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    Area 44‚579‚000 km2(17‚212‚000 sq mi) Population 4‚164‚252‚000 (1st) Pop. density 87/km2 (225/sq mi) LANDMARKS Mogao Caves The city of Dunhuang in China is not only a modern‚ economic and cultural hub for trade‚ but also the centre of one the famous‚ historic and artistically developed caves in the world. On the Silk Road route‚ the city offers a beautiful journey to the Magao Caves in the Gobi desert‚ Gansu province. Lying on the edges of the Taklamakan desert‚ the caves have

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    founded during slavery. Even during slavery there was a split in churches when it came to the master’s family and the slaves. After slavery was abolished‚ most blacks continued to host their own congregation but instead of having to praise behind closed doors‚ they were allowed to praise in public. What was different about the white church and the black church was the fact that the slaves created a unique experience by exercising African spiritual traditions within their faith. However when you

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    which you’ll soon laugh for yourself.”  ― Hermann Hesse “Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.”  ― Arthur Schopenhauer “It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave”  ― Fyodor Dostoevsky “But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.”  ― Mark Twain “Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?”  ― Plato “Life contains but two tragedies

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    The slaves dream The Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a commanding figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland‚ Maine in 1807‚ he became a national literary figure by the 1850s‚ and a world-famous personality by the time of his death in 1882. He was a traveler‚ a linguist‚ and a romantic who identified with the great traditions of European literature and thought. At the same time‚ he was rooted in American life and history‚ which

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    European Slave Trading

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    Want for Labouring People: European Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean‚ 1500-1850” - 02/27/2016 Richard Allen’s article replaces the “want for labouring people” or slaves in its context. The French‚ British and Dutch colonies of the Indian Ocean had a strong need for an inexpensive labor‚ especially since the local workforce was every expensive. The article also refutes common misconceptions about the slave trading in the Indian Ocean and shows that this slave trading was actually more significant

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    slave narratives

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    1. What percentage of the population did slaves comprise in New York City by the early 1740s? a. 20 percent Slaves comprised one-fifth or 20 percent of the total population of New York City‚ making it a city with one of the highest concentration of slaves in colonial America. (See the introductory section.) 2. Which statement describes African American slaves’ views on the American Revolution? A. They viewed it as an opportunity to gain their own freedom. As the battle for political independence

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    Free Trade and Fair Trade All over work places and school campuses around the world you can be sure to find cocoa‚ coffee and certain other products that are labeled “free trade‚” but is fair trade the same as free trade? “Free” and “fair” are powerful‚ often abused words when applied to the concept of trade. I will attempt to clarify the differences between free and fair trade‚ show how they may overlap‚ and the beneficial in each system. Deliberate trade benefits both the buyer and the seller

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    During the Atlantic world‚ people were starting to settle in America and needed slaves to help. Explorers found out that they could use Africans as slaves. There were able to bring them over and sell and trade them. Most died and they brought over diseases. The Africans were the best idea for slaves at that time. When Christopher Columbus accidentally found America‚ there were Native Americans already there. The first thought of who to use for slavery was them. They thought it would be okay

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    “Completely free trade would be fair. ‘Fair trade’ encourages people to stay in uncompetitive sectors in which they will always be poor.” Discuss. The concept of the ‘Fair Trade’ initiative can be summarised with reasonable simplicity; “Fair Trade works to alleviate poverty in the global South through a strategy of ‘trade‚ not aid‚’ improving farmer and worker livelihoods through direct sales‚ better prices and stable market links‚ as well as support for producer organizations and communities”

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    right‚ you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself‚ and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” -Marilyn Monroe- This quote to me means that everything happens for a reason and it is sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. I think that this quote says that Everything that happens in one way or another has a direct impact on who you are. How you look at and react to everything that happens around you goes into defining who you

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