world’s foremost naval power. Portuguese ships sailed all across the world‚ discovered new routes and started colonies. They influenced many countries worldwide during the height of their empire‚ but none like their colonies in West Africa. They brought both good and bad to West Africa‚ including their culture‚ Christianity‚ agriculture‚ and slavery. European mariners were the agents of the encounters among the many peoples of Africa. To understand why the trans-oceanic voyages took place one must
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The Berlin Wall was a physical wall‚ which separated East and West Berlin during the Cold War‚ and ran for over 140km and was 3.6 metres high. The construction of the wall came to show the diverse ideologies between the different systems of government‚ and what the people thought about it. To summarise it up for you‚ it was a loss in human rights and freedom. But how was the Berlin Wall influential in the course of the Cold War? I will be touching on a couple of topics today to answer the hypothesis
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Brandenburg Gate Speech “Mr. Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall‚” stated Ronald Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. June 12‚ 1987 was the day a speech was given that was the start of unity for all of Berlin. Within two short years of this speech being presented‚ the wall that divided freedom and totalitarianism was tore down for good. President Reagan’s purpose was clear to all. His duty was to visit Germany as all of the past presidents had done‚ and promote the means of freedom
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changing country. In Germany‚ the terms "East" and "West" do not just represent geographically regions. It runs much deeper than that‚ and there is still a large gap in the way of life‚ and political and social conditions of the whole country. While most German’s were sleeping on the night of August 13‚ 1961‚ the East German government began closing its borders. In the early morning of that Sunday‚ most of the first work was done: the border to West Berlin was closed. The East German troops had begun
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late sixteenth century. Although there were relatively few necessities of life which the early West African descent groups could not provide for themselves in their own environment‚ a significant exception was salt which could not be easily obtained except by the peoples living near the sea. The Saharan salt mines were controlled by the Berbers of North Africa who in turn were willing to trade salt for West African Gold which was in high demand in the Magrib. This early trade in salt and Gold was to
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namely West and East Berlin. Berlin shortly afterwards became the front for the cold war between the USSR and the West. On June 25th‚ 1948‚ the USSR set up a blockade around Berlin to try and force the Allies to give up their rights to the western part of the city. Stalin halted all traffic into and out of the Russian sector of Berlin; he also cut off all electricity‚ claiming technical difficulties. With all roads blocked‚ the Allies had no way of keeping the 2.5 million citizens of West Berlin
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Blockade and Airlift. As West Germany and East Germany would become their own states and form allegiances‚ West Berlin would become a bone in Khrushchev’s throat. The Berlin Wall was constructed with the primary objective to contain fleeing denizens of Eastern Germany‚ however‚ multiple other social‚ political and economic objectives of varying precedences also motivated the kremlin to order its erection. The primary motivation for the creation of an ‘iron curtain’ around West Berlin was to contain
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Berlin and West Berlin. The West Berlin was allies with the United States while East Berlin was dominated by the totalitarian Soviet Union government. The fall of the wall had divided the city for thirty agonizing years allowed people to rediscover life. The Berlin Wall devastatingly divided families‚ and in the east kept career opportunities from meritorious contenders. Communication was essentially prohibited between the two regions‚ for easterners were forbidden to travel to the west. Easterners
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Cornel West‚ born June 02‚ 1953‚ is an American philosopher‚ author‚ actor (some of you may know him from Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions)‚ civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West‚ commonly known for his blend of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement‚ focuses primarily on the roles of race‚ class and gender in America. West pulls scholarly contributions from such varied traditions as
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three counties were each in control of a small part of what was to be West Germany. These three countries decided that they would come together to form one country out of their three sections. Those three sections formed West Germany. After all the land was divided the Soviet Union controlled East Germany. Just like the Soviet Union‚ the economy in East Germany was struggling to get back on its feet after the war. While West Berlin became a popular area‚ East Berlin was nearly nothing. The shelves
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