dates back to the Mali Empire(the dominant political unit in West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century). Its people‚ the Malinke and the Susu‚ used it during the celebration of sacred and secular events. The djembe’s most famous use is by the region’s West African hybrid of historians and musicians who accompany their tales with music‚ particularly about the founder of the Mali Empire. The djembe eventually spread throughout West Africa and starting in the 1950s‚ it spread to other parts
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Europe reached their "Enlightenment Era" two significant kingdoms flourished on the west coast of what some refer to as the motherland: Africa. The name of these two mighty states are Ghana and Mali. Ghana was the first West African state of which their was any record. After the downfall near the end of the eleventh century‚ Mali rose up to take their place as the economic‚ religious‚ and cultural hub of West Africa. These two states are very similar yet differ in many ways also. The economy
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The Fall of Berlin Wall > 1989 It has been 23 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Following World War II‚ the area that was Germany was divided into four military sectors controlled by France‚ the United Kingdom‚ the United States and the Soviet Union. On May 23‚ 1949‚ the sectors controlled by France‚ the United Kingdom and the United States became the Federal Republic of Germany. On October 7‚ 1949‚ the sector controlled by the Soviet Union became the German Democratic Republic. The
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Democratic Republic (East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (west Germany) It was part of the dramatic demise of communism in Europe as well as a significant event for economic and political reasons. It occurred at a time when the Soviet Union was disintegrating and communist regimes were collapsing all over Europe‚ there were uncertainties in Western Europe with market fluctuations in economy. In the 1980s West Germany seen a retreat of the state and an increase in privatisation. The
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1 "Ostpolitik as a source of intra-bloc tensions" by Dr. Oliver Bange‚ Mannheim University (Project "Ostpolitik and Détente") [Ostpolitik caused friction on a number of different levels – it sparked tensions within Willy Brand’s party‚ the SPD‚ parliament‚ the coalition cabinet‚ tensions with the Western allies‚ and even within the Eastern bloc. It is the latter two that this paper is devoted‚ arranging documents from various national archives around nine distinct but interconnected arguments
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Eggers‚ Dave‚ and Nínive Clements Calegari. “The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries.” The New York Times‚ The New York Times‚ 30 Apr. 2011. Dave Eggers is a well known and prestigious American publisher‚ writer and editor. He is most commonly known for his best selling memoir entitled A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers in addition is also the primary founder of the literary journal McSweeney’s and ScholarMatch‚ and a main co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia. Numerous pieces
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The Israeli-Palestinian clash is a fight that has been continuing for a long time now. Israel is the world’s just Jewish state‚ found only east of the Mediterranean Sea. Palestinians‚ the Arab populace that hails from the land Israel now controls‚ allude to the region as Palestine‚ and need to set up a state by that name on all or part of a similar land. The Israeli-Palestinian clash is over who gets what land and how its controlled. Though both Jews and Arab Muslims date their claims to the land
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under scrutiny. One particular song containing debatable yet obvious theological symbolism is “No Church in the Wild.” Citing and exclaiming their religious and social beliefs‚ as well as their activities in today’s society in this new song‚ Kanye West and Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) show deep symbolism of today’s culture‚ the influence of Plato and Socrates on them‚ as well as their controversial lifestyles. Also‚ containing a featured chorus by Frank Ocean and a bridge by The-Dream‚ these parts touch
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such harsh terms on Germany in 1917. Although the Treaty of Versailles was a pivotal stage in shaping German history there are other corresponding factors such as the erection of the Berlin wall in 1961‚ consequently perpetually separating East and West Berlin for 28 years. After the wall came down in 1989‚ Germany became reunified in 1990‚ arguably the most significant turning point in German history as it enabled Germany to prosper as a whole nation‚ since then Germany has gone on to establish itself
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were forced upon it from outside – crushing the Berlin workers rising‚ building the Berlin wall and the end of the soviet union were all external. Germany was split into two countries‚ East and West Germany. The East ruled by communism (GDR) and the West capitalism. Many people left the GDR to go the West because it was run by a capitalist country so all the German people had been living in a capitalist Germany so when the east became communist most Germans living in the east weren’t use to the way
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