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- 421: Slavery
- ... hay and loading wagons with crops. Since trying to capture the native Indians, the Arawaks and Caribs, failed (Small-Pox had killed them), the Europeans said out to capture African slaves. They were shipped from Africa by the Europeans in what was called The Triangular Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This was an organized route where Europeans would travel to Africa bringing manufactured goods, capture Africans and take them to the Caribbean, and then take the crops and goods and bring them back to Europe. The African people, in order to communicate invented a language that ...
- 422: Eugenics
- ... animals. There species abilities were not yet tested because such harsh environments were not yet introduced. In the year 2250, an asteroid hit earth directly destroying the DNA, genetic and mutagenic research center in South Africa, and resulted in the release of mutagenic and radioactive substances into the environment. Animals and all life forms within thousands of miles mutated, while others died of radiation and direct impact. Huge earthquakes shattered every ... they noticed the flames and smoke in the air and the shaking of the earth. Their bodies soon fought the radiation and they became prone to the radiation. The radiation also caused the temperatures in Africa (where they resided) to change significantly. During one half the year, from November to April, the temperature would be freezing cold and during the other half, from May to October the temperature would be scorching ...
- 423: Mockingbird
- ... Tom Robinson by referring to him as a "big buck." Racist symbolism is mixed with bitter irony during one of Aunt Alexandra's missionary circle meetings, as Mrs. Grace Merriweather talks about the Mrunas in Africa. She tells about how they live in "poverty and darkness," with no one but J. Grimes Everett to help them. The Mrunas in Africa actually represent how the blacks live poorly in their quarters in Maycomb. The bitter irony is that the ladies feel sorry for, and are so willing to help the Mrunas, that they overlook the problem ...
- 424: Egypt: Notes
- ... What do you think off when you hear the word Egypt? Dry desert? Well Egypt is a lot more than that, let me tell you about it. Egypt is located in the northeastern corner of Africa. It is surrounded by the Red Sea, Sudan, Jordan, and Libya. Egypts major river is the Nile. It runs 4,130 miles through Egypt. West of the Nile is the Western Desert. If you think ... 1991 population in Egypt was 54,673,000. In 1991 there were 141 people per square mile. About half of all Egyptians live in cities. The capitol and also the largest city in Egypt and Africa is Cairo. It had a population of 6 million as of 1991. Most Egyptians speak Arabic, and consider themselves Arabs. Most of the poor people in Egypt eat bread and beans for breakfast, lunch, and ...
- 425: The Color Purple
- ... Celie and Shug look all through his room for the letters. They find a whole stack in a box in the floor. They eventually read them all and in them discover that Nettie is in Africa with Celie's two children and the "father" who molested her really isn't her father. Shug then decides to leave there and Celie is very upset until Shug tells her she is going with ... the letters away from Celie, because he was still in a certain rage that he couldn't mary Nellie. The letters said that Nellie lived with a rich black family with whom she moved to Africa, and there she became a teacher. Cellie resisted more and more against her husband, because she founded out that her father wasn't her real father, and he hadn't the right to give her ...
- 426: The Evolution Of A Disc Jockey
- ... the hip-hop society. With these men involved in the foundation of phonographic compilations, the true creators of the disc jockey hip-hop culture were soon to follow. Hip-Hop pioneers like DJ Kool Herc, Africa Bambaata, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Hollywood, and Grandwizard Theodore innovated new ways to create a hip-hop sound. When hip-hop was in its embryonic stages, it was made the original way with two turntables, a ... such as using the stomach to move the crossfader while freeing both hands for vinyl work were standard. These tricks were introduced as early as 1977 when hip-hop pioneers such as Grandmaster Flash and Africa Bambaata would battle at local dances and in parks (Jee). Today hip-hop disc jockeys still try to outdo each other and dazzle the crowd with their innovative tricks. As the evolution of hip-hop ...
- 427: The Human Development Index
- ... of 60. Therefor we could say that if a country has a high deprivation in survival, that country lacks health and medical systems that help people live longer. For example, Niger, which is located in Africa has one of the highest deprivations for survival in the world. This is mainly because Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world and as a result, its people cannot afford to buy ... living necessary to avoid hardship and to participate in the life of the community. The deprivation in economic provisioning exists all over the world, even the developed countries. For example, Mozambique which is located in Africa has one of the highest deprivations in economic provisioning, and the United States has the most poverty among industrialized nations, with 16.5 per cent of its population having incomes under the poverty line. The ...
- 428: Passing By Nella Larsen
- ... work characteristic of this time period showed a heightened sense of racial consciousness. African-American writers during this time were not only seeking to counteract racial prejudice, but were also perpetuating the cultural heritage of Africa. Some of the major writers born from this period include Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Neale Hurston and of course, Nella Larsen. The writing of the Harlem Renaissance explored a variety of ... explored the lives of working-class African-Americans. Jean Toomer explored what life was like for very poor African-Americans. Countee Cullen on the other hand explored the problem of racism and the definition of Africa for African-Americans. Nella Larsen explored the restrictions faced by African-Americans according to their skin color. Nella Larsen's novel, Passing was her second as well as last novel and was published in 1929 ...
- 429: Age Of Discovery
- ... sell their prisoners as slaves. The European market for slaves increased as the demand for physical labor in the New World increased. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, almost 20 million slaves were shipped from Africa to the New World. These slaves traveled in horrible conditions on overcrowded ships, and they used to receive horrible treatment from their white owners. With all of the people coming from Europe and Africa, there was great interaction with the natives of the New World. This led to many things. One major result was the spread of diseases. New strands of diseases came from the Old World and infected ...
- 430: Ferdinand Magellan
- ... in 1505, when he sailed to India with the fleet of Francisco Almeida, Portugal s first ruler to that country. In 1506, Magellan went on an expedition sent by Almeida to the east coast of Africa to strengthen Portuguese bases there. The next year, he returned to India, where he participated in trade and in several naval battles against Turkish fleets. In 1509, Magellan sailed with a Portuguese fleet to Malaka ... maps available had convinced Magellan that he could reach the Spice Islands by sailing south of South America. Magellan beleived such a route would be shorter than the eastward voyage around the southern tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean. However, Manuel disliked Magellan and refused to support the proposed voyage. Magellan then studied astronomy and navigation for about two years in Porto in northern Portugal. In Porto, he met ...
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