to 330 B.C. Even though The Achaemenid Empire took place long ago, it is still known as one of the most culturally diverse and religiously open empires in history. The Kings of the empire decided to bring in new members with talent like Greek doctors, Lydian woodworkers and Ionian stonecutters, as well as foot soldiers from Ethiopia, Sogdiana and more places within the empire. This empire was the first hyperpower in history ruling about 42 million people. Chua concludes that a small number of Persians administer a very vase territory and population because of tolerance.
Mecca is located in what is now present day Saudi Arabia, about half way down the Western side of the Arabian Peninsula. The Kaaba, the black Islamic stone shrine established by Abraham and Ishmael, is located there. Mecca is deeply rooted in tradition, and the stones and Kaaba were erected or associated with Holy Ground, where individuals had a dramatic experience with God or Allah as he is called in Islam. During the time of Mohammed, Mecca had became a easy stopping place for the caravans and merchants along the spice trade which brought new wealth, foreign ideals and social values to Mecca. Being the stopping point brought to Mecca a host of undesirables such as; merchants, prostitutes swindlers and gamblers, whose social values would clash with that of the Arab Bedouin, who clung to traditional ideologies (Grand Canyon University, 2010, p. 1-2, para.
John and Mattea Cabot had three sons named Ludovico, Sebastiano, and Sancto. He traveled to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and visited Mecca while employed by a Venetian mercantile firm. While becoming very skilled in navigational techniques, he pictured the possibility of reaching Asia by sailing westward. This idea occurred to both Columbus and Cabot, and was probably
The others were Senegambia, West Central Africa, Southeast Africa, and other regions of Africa in that order. The Gold Coast remained the most popular region throughout the entire period, which was 1800-1807. Slave purchases from Southeast Africa and Senegambia occurred strictly in 1805 only. All of the other principal regions of slave purchase were either spread out or only visited once except for Sierra Leone, which was only strictly visited during 1806-1807. Keep in mind that we are only looking at the voyages that brought back slaves to Mainland North America during the last portion of the legal international trade.
Tobacco production not only helped the colony grow prosperous, it also created new opportunities for over 90,000 immigrants who moved to the colony as indentured servants. Similarly, the New England economy was based on trade in the fishing and timber industries because of easy access to ports and wooded areas. Like Chesapeake families, New England colonists farmed, however, New Englanders practiced subsistence farming, small family farms which produced only enough food for a single family’s use. Another similarity between the two colonies is how both colonies dealt with the Indians. In the Virginia colony, Powhatan’s brother, Opechancanough, led a surprise attack on Virginia colonists and murdered over 300 of the 1,200 men in the colony.
And he gave away much of this gold to poor people along the way. He brought back a Spanish architect to his capital at Timbuktu. That city became a center for Muslim art and architecture. Eventually, Islamic influence improved general education, written records of business and law, and trade. One geographic feature which shaped the country of Mali is it’s location.
The Mali Empire was strong with forces, which their empire was the size of Western Europe. Mali was a world power, which made them over more dominion of its neighbors. Mali traded with Europe and Egypt, which were very successful because most of the trade items were gold. Mali adopted the religion of Islam, which was another addition contribution to their success. The fall of the Mali Empire was the death of their leader Mansa.
Six Cities- Three questions Constantinople Reasons for significance: the location of the city is as magnificent as it is important. It sits on the Bospourus, the strait that marks the division between Europe; afford entry in the Black sea from the Mediterranean. Economic status: After 1453 the city grew and became a centre of trade, power and culture. The Muslims converted more churches and built new mosques. Often, beside the major mosques, there were schools, hospitals, public kitchens, baths, graveyards and large markets, one of which had 280 shops.
• In 1948 the ‘Empire Windrush’ ship bought many people from Kingston, Jamaica to England so that they could find work. • The majority were young males but there were also a number of old men and families, when they first got to England they were welcomed with open arms. • The law was written so that these new immigrants had the same full rights as current English residents this also encouraged them to move along with filling vacancies in the hospital and transport services that had been a problem since after the war. • The immigration was then made more widespread which meant many North England and London textiles firms took on people from India and Pakistan. • In the late 1950s people started to react to the sudden influx of immigration with ‘no
The Library of America • Story of the Week Reprinted from Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (The Library of America, 2004), pages 82–90. Excerpt from Catlin’s Notes of Eight Years’ Travels and Residence in Europe (1848). George Catlin Catlin (1796–1872) is best known as the first and finest painter of Native American life, so it is surprising to learn that most of his adult life, from 1839 until 1870, was spent in Europe—though what he was doing there, of course, was seeking attention and money for his “gallery” with its collection of Indian pictures. On the whole, he had greater success with it in London and Paris than in America itself, and in 1845 he took the “gallery” complete with a representative cross section of Iowa Indians