Which best describes the Muslim presence in North Africa in the late seventh and early eighth centuries? Trade connections gave Islam a presence in cities and ports where merchants went. Muslim missionaries first traveled throughout North Africa‚ and armies followed later. Islam slowly converted the peoples of North Africa without a military takeover. Muslim armies carried their faith west across the top of the entire continent. Points earned on this question: 5 Question 2 (Worth 5
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century supremacies‚ like England‚ did not recognize the treaty that divided the world between Portugal and Spain. After the Treaty of Madrid ended piracy in 1670‚ the British started to settle in Belize to cut logwood but later on switched to cutting mahogany. At that time the Spanish still sustained a right over Belizean territory‚ consequently
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so. When King Henry left on a trip to Andalusia‚ Isabella promised him not to make plans to marry Ferdinand‚ but she soon went against her own word and sent out noblemen to find Ferdinand. He was eventually found in Italy and he agreed to come to Spain and marry Isabella. When King Henry heard the news‚ he was angry that his sister went against his wishes‚ but the deed was done. In response to this‚ King Henry made his daughter Joan next in line for the throne‚ despite previously having Isabella
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made. Not only were the poor struggling to find silver to get by‚ but they were also used in forced labor systems to retrieve the silver. More than 3‚000 Indians worked hard down in the Potosí silver mine in harsh conditions only to have it sent to Spain and eventually other nations as well (Doc.6). The author of the excerpt in document six‚ a Spanish priest by the name of Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa‚ believes in doing well by God and sympathizes for the men while disagreeing with the forced labor
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They didn’t know it at the time‚ but they had been liberated from one oppressor and fallen in the hands of a much more powerful authoritarian. This was the beginning of three centuries of Spanish rule. The new colony was named Nueva España‚ New Spain. The years that followed were devastating. The conquerors brought with them diseases unknown to the natives. The epidemics that broke out as well as the merciless workload imposed upon the natives dramatically diminished the
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Zinn Essay Period 3 US History AP A nation founded on the slaughter of innocent people will never admit what they did was wrong. Most of them will not even acknowledge that such events ever took place. They will even go as far as to tell their children that the murderous tyrants of old were heroes and how they brought peace and prosperity. They will preach of how a nation of uneducated savages was given the gift of Christianity and how the divine light lead them to become people of culture. This
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1. People in motion a. From Berginia to America i. By 12‚000 B.C. humans were in Siberia an western Alaska and Berginia‚ crossing land bridge. ii. By 8‚000 B.C. humans had reached Tierra del Fuego b. The Great Extinction and the Rise of Agriculture i. As glaciers receded and climate warmed‚ those who migrated south and east found good environment ii. Some natives settled down and adopted food cultivation 1) Permanent farm villages began to develop c. The Norsemen
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it was the first of many times Columbus set foot in the Americas. Funded by Spain‚ the textbook explains Columbus was convinced that “The distance from the west coast of Europe to the east coast of Asia was about 5‚000 miles‚ instead of the actual 12‚000.”(Western Civilization P363) By promising Spain the gold of Solomon and converting the new world into Christianity‚ Columbus received the blessing and funding of Spain. Upon landing Columbus believed he arrived in the Indies‚ which is why we still
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people. Spain‚ France‚ and Britain had entered the new world by the 1720s‚ with different visions for empire (Murris‚68). Spanish‚ French‚ and English people established new colonies in the new world in different ways‚ they had a different relationship with Indians and enslaved Africans and had different cultures in the new world. Comparing the three countries in terms of population‚ France had the largest population in 1500‚ with a population of 16 million people. On the other hand‚ Spain had only
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are still used today. These ideas can be seen in governments‚ make-up of cities‚ and architecture. Architecture in particular is still very prominent from earlier civilizations such as the case in Al-Andalus. The most important building in Islamic Spain‚ like other centers of Muslim civilizations is the mosque‚ house of worship. The inside of a mosque is empty‚ without seats or altars‚ as the empty space is a surface used for expression of form. All mosques are built to model the Prophet’s mosque
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