Christianity, western European languages, and Imperialism benefited underdeveloped regions through improved transportation, education, and medical care. ... This was known as the Scramble for Africa. The French invaded Western Africa, while the British were taking over Egypt. ... This replaced the trading relations between Africa and Europe. ... When Africa was invaded some people welcomed the invaders as allies against local enemies. ...

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The African perception of life, religious believes, political ideologies, literary insights and thought patterns were best represented in these African languages as initiated by the African ancestors. ... The implication of relegation of African languages by these foreign languages on the African continent is an unfortunate loss of one of the paramount ingredients of the African cultural and racial identity. In precise terms, African languages have been significantly lost to English and French languages among others. ... Therefore, without the use of African languages in works of art, African ...

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It was only within Arabia, where a crude form of idolatry was rampant, that Islam was propagated by warring against those tribes, which did not accept the message of God, whereas Christians and Jews were not forced to convert Within half a century of the Prophet's death, Islam had spread to three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe. ... They, therefore, set about with a concerted effort to translate the philosophical and scientific works available to them, not only from the Greek and Syrian languages (the languages of eastern Christian scholars), but also from Pahlavi, the scholarly ...

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It was believed that the white Europeans were superior to the black, brown and yellow people of Africa and Asia. ... Also, the expansionist nature of chauvinistic nationalism can be seen with the "scramble for Africa." ... Liberalism was founded on a defense of individual freedom, traditionally expressed in the language of rights. ...

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In Europe there are about 50 different languages. ... They all have their own official language. ... The region of North Africa and Southwest Asia stretches form Morocco in the west Afghanistan in the east and covers more than 10% of the earth's total land surface. ... North Africa and Southwest Asia have about 130 million more people than the United States. ...

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Patterns of Colonization explores the paradigms of two distinct societies born out of the influence of European imperialism, African slavery and extern factors that influenced the Caribbean. ... The author examines the impact that the Africans and Europeans had on the behavior of Caribbean society. The Language used by the author was not simplistic but rather complicated. ...

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Emerson is noted for his skill in presenting his ideas eloquently and in poetic language B. ... He taught modern languages at Bowdoin from 1829 to 1835. ... During Lowell's lifespan of 72 years, one of his many accomplishments was becoming the professor of modern languages at Harvard after Longfellow retired. ... Robert Frost (1874-1963) - American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. ... He is known for his innovative language and precise detail, as well as attention to line breaks. ...

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He is a good sportsman and swimmer and has made his way through Africa to Morocco where he is trying to make a living while he is attempting for the third time to cross the border to the small part of Spain. ... In addition, our protagonist can go between different places and translate between people, who do not speak the same language. ... Several times in the text the language is ironic. ... He's self-ironic as he racks himself down by saying "wise professor me" (l. 88) and "lucky professor me" (l. 107), and it is obvious because he puts himself in the situation where he is stuck in bet...

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People controlled by other countries began to develop feelings of nationalism and patriotisms, often referred to as consciousness of sharing a common past and a closeness of speaking the same language. ... The great powers of Europe sectioned off Africa among them establishing a solid influence in China. ... Both France and Britain had many colonies in Africa and Asia. ...

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Some of those people were Africans, Benicans Romans, and much more. ... They contain Jobs, Government, Religon, Writing, Language, Education, Tools, Technology, Art. ... A man with the last name Diaz was the first to round the south tip of Africa. ...

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Japanese wanted to destroy the US' Pacific Fleet in order to clear the way to conquer Southeast Asia - US reacts by declaring war on Japan and inspiring men to enlist in the armed forces, creates a battle cry, General Kimmal forced to retire, America bombs major Japanese cities in revenge The Home front (life in the US during the war) - Farmers grew enough crops to feed the US and all its Allies - planes, bombers, tanks, scout cars and carriers, armored cars, trucks, light vehicles, rifles and side-arms, machine guns, artillery and ammo were produced in factories - production during the...

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It is currently widely accepted that as modern human beings emerged from Africa some 100,000 years ago, this new species spread eastward, through Asia, even to Australia, before any of its members entered what must, to people from a warm continent, have seemed a cold and inhospitable environment. ... Each of these waves brought with it another variant of this people's language "some seven or eight variants in all. These were the ancestral tongues of the languages that Europeans speak today. It may have been the Indo-European people's mastery of the horse "which was domes...

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Nationalism was a major cause because it was ignored by many groups who felt that people of the same ethnic origin, language, and political ideals had the right to independent states. ... The three countries competed for economic expansion over Africa. ...

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The first account of dancing known to man came from the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, India, the Americas, Africa, and Australia. ... During the time of the First Dynasty of Egypt, about 3000 years later, Egyptians paintings showed different types of dance movements (or body language), musicians, and dancers. It has also been proven that Australians, the American natives and Africans danced for spiritual reasons and for entertainment purposes. ...

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The Indian in the more North American region lived very scattered and secluded, there were many different languages and different customs. ... The Spanish used the Indians, and also imported African slaves to help gain wealth by mining for gold and silver which at the time was plentiful. ...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate