚ who was the British colonial administrator put in place to govern the Igbo society‚ is shown writing a book he plans to call the Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger. Although the District Commissioner’s book doesn’t directly apply to Sundiata because the future book will have been based of different parts of Africa‚ it is safe to say that the epic will represent a prejudice account of Africa. Both societies will
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West African trading kingdoms The achievements of the West African trading kingdoms were very successful. The 3 major trading kingdoms: Mali‚ Ghana‚ and Songhai were very successful in trading salt‚ gold‚ and animal products. The Niger River was had a big impact on the success of the kingdom’s trading. Mansa Musa was the king of Mali. He was the leader of trading salt. The 3 trading kingdoms were very successful before the Europeans came. The western trading kingdoms were successful
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half-white and white folks will not have them because they are colored‚ so they do not belong anywhere. When Dill gets sick from hearing Mr. Gilmer treat Tom Robinson madly at the court hearing‚ Scout tells Dill‚ “Well‚ Dill‚ after all he’s just a niger.” Just because of Tom’s skin color‚ Mr. Gilmer believes he can treat Tom badly. After Dill starts to feel sick‚ Scout and Dill leave the courtroom for a while. During their time outside‚ they learn that Dolphus Raymond‚ who is perceived by townsfolk
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