Africa is the world’s second-biggest and second-most-crowded mainland. At around 30.2 million km2 including adjoining islands‚ it covers six percent of Earth’s aggregate surface zone and 20.4 percent of its aggregate area region. With 1.1 billion individuals starting 2013‚ it represents around 15% of the world’s human populace. Africa’s populace is the most youthful amongst every one of the landmasses; the middle age in 2012 was 19.7‚ when the overall middle age was 30.4. Algeria is Africa’s biggest
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South Africa In 1652‚ Dutch traders founded the city of Cape Town‚ establishing a stopover point on the spice route at the southern tip of what is now South Africa. The British seized the Cape of Good Hope in 1806. In 1867‚ diamonds were discovered in South Africa‚ and in 1886‚ gold initiated immigration and wealth‚ further subduing the native inhabitants. The Boers unsuccessfully attempted to resist British control with the Boer War. Under the Union of South Africa beginning in 1910
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the donkey realized that something needed to be done during this depressing period. He no longer wanted to see his comrades suffer and decided to finally speak up. Honestly‚ all the animals were sick and tired of Napoleon. He had been slaving them for so long. Even though the new animals had heard of the many great stories of Animal Farm‚ it was nothing like they expected. Clover‚ Benjamin‚ Squealer‚ and all the remaining animals began having secret meetings. The meetings became a place where the animals
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perspective. The colonization of Africa has a long history‚ and can be explained as being set in motion as early as 200 AD‚ with the migration of Bantu speaking Africans from central Africa to the south of Africa due to the agricultural boom and overpopulation of tribes‚ known as one of the largest human migrations in history (ref). Following the migration of the Bantu language group was the spread of Islam from 750 – 1500 AD‚ which was first accepted in West Africa by the Dya’ogo Dynasty. Following
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The history of South Africa encompasses over three million years. Ape-like hominids who migrated to South Africa around three million years ago became the first human-like inhabitants of the area now known as South Africa. Representatives of homo erectus gradually replaced them around a million years ago when they also spread across Africa and into Europe and Asia. Homo erectus gave way to homo sapiens around 100‚000 years ago. The first homo sapiens formed the Bushman culture of skilled hunter-gatherers
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When driving in Cleves‚ Ohio‚ you may hit a pothole or two. Potholes cause poor tire wear because they alter auto alignment‚ even if you don’t see changes at first. Eric’s Alignment Center‚ Cleves’ top car repair and maintenance shop‚ restores vehicles to their proper alignment‚ which keeps tires lasting longer. When a front-wheel drive vehicle with an adjustable rear suspension hits a pothole‚ it should be inspected for misalignment. The same is true for vehicles with four-wheel independent suspension
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HOW AND WHY DID ISLAM SPREAD SO QUICKLY? In 610 C.E.‚ a local merchant named Muhammad completely changed all of Middle East through the religion of Islam. He fled to Mecca‚ in a cave where he was given the words of Allah and by this‚ introducing the religion. Overtime‚ the religion continued to attract new followers‚ which leads to question- how and why did Islam spread so quickly? Three of the reasons to how this happened were due to trade‚ the message passed on from God and the conquest of land
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and power music has in our everyday lives. Whether they know it or not music plays a vital role in the lives of people today. Music is a very efficient tool that influences and assists people‚ it plays a huge part in today’s society‚ and it had done so much for me as an individual. Music is one of the few things that has remained constant through the centuries this world has existed. Not only does music provide entertainment‚ it also has several effects linked to it. Music allows emotions of happiness
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major reason it was so successful was because of the Nile river. The Nile provided many great thing that a civilization needs. The Nile provided a great fresh water source‚ a quicker way to travel‚ and vegetation/food. The Nile was a very important part of Ancient Egypt. One reason that the Nile helped so much was because it provided a great water source. Since the water in the Mediterranean sea was salt water‚ the Nile was very helpful in this area. The Nile was fresh water so people could drink
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Three species of zebra still occur in Africa‚ two of which are found in East Africa. The most numerous and widespread species in the east is Burchell’s‚ also known as the common or plains zebra. The other is Grevy’s zebra‚ named for Jules Grevy‚ a president of France in the 1880s who received one from Abyssinia as a gift‚ and now found mostly in northern Kenya. (The third species‚ Equus zebra‚ is the mountain zebra‚ found in southern and southwestern Africa.) Physical Characteristics The long-legged
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