want a taste of West African History Sundiata will give you exactly what you want and more. Sundiata was an interesting piece of literature to read. Unlike the previous two books we have read this semester I found this book much more simple. This book was much easier for me to comprehend and actually get into. This book exposed me not only to the West African history‚ but also a new religion. The story of Sundiata depicts the story of the foundation of the Mali Empire in West Africa. This story
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After the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ tensions worldwide‚ including within Europe‚ eased significantly‚ all sides agreeing to work towards a policy of détente. The leader of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)‚ or West Germany as it was named at that time‚ Willy Brandt‚ decided to review the policies that the FRG had up till this point held regarding Eastern Europe. Under the Hallstein Doctrine‚ relations with Eastern Europe had basically ground to a halt during the mid-fifties‚ so Brandt
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---------------------------------------- Nok: -Introduction of metallurgy -Metallurgy: extraction of metal from their cores -Ironworking spread from Nok ---------------------------------------- African trade routes/products 11th-12th c.: Mali‚ West Africa: -Over 40 languages spoken (most unintelligible) -Religion is 90% Islam -Agriculture is their
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Hangzhou Airport. Exit and transferred to the hotel. Accommodation: Renhe Hotel :86 Youdian Road‚ Hangzhou Dinner: Buffet at your hotel The rest of the night you can either relax at the hotel or walk around your hotel which is located near the West Lake providing a beautiful night scene. You can also appreciate the Music Fountain on the Hubin Pedastrian Street. Day Two(2 Nov) Morning Breakfast: both western buffet and tradtional Chinese breakfast is served at your hotel Biking Route:
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taking up most of the West Bank or Gaza strip and later emerged at the forefront of armed resistance to Israel. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was a Palestinian imam and politician who became an activist in local branches of the Muslim Brotherhood. He served as a spiritual leader of the organization‚ and he was strongly backed by many charitable organizations and other social institutions. Starting in the late 1960s‚ Yassin preached and performed charitable work in the Gaza Strip and West Bank‚ both of which
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During the 1960’s the Berlin wall was built to try to stop the number of emigrants crossing the border. It completely cut Berlin in half‚ the east were communists and the west were democrats. They built the wall within days‚ which ever side you happened to be on that night is the side you stayed on. There was no getting back across for any reason. They immediately had guards‚ guard dogs‚ and traps all along the wall to kill anyone near it. The people tried to fight against it‚ it did not benefit
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Berlin and West Berlin apart. East Germans had a different idea in mind and that was to flee going into West Berlin. After the
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Professor’s name Date THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL 1988-1989 Investigating the history of Germany‚ I should admit that the period from 1988 till 1989 was a turning-point. On the 9th of November‚ 1989 the Berlin Wall‚ which separated East Germany and West Germany‚ fell. So‚ these two parts of the country combined again. There were a lot of people who were waiting for such an event. Because one the most dangerous period of German History had already finished. It lasted for almost eight years old. It
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Democratic Republic in1961‚ which completely cut West Berlin off from East Berlin and Eastern Germany. The wall was built to separate and prevent people from fleeing from the Communist East to the Capitalist West. The wall stretches for 198Km and is approximately 3.6m high and 1.2m wide. The wall included guard towers placed along the large concrete wall. This set aside a large area around the wall – which came to be known as the death strip. View from the West Berlin side of Graffiti on the wall in 1968
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War is the tragic case of Horst and Gerlinde Gauru. The man in charge of security clearance within the West German foreign intelligence‚ Hansjoachim Tiedge‚ defected to the East German side. A Stasi mole within the West German foreign intelligence named Kuron had tipped the Stasi off about the treachery of Horst and Gerlinde Gauru‚ but they did not move against them lest it be known to the West Germans that there was a mole within their
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