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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Vodun's roots may go back 6000 years in Africa, this makes Vodun one of the oldest religions in the world. Name is traceable to an African word for "spirit". ... In Vodun religion each group follows different spiritual path and worships different pantheon of spirits which are called "Loa" and it means mystery in Yoruba language. ... Once the Loa is present, the person's behavior, mannerisms and even language can change, and the others present can tell which Loa has joined them. ... Suppression of Vodun during colonial times made this religion to spread out of Africa well. ...

• Word Count: 1293
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After the Military conquest of Spain by the Berbers from North Africa, Islam flourished in the Iberic Peninsula for more than 700 years. ... To the West, to the Western African empires in Timbuktu, Muhammad and his followers started a Muslim University. ... The Muslims had a written language, and were used to write Government documents. ... Most of the advancing and military help came from Berbers, a group of North African Nomads. ... The most spectacular Islamic dynasty in Spain was started in Cordoba by Abn al-Rahim, who was fleeing from the Abbasid dynasty that was slowly takin...

• Word Count: 1815
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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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• Grade Level: High School

They pose an extremely hard challenge to the Western world and the "evil" United States that they are able to gather support all throughout not only the country of Iraq but throughout the entire Mesopotamian region and Northern Africa. ... "UK surveillance chief Robert Hannigan has said ISIS and other extremist groups use platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp to reach their target audience in a language it understands. ...

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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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• Grade Level: High School

"Muslims advanced west beyond Egypt, conquering all of North Africa and Spain (332)". ... "Ever since Muhammad, the Quran has been regarded as the most perfect use of the Arabic language" (Tames16). ...

• Word Count: 1274
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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. ...

• Word Count: 1866
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• Grade Level: High School

Huntington states the "most important conflicts of the future will occur along the cultural fault lines separating" (Huntington, 1993) what he identified as eight specific civilizations: "Western, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu, Slavic-Orthodox, Latin American and African" (Huntington, 1993). These are not absolutely exclusive of each other, and there are various degrees of similarity between them, what does differentiate them from each other are their languages and histories, traditions and cultures, but "most important, religion" (Huntington, 1993). ...

• Word Count: 1840
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate