Which is the best description of timbuktu? a) an ancient farming village b) the ancient homeland of the people of ghana c) a center of islamic learning in africa d) the city to which african muslims make their hajj

Which of the following led to a continuation of the treatment in the excerpt above? a)the brutality of the trans-atlantic african slave trade. b)spanish repression after violent native uprisings in new spain during the 16th century. c)european competition to quickly establish colonial holdings in the new world. d)the reliance of the spanish on native americans to provide labor under the encomienda system.

How did the new working class of the industrial revolution differ from the working classes of the earlier, farm based economy?

Read the excerpt from the history of herodotus, book 2. egypt . . is an acquired country, the gift of the river. this quotation from herodotus, a greek who traveled in egypt, is about how the nile river enabled ancient egyptian civilization to develop and succeed. what specifically was the river’s gift? fertile soil fishing stocks defensive capabilities drinking water