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Why did Africa become the center of three large African Empires?
I actually learned this the other day in my world history class. The reason is, as cliché as it sounds, is gold and other various resources, such as salt and silver. When these large deposits of...
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How did Africa become Africa?
The name 'Africa' has its history in the distant past, 'Afri' was the name of several Semitic peoples who dwelt in North Africa near Carthage. Their name is usually connected with Phoenician "afar"...
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What types of people would have been pilgrims and what were their reasons for going?
Merchants, trades people and the poor. Often nuns and priests, anyone who wanted to escape religious changes they did not like, many were church related people - they wanted to start a new life that...
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What are some of the reasons someone would become an explorer?
Someone would become an explorer if where they lived was becoming inhabitable either due to social situations, (like the king wanted to chop your head off) or environmental conditions, (where...
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How did some African American become slaves in west Africa?
they were captured and forced to work. if they didnt ,they would get beat and double their work