and others in expanding trade. Now‚ rubber is the colony’s most profitable industry. However‚ the Congolese people benefit little from this. Soon after the Congress of Berlin in 1885‚ the Congo Basin was united as the Congo Free State. From the Belgian parliament‚ Leopold was granted almost absolute control of the area. Under terms of the General Act of the Berlin Conference‚ Leopold pledged to guarantee free trade within the colony‚ suppress the East African slave trade‚ promote humanitarian policies
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African Nationalism What impact did WWI have on African nationalism? Due to the effects of the war‚ many of the European nations needed more soldiers and jobs to be taken up for progress. Even though they fought courageously for the nations of others‚ they received nothing in return. They were disappointed and distraught by this outcome. From the Peace conference of Versailles‚ ideas of self-determination from Woodrow Wilson and notion of accountability of colonial powers reached the African colonies
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Introduction—“Vital Fluids” 1. The author’s main argument in setting up his book is that human history is formed by several different types of drinks. 2. These fluids are vital because we need them to survive. You can survive weeks without food‚ but you cannot live without water for more than a couple days. “Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt” (Chapters 1 and 2): 1. It is linked because the discovery of beer was possible through grain farming‚ which was a settled form of agriculture. 2. Beer
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industrial sector?’ This paper seeks to comparatively analyze the problems that seem to perpetually keep Nigeria behind its allies using South Africa as a case study. By implication‚ if Nigeria can vigorously address its challenges using the South African model‚ she will not only come out of its industrialization dilemma‚ but will reclaim its position as the giant of Africa. This is because‚ no country can claim to be developed in modern days without being industrialized. COMPARISON BETWEEN NIGERIA
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direct influence on shaping the unique kinship and family structure of its slave society. The most obvious way plantation labor’s efficiency is revealed is through the absence of sexual differences in all the major labor tasks associated with the planting‚ cultivation‚ and harvesting of crops‚ and the high percentage of persons who were employed at all ages in life. Whatever the disincentives for working that existed among slaves‚ heavy supervision of laborers organized in gangs based on physical abilities
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2. In what ways was the “discovery” accidental? During the middle ages‚ a lively trade in wine meant that merchants had to transport heavy and unwieldy casks from place to place. Some one decided that if the water content of the wine could be reduced‚ the concentrate could be easier to transport and water could simply be added later. When they reached the place‚ it was found that the distillate they had been carrying was very good and was its own separate wine called brandy. 3. How did spirits
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steady and reliable work force? Why did African slavery expand so rapidly in the late 17th century? Over one-half of all the immigrants to the New World between 1500 and 1800 were Africans‚ virtually all of them sent to the Americas against their will. African society was portrayed as primitive and uncivilized. Africans were kept as slaves in Africa because of criminal behavior‚ unpaid debts‚ or from being captured in wars. Africans began to sell slaves as early as the eighth century to traders
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which is a didactic poem that aims to persuade its target audience to speak out against the slave trade. This didactic poem uses ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos as forms of persuasion. The target audience for this poem is the United States because at the time that Browning wrote this poem the slave trade was abolished in England. Browning utilizes rhetorical tactics to persuade Americans to abolish the slave trade. The prologue of the poem is a unique feature that Browning uses to address the objections
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by the indigenous people of the land. However‚ conflict between the native Africans and the missionaries who brought Christianity to the continent led African Christians to break away from missionary churches and establish their own churches. Over the past century‚ there has been a multiplicity of African Christian movements‚ some of which differ vastly. However‚ despite these differences‚ scholars call these churches African Independent Churches (A.I.C.) owing to their autonomy and independence from
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The slave trade began with the Portuguese and the Spanish taking African slaves to their American colonies. By the 18th century around 6 million Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves. The slave trade went through a process called the ‘triangular slave trade’. This meant that: • Slaves were taken from Africa to the Americas. This was called the ‘Middle Passage’. • Americans then paid for the slaves to the Europeans by giving them rum and sugar. • Finally‚ the Europeans gave the Africans
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