GKE Themes in U.S. and World History, Task 1 Leslie Eads Western Governors University Abstract This task is an excise to discuss how geographic and environmental factors have developed, and influenced societies throughout the course of history. Describing specific examples, of how geographic, diffusion and the ripple effects of such, have contributed to the developments of society and our current world. A. Development of Societies One significant geographic factor that shaped a society in history, was the Nile River. The Nile is the longest river in the world, and referred to as an international river, as it spans approximately 5000 miles of the African continent, according to Wikipedia ("Nile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia," n.d).
However, in the time before the Europeans arrived in Africa in the late 15th century, the civilizations of Africa had already accomplished many great things. We have a multitude of unbiased accounts about the success and importance of many African empires, kingdoms, and cities. The Aksumite empire was an important international trading center, and was a major stop on many trade routes along the coast of the Red Sea, and inland towards the Nile River and the Sahara Desert. The ancient kingdom of Ghana, at one time in its history, was the controller of the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade, and made sure that the world knew it. The court of the Ghanaian king was described as a luxurious place filled with luxurious people; even the dogs wore collars of gold and silver.
Chad There is a country located in the central part of Africa and that country is Chad. Chad is a large country with an area of 1.284 million square kilometers. That is a little over three times the size of California. The climate in Chad is tropical in the south and more of a desert in the north. There is 300 square kilometers of irrigated land and Chad is also a significant source of water in the Sahel.
and Canada both have very Rich Resources but even though Canada has the second largest land area the US has almost twice as much resource as Canada does. The US and Canada share a lot of their resources. They both share their main resources manufacturing, ranching, and commercial farming/farming. They also share Minerals like Coal, Silver, Zinc, Gold, and Iron Ore. Which they both trade thought the entire world.
Describe three typical life-cycle ceremonies and give an example of each from a specific indigenous religion. Indigenous religions, which are very often called “native,” “local,” “ethnic,” or “traditional” belong to the world’s sixth largest religious group, if considered as a section. They are highly correlated to the ancient interpretation of humankind’s great traditions, and their visions about the world around them. Such religions are largely practiced among “the tribal people,” where its roots had been discovered in Africa, and later on continued in: India, Australia (Aborigines), New Zealand (Maoris), Central/Southeast Asia, and Latin America (Santa Clara University/Indigenous Religion). As well as many other religions/likewise, traditional religions belong to those, whom practicing and celebrating life-cycle rituals play an essential role throughout the one’s life.
While USA is spanned across 98,26,675 square kms, India only has a land of 32,87,240 square kms, less than one third of that of USA (but has more than thrice population than USA as seen earlier). The government has recognized 18 official languages; Hindi, the national language, is the most widely spoken, although English is a national lingua franca. Although about 80% of its people are Hindu, India also is the home of more than 138 million Muslims--one of the world's largest Muslim
Alfred Wegner was the theorist behind the discovery of tectonic plates back at the start of the 19th century. He found that across the globe there were small bits of evidence that showed the earth was once just one big continent called Pangaea, one part of evidence he found to explain this vast continent was the mountain ranges going through the middle of the West of Africa and the East of South America both of which go right up to the coastline and end in the sea. He noticed that if you connected the two continents up like a jigsaw then the two mountain ranges joined up nicely to make one big one. It isn’t just these two continents that join up but all the continents we have today connected up. For example Canada and the north of Scotland connect agreeably, and they have similar rock formations which indicate that they were laid down at the same time in the same place.
Approximately 70,000 years ago, humans migrated out of Africa and began colonizing our planet. Archeologist James Henry Breasted first described a region of land which begins in present day southern Iraq and extends north along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It turns west toward ancient Assyria and then south towards present day Syria. This area then turns down into southern Palestine. J. H. Breasted called this area the Fertile Crescent because of its crescent-shape and the fertility of the land.
Many Ivoirians practice local religions, which are sometimes infused with elements of Christianity or Islam, or both. According to most local belief systems, spiritual beings--a creator, ancestral
Africa consists of a huge number of religions, tribes, and groups of people each with a very different history. The word Africa comes from Latin (Africa = Sunny) and Greek (Aphrike = not cold). The Romans were the first to use the name, Africa. The African continent is so large , different, and rich in its own way. Before colonialism there were around 10,000 kingdoms.