In the mid 1700's when the slaughter of whales began there were about 20,000 southern right whales migrating to Africa's coast that's 7x as many as today. There are two eras in history when whales were hunted. One was called "open-boat" and the other was modern whaling. Open...

Colonization and Greed in Heart of Darkness The book Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad is a masterpiece in literature. Conrad obtained many of his perspectives for his work from `hands on experience' and also from his harsh background and childhood. When Conrad was still a child his fathe...

Thermal Pollution: A Global Problem Recently, as a result of the increased energy demand, we've allowed our planet to begin overheating. With the introduction of more and more heated water into our lakes and rivers, and Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere we've managed to raise the temperature of ...

During the 1800\'s many European nations began to colonize Africa. The Italians had many reasons to colonize Africa. One main reason for Italy colonizing Africa was economics. By expanding Italy\'s control to Libya, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland, Italy gain the natural resources in the country. An...

One of the earliest known arts is often called \"Cave Art\". This art has been found in many different locations such as: Europe, Australia, Africa, China, as well as many other places. This kind of art usually depicted animals, but also included humans, weapons, and symbols. Many of these paintings...

Many people think of Africa is a land of humid jungles, waterless sandy deserts, and sweltering forests. So it is, but it is also a continent of massive peaks snowcapped year round and savannas of cold misty rain and bitter frost nights. Africa is a huge continent of infinite variety. It is...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: Symbolism of Light and Dark What are the characterizations of a civilized person? Is it a person who conforms to a standard social molding, which "we" determine, sophisticated? Is it being education and staying within the societal stereotypes? In Joseph Conrad...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: Symbolism of Light and Dark What are the characterizations of a civilized person? Is it a person who conforms to a standard social molding, which "we" determine, sophisticated? Is it being education and staying within the societal stereotypes? In Joseph Conrad...

Like the cultures of most regions of the world, the French culture is greatly influence by geographical and economic characteristics of the country. For example, France's fertile soil has played a large role in the country's reputation as a world culinary centre. The country's extensive co...

Each of the four main types of boundary disputes is as active today as it was in years' past. Positional disputes are as common in central Africa as obesity is in the US. Territorial disputes have overshadowed the history of Southeast Asia. Resource disputes are nearly inseparable from daily livi...

Exterminate All the Brutes In the early 1800s, European nations played a minor role in Africa, controlling only areas along the coast. Areas which provided markets for trade and an opportunity to increase their economy were concentrated upon. Although there was little monetary value, Europe r...

Conflict From Environmental Scarcity or Lust For Wealth?In "Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict," Thomas F. Homer-Dixon writes about the possible conflicts that are caused by environmental scarcities, using three different hypotheses's to do so. I found the first hypothesis to be most com...

Imperialism in Africa When the Age of Imperialism began in 1875, it effected Africa in many ways. Nowhere was the competition for colonies more intense than in Africa. Europeans went after North and South Africa splitting up the continent. Egypt and Sudan were taken over by Britain to obtain the Sue...

Mozambique Mozambique is a country located on the southeast coast of Africa. Itcovers 308,642 square miles and has a population of about sixteen million.Maputo is the capitol, largest city, and chief port. Mozambique was governed by Portugal from the early 1500's until 1975when it became in...

The Niger River is located in West Africa. It is 2,590 miles long, the third largest river in Africa. The mouth of the river starts in the Gulf of Guinea. This river goes though six countries Guinea, Nigeria, Mali, Jebba, Ontisha, and Niger. It also hits eight major cities in this river's path. Thes...

A White Culture Moves InAchebe makes an important point throughout the novel that the Ibo culture believes in lending a hand when someone is in need. Sometimes helping a person in need becomes deadly and even fatal in Things Fall Apart. The white missionaries who come to Africa, honeslty believe t...