IntroductionIt was in the early 17th century that the first white man set foot in what was or perhaps even is the most intriguing land of all - 'Black Africa'. It was the 'age of exploration'. European explorers went around the world, visiting various lands and coming in contact with all kinds of pe...

Civilization: A civilization has advanced and complex structures of the four components that define a culture being social, economic, political, and creative threads. A civilization has a natural environmental advantage; a civilization has nothing to do with the people in the group. A civilization...

From years 1505 to 1870, the world underwent the largest forced migration in history. West Africa was soon to be convulsed by the arrival of Europeans and become the advent of the transatlantic slave trade. Ships from Europe, bound for America, appeared on the horizon, and their captains and sailor...

Transatlantic Slave Trade From the 1520s to the 1860s an estimated 11 to 12 million African men, women, and children were forcibly embarked on European vessels for a life of slavery in the Western Hemisphere. Many more Africans were captured or purchased in the interior of the continent but a large ...

British EmpireSecond Analysis PaperBritish expansion during the late 19th century primarily focused around the scramble for Africa. Although there had been a British and greater European presence in Africa prior to the last two decades of the 19th century it was primarily coastal and revolved aroun...

Although there had been a British and greater European presence in Africa prior to the last two decades of the 19th century it was primarily coastal and revolved around the slave trade. With the abolition of the slave trade within the British Empire in 1803 and a complete abolition of slavery across...

The history of the seventeenth to the nineteenth century is dominated by the forming and maintaining of empires. Countries such as America and Australia immediately come to mind when these imperialist empires are considered, yet their influence was seen on a much broader scale than more well-known a...

Table of Contents I. Executive Summary _______________ 2 II. Global Factors ________________3  Global political situation  Global economic outlook III. Regional Analysis – Africa _______________ 4  Globalizati...

Apartheid-The segregation of people by skin color.“Cry freedom cry. From deep inside, where we are all confined.” These words by singer/songwriter Dave Matthews establishes the fact that apartheid, separation of the races, was in fact, a very real thing in South Africa. The natives of...

As long as religion and science exist, man has asked the question, which one is more dangerous? However, over the centuries man has figured out that the answer is not that simple. Many aspects are involved that have to be taken into consideration. Some scientists argue that religion can cause more h...

The tropical forests are the biomass more productive of the planet and of greater diversity. The amount of precipitations and the temperature cause that their only limited factor is the light. They extend by Central America and of the South, central Africa, Malaysian and Indonesia mainly. The Amazon...