By doing this, European colonists "messed up- the traditional African lifestyle. ... The Europeans, hiding under the flag of Christianity humanitarianism and liberalism, occupied Africa and enforced hard labour to the men and women of Africa. ... Therefore they decided to immerse their colonies in the French culture, language, and way of life and store the concepts of "evol e."" ... The French that had come to Africa had no appreciation for the mystical culture of the Africans. ... The colonization of Africa simply weakened Africa to its roots at the time of the colonization. ...

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There was never a single language, religion, or "great tradition," such as Confucianism in China and Hinduism in India. ... They even developed a language to further widen communication among traders, and called it Swahili. ... This growth of trade resulted in thriving African cities, such as Timbuktu, and helped develop new social and political patterns in a wide stretch of Africa below the Sahara. ... This was the first of the very wealthy Islamic areas of Africa. ... Islam was still not a majority of Africa, but was fully integrated with its trade and politics. ...

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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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Cyrus Veesers idea in Great Leaps Forward: Modernization in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is to simply explain how less-developed nations across the planet tried to catch up to "the Wests " rise to power. ... Mexico wasn't the only country that got engulfed with the desire to become modernized, Africa was in the line of sight for Europe as their next project for modernization. ... Menelik had much success unifying and modernizing Ethiopia that he gained the title "the Lion of Africa " for defending his nation's independence. ... China was unlike any non-western nation, they brought...

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The Brooklyn Museum of Art has an extraordinary collection of Egyptian, Islamic, Asian and African art. ... They make note that the Egyptian art is separated from the African art because part historians viewed Egypt as a separate culture that had little contact with or influence from the rest of the continent. The museum does note that times and attitudes are changing and that mostly black scholars have pushed for Egypt to be recognized as an advanced African civilization that has customs and language patterns similar to western and sub-Saharan Africa. ... Many ancient cultures believed ...

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In the year 700, Islam and the Arabic language were on the move. ... Arabic scholars would soon include Greeks, Persians, Indians, Africans, Christians, Jews and more. ... Europe would cling to Latin, already a dying language. ... The language of algebra and the concept of zero were also vital to the growth of Europe. ...

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Arabic language and the Qu'ran SUMMARIZE: 1. ... It explains his accomplishments there, as well as in Mecca, and winning over Armenia, Persia, Syria, Iraq, North Africa, and Spain. 4. ... It goes on to explain the language in which this Holy book was written: Arabic. How moving this language is, but at the same time it shows that language is not the only barrier for outsiders. ...

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Islamic armies conquered all of northern Africa, reaching the strait of Gibraltar and crossing into Spain in 711. ... Abd al Malik spent the first half of his reign putting down revolts, but in the second half, he created the first standardized state coinage, made Arabic the official administrative language of the Empire, streamlined the taxation system, and created the Imperial court system. ... The Berbers in northern Africa revolted and cut off Muslim Spain from the rest of the Empire. ...

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Most of them came from northern Africa. ... Children born in France were offered courses in their native languages on the assumption that they and their parents would pack up and leave when they were no longer needed as workers. ... France has the largest Muslim population in Europe-roughly five million people, many of North African descent. ...

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Church leaders were influenced by Latin language, Roman courts and architecture. ... The Spread of Islam: Islam was spreading through out the entire western world along with Africa. ... Islamic Culture: Islam is an assimilation of many cultures and people that have differences not only in there language but in there culture. ...

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In Turkmenistan seventy-two percent of the people speak Turkmen, twelve percent of people speak Russian, nine percent of people speak Uzbek, and the other seven percent are other various languages. ... The Shia Sunni clash consists of almost all of central Asia, the middle east, and northern Africa. ...

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The inception of Christianity and Islam in the Roman and Byzantine empires, the African kingdoms, and the Arabian Peninsula influenced each civilization's daily life, set of beliefs, government, and the Christians and Muslims who practiced. ... Only the Arabic translation is considered pure because they feel that the word of Mohammad can be altered and disfigured when translating it into different languages. ...

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Kerry Grogan THE 241-01 Task # 1 Oct. 23, 2014 1. Person: Joseph Smith Facts: Joseph Smith is the founding father of the practice that we know today, Mormonism. He grew up in the early 19th century and as a young teenage boy who claimed to have a series of visitations, revelations from God and visitations from angelic messengers, while he was praying in a grove of trees. Smith claims to have had the blessing of the divine power to guide him to a location of golden plates, which entails scriptures of ancient American prophets, and they became the foundation for his publication, the Book of Mor...

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