Religion for all of these cities were the building blocks for developing their cities into highly populated and urban areas. Most buildings and other establishments are centered around churches or temples. Another similarity is the city’s economic success, each city is thriving economically and can sustain their populations. Another similarity between the six cities was that they were all port cities which enabled them to trade. Differences for the cities are the way they have succeeded economically.
Both the Aegean/Ionian Sea and the Mississippi Valley prove to be very vacant, but quite traitorous as well as intriguing never the less. Also, both of the plots take place during very monumental periods of time in history, being the Roman Empire and the Great Depression. As you can see, despite their differences, the settings of The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou? are actually more similar that you might imagine. The characters in The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Quilon was a midpoint to unload and to pick up passengers and commodities from the west. Most of the Muslim traders settled in Malabar, on the southwest coast of the Indian peninsula, this made Quilon become a major cosmopolitan hub. The Chinese junks from Quanzhou made very frequent trips to Quilon to unload silks and porcelain and commodities for East Asian markets. All of these cities, thrived off each other through the help of trade. Most of these cities shared new life-changing parts of their own culture with one another.
Anti-slavery is known to be as old as slavery. According to Frey, “Anti-slavery could easily be argued that the first enslaved person who jumped overboard or led an on-ship rebellion on the Middle Passage launched the anti-slavery movement” (1997). The current academic of anti-slavery movement has merged together as two unmistakable, but ended up overlapping currents, one another religious, and actives. Overall, the original ideas of religious was the chief thoughts of
The reason for this split was the incentives of the people who were going to these areas. The people going to New England had a more religious mindset while the people going to the Chesapeake colonies (Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey) were more interested in starting up businesses and making money. The New England colonies had a massive influx of people coming to the region. Most of the people arriving to the New England region were families and some even brought along their servants (Document B). Another thing to note is how most of these families were comprised of very young people.
Arabic culture help make the empire have dominion over its neighbors. Another fact that made Ghana have power was their trade in goods, which included copper and iron technology. Towards 1000 C.E. Muslims attacked Ghana, and their resources started to decrease. The problem that happened was with the decrease in resources the Ghana Empire just suffered, which resulted with the down fall in 1203 where Kumbi took over.
Migration Back in the late 1800's to mid 1900's, Many different ethnic groups such as Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Filipinos, Koreans and other groups came to Hawaii for a reason, for a change in their life. At the time, Hawaii saw a high rate of immigration, many people were working on plantations, which was a driving force in the Hawaiian economy. The plantation industries had many pull factors to people in other countries, plantations fueled Hawaii's economy bringing a massive amount of Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Filipino and Korean immigrants. Many immigrant groups originally came as contract laborers to work and earn money for their family back at home, have a better life or live in 'paradise' since the conditions back at their home was bad. The mix of immigrant and different ethnicity working together created what makes Hawaii so diverse and unique today.
By In the Indus River Valley, the largest cities of the area were located directly next to the Indus River (Martin). As many traders also when outside the Indus Valley for more opportunities of trade and revenue, they went southward down the Indus River to the Arabian Sea and traded along the cost. When traders went outside their homeland, much culture was spread – such as, the spreading religion, technology, foods, art, and
Slaves in Africa and the Ottoman Empire were a part of society and had a chance to promote. However, slaves in the New World had been bought and enslaves for life. In spite of the negative impact if the salve trade, most of Africa remained independent and continued to develop under it owns political and cultural institutions until the 19th centuries. Millions of slaves died of asphyxiation, thirst, and disease during the long Atlantic crossing. They were packed into ships for the long journey to the Americas that are crowded and below
It became a strange world for many of them, but the Europeans as the inferior race took control and developed change throughout the Atlantic World. Race became a mixture, and European religion was spreading all across the Americas and Africa (Benjamin, Hall, & Rutherford, 2001). Much of the Atlantic World would eventually change to fit European societies, which were different and in some cases similar between groups. Women in many cases had similar roles within these interactions, as well as men. Additionally, colonial America spread throughout Atlantic World and in time converted many of these indigenous groups and slaves.