Eastern and North African music traditions‚ Arabic music‚ and Middle Eastern music North Africa (red region on map below) is the seat of ancient Egypt and Carthage‚ civilizations with strong ties to the ancient Near East and which influenced the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Eventually‚ Egypt fell under Persian rule followed by Greek and Roman rule‚ while Carthage was later ruled by Romans and Vandals. North Africa was later conquered by the Arabs‚ who established the region as the Maghreb of the Arab
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bowman‚ and the stirrup. 5. What kind of people were the mariners that were involved in the India Ocean Trade? a multilingual and multiethnic group 6. The Indian Ocean Maritime System forged economic and social tied between what countries? East Africa‚ Arabia‚ India‚ China‚ and Southeast Asia 7. The Indian Ocean Maritime System was better prepared for long- distance travel than the Greeks- why? What was one major difference between Indian and Mediterranean seafaring was what? they could
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the norm. These impressive expansions survived the recent downturn; while developed economies struggle to find their footing‚ China‚ India‚ and Brazil are closer to overheating. Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has generally been strong over the past decade. In 2009‚ when the world economy shrank‚ sub-Saharan Africa continued to expand. The IMFprojects that the region will grow at 5% or more in 2010 and 2011. good decade. Rapid growth in China and India has pulled hundreds of millions of people out
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Perspectives Factors in HIV/AIDS transmission in sub-Saharan Africa Givans K. Ateka1 At the end of 2000‚ over 70% of the 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS were in sub-Saharan Africa and 16% in South-East Asia‚ while the rest of the world accounted for less than 14% (AIDS epidemic update: December 2000‚ UNAIDS/WHO‚ 2000). Close to 80% of resources targeted for HIV/AIDS-related expenditure are utilized in regions accounting for less than 5% of the pandemic. A look at some of the factors
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Bantu migrations had a vast influence on the development of Africa. The Bantu peoples passed on many concepts to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa. Originating from Nigeria in the Niger River Valley‚ the Bantu migrated south and then spread to both the east and west. The Bantu laid the foundation for Sub-Saharan African societies. They spread agriculture‚ animal domestication‚ iron metallurgy‚ and cultural development throughout southern Africa. Various forms of government have developed as a result of
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Change and Continuity Essay Summaries Period 3 1 600-1450: Trade Routes and Their Impacts by Stephanie Lin 2 100-1450: Politics by Rebecca Lee-McFadden 3 1450-1750: Politics and Economics by Emma Loh 4 Sub-Saharan Africa’s Relationship to Global Trade Patterns - 1750 to the Present by Douglas Chee 5 1450-Present: Religion by LJ Cabutaje 6 1914-Present: Formation of National Identities by George Kitsios a using evidence from specific countries
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AIDs and HIV in Africa * Between 1999 and 2000 more people died from AIDs in Africa than all the causalities combined in every single war to occur in the African continent. * Everyday 4‚400 Sub-Saharan Africans die from AIDs‚ an additional 11‚000 are infected. * In 2008 it was estimated that 33.4 million people were living with HIV in Africa‚ 2.7 million more people were infected from HIV‚ and 2 million deaths from AIDS. * Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for an estimated 69%
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Following the collective colonization of Africa in the 19th and 20th century‚ the colonizing empires undertook a mission to instill the cultural‚ economic‚ and political aspects of their respective kingdoms. In particular‚ they tried to introduce the idea of European gender roles in African societies and to instill ‘appropriate’ forms of social organization‚ with the centralized philosophy being male superiority. 1 Gender and women in post-colonial Africa are a primary aspect of the transitioning
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Implementation of e-Government Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review Quinta Nven-akeng Nkohkwo and M. Sirajul Islam Örebro University‚ School of Business (Informatics)‚ Sweden nvenquin@yahoo.co.uk sirajul.islam@oru.se Abstract: With the dawn of the technological age due to the wide spread of information and communication technologies (ICTs)‚ e-government is fast becoming of prime importance. This has prompted many governments (those of Sub-Saharan African - SSA included) to start thinking
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April 6‚ 2014 The situation in Africa concerning the AIDS/HIV epidemic is that aids in Africa marks a really extreme severe development crisis in Africa. This is still today the worst affected area in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa about Forty-Two million people live with HIV/AIDS. The epidemic claimed almost about 2.4 million people in Africa and about 3.1 million lives are taken each year (HIV/AIDS Situation in Africa 2014). The average life expectancy in Africa in today’s society is only about
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